2009 PokerStars.net APPT Macau
APPT Macau Main Event
Day: 4
Event Info
2009 PokerStars.net APPT Macau
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$2,081,000
Entries
429
Level
27
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
5,000
Players Left 1 / 429
Filter
(1)
Level: 23
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 3,000
Daoxing Chen - 2,106,000
Mike Kim - 1,280,000
Dermot Blain - 1,092,000
Pontus Kers - 624,000
Jicheng Su - 418,000
The flop arrived
and play checked to Su who fired a minimum bet of 30,000. It was enough to take it down.
The raise back to Chen was 390,000. He tanked for three minutes before taking the same action he has taken every other time he has tanked -- folding. Blain rubbed some salt in the wound by showing
.
They saw a flop of
and Botabayev checked to Blain who made it 100,000 to play. Botabayev decided the price was right and tossed out calling chips.The turn brought a repeat
and both players checked. The river was the 
and Botabayev deliberated before splashing 125,000 into the middle. Blain made a quick call.Botabayev flipped a monster,
for a full house as Blain flashed 
.Botabayev collects a nice pot but you have to think that Blain would be somewhat relieved to have gotten away from that situation relatively cheaply.
, then called another 30,000 from Su. Both players checked the 
turn. When the river fell , Chen ld into Su for 150,000. Su was playing a total of 300,000 left in his stack. Calling the bet was a huge risk for him if he was wrong. He stood over the table, trying toget a read. Chen started slurping down his lunch, which looked like some sort of soup. Su ultimately folded, flashing the 
as he did.
Chen:
Su:
After earlier folding ace-ten when Su had ace-jack, now the situations were reversed and Chen had his opponent in bad shape.
The flop was
bringing no help to Su, however the 
was the perfect sweat card, as Su sprung to life with outs to a straight and flush to keep him alive.It wasn't to be as the
filled the river and Su was eliminated in 6th place for $74,923 in prize money.
, Botabayev checked and then called another 90,000. The turn fell 
. Botabayev calmly surveyed the table and then fired out 125,000. Blain snap-folded.
The flop arrived
and Blain was first to speak. He checked and Chen fired 150,000. Blain made the call as we sat up in our chair at the prospect of a big pot going down.The turn brought the
and Blain checked again, but this time Chen checked behind.The river was the
, completing quite a few draws, and Blain decided to lead out with a bet. He made it 325,000 and we didn't have to worry about entering "Bobo Time" on this hand as Chen instantly called.Blain revealed
for the flush which was good as Chen mucked his cards. The luck of the Irish appears to be present today as Blain surges back up the leaderboard.
