Ace For Akerblom To Stay Alive
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and folded.Akerblom:
Opponent:
Akerblom was in some trouble but the board was kind to him as it fell
to spike a pair of aces for Akerblom and he doubles up to 16,300.
2009 PokerStars.net APPT Macau
APPT Macau Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2009 PokerStars.net APPT Macau
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$2,081,000
Entries
429
Level
27
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
5,000
and folded.Akerblom:
Opponent:
Akerblom was in some trouble but the board was kind to him as it fell
to spike a pair of aces for Akerblom and he doubles up to 16,300.
Assadourian Holds All The Aces
We were looking for a big clash between two of Asian poker's biggest personalities on the
flop but it wasn't to be as Sombero checked, Assadourian fired 2,400 and Sombero folded, flashing 
as he desperately tried to rub the hearts from his ten onto his ace.Assadourian also flashed his cards, and didn't have a heart but he had two aces with the
! Sombero is back to 38,000 with Assadourian up to 33,000.
Scott's Lucky Day
made an ace-high straight on a board that came 
. We're not sure when the money went in, but we do know that Scott's opponent had 
and flopped two pair."It's my lucky day," said Scott as he stacked up 26,000 chips.
Ma Can't Overcome Domination
Ma flipped
but found himself dominated by the 
of his opponent.It got worse for Ma, when the board was spread
to give his opponent a pair of kings and the double up. Ma slips to 27,000.
Fourth Time Lucky For Schreiber
The flop fell
and Schreiber checked to a player in the hijack position who fired 2,500. JP Kelly made the call before Schreiber put in the check-raise to 8,500. Both opponents folded and Schreiber chips up to 44,000.
Cornwell Plays It Safe
. That opponent, the small blind, fired out for 3,000 and Cornwell called.The river was a fifth diamond, the
. Again the small blind bet, this time for 6,000. Cornwell leaned back in his chair, grimaced, thought things over and then folded. The small blind mimed severely shaking hands after the fold, perhaps trying to make Cornwell believe he had folded a chopped pot. Cornwell didn't seem all that interested in his opponent's antics. He still has 44,000 chips.
Steicke Takes the Lead
, with Akerblom opening for 3,500 and then moving in for about 16,000 after Steicke raised to 13,500. Steicke made an easy call with the dead man's hand, aces and eights . Akerblom had only a single pair of aces, . The turn and river bricked out babies, and 
, to give Steicke the pot.Steicke, who finished first in a High Rollers event last week and fourth in a 326-player event that ended Sunday, seemed to take it all in stride. "It's an easy game, isn't it?"
Kelly Over and Out
board. Neither had even one diamond in his hand, never mind two. Kelly showed down , top pair top kicker, while Schreiber produced two of the other aces, . That left Kelly looking for another queen on the river. The board did pair, but it paired fives with the .Kelly is out and Schreiber is up to 60,000 as a result of the hand.
PokerStars Team Asia Pro-files: Jonathan Lin
Ironically enough, Lin learned to play Texas Hold'em in Texas, while studying abroad in the United States. He began playing micro stakes with friends in various home games and gradually evolved into a serious player.
His best result to date was a 2nd place finish at the 2008 Macau Poker Cup where he netted a USD $12,604 payday. Lin was also featured as both a player and tournament director on the celebrity poker TV show "Let's All In" in Taipei.
While he's not out smashing live cash games in and around Macau, Lin spends his free time reading, playing basketball and traveling the world with his friends.
Ewing The Aggressor
That theory was further proven by a recent hand where we caught him raise to 2,200 from middle position. The play folded to the big blind player who waved his arms and complained about a string bet.
"What? You're all in?" joked Ewing. "I can't hear you..." he commented pointing to his headphones.
The big blind player eventually folded and Ewing paused for a moment and flashed
for the steal."One time I'll pick up a real hand in this tournament!" laughed Ewing as he added some more green antes to his impressive towers.