APPT Macau Main Event Day 1a | 2009 PokerStars.net APPT Macau

08-25-2009 14:04 UTC+8

Red Hot Ricky!

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After a raise and call from late position, Rick Kroesen popped it up and additional 1,400 from the small blind. The player in the cutoff wasn't fazed as he quickly declared himself all in for roughly 10,000. The button folded as Kroesen quickly called.

Kroesen: {Q-Spades}

Opponent:

The board ran out {4-Diamonds}

which was safe for Kroesen to collect the pot and send his opponent to the rail.

A few moments later we caught Kroesen in the thick of the action once again. After firing a bet of 600 on the flop and checking the turn, three players went to the river on a {9-Clubs}

board.

The under-the-gun player bet 1,800 before Kroesen raised to 6,600. His opponent called but Kroesen slammed his {A-Clubs}

on the table with the cry of "Nuts!"

A good few minutes for Kroesen who qualified for this tournament in a PokerStars online satellite. He's now up to 39,300.

Tags: Rick Kroesen

08-25-2009 14:13 UTC+8

Dodds Plummeting

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Joel "StrongPlay" Dodds may need to re-think his strategy here. His stack contains just 5,700 of the original 20,000 chips. The latest blow for Dodds came in a large pot that went to showdown. Dodds' opponent called a bet on a board of {A-Diamonds}

and said "Please show me ace-jack."

"I don't have ace-jack mate," Dodds quietly replied. "I've got nothing." He mucked his hand without showing. That prompted Dodds' opponent to open {A-?}

, allowing him to drag the pot.

"You didn't just have to hope he had ace-jack," said David Steicke. "You also had to hope he had nothing else."

After the hand Dodds was overheard to remark to Grant Levy that "maybe I should just start concentrating on my own two."

Tags: David Steicke Grant Levy Joel Dodds

08-25-2009 14:28 UTC+8

Levy Surrenders

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Yu Shen is proving to be an interesting fit to the Table of Death in the center of the room. He has mixed it up several times so far, recently taking on 2007 APPT Sydney champion Grant Levy.

There were 4,500 chips in the pot when Levy bet 2,700 on the turn of a {K-Hearts}

board. Shen, who had checked as first to act, called to see the {Q-Clubs}

hit the river. He grabbed two yellow (5,000) chips off his stack and sent them spinning into the middle of the table, where they rolled into Levy's stack.

"Sorry, sorry," said Shen. He waited silently as Levy added the chips to the pot and pondered his action. Finally he shook his head slowly and mucked his hand.

"You either rivered me or you're bluffing," said Levy. "Nice hand."

Tags: Grant Levy Yu Shen

08-25-2009 14:32 UTC+8

Break

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The players are now taking their first ten-minute break of the day.

08-25-2009 14:33 UTC+8

PokerStars Team Asia Pro-files: Raymond Wu

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24-year-old Raymond Wu Shao Kang, better known as 'Raymond Wu,' is a relative newcomer to the live tournament scene. Making his live debut at last year's APPT Macau series, Wu finished 5th in a side event and became hooked. Soon after he began traveling the world, playing tournaments in Seoul, Manila and South America. His largest live score to date occurred last month at the Macau Poker Cup, where he finished 3rd in the HK$50,000 High Roller's event, earning just over $11,000 USD.

While Wu may still be getting his feet wet on the live tournament stage, he's been splashing around in some of the biggest games on the net for some time. A Supernova on PokerStars, Wu is a regular in the $25/$50 no limit game.

Born in Taipei, Wu maintains an interest in fashion, sports video games and boxing, while he's not on the felt. He also owns and operates an Asian-based poker coaching site while he's not out on the tournament trail.

Raymond is playing in today's Day 1a field and has about 22,000 in chips at the first break.

To catch him in action online, search for the screenname ‘booshiet’ on PokerStars.

Tags: Raymond Wu

08-25-2009 14:42 UTC+8

Play Resumes

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Cards are back in the air.

Level: 3

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 25

08-25-2009 14:56 UTC+8

Tahtouh Yet to Figure Out Huynh

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Danny Huynh continues to get the better of Emad Tahtouh. The two players played another sizable pot, with Huynh betting into Tahtouh on the turn, {10-Hearts}

. Huynh's bet was 3,300, which was too much for Tahtouh to call.

With Tahtouh having position on Huynh, it will be interesting to see if he can figure out how to take advantage of Huynh based on what he's learned of Huynh's style in the first two hours.

Tags: Danny Huynh Emad Tahtouh

08-25-2009 14:59 UTC+8

Levy Accumulates

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With a raise to 700 from the player in the hijack position, Grant Levy called out of the small blind, as did the big blind to see a flop of {5-Spades}

.

Levy checked and the big blind fired 1,500. The hijack folded before Levy made the call.

The turn was the {2-Diamonds}

and Levy this time led out for 3,200. His opponent made the call and the {10-Clubs}

arrived on the river. Levy fired again for 6,100 and eventually his opponent released. Levy moves to 32,000.

Tags: Grant Levy

08-25-2009 15:12 UTC+8

Schreiber Flushes Assadourian

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Eric Assadourian gave Dan Schreiber a free river card and paid the price. Assadourian had opened the pot to 800 from the button and was called by Schreiber out of the big blind. Two early position limpers also called for a four-way flop of {Q-Spades}