Saab was all in preflop holding
to an opponent's 
, and after a safe flop, the turn and river ran out running Queen's to see Saab eliminated.
2009 PokerStars.net APPT Macau
APPT Macau Main Event
Day: 2
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
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Saab was all in preflop holding
to an opponent's , and after a safe flop, the turn and river ran out running Queen's to see Saab eliminated.
"13,700," he told the table. "Three yellow chips and you'll get some change."
Action passed all the way to the big blind who quickly called.
"Call?" said Filippi. "Aces." He opened
then added, "Well, almost aces."His opponent showed down
and paired aces on a flop of 
. Filippi quickly got out of his chair."Later guys," he said without watching the
turn or 
river. He is eliminated.
The latest double up saw Marcus raise to 13,100 from the hijack position, leaving himself 100 chips behind, with Tom Rafferty reluctantly making the call in the big blind.
The flop fell
and, not surprisingly, Rafferty bet 100 to put Marcus all in.Rafferty:
Marcus:
Marcus held the lead through the
and put the exclamation point on the hand with the river to double through to nearly 30,000 chips once again.
. An unknown opponent made the call from the button and tabled 
.No worries, the man they call "Superman" managed to outrace his opponent's marginally better hand, as the board filled out
, giving Saab two pair and new life in the tournament.
We don't know what the first raise and re-raise were preflop. We do know that Myhre put in the first raise, and then the third raise to 71,000, a raise that covered his opponent. His opponent tanked for a while and then called.
Myhre:
Opponent:
"Queen-jack?" said another player at the table. "Wow!"
The flop brought two hearts,
, taking away one of Myhre's opponent's outs. He was eliminated from the tournament after running clubs, 
and ."Nice hand," he told Myhre. "I really thought you'd do that with any two cards."
After he departed the table, Theo Tran gave his own analysis.
"He out-thought himself. Even if [Myhre] is making a move, he's still behind king-four. Queen-jack? Even ElkY folds that."
"I fold, I fold," Bertrand 'Elky' Grospellier agreed.
Myrhe is up to 240,000.
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 300
Involved in a multi-way pot, Assadourian held
to be drawing live against 
and .The board ran out
to see Assadourian run last and consequently hit the rail.
