APPT Macau Main Event Day 2 | 2009 PokerStars.net APPT Macau

Level: 11

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 200

08-28-2009 15:31 UTC+8

Spets Doubles

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Roger Spets has found a much needed double when his {K-Hearts}

held up against Van Binh Pham's pocket threes.

The board ran out {J-Hearts}

to see Spets double to over 80,000 as Pham slips to 85,000 in chips.

Tags: Roger Spets Van Binh Pham

08-28-2009 15:30 UTC+8

Dong Dented

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Jonathan 'xMONSTERxDONGx' Karamalikis has taken a substantial hit. In a raised pot, Karamalikis check-raised his opponent's 10,000-chip bet, to make it 23,000 to play on a flop of {A-Clubs}

.

After two or three minutes of thought Karamalikis' opponent announced he was in which quickly brought an end to the hand as Karamalikis mucked and slipped to 44,000.

Tags: Jonathan Karamalikis xMONSTERxDONGx

08-28-2009 15:27 UTC+8

No More Nguyen

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Peter Nguyen was recently eliminated from the Main Event. He three-bet all in with his short stack but ran his {K-Spades}

into pocket aces!

The board bricked out {2-Spades}

to bring an end to Nguyen's tournament.

Tags: Peter Nguyen

08-28-2009 15:25 UTC+8

Tan's Set Sends Player Home

[user80015]

We heard loud screams coming from Ivan Tan and quickly made our way from the blogging desk to see what all the commotion was about.

Tan had called an opponent's all in holding {Q-Spades}

to be in a race against his {A-Diamonds}

for nearly all of his stack as well.

The window of the {A-Hearts}

saw Tan slip behind, but when the flop was spread to read {A-Hearts}

, he was put firmly back in the lead.

"Pair! Pair! Pair!" Tan kept screaming, and when the turn and river landed the {6-Spades}

and

, his wish would be granted as he sent his opponent to the rail while climbing to 105,000 in chips.

Tags: Ivan Tan

08-28-2009 15:21 UTC+8

Shortly after doubling up from 8,000 to 16,000, David Saab was able to duplicate the feat to move to ~32,000 in chips midway through the tenth level of play.

An unknown player in early position opened with a min-raise to 3,200 and when the action folded around the table to Saab, he 'over-shoved' all in for approximately 16,000. His opponent quickly made the call, tabling {J-Hearts}

and Saab's {K-Diamonds}

proved to be slightly ahead.

"Win a race! Hold up!" yelled Saab, as the board filled out {7-Diamonds}

.

"King-high. The nuts!" fired Saab. "Now I'm back to thirty-two. Yeah! Sharky power!"

Tags: David Saab

08-28-2009 15:21 UTC+8

Wu Triples Up

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"Look at the action at this table!" exclaimed Young Phan. There had been a raise to 6,300 and one call before Raymond Wu moved all in for 15,300 more. Wally Sombero then re-raised all in over the top of that raise for about 55,000 total. The caller of the original raise had last action and about 30,000 chips behind. He thought things over then said, "Alright, I call."

Wu: {A-Clubs}

Sombero:

Opponent:

A large crowd materialized around the table. Wu was ecstatic to see the hands he was against, bounding out of his chair. Sombero also stood up, shouting for a queen to hit the board. But no card bigger than ten ever materialized, {7-Diamonds}

. Wu tripled up to 66,000; Sombero won the side pot, minimizing his loss in the main to Wu; and the third player was eliminated.

Tags: Raymond Wu Wally Sombero

08-28-2009 15:12 UTC+8

Yuen Powering With The Big Stack

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Sida Yuen has done it again. Another monster pot has been pushed his way and after the dust settled he now finds himself sitting with a massive 270,000 chips.

We're unsure how it happened, but we were informed by the table that all the chips went in on the turn.

Yuen tabled {A-Spades}

, his opponent had {8-Diamonds}

, and the board was spread {9-Diamonds}

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Clearly some imaginative poker being played...and who said clashes of the big stacks wasn't fun?

Tags: Sida Yuen

08-28-2009 15:07 UTC+8

Hall To Chip Lead

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Tom Hall opened with a raise to 4,500 before being shipped on by an opponent.

Hall made the call and the cards were tabled.

Hall: {A-Spades}

Opponent:

The board ran out {A-Hearts}

and Hall knocked out another opponent while soaring to the chip lead with 216,000 in chips.

For his table that includes Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier (47,000), Theo Tran (70,000) and Kristoffer Myhre (210,000) - there is bound to plenty of action as everyone jostles for position as we begin the approach to the money.

Tags: Bertrand Grospellier Kristoffer Myhre Theo Tran Tom Hall

08-28-2009 15:01 UTC+8

Scott Steaming

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Andrew Scott has slipped to 33,000 after a strange little hand went against him. We arrived at the table on the turn with the board reading {9-Hearts}

, Scott check-called a bet of 9,000 before the {2-Diamonds}

landed on the river.

Scott paused and led out with a bet of 9,000. His opponent appeared dismayed by the bet, but maybe there was a touch of Hollywood as he popped it to 30,300 to play. There was no Hollywood in Scott's reaction, as he quickly mucked his cards and the steam rose from his forehead. Scott has slipped to 33,000 chips.

Tags: Andrew Scott