Maldito Rio
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. That player had 
and was looking great to eliminate Ang until the river fell a third to give Ang a set of fours.Ang now has 80,000 chips.
2009 PokerStars.net APPT Macau
APPT Macau Main Event
Day: 2
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
. That player had and was looking great to eliminate Ang until the river fell a third to give Ang a set of fours.Ang now has 80,000 chips.
Saab All Talk
We recently observed Saab raised to 2,500 from under the gun before his opponent in the big blind overbet-shoved for all of his 35,000 chip stack to send Saab deep into the tank.
"Do you have a pair? I have a pair...I hope you have ace-king...but do I want to race?" Saab muttered away before releasing his hand. His opponent kindly flashed
and Saab let out a roaring laugh of approval.Next hand Saab was at it again with a small bet of 1,000 on the turn on a ten-high board.
"That's a confusing bet isn't it?" chirped Saab. It obviously wasn't as his opponent responded with a raise to 5,100 to take down the pot and silence Saab.
Wing Clipped By Grospellier
Catching the action on a flop of
with three players in the pot, Chong led out with a heavy bet of 8,000 from the big blind with Grospellier making the call from under the gun as the player on the button stepped aside.Both players checked the
turn before the river fell the 
. Chong checked the action to Grospellier who paused before tossing out 12,000 into the middle. Chong rocked back in his chair, decked in head to toe in his favorite Adidas tracksuit, and thought long and hard, but made a reluctant fold to give the pot to his opponent. Chong slips to 40,000 with Grospellier increasing to 65,000.
Roel Pijpers Having a Rough Day at the Races
The money found its way to the middle before the flop with Pijpers holding pocket nines against his opponent's suited Big Slick. Pijpers knuckled the table in defeat after the board filled out
by the turn, leaving him drawing dead.
Hachem Faced With Tough Decision
The action folded round to fellow Australian James Potter in the big blind who made it 7,000 to go. Hachem made the call to see a flop of
drop.From behind his trademark sunglasses, Potter slid in a stack of yellow and blue 5,000 and 1,000-denomination chips amounting a bet of 45,000 to effectively put Hachem all in for his last 26,100.
"Show me if I fold?" asked Hachem as a few more minutes ticked by.
"Time!" called one player, and as Hachem shot him a look out of the corner of his eye he followed with, "call the floor . . . get time"
Tournament Director Danny McDonagh came over and told Hachem he had one minute on the clock.
"What! Someone call time?" arked up Potter.
As the clock slowly ticked down with Hachem staring blankly at the board pondering a decision he quietly muttered, "I'm only considering my tournament life here."
The clock closed in on the final few seconds and Hachem looked up at Potter and stated, "I'm folding . . . cause of only one reason . . ."
"You know you're behind" stepped in Potter.
"It's because I know how you play" Hachem finished as he tossed his cards into the muck.
"You know you're behind" repeated Potter while flashing his
to rake in the pot and climb to over 63,000 in chips."Yep . . . I think I was beat" laughed Hachem as he slipped to just over 26,000 and change.
Level: 9
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 100
Sixes Wild for Karamalikis
"I think it means it's your turn," Eric Assadourian told Chiu. "It's an Asian thing."
"I don't like Asia," Chiu joked. Once he confirmed with the dealer the truth of Assadourian's words, Chiu called a raise to 2,500 that had been made by Jonathan Karamalikis. The next player to act moved in for 10,500. Karamalikis quickly re-raised, chasing Chiu out of the pot. It was perhaps unwise; Karamalikis'
was up against the other player's ."Six coming," Assadourian confidently told Karamalikis. He was right; the flop came down
. There was no king on the 
turn or the 
river. Karamalikis collected the pot and bounced his opponent from the tournament."I called it," Assadourian said afterwards.
"You sure did," Karamalikis replied.
Scott's Rollercoaster Ride
According to Scott, in a three-bet pot, he check-raised on a
flop with pocket sevens after putting his opponent on ace-king. Scott then described what happened as, "...then the banana called with ace-jack and BOOM ace on the turn!"Scott was down to 8,000 so is content to to be back with some breathing room with 24,000.
Filippi Rivers Pot
Filippi made the call before checking behind the
flop to see the land on the turn and a bet of 6,200 follow from Praninskas.Filippi made the call and when the
landed on the river checked behind once again while rolling over his to take the pot down and move to 66,000 in chips.
New Prescription for Sombero?
and checked. The big blind bet 5,000, a single yellow chip. Action moved to Sombero. He paused, then slammed 3,300 into the middle.It was unclear whether Sombero hadn't seen the initial bet and thought it might be part of the pot. The dealer corrected his error, instructing Sombero to put 5,000 chips in the pot. He did so, and Wu folded.
On the
turn the big blind jammed for 20,900. It was a bet with a meaning and accomplished its purpose -- Sombero folded.