2009 PokerStars.net APPT Macau

APPT Macau Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2009 PokerStars.net APPT Macau

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
10k
Prize
$541,089
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$2,081,000
Entries
429
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
5,000

Galazan Eliminated

Isaac Galazan before elimination
Isaac Galazan before elimination
With a min-raise to 2,400 and a call ahead of him, Peter Nguyen bumped the action to 12,000 from the button before Isaac Galazan pushed all in for 13,600 total.

Both the original raiser and caller passed and the cards were tabled.

Nguyen: {A-Diamonds}{K-Diamonds}
Galazan: {9-Hearts}{9-Spades}

The board ran out {3-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{A-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{J-Hearts} to see Galazan hit the rail as Nguyen climbed to over 70,000 in chips.

Tags: Isaac GalazanPeter Nguyen

Chiu'd Up

David Chiu
David Chiu
"It's all skills!" laughed David Chiu as he raked in a nice pot after catching the old "runner-runner" to break the dreams of his opponent.

Chiu was in the big blind and sensed a steal from the button, but his opponent tabled {A-Hearts}{Q-Spades} for the superior hand against Chiu's {K-Clubs}{3-Clubs}.

It got worse for Chiu on the {A-Spades}{8-Spades}{8-Clubs} flop but Chiu doesn't have four WSOP bracelets for nothing. The {7-Clubs} turn and {J-Clubs} river handed Chiu the pot for his flush and ended the tournament for his unlucky opponent.

Tags: David Chiu

Shawn Ryan Eliminated

Ok, Shout Box. You wanted an update on Shawn Ryan and you're going to get it. Ryan found himself all in preflop for a significant number of chips (we weren't able to get a count but seemed to be at least 30,000) holding {10-Spades} {10-Hearts}. His opponent had two overcards, {A-Hearts} {K-Clubs}. Ryan lost the flip on a king-high board, {4-Diamonds} {4-Clubs} {K-Hearts} {6-Clubs} {5-Spades}. He's out of the tournament.

Tags: Shawn Ryan

Dong Flexes Muscle

Catching the action on a flop of {10-Clubs}{10-Spades}{7-Diamonds}, Jonathan 'xMONSTERxDONGx' Karamalikis made the call of the 6,500-chip bet to see the {10-Diamonds} fall on the turn.

The interesting board was enough to prompt Karamalikis to lead at the pot with a similar sized bet of 6,500. His opponent made the call and the {6-Clubs} was the river.

Karamalikis tossed out 10,500 which looked tempting but his opponent released and the "Dong" collects a nice pot to move up to around 80,000 chips.

Tags: Jonathan KaramalikisxMONSTERxDONGx

One for the Good Guys

Someone bring Tony Hachem a white hat.
Someone bring Tony Hachem a white hat.
It's getting hard to keep up with the action. An all in and a call brought us scurrying to Tony Hachem's table, where his {10-Clubs} {10-Spades} were trying to eliminate a short stack, who tabled {A-Diamonds} {J-Diamonds}.

"I've got your tens," Hachem told Young Phan. "They've gotta hold up."

The dealer produced the perfect drama flop, {A-Spades} {8-Diamonds} {10-Diamonds}. Hachem made a set of tens but had to fade his opponent's flush draw.

"What a flop!" said Phan with a laugh.

The turn and river were both small clubs, {5-Clubs} and {4-Clubs}, giving Hachem the pot and the elimination.

"One for the good guys," said Hachem as he stacked up 53,000 chips.

Tags: Tony HachemYoung Phan

Steicke Surrenders

A sombre looking Steicke
A sombre looking Steicke
David Steicke open-pushed from under the gun for his last 30,600 and was called by Tu Le from the cutoff.

Steicke: {K-Clubs}{J-Spades}
Le: {Q-Diamonds}{Q-Spades}

With the flop dropping {K-Spades}{4-Hearts}{Q-Clubs} it put Le squarely in the lead, but when the {10-Spades} fell on the turn many Steicke-lovers would expect Steicke to find one of his eight outs on the river.

Unfortunately for Steicke the {5-Clubs} would land on the river to see the bright and exuberant Hong Kong-based Steicke make a quick exit to the rail.

Tags: David SteickeTu Le

Ace-Jack Enough For Demes

We didn't catch any of the action but the board was {6-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{2-Spades}{10-Spades}{2-Hearts} and the pot was over 50,000 in chips as Brandon Demes checked the action over to his opponent, Australian Andrew Scott.

Scott sat in thought and considered firing a bet but decided to check behind.

"Ace-jack?" said a hopeful Demes as he revealed {A-Hearts}{J-Diamonds}.

After another pause, Scott said, "It's good," and mucked his hand to the oohhs and aahhs of the table as Demes added the huge pot to his stack with just ace-high.

Scott threw his head back in disappointment as he falls to 70,000, while Demes keeps pace with the chips leaders with 175,000 chips.

Tags: Andrew ScottBrandon Demes

Phan Takes One From Wu

Raymond Wu raised the button to 3,000 with Young Phan defending in the big blind.

The flop was {6-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{K-Spades} and both players checked. The turn was the {A-Hearts} and Phan checked to Wu who fired 3,600. Phan made the call and the {9-Diamonds} hit the river.

Phan checked but Wu checked behind. Phan knew he was good as he flipped {A-Diamonds}{9-Hearts} for two pair to collect the pot.

Tags: Raymond WuYoung Phan

Stewart Scott Sails to the Rail

This year's Aussie Millions champ Stewart Scott has joined the rail after getting it all in preflop holding pocket fives against an opponent's pocket eights.

Both players managed to spike sets on the flop, but Scott was unable to catch the case five and thus was eliminated from the main event.

Tags: Stewart Scott

Ewing Doubles Through Seal

David 'u_dirty_dog' Ewing
David 'u_dirty_dog' Ewing
David 'u_dirty_dog' Ewing opened from the cutoff to 4,300 with Emanuel 'Curly' Seal defending his big blind.

Seal lead out for 4,200 on the {4-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{J-Spades} flop and Seal made the call.

Seal: {J-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}
Ewing: {J-Hearts}{10-Clubs}

The turn and river landed the {A-Clubs} and {K-Diamonds} to see Ewing double through to 40,000 as Seal slips to just on 13,000 in chips.

Tags: David EwingEmanuel Seal