2009 PokerStars.net APPT Macau

APPT Macau Main Event
Day: 3
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

Yu Wouldn't Believe It

Winfred Yu has pulled an escape act to stay alive in this tournament after getting his last chips into the middle with {J-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds} and dominated against the {K-Hearts}{J-Clubs} of Joshua Ang.

However the poker Gods often like to have some fun, as they delivered a board of {K-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds}{K-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}. Yu makes a running flush to double up to 130,000. Ang slips to 200,000.

Tags: Joshua AngWinfred Yu

Karl Mahrenholz Eliminated in 37th Place ($8,321)

Karl Mahrenhol - 32nd Place
Karl Mahrenhol - 32nd Place
We didn't see where the money went in between Mike Collins and Karl Mahrenholz. Given the tabled hands -- {J-Hearts} {6-Hearts} for Collins and {10-Hearts} {9-Spades} for Mahrenholz -- we have to imagine it was on the {10-Spades} {J-Diamonds} {3-Spades} flop. Mahrenholz needed to improve on his tens. The {7-Clubs} on the turn gave him a few more precious outs. Any eight, nine or ten would keep him in the tournament. The river, however, was the {J-Clubs}, making trip jacks for Collins. Mahrenholz therefore reported to the payout table.

Tags: Karl MahrenholzMike Collins

Van Binh Pham Eliminated in 36th Place ($8,321)

Van Binh Pham moved all in preflop for his last chips with {J-Diamonds}{J-Clubs} but found himself racing when Daniel Hansson made the call in the small blind with {A-Clubs}{Q-Spades}.

The flop was not what Pham wanted to see when it fell {A-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}. The {3-Hearts} on the turn brought Pham some hope to a chop but the river bricked the {7-Hearts} and Pham becomes our 36th place finisher. He'll collect $8,321 in prize money.

Tags: Daniel HanssonVan Binh Pham

Level: 16

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 500

Demes Dominant

A huge put between Brandon Demes and Kyle Cheong has seen the mometum swing back in the direction of Demes.

The action was four-bet preflop before they saw a {7-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds} flop. Cheong checked and Demes fired 65,000. Cheong then check-raised to 190,000 before Demes declared himself all in. Cheong tanked for a long time and eventually had to release as Demes stormed to 730,000 and a clear chip lead. Cheong falls to 330,000.

Tags: Brandon DemesKyle Cheong

Roger Spets Eliminated in 35th Place ($8,321)

Roger Spets - Eliminated
Roger Spets - Eliminated
Roger Spets started the day as one of the shortest stacks. He was unable to make it out of the first level of play. Spets was severely short-stacked and called all in from the big blind after small blind Darkhan Botabayev set him in. Botabayev had complete air, {3-?} {9-?} against Spets' {A-?} {10-?}. Of course, as these things go, three-nine wound up the boss hand on a board of {6-Diamonds} {j-Clubs} {3-Diamonds} {7-Clubs} {3-Clubs}, making trip treys to send Spets to the rail in 35th place.

Tags: Darkhan BotabayevRoger Spets

Su Doubles through Sombero

Four minutes is how long Jicheng Su spent in the think tank. He had bet 20,500 on a flop of {K-Hearts} {A-Clubs} {3-Spades} in front of Wally Sombero, who moved all in.

"Do you have a big hand?" Su asked Sombero. Sombero nodded his head, prompting Su to stand up out of his chair with a pained expression on his face. He ran his hands through his hair, rubbed his forehead and then jammed his hands deep into his pockets.

"Do you want me to call or fold?" Su asked. "Do you have a big hand?" Again Sombero nodded. "How big?" He didn't wait for an answer before finally calling all in for a total of 120,500.

Su: {A-Spades} {3-Diamonds}
Sombero: {A-Diamonds} {10-Clubs}

Su's two pair, aces and treys, were ahead of Sombero's single pair of aces. They stayed that way with two babies, {2-Diamonds} on the turn and {4-Spades} on the river. Su doubled to about 260,000 while Sombero fell to 119,000.

Tags: Jicheng SuWally Sombero

Theo Tran Eliminated in 34th Place ($8,341)

Theo Tran - Eliminated
Theo Tran - Eliminated

Theo Tran passed by Tom Hall's table.

"You out?" Hall asked. Tran nodded and sighed.

"Couldn't win a race," he replied. "Good luck big guy." It was true. Tran's {A-} {7-} was up against Shawn Buchanan's pocket fours, all in preflop. Buchanan flopped a set and never looked back to send Tran to the rail.

Fortunately we caught up with Tran yesterday for a quick 60 seconds with Lynn Gilmartin...

Tags: Shawn BuchananTheo Tran