but ran into the 
of Brandon Demes.The board landed
to leave Lee heading to the rail in 39th place for a collect of $8,321.
2009 PokerStars.net APPT Macau
APPT Macau Main Event
Day: 3
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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but ran into the of Brandon Demes.The board landed
to leave Lee heading to the rail in 39th place for a collect of $8,321.
and dominated against the 
of Joshua Ang.However the poker Gods often like to have some fun, as they delivered a board of
. Yu makes a running flush to double up to 130,000. Ang slips to 200,000.
against the 
of Preetinder Bhayana.The board was spread
and Chang is chopped in 38th place for $8,321 in prize money.
for Collins and 
for Mahrenholz -- we have to imagine it was on the 
flop. Mahrenholz needed to improve on his tens. The 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 , making trip jacks for Collins. Mahrenholz therefore reported to the payout table.
but found himself racing when Daniel Hansson made the call in the small blind with 
.The flop was not what Pham wanted to see when it fell
. The 
on the turn brought Pham some hope to a chop but the river bricked the 
and Pham becomes our 36th place finisher. He'll collect $8,321 in prize money.
Level: 16
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 500
The action was four-bet preflop before they saw a
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.
against Spets' 
. Of course, as these things go, three-nine wound up the boss hand on a board of 
, making trip treys to send Spets to the rail in 35th place.
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:
Sombero:
Su's two pair, aces and treys, were ahead of Sombero's single pair of aces. They stayed that way with two babies,
on the turn and 
on the river. Su doubled to about 260,000 while Sombero fell to 119,000.
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 
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...
