APPT Macau Main Event Day 3 | 2009 PokerStars.net APPT Macau

Level: 21

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 2,000

08-29-2009 18:59 UTC+8

Break Time

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The players are on their next break.

08-29-2009 18:59 UTC+8

Josh Ang Doubles Up

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It was quick but not bloodless. Josh Ang opened preflop for 47,000 and was called in position by Darkhan Botabayev. Ang checked the {K-Spades}

, then quickly called all in after Botabayev announced he was all in. Botabayev was caught in a bad spot with {9-Diamonds}

, a pair of nines. Ang showed a pair of kings, {K-Diamonds}

. That hand held up through the river.

Ang's stack was counted down at exactly 250,000. He now has about 625,000.

08-29-2009 18:50 UTC+8

Chen Goes For Glory

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Daoxing Chen limped from the small blind before Dane Lomas popped it an additional 34,000 from the big blind. Chen made the call.

They took a flop of {9-Spades}

and Chen checked to Lomas who fired 88,000 into the middle. Chen then shocked us all with an instant check-raise to 200,000. Lomas moved all in and Chen called.

Chen: {4-Clubs}

Lomas:

It was flush draw versus the overpair as the turn and river bricked out {9-Diamonds}

,

to leave the jacks of Lomas in front.

Lomas doubled up to around 700,000 to leave Chen once again on the short stack.

Tags: Dane Lomas Daoxing Chen

08-29-2009 18:37 UTC+8

Daoxing Chen opened with a raise to 45,000 before Brandon Demes popped it up another 80,000 in position. The table folded back to our good friend Mr.Chen who clearly has no appointments this evening, as he again sat back in his chair and gave his decision plenty of thought. Again minutes ticked by, but this time instead of folding, he decided to commit all of his final chips, with Demes immediately calling.

Chen: {A-Diamonds}

Demes:

With Chen screaming for a jack, his prayers were answered when the board ran out {2-Clubs}

to pair up Chen. He survives and doubles to over 400,000 chips.

Tags: Brandon Demes Daoxing Chen

08-29-2009 18:31 UTC+8

New Seat Assignments

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Table 6

Seat 1: Youngshin Im
Seat 2: Daoxing Chen
Seat 3: Dane Lomas
Seat 4: Brandon Demes
Seat 5: Daniel Hansson
Seat 6: Josh Ang
Seat 7: Tran Linh
Seat 8: Darkhan Botayabev

Table 15

Seat 1: Michael Kim
Seat 2: Dermot Blain
Seat 3: Michael Collins
Seat 4: Stefan Hjorthall
Seat 5: Pontus Kers
Seat 6: Jicheng Su
Seat 7: David Chiu
Seat 8: Dbinder Singh

08-29-2009 18:20 UTC+8

Remy Bakke Eliminated in 17th Place ($12,489)

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Remy Bakke shoved his last chips into the middle preflop but threw his head back when Brandon Demes called and tabled {A-Hearts}

. The reason was Bakke was dominated holding {K-Spades}

.

The board ran out {Q-Hearts}

and Demes takes it down to jump out to over 1.4 million chips with Bakke departing in 17th place for $12,489 in prize money.

With that elimination the players are now redrawing for the final two tables. Our two chip leaders (likely to be Demes and Mike Collins) will be seeded onto separate tables, with the others sprinkled around them. We'll have the redraw for you shortly.

Tags: Brandon Demes Remy Bakke

08-29-2009 18:07 UTC+8

Demes Still Climbing

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Brandon Demes has been building and building and building his chip stack today. Despite minor setbacks along the way, he shows no signs of stopping. Demes was on the button for a hand against Pontus Kers. Kerus opened for 40,000 preflop with only Demes calling.

The dealer produced a flop with two Broadway cards, {3-Clubs}

. Kers bet 50,000 and Demes quickly called. Both players checked the {2-Diamonds}

turn, bringing them to the {10-Clubs}

river. Kers led out for 100,000. Again Demes quickly called.

Kers: {5-Clubs}

, a pair of fives
Demes: {K-Clubs}

, a pair of kings

"Not the river I wanted," said Demes with a smile as he collected the pot to increase his count to 1.23 million.

"It was the worst river for you," Kers agreed, a hint of bitterness in his voice. He has slipped down to 420,000.

Tags: Brandon Demes Pontus Kers

08-29-2009 18:00 UTC+8

Chen Goes The Spit

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In a first for the PokerNews live reporting team, we've just witnessed our first emergency spit at the table. We already noticed that Daoxing Chen has been taking his time over almost every decision. In a recent hand the board read {5-Hearts}

and Chen was in the tank for a long time facing a hefty bet. Out of nowhere Chen appeared to be about to vomit, and as the local TD quickly found some tissues, Chen desperately reached for a nearby bag to spit out some unknown substance he'd been eating.

While we all got a laugh from the antics, Chen went back to the hand. More minutes passed, Chen stood, still apparently thinking. Finally Mike Collins had seen enough and called for the clock and Chen instantly folded. His opponent Jicheng Su flashed {J-Diamonds}

and the two exchange some lengthy words in Chinese.

Not overly exciting poker, but certainly the potential for a great drama series.

Tags: Daoxing Chen Jicheng Su