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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Level: 19
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 1,000
. Kim had him topped with 
. The first card on the flop was a nine, but it was followed by a king, 
. Kim had to feel good at that point. When the board blanked out 
and 
, he doubled up to almost 600,000 chips. Botabayev fell to about the same number.
. Demes checked to his opponent, who led out for 55,000. Demes check-raised that bet to 140,000.The check-raise slowed Bhayana down for about thirty seconds as he pondered his action. His decision was to move all in for more than 400,000 total chips. It was all-advised; Demes double-fist-pump-snap-called with the nuts,
, a king-high straight. Bhayana showed down just one pair, 
. The turn 
left him drawing dead. After the river 
, he was eliminated in 20th place.Demes is the first player to crest the 1,000,000-chip threshold.
. His opponent was Daoxing Chen who appears to be enjoying the limelight as he often takes several minutes over each decision. This one was no exception but he decided to make the call.The turn was the
and both quickly checked to bring the 
on the river. Chen took a moment and slid 215,000 into the pot with Collins quickly calling.Chen had turned his
into a bluff as Collins flipped 
to scoop a very nice pot. Collins is now up over 800,000 chips.
Blain:
Linh:
The board fell
and Blain doubles through to leave Linh on the short stack.
Cheong was in the big blind and had position on small blind Michael Kim, who opened the preflop action to 26,000. Cheong called to a flop of
. Kim made a flop bet of 35,000, about two-third pot. Cheong's response was to raise all in for 144,000 total. Kim quickly called.Kim:
, a pair of jacksCheong:
, a pair of tensWith no draw to speak of, Cheong was left to look for a ten or a seven. The
on the turn was not one of those cards, nor was the river. Cheong went from first place at the start of the day to out in 19th. It is surely a disappointing result for him.Kim now has 615,000 chips.
The line worked when he shoved with
and Daniel Hansson made the call with a dominated .The board of
was safe for Chiu and he doubled up to 220,000, with Hansson falling to 425,000."You can't play the High Rollers now!" chucked Joshua Ang.
. Hall moved all in for 88,000, bringing the action to button player Daoxing Chen. He called the bet, chasing Su out of the hand. Chen had flopped top pair with 
; Hall showed second pair, 
. The on the turn gave Chen two pair but didn't take away any of Hall's outs. The river 
, however, took away Hall's tournament life.Chen quickly popped out of his chair to vigorously shake Hall's hand. Hall then went to get his payout slip.
