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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Brandon Demes - 1,210,000
Mike Collins - 1,040,000
Dbinder Singh - 820,000
Dane Lomas - 730,000
Dermot Blain - 690,000
"Do you have an ace?" Chiu asked. When he tabled his hand it was clear why he was concerned.
Chiu:
Collins:
Chiu was dominated and never got out from under that domination on a board of
. He was eliminated in 16th place and with that elimination is free to go off and try his hand at the High Rollers event, where his stack has been slowly blinded off for the last two hours.
, Mike Kim checked to Mike Collins who fired 50,000. Kim then check-raised to 100,000 and Collins moved all in. Kim instantly called.Kim:
Collins:
The huge action flop saw Kim's overpair up against the top pair and flush draw of Collins. The turn was the
and the river was a brick in the 
to give Kim a huge double up.Collins slips to 600,000 with Kim now surging to 950,000 chips.
"You want your chips back?" Ang asked. He then threw a call into the pot and turned over a hand he had to know was behind,
. Botabayev showed 
and was dismayed to see a nine flop, 
. But he was saved by an ace on the turn and another on the river . He doubled up to about 370,000.
and called by Dane Lomas' . Chen hit his ace on a flop of 
to overtake Lomas. From there he safely navigated the turn 
and river 
to double up again. He's up to 340,000.
Im:
Chen:
The board ran out
and the pair of Chen holds up to eliminate Im in 15th place. She collects $16,643 for a fine tournament effort. Meanwhile Chen is now looking sprightly with over 700,000 chips.
flop and was called by Chen. When the turn fell , Botabayev checked.Chen took the opportunity to bet 30,000. It was a bet that Botabayev check-raised to 105,000. Like clockwork, Chen started tanking. He has had at least one street of being in the tank for almost every hand he has played in the last two hours. Brandon Demes, clearly frustrated by Chen's antics, asked TD Danny McDonagh if time could be put back on the clock.
McDonagh seems to have recognized the problem. After a reasonable amount of time he put a clock on Chen himself. Chen used up the full seventy seconds and allowed his hand to be declared dead. He flashed a
before surrendering his cards to the dealer. Botabayev responded by flashing the .
Linh:
Chen:
The board ran out
and the rail gave a roar as the local Chen had dismissed another opponent! He's on a giant-killing run at the moment and now sits with over 1.1 million in chips!
Josh Ang opened to 56,000 before Dane Lomas made it 200,000 from the button. Demes then quickly declared himself all in over the top of both players from the small blind. Ang folded and Lomas shrugged his sholders and also gave it up.
Without any resistance, Demes adds 300,000 chips to his stack to climb to 1.5 million chips.
