2009 PokerStars.net APPT Macau

APPT Macau Main Event
Day: 1a
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

Cornwell Plays It Safe

Mark Cornwell has had a good day so far, amassing chips with relative ease. Perhaps that's why he saw no need to get involved in a marginal spot. Cornwell was in late position and faced one opponent on a four-diamond board, {8-Diamonds} {Q-Diamonds} {4-Diamonds} {9-Diamonds}. That opponent, the small blind, fired out for 3,000 and Cornwell called.

The river was a fifth diamond, the {3-Diamonds}. Again the small blind bet, this time for 6,000. Cornwell leaned back in his chair, grimaced, thought things over and then folded. The small blind mimed severely shaking hands after the fold, perhaps trying to make Cornwell believe he had folded a chopped pot.

Cornwell didn't seem all that interested in his opponent's antics. He still has 44,000 chips.

Tags: Mark Cornwell