2009 PokerStars.net APPT Macau

APPT Macau Main Event
Day: 1b
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
Players Left 1 / 429

A Tale of Two Day 1s

It's hard to specify precisely why, but the action today feels much slower and more methodical than it did yesterday. There's no reason it should be so; the fields from both days are of similar size. Yet yesterday it seemed like there was an action pot going down every few minutes, no matter which way you looked. Today pots seem smaller (with a few notable exceptions) and flops seem much more rare.

It could be that the mix of playing styles yesterday was more explosive and that today's players veer more towards the TAG end of the scale. But once we get into the next level, in about twenty minutes, we expect that the pace of play -- and eliminations -- will pick up significantly.