Main Event
Day 1a Started
2010 PokerStars.net APPT Macau
Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010 PokerStars.net APPT Macau
Buy-in
37,600 HKD
Prize Pool
12,730,608 HKD
Entries
342
Level
26
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000
Welcome to APPT Macau!
The 2010 PokerStars.net Asian Pacific Poker Tour Macau Main Event is fired up and ready to go here at the beautiful Grand Lisboa Hotel and Casino. Last year, Dermot Blain emerged victorious over the field of 429 runners that showed up. He took home over $540,000 for his win.
This years event comes a few months earlier than last year's, scheduled before the World Series of Poker instead of after. This event is a great lead up to the summer series in Las Vegas and should provide great action from the felt with a packed field.
Team PokerStars Asia will be in the house in full effect along with Dutch pro Marcel Luske, who has been spotted in his ever so dapper suit getting ready for action today. Also in the building are top pros JC Tran and Nam Le. It's still unknown weather or not they'll sit down for Day 1a, but they're definitely here to play. Emanuel "Curly" Seal and Graeme "Kiwi G" Putt are some of the other names playing in the Main Event and one half of the Hachem team, Tony, will be in the field as well.
Play kicks off today at 12:15 p.m. local time with the first of three Day 1 flights. Be sure to keep your browser pointed to PokerNews for all the live updates coming straight from the tournament floor.
Shuffle Up and Deal!
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We just witnessed a welcome ceremony that was unique, to say the least. Two men in traditional dragon costumes performed a not-so-traditional dance to Michael Jackson music. This mask-changing ceremony is known locally as Bian Lian, and it was a flashy and captivating display of local theater. Then several gorgeous models escorted in Marcel Luske. The Flying Dutchman uttered the magic words, "Shuffle up and deal!" And with that, we're off!
Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Jensen Wastes No Time
It didn't take long for Patrick Jensen to get all his chips in the middle. The under-the-gun player opened the action with a raise, and from middle position, Jensen reraised to 750. The big blind four-bet to 2,700, and without a moment of hesitation, Jensen moved all in. The big blind called, and Jensen showed 
to his opponent's 
. The board ran out clean, 
. Jensen doubled up, but he must have lost a chunk of his 20,000-chip starting stack in the 10 minutes before the hand, since he's only up to around 30,000 now. His opponent was left low but not out of it yet with 7,500 left to work with.
Who's All Here?
The field isn't bursting beyond the confines of the walls just yet and it's not expected to be too massive for Day 1a, but there are a handful of notables in the field. Team PokerStars is represented by Asian pros Raymond Wu, Bryan Huang and Celina Lin along with Dutch pro Marcel Luske. Graeme "Kiwi G" Putt, Daren Yoon, Ben [Removed:293], Jonas Kronwitter and Julian Powell are also occupying chip stacks.
Powell Picks One Up Early
We caught up with the action after the final community card was dealt in the middle of the felt. The board read 
between one opponent and Julian Powell. The first player fired a bet of 1,500 in the pot of roughly 2,700. Powell then raised to 4,650. After a few minutes in the tank, the player made the call. Powell revealed a set of fives with the 
. His opponent showed a losing 
and lost the pot. Scooping that pot in the early goings bumped Powell up to about 26,000 chips.
Putt Check-Raises Turn
Graeme "Kiwi G" Putt just picked up some chips after check-raising the turn on a board of 
to get a fold out of his opponent. After Putt checked fourth street, his opponent fired 1,200 into a pot of 2,100. Putt then raised to 3,200 and after a brief moment, his opponent let his hand go.
Huang Adds a Little
An under-the-gun player raised to 300 before Bryan Huang called from the cutoff seat. The two of them took a heads-up flop of 
and the preflop aggressor fired a continuation bet of 550. Huang flatted.
The turn added the to the board and the first player checked. Huang pounced at the opportunity and fired 1,075 into the middle. His opponent folded and Huang added some chips to his stack.
Opponent Straightens Out Kiwi G
After a player in early position made it 250 to go and two others called, the small blind came along for the ride. Graeme Putt joined them as well from the big blind, and they went to the flop five-handed. It came 
, and the small blind bet out a tiny 250. Putt called, as did two of three players behind. Then all four checked the on the turn. The river brought the 
, and the small blind bet 500. Putt called, and the other two players folded, leaving Kiwi G on his own to see the bad news when his opponent tabled 
for the rivered straight.