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Level: 4
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
2010 PokerStars.net APPT Macau
Main Event
Day: 1c
Event Info
2010 PokerStars.net APPT Macau
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
37,600 HKD
Prize Pool
12,730,608 HKD
Total Entries
342
Level
26
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000
Players Left 1 / 342
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Ok, it was actually pretty standard. Sam Weir had pocket kings and was out in front of an all-in opponent's threes. But the short stack spiked a trey on the flop and rivered a four-flush to double up. Weir's looking understandably grumpy, but he's still got 18,000 to play with.
We didn't see how it happened, but when we arrived, Paulo Braga Chastinet had gotten in about 20k (100 big blinds) with 
against Patrick Carron's 
. The flop came 
, and Chastinet picked up a gutshot with the 
on the turn. But the 
on the river paired Carron and sent Chastinet packing.
Derek Lerner's day has come to an early end here in Macau. He got his last 9,450 in on a flop of 
with 
. His opponent had out-flopped him with the 
.
There was no assistance for Lerner on the turn (
) or river (
) and he was sent to the rail. His twin brother Aaron is still in the event at an adjacent table to where his brother once sat.
Sarah Lee might be small, quiet and unassuming, but she isn't scared to play with the men. She's seated at the table containing Quinn Do and Brendon Rubie, but hasn't backed down from any of their aggression just yet.
On a board of 
, Lee checked to her opponent. Like most men do when faced with a check from a woman in front of them, her opponent fired out a bet of 2,300, which was just about pot-sized. Lee wasn't having any of it and check-raised to 6,000. Her opponent shook his head and dropped it to the table as he flung his hand into the muck, giving Lee the pot and putting her stack at 24,000.
Tournament staff just delivered a shiny trophy to Harry Su at his table. He earned it for winning a side event here a few days ago, the HK$ 1,500 no limit deep stack. Tablemate Derek Lerner asked him which event. "Oh, $1,500 U.S.?" "No, Hong Kong," Su said. Lerner just grunted and looked completely unimpressed. The buy-in was equivalent to about $193. Su asked the floor staff to hold on to his trophy until the end of the day.
We walked over to Brendon Rubie's table to see that he had a bet of 2,300 laid out in front of him with about 4,000 chips in the pot on a flop of 
. An opponent had checked to him and Rubie fired his bet. After Rubie bet, the player moved all in. Although this isn't that big of a deal, what was a big deal was the fact that the all-in shove was worth 42,250. If Rubie were to call, he'd be putting his 33,450-chip stack in the middle.
Rubie tanked for a couple minutes. Eventually, Aaron Benton stopped by to check in on Rubie and saw what was going on. Rubie began talking to him from across the table and told Benton that he was holding the 
. If it were true, Rubie was holding an open-ended straight flush draw. Benton looked surprised by both the size of the shove and also how much thought Rubie was giving to his hand. Rubie talked about how he was unsure if he wanted to risk it, but if he won it'd be such a big pot. Eventually, he stacked up his chips and stuffed them in the middle.
The was revealed from Rubie's hand, showing that he was telling the truth about what he held. His opponent held the 
for a big draw as well and Rubie expressed his dislike about seeing that type of hand from his opponent.
The turn brought the 
and Rubie needed to fade one more card. The river card was the and Rubie improved to trip eights. He was all in for 33,450 and with that pot, boosted his stack to a field-leading 71,000 chips.
Everyone's happy to see the gregarious Aussie Aaron Benton in the field today, one day later than we expected to see him. Benton was battling a case of food poisoning yesterday, though he did manage to make it to the PokerStars party briefly last night.
"How you feeling today?" we asked Benton, walking by to check on him and his stack.
"Pretty good mate. Still sweating a bit," he said, wiping a bit of moisture off his brow. You can tell he's been a bit sick, but Benton looks to be faring just fine, proudly sporting his new Star City patch. Along with Eric Assadourian and Grant Levy, Benton has a new gig as an ambassador for his home casino in Sydney.
There's a strong Aussie contingent here this week, and Benton is representing his home country well; he's up to about 28,000 here in the early going.
Take a peek at some of the sights of APPT Macau Day 1c so far.
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
