Cherep Silenced
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Despite spending the last few hours claiming he was going to win the tournament, Timothy Cherep has made his exit. He's gone in 21st place after losing a flip with pocket fives when 
rivered a straight.
2010 PokerStars.net APPT Macau
Main Event
Day: 3
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
Nguuuuu
Cole Swannack raised to 18,500 for the second hand in a row, this time from the cutoff. Jessica Ngu called in the big blind. The flop bled 
. Ngu checked, and Swannack checked behind. The turn was the 
, and Ngu bet out 30,000. Swannack instantly said "all in," and Ngu called. Neither held a diamond. Instead, Ngu had flopped a set with 
, and Cole had turned a straight with 
. Ngu needed the board to pair to stay alive, but the river was a total brick, the . With 183,000 to his name, Swannack had Ngu covered by exactly 1,000 and eliminated the last woman in the field. She gets HK$108,200 for 20th place.
Yoo Get Out of Here
Mikhail Mazunin raised from the cutoff seat to 18,500. Yong Hyun Yoo reraised all in from the small blind for 56,500 and Mazunin made the call. He held the 
and was up against the 
of Yoo.
A king in the window hit the felt as the board ran out 
and that was the end of the line for Yoo.
Boom-shaka-laka
We walked up too late to see the opening raise, but Keith Hawkins had opened the pot, and Brendan Rubie had moved all in for 58,500 on top. The raise and the pull-in put 51,500 chips in the middle, so Hawkins was getting just about two-to-one on his call. It represented a significant chunk of his remaining stack, and he finally convinced himself to make the call to put Rubie at risk.
Showdown
Hawkins:
Rubie: 
The flop was a disaster for Rubie as it came down 
to vault Hawkins into a big lead with his two pair. The turn would open the door a door just a bit as the gave the Aussie another nine outs to work with, drawing live to the spade flush. His mates Eric Assadourian, Tony Hachem, and Aaron Benton came to life on the rail yelling, "Come on, Rubie!" Assadourian shouted over top of the chaos, "Which one you want? A jack or a spade?"
Rubie was clearly a bit nervous standing behind his chair. "Whichever one wins," he said quietly.
The 
definitely wins, and that river card improved Rubie to the winning straight and secured his double up. He's back to 170,000 now, and he was rewarded with a big "Boom-shaka-laka!!!" from Assadourian after the hand.
Vorapanich Four-Bets with Red Bullets
John Chong raised from under the gun to 20,000 before Wee Yee Tan reraised to 60,000 from the cutoff seat. TJ Vorapanich re-reraised from the small blind to 144,000. Chong tanked for several minutes until he had the clock called on him. Towards the end of the countdown, he mucked he hand. Tan folded as well and Vorapanich tossed over two red aces as he was pushed the pot.
Rubie Back in Business
Brendon Rubie was all in again, this time for 150,500. He held the and was up against Colin Ip's . Ip had about 210,000 chips. The flop came down 
and there wasn't much there for Rubie to get exited about. Neither player held a diamond as well.
The turn card brought the and Rubie smacked one of his outs to take the lead. The river completed the board with the and Rubie successfully doubled up. He's back over 300,000 chips now.
Achy Breachy
Time for the second break of the day. The floor will be coloring up the purple T500 chips during this one. Back in ten.
Big Pot for Torres Into Break
One table ran over into the break due to a big hand between Mikhail Mazunin and Victorino Torres. There's was well over 100,000 chips in the middle on the board of 
. Mazunin had fired 55,000 and Torres raised him to 205,000. Mazunin tanked for about six minutes into the break and then mucked his hand, allowing Torres to add a nice pot and chip up to about 400,000.
Level: 19
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 1,000
Ip Missing
Colin Ip pulled a quiet disappearing act in the first hand back from break. He gets HK$108,200 for his 18th-place finish. After the next elimination, they will redraw to two tables.