Eddy Sabat saw his stack decrease early, but is now sitting a lot healthier after we caught the play on this hand.
The board was showing and Sabat led out for 700. The player directly to his left was the only opponent in the hand and he decided to raise it up to 2,100. Sabat thought for a few moments before making the call.
The on the river brought about a check from Sabat and his opponent continued his aggression, firing out 5,500. Sabat then went into the tank, going so far as to lean far to his left to get a better read on his opponent.
After a few minutes, Sabat made the call and watched as his opponents landed on the felt. Sabat tabled his , enough to take down the pot.
Brendon Rubie was down over half of his starting stack, but was able to pick up the following pot and chip back up a little bit to 17,000 or so. Here's how it happened.
The player under the gun raised to 600. Rubie flat-called on the button and the player in the big blind also called. The flop came down and action checked around.
After the fell on the turn, the big blind checked and the under-the-gun raiser bet 1,700. Rubie called and the big blind folded.
The completed the board on the river. The first player checked. Rubie tossed out a yellow T5,000 chip, but it was unclear the actual amount that he bet. At any rate, his opponent folded and Rubie picked up the pot.
Joseph Cheong called a bet of 500 on the flop. The turn brought the and the first player checked to Cheong. He bet 1,025 and his opponent made the call.
The river completed the board with the and Cheong's opponent checked. Cheong fired all in for what looked to be around 6,000 or 7,000 and his opponent quickly called.
Cheong tabled the and his opponent the . Cheong's hand was second best and he was eliminated from the tournament.
There were 5 players involved in a raised pot over on the "stacked" table, with Jeff Rossiter and Team PokerStars' Pro's Vivian Im and Nacho Barbero in the hand with two other opponents.
The flop was showing and the action was checked by all five players as the hit the turn. This time when the play came around to Rossiter, he decided to bet, throwing out 1,600. Im and Barbero got out of the way as only one player made the call.
A on the river prompted Rossiter's opponent to again check and Rossiter would bet, making it 3,500. The player thought for some time before sending his cards into the muck as Rossiter took down the nice pot.
The field size here on Day 1b at the 2011 PokerStars.netAPPT Macau Main Event has surpassed the 300-player mark. There are now over 570 players total in the Main Event field, making it the largest APPT Macau Main Event in history! The tournament staff also announced that there are a few no-shows to the event, but their buy-in money will stay in the prize pool.
At one of the tables in the tournament area, Team PokerStars Pro Nacho Barbero was in action on a board of . There was 7,800 in the middle and Barbero fired 5,000. He had to endure a long tank from his opponent, but the player eventually folded and Barbero won the pot.
On another table, 10-time World Series of Poker gold bracelet winner and two-time WSOP Main Event champion Johnny Chan was involved in a five-way flop on the board of . The first four players checked to Chan with 2,600 in the middle. He bet 1,000. One by one, each player folded and Chan won the pot.
The play started with Johnny Chan limping from under the gun, whereby the action was sent around to Team PokerStars Pro, Celina Lin. A call from Lin would prompt the blinds to come along for the ride as a flop was dealt.
The small blind player led for 400 on the flop and the big blind player got out of the way before Johnny Chan made the call. Lin sent her cards into the muck and the two remaining players would watch the land on the turn.
Chan's opponent continued his aggression, sending 1,200 onto the felt. Chan again opted to call as the hit the river. Another bet of 3,050 was made and this time Chan went deep into the tank. After almost 2 minutes of staring his opponent down, Chan slid his cards into the muck and sent the pot to his opponent.
With the final board reading , a player check-raised Benjamin Jenkins' bet of 1,025 to 3,000. Jenkins made the call with the bottom end of the full house holding the . His opponent tabled the for just king high and lost the pot.
"Good thing no diamonds," mentioned the player to Jenkins after the hand. Jenkins is now up to 36,000 in chips.
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and Sabat led out for 700. The player directly to his left was the only opponent in the hand and he decided to raise it up to 2,100. Sabat thought for a few moments before making the call.
on the river brought about a check from Sabat and his opponent continued his aggression, firing out 5,500. Sabat then went into the tank, going so far as to lean far to his left to get a better read on his opponent.
landed on the felt. Sabat tabled his 
, enough to take down the pot.
and action checked around.
fell on the turn, the big blind checked and the under-the-gun raiser bet 1,700. Rubie called and the big blind folded.
completed the board on the river. The first player checked. Rubie tossed out a yellow T5,000 chip, but it was unclear the actual amount that he bet. At any rate, his opponent folded and Rubie picked up the pot.
flop. The turn brought the 
and Cheong's opponent checked. Cheong fired all in for what looked to be around 6,000 or 7,000 and his opponent quickly called.
and his opponent the 
. Cheong's hand was second best and he was eliminated from the tournament.
and the action was checked by all five players as the 
on the river prompted Rossiter's opponent to again check and Rossiter would bet, making it 3,500. The player thought for some time before sending his cards into the muck as Rossiter took down the nice pot.
land on the turn.
. His opponent tabled the