It is looking like Team PokerStars Pro Nacho Barbero is sitting behind the largest stack in the field at the moment and we recently caught a hand where Barbero took some chips off fellow Team Pro, Vivian Im.
We caught the action with a board showing and Barbero with a bet of 5,500 out on the felt in front of him. Im was in the tank by the time we got to the table and continued to think deeply as we watched on. After a few more moments, Im made the call and sent the nice pot to Barbero as he tabled his
Team PokerStars Pro Bryan Huang is now sitting behind quite a large stack as we caught the action on a recent hand which added to his growing pile of chips.
The board was showing and Huang led into his opponent for 9,075. His opponent thought for some time before making the call.
Huang turned over and sent his opponent's cards into the muck.
The numbers are in. With 269 players coming from Day 1a and 306 players from Day 1b, the 2011 PokerStars.netAPPT Macau Main Event has a record-setting field of 575 players. The top 70 places will be paid out with the winner taking home HKD 3,772,000 (US $483,902). Just netting a cash will earn a minimum of HKD 46,700 (US $5,991). The total prizepool generated was HKD 15,552,600 (US $1,995,211).
We came to the action on Jeff Rossiter's table with a board showing and Rossiter up against one opponent.
At this point, Rossiter's opponent was first to act and fired out a bet of around half the pot. Rossiter almost immediately called and turned over his , while his opponent held two low cards for a failed bluff.
With a paired flop of laying in the middle of the felt, Team PokerStars Pro Max Lykov bet 1,600. His opponent, who had position on him, made the call.
The turn brought the and completed a possible diamond flush draw. Lykov stayed aggressive and bet 3,275. His opponent tanked for a bit and even acted as though he was pained by the decision. He then put in a raise to 11,000 after a couple minutes. Lykov thought to himself for a little bit with a tad under 40,000 behind. He eventually folded and the opponent took the pot, knocking the Team Pro back a few steps.
We came to Johnny Chan's table with a board showing and Chan in a hand going up against two opponents.
All the players checked on the turn and watched as the was dealt on the river. The first player to act checked this third queen, while Chan would fire out 3,000. The player behind Chan made the call and the action was back on the original checker who now went all in for 13,950.
At this point Chan went deep into the tank, even prompting one player to call the clock on Chan. Just before Chan's one minute time limit ran out, he slid his cards towards the muck. The other player also got out of the way as the pot was sent to the check-raiser.
"Did you have the nine?", the player asked Chan.
"Bigger than the nine," replied Chan as he put his head phones back on his ears.
We came to the action on Eddy Sabat's table with a board showing and the action on Sabat.
It only took a couple of seconds for Sabat to make his decision, as he checked the play to his opponent. A few moments later Sabat's opponent checked behind.
Sabat turned over his for a full house, while his opponents cards went into the muck.
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and Barbero with a bet of 5,500 out on the felt in front of him. Im was in the tank by the time we got to the table and continued to think deeply as we watched on. After a few more moments, Im made the call and sent the nice pot to Barbero as he tabled his 
and Huang led into his opponent for 9,075. His opponent thought for some time before making the call.
and sent his opponent's cards into the muck.
, while his opponent held two low cards for a failed bluff.
laying in the middle of the felt, 
and Chan in a hand going up against two opponents.
and the action on Sabat.
for a full house, while his opponents cards went into the muck.
