Main Event
Day 3 Started
2013 APPT Macau
Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2013 APPT Macau
Buy-in
25,000 HKD
Prize Pool
8,656,280 HKD
Entries
388
Level
25
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
5,000
Welcome Back to Day 3 of APPT Macau!
Welcome back for what will no doubt be an exciting Day 3, here at the 2013 PokerStars.net APPT Macau Main Event from the picturesque City of Dreams.
We say exciting, because 49 will return today on the money-bubble! That’s right; there were no exceptions last night as play ended right at the end of the seven levels of play. Will short-stacks Tobin Ryall and Mei Ngok be able to survive with their five big-blinds, or will someone else narrowly miss out on some hard earned cash.
Coming into today as the chip leader will be Yan Cui, who after a big hand against Roger Spets, never looked back, as he stayed atop the rest of the back. Close behind will be one of the three remaining females in the field, Jay Tan, and also David Man, who proved they will be a force to be reckoned with, after dominant displays over Day 2.
Others to keep an eye are PokerStars Team Pro Vivian Im, Day 1b chip leader Tomaz Yip, 2013 APT Philippines Main Event winner Trung Tran and 2013 ANZPT Sydney Main Event winner Dinesh Alt.
Be sure to stay tuned, as the action will kick off at 3:00pm local time, about 30-minute from now.
Day 3 Seating Draw
Table 1
Seat 1: Kosei Ichinose (365,000)
Seat 2: Yan Cui (484,000)
Seat 3: Mathew Brian Pecker (38,000)
Seat 4: Jordan Westmorland (40,500)
Seat 5: Hao Tian (93,500)
Seat 7: Nick Cho Fai Wong (115,000)
Seat 8: John Gabriel Patgorski (128,000)
Table 2
Seat 2: Michael Mariakas (54,000)
Seat 3: Bobby Zhang (56,000)
Seat 4: Elias Abou Saleh (218,500)
Seat 5: Matt Carter (100,500)
Seat 6: Andrew Scott (193,000)
Seat 7: Kwok Man Lau (34,800)
Seat 8: Chunlei Zhou (106,000)
Table 3
Seat 2: Ern Boon Chiew (178,000)
Seat 3: Jennette "Jay" Tan (455,000)
Seat 4: Taku Miyanaga (44,000)
Seat 5: Alexandre Chieng (175,500)
Seat 6: Yvo Molin (92,000)
Seat 7: David Man (451,000)
Seat 8: Tobin David Ryall (28,000)
Table 4
Seat 1: Justin Chan (117,500)
Seat 2: Vladimir Troyanovskiy (262,500)
Seat 4: Justin Jerome Geronimo (90,500)
Seat 5: Sixiao "Juicy" Li (89,500)
Seat 6: Manuel Blaschke (211,500)
Seat 7: Shuyang Yu (240,000)
Seat 8: Kai Yat Fam (316,500)
Table 5
Seat 2: Geng Liu (179,000)
Seat 3: Vivian Im (133,000)
Seat 4: Rinat Gubaydullin (164,000)
Seat 5: Kenneth Yuen Kiong Leong (78,500)
Seat 6: Nan Hong (365,000)
Seat 7: Xiaoyu Lin (149,000)
Seat 8: Ka Cheong Wong (126,000)
Table 6
Seat 1: Rauf Bikbulatov (189,500)
Seat 2: Mei Ngok (29,500)
Seat 4: Frederik Farrington (72,500)
Seat 5: Majid Haghnegahdar (61,000)
Seat 6: Dinesh Alt (106,000)
Seat 7: Zhenzhuo Wang (81,000)
Seat 8: Khac Trung Tran (281,000)
Table 7
Seat 1: Yunsong Lai (192,000)
Seat 2: Darian Kok Fye Tan (108,500)
Seat 3: Hui Li (146,500)
Seat 4: Ling Kay Yip (118,000)
Seat 5: Anton Wijaya (170,500)
Seat 7: Ling Tong (137,50)
Seat 8: Marc Alexandre Emond (38,000)
Hand-for-Hand to Start Things Off!
As the players are taking their seats, and un-bagging their chips, Tournament Director Danny McDonagh is just running through how the start of the day will run. Proceedings will start with hand-for-hand play as we attempt to burst the bubble.
Level: 15
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
Let's Do This!
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
The cards are in the air, as play gets underway!
Big Stacks Clash
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
The first big hand of the day didn’t involve any of the short stacks. It started with Dinesh Alt opening to 10,000 from under the gun, before Trung Tran raised to 24,500. Alt snap-called, as both saw the flop come down 
. Alt check-called a bet of 25,000, before both players casually checked when the 
fell on the turn. The 
completed the board, as Alt checked once more. Tran thought for a minute, before announcing all in, which had Alt covered.
A few minutes passed before Alt made the call. The remaining tables finished off their hands, before Tran tabled his 
. Alt then confidently tabled his 
for a rivered flush, as he survived the money bubble.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
200,000
94,000
|
94,000 |
|
185,000
-96,000
|
-96,000 |
Li Plays it Safe
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Sixiao “Juicy” Li limped in from the small blind, before Manuel Blaschke raised to 12,000. Li made the call, as the flop came down 
. Li check-called a continuation bet of 11,500, and then did the same for 18,500 when the 
fell on the turn. The river produced the 
, and Li checked for the third time. Blaschke tanked for over a minute, before throwing out a bet of 24,500, which Li eventually called.
Blaschke tabled his for top pair, but lost the hand when Li showed her 
for a set of sixes.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
250,000
160,500
|
160,500 |
|
145,000
-66,500
|
-66,500 |
Tian Doubles
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
The action started with Kosei Ichinose opening from under the gun, before he was met with a forceful all in from Hao Tian on the button. The count was 60,000 in chips, and Ichinose made the call, as both players tabled their cards.
Ichinose:
Tian: 
The board ran out 
to see Tian double with his full-house, as he jumped from his seat to celebrate with his rail directly behind him.
Lau Also Survives
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Matt Carter opened to 8,000 from the button, and was called by Andrew Scott and Kwok Man Lau in the blinds. The flop came down 
, and the blinds checked. Carter threw out a continuation bet of 10,000 as Scott got out of the way. Lau quickly moved all in for his last24,000 in chips, as Carter made the call.
Carter: 
Lau: 
Lau was in great shape after flopping top set, and held as the board ran out the and
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
80,000
-20,500
|
-20,500 |
|
|
75,000
39,300
|
39,300 |