Tom Marchese is sitting out of position against plenty of world class players, but so far this does not seem to bother him at all. Marchese just raised from the button to 2,200 and Mike Watson three-bet to 6,000 from the small blind. Marchese called.
The flop brought out and Watson bet 5,000. Marchese raised it up to 10,000 and Watson called.
On the turn the showed up, and both players checked. The river was the and Watson checked once more. Marchese grabbed a big pile of yellow 5,000 chips and put Watson all in. He had around 42,000 chips and thought about it long and hard before he made the call.
Marchese turned over and split the pot against Watson's . Play went on as if nothing happened, but everyone at the table did get a litte more information about the play of these two players.
Tom Marchese just knocked out WPT and WSOP winner Dominik Nitsche. Darren Elias explained that Nitsche moved all in for 20,000 from the cutoff after Marchese had raised. The American pro called with and beat the German's .
From middle position, Tom Marchese raised to 2,300. Team PokerStars Pro Angel Guillen was the only player to call, and he did so from the cutoff seat.
The dealer spread the flop, and Marchese continued with a bet of 2,700. Guillen called. Then, the landed on the turn. Marchese didn't slow down, and he bet 6,400. Guillen gave it up, and Marchese won the pot.
From under the gun, Jay Tan raised to 2,400. Action then folded to Paolo Compagno on the button, and he reraised to 6,100. After a long tank-fold from the big blind, Tan folded the face up.
Yue Hin Lam started the day as the chip leader, and he raised to 2,300 from the small blind after action folded around to him. In the big blind was 2010 APPT Macau champion Victorino Torres. He made the call to see the flop come down , and Lam fired 2,000. Torres raised to 4,800, and Lam folded.
With that pot, Torres chipped up to 53,000 while Lam slipped back to 238,000, but is still leading the way. For his victory in 2010, Torres earned a payday of HKD$3,246,200, and you can check out his winner interview below.
Joseph Cheong started things off right on Day 1, finishing with over 100,000 in chips, but he's dusted them all off here today on Day 2. The last of his chips went over to Team PokerStars Pro Raymond Wu. Cheong ran into Wu's pocket aces and that was all she wrote. Wu now has 180,000 in chips.
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David Steicke all in and waiting for Angel Guillen's decision
David Steicke was spotted strolling around the tournament room, and a look over to his former seat made us wonder what had happened. Team PokerStars Pro was sitting to Steicke's left all day, and he explained to us how the Aussie lost all his stack.
Steicke limped under the gun and Guillen called one seat over. After a third player decided to raise the action was folded back to Steicke who moved all in for 19,000. Guillen moved all in over the top, and the raiser folded.
Guillen showed and beat Steicke's boosting his stack up to 66,000 chips.
and Watson bet 5,000. Marchese raised it up to 10,000 and Watson called.
showed up, and both players checked. The river was the 
and Watson checked once more. Marchese grabbed a big pile of yellow 5,000 chips and put Watson all in. He had around 42,000 chips and thought about it long and hard before he made the call.
and split the pot against Watson's 
. Play went on as if nothing happened, but everyone at the table did get a litte more information about the play of these two players.
flop, and Marchese continued with a bet of 2,700. Guillen called. Then, the 
face up.
, and Lam fired 2,000. Torres raised to 4,800, and Lam folded.
into Wu's pocket aces and that was all she wrote. Wu now has 180,000 in chips.
boosting his stack up to 66,000 chips.
