On the very next hand after James McCarty doubled through him, Aaron Lim finished off the day by bursting the bubble. In order to send everyone into the money, Lim eliminated Linh Tran on the following hand.
Action folded to Tran in the cutoff seat, and he raised all in for 38,000. Lim reraised all in from the button, and everyone else folded. Lim held the , and Tran the . Tran was the player at risk and looking to double up.
The flop came down and just about closed the door completely for Tran. He now needed running aces, kings or threes to double up.
After the hit the turn, Tran was officially drawing dead. The river completed the board with the , and the day was over.
Day 3 of the 2012 PokerStars.netAPPT Macau: Asia Championship of Poker Main Event has concluded with the bubble bursting on the very last hand of the day.
Just 22 players remain, and all of them are officially in the money here in Macau. With each player guaranteed HKD$173,000, Michael Kanaan leads the way by a narrow margin. His finishing stack of 627,500 just barely eclipses the 626,500 for Andrew Gaw.
Other notables still remaining are Mike Watson, Day 1 chip leader Gary Lam and Team PokerStars Pro Raymond Wu. Wu finished the day with 227,000.
The penultimate Day 4 will kick off tomorrow at 3:10 p.m. local time here at the Grand Waldo Hotel in Macau, and the goal will be to reach the final table. However long that may take, PokerNews will be right here with the coverage, so don't miss out. Until then, enjoy your night, but don't party too hard. We've got that taken care of.