APPT Macau - $15k High Rollers Event Day 1 | 2007 PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour - Macau

11-26-2007 21:57 UTC+8

Vladimir Poleshchuk eliminated in 24th place

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Vladimir Poleshchuk moves all in from middle position for 9600 and is called by Liz Lieu from the big blind.

Poleshchuk: {A-Diamonds}

Lieu:

The board runs out {10-Clubs}

and Vladimir is out in 24th position.

11-26-2007 21:42 UTC+8

Numoto Lays a Fatal Bad Beat on Lisandro

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Scott Numoto got his money in in pretty bad shape holding pocket jacks against Jeff Lisandro's pocket kings before the flop, but managed to spike a third jack on the turn to send Lisandro to the rail in 25th place.

Tags: Jeffrey Lisandro

11-26-2007 21:39 UTC+8

Kirk Morrison Eliminated in 26th Position

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Kirk Morrison is all in on the big blind for 1500. there are 3 limpers in the pot, and the flop comes {3-Clubs}

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Jeff Lisandro leads out for 6000 and is reraised all in by Yasuhiro Waki for a total of 13,000. It is folded to Lisandro who makes the call opening {7-Diamonds}

. Waki has {10-Hearts}

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Morrison has not looked at his cards yet, and in true Macau Big Baccarat style he squeezes his cards........ {J-Hearts}

.......... {7-Hearts}

The turn and river don't improve either player and Waki wins a nice pot, eliminating Kirk in the process.

11-26-2007 21:31 UTC+8

Schreiber Eliminates Putt

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Dan Schreiber has just eliminated Graeme Putt from the tournament in 27th position. Schreiber made it 6,000 to go from mid-position and Putt moved all in from the big blind for a total of 6,300. Schreiber called the extra 300 and showed {J-Hearts}

to Putt's

.

The flop came {A-Spades}

giving Graeme top two pair, but it also gave Schreiber a gut-shot straight draw, which he hit on the turn. Another queen fell on the river and Schreiber's straight held up to take down the pot.

Tags: Dan Schreiber

11-26-2007 21:17 UTC+8

Steicke Eliminates Piche

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On a board showing {4-Hearts}

, David Paul Steicke led out with a bet holding pocket queens and Christopher Piche of Canada moved all in over the top holding {Q-Hearts}

. Steicke made the call and the board finished out {10-Diamonds}

, sending Piche to the rail in 28th place.

Tags: Christopher Piche

11-26-2007 21:10 UTC+8

Sachinidis Satchels Ikeuchi

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Kazuki Ikeuchi moved all in before the flop holding {K-Clubs}

and was called by Jim Sachinidis who tabled {A-Hearts}

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The board ran out {7-Hearts}

and "Sach" spiked an ace on the turn to take down the pot. Ikeuchi finished in 29th position.

Tags: Kazuki Ikeuchi

11-26-2007 21:06 UTC+8

Tim Lowe Eliminated; Juanda Still Rolling

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Tim Lowe, an Aussie native currently residing in Macau, made it 2,500 to go before the flop. John Juanda then re-raised, putting Lowe to a decision for all of his chips. Lowe made the call and tabled pocket nines; Juanda revealed {A-Diamonds}

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The flop was an excellent one for Lowe, as it came seven-high, but the {A-Clubs}

on the turn did him in, eliminating him from the tournament in 30th place.

Tags: Tim Lowe

Level: 8

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

11-26-2007 21:02 UTC+8

Schulman Eliminated by Tahtouh

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The action folded around to Emad Tahtouh in the cutoff, who made it 2,400 to go. Nick Schulman then came over the top of Tahtouh's raise, making it a total of 8,000 and was all in; Emad made the call.

Tahtouh: {A-Clubs}

Schulman:

Both players paired their kickers, as the board ran out {8-Diamonds}

, and Tahtouh took down the pot with a pair of kings. Schulman was the tournament's 31st place finisher.

Tags: Nick Schulman

11-26-2007 20:58 UTC+8

Joe Hachem Eliminated

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2005 WSOP Champ and 2007 APPT Macau Main Event finalist Joe Hachem was just eliminated from the high roller's event by Scott Numoto. Scott had made it 1,800 to go from the cutoff and Joe re-raised him to 3,800 from the big blind; Scott made the call.

The flop came {10-Spades}

and Joe open-shoved for a total of 11,000. Scott made the call and turned over {K-Hearts}

for trip tens; Hachem tabled pocket fours. The turn and river blanked out {6-Clubs}