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

11-26-2007 20:33 UTC+8

Scotty Nguyen busted baby!

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The ever flamboyant Scotty Nguyen has just been eliminated from the tournament after running his {A-Clubs}

into the

of Bo Sehlstedt.

11-26-2007 20:19 UTC+8

Michel St. Pierre Out

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Michel St. Pierre gets his last remaining chips all-in pre flop with {K-Spades}

, only to run into Bo Sehlstedt with {8-Spades}

. No help from the board and St. Pierre is out.

Tags: Michel St. Pierre

11-26-2007 20:13 UTC+8

Hachem Takes a Hit

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Yasuhiro Waki just took a chunk of chips from Joe Hachem's stack. According to Waki, Joe raised pre-flop holding {A-Diamonds}

and Waki just called with the {A-Clubs}

. The flop came down {Q-Clubs}

and Waki checked to Hachem who led out with a bet. Waki then pushed all in over the top of Hachem's bet, and "the Champ," as Waki referred to him, made the call. Waki's flush held up and he doubled up to just over 20,000.

The hand left Joe with a little bit less than 10,000 in chips.

Tags: Joe Hachem

11-26-2007 20:02 UTC+8

Recent Eliminations

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The following players were eliminated just minutes after the dinner break:

35: Nick Assiotis
36: Gun Joo Ree
37: Yue Huang

Level: 7

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 75

11-26-2007 19:46 UTC+8

Play Resumes

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The players have returned from break and the cards are in the air.

11-26-2007 18:35 UTC+8

Dinner Break

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The tournament clock has been paused while the players take a 60-minute dinner break. Play will resume at approximately 7:30 p.m. local time.

Tony Ng is the chip leader at the break, with just over 100,000 in chips.

Tags: Tony Ng

11-26-2007 18:29 UTC+8

Nakano Eliminated by Juanda

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A player in mid-position raised to 1,200 before the flop and Yoshio Nakano called from the cutoff. John Juanda was next to act from the button and he kicked it up to 5,000. The original bettor folded and Nakano moved all in for a total of 6,000; Juanda called.

Nakano: {A-Spades}

Juanda:

The board filled out {6-Spades}

and Juanda's A-K high was good enough to take down the pot, effectively eliminating Nakano from the tournament in 38th place.

Tags: John Juanda

11-26-2007 18:23 UTC+8

Terrence Chan Eliminated in 39th Place

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Team PokerStars Player Terrence Chan was just eliminated from the tournament by Tony Ng in a classic coinflip situation that saw Ng's pocket jacks hold up against Chan's A-K to win the pot.

Tags: Terrence Chan

11-26-2007 18:16 UTC+8

Sass Eliminates Greenstein

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After doubling through Barry Greenstein a few minutes ago, Alan Sass just finished him off, winning with pocket fives against Greenstein's K-3 offsuit.

Greenstein was the tournament's 40th place finisher.

Tags: Barry Greenstein