APPT Macau - $2500 Main Event | 2007 PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour - Macau

11-25-2007 15:07 UTC+8

Updated Chip Counts

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Seat 1) Simon Randall, United Kingdom (198,000)
Seat 2) Liz Lieu, United States (332,000)
Seat 3) William Tam, Australia (338,000)
Seat 4) Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, Korea (449,000)
Seat 5) Joe Hachem, Australia (331,000)
Seat 6) Dinh Le, England (727,000)
Seat 7) Guillaume Patry, South Korea (498,000)
Seat 8) Sangkyoun Kim, South Korea (201,000)
Seat 9) Ivan Tan, Singapore (451,000)

11-25-2007 15:05 UTC+8

Hand #6 - Simon Randall

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Sangkyoun Kim has the button in seat 8. Liz Lieu limps in from under the gun, as does Kim from the button. Ivan Tan then makes it 42,000 to go from the small blind and Simon Randall comes over the top, reraising all in for a total of 78,000. Lieu and Tan both fold and Ivan makes the call.

Simon: {6-Diamonds}

Ivan:

Flop:

Turn:

River:

Randall makes quad sixes and rakes in a pot of just under 200,000.

Tags: Simon Randall

11-25-2007 14:58 UTC+8

Hand #5 - Joe Hachem

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Tags: Joe Hachem

11-25-2007 14:50 UTC+8

Hand #4 - William Tam

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Dinh Le has the button in seat 6. William Tam makes it 30,000 to go before the flop and both Guillaume Patry and Sangkyoun Kim call in the blinds. The flop comes {5-Clubs}

and the action is checked around to Tam, who leads out with a 100,000 bet. Patry and Kim both fold and Tam takes down the pot.

Tags: William Tam

11-25-2007 14:50 UTC+8

Hand #3 - Dinh Le

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Joe Hachem has the button in seat 5. Liz Lieu makes it 28,000 to go from mid-position and Dinh Le reraises to 78,000 from the small blind. Guillaume Patry folds his big blind and when the action returns to Lieu, she surrenders.

Tags: Liz Lieu

11-25-2007 14:49 UTC+8

Hand #2 - William Tam

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Bertrand Grospellier has the button in seat 4. Simon Randall makes it 35,000 to go before the flop and William Tam moves all in over the top for 197,000. The action then folds back around to Randall, who lays down and Tam takes down the pot.

Tags: William Tam

11-25-2007 14:46 UTC+8

Hand #1 - Dinh Le

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Level: 20

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 2,000

11-25-2007 14:42 UTC+8

Play About to Commence

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The final touches to the televised table have been finished. Interviews are over. Introductions have been done. Players are in their seats, let's get down to business...

11-25-2007 14:22 UTC+8

Player Profile: Ivan Tan

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Seat 9: Zhong Wei "Ivan" Tan
Hometown: Singapore
Chips: 553,000

The great story of the final table, this 26-year-old timed a holiday to Macau with his wife around the APPT Macau: Asian Poker Open, with the hope of snaring a seat on the cheap. He lined up in the first mega satellite, and hung on to grab the last seat on offer for the Main Event. He’s now in the running to take home the first prize of $222,640 USD – not a bad souvenir to take back to his home in Singapore! A keen poker player, he enjoys the occasional cash game but has little tournament experience and has been thrilled with the opportunity to mix it with the world’s best, after gaining a taste of the PokerStars.net APPT in Manila three months ago. He is second in chips heading into the final table.