2007 PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour - Macau

APPT Macau - $2500 Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info

2007 PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour - Macau

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
88
Prize
$222,640
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,300
Entries
352
Level Info
Level
25
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
5,000

Hand #62 - William Tam Eliminated in 6th Place ($40,480)

William Tam - 6th Place Finisher
William Tam - 6th Place Finisher
Guillaume Patry has the button in seat 7. William Tam raises to 141,000 from under the gun, leaving himself with just 3,000 behind and Sangkyoun Kim makes the call from the small blind. Ivan Tan let go of his big blind and Kim went ahead and bet 3,000 in the dark to put Tam all in; Kim, of course, made the call.

Flop: {5-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}
Turn: {9-Hearts}
River: {3-Clubs}

With two pair and an ace kicker, Sangkyoun Kim eliminated William Tam from the tournament in 6th place.

Tags: William Tam

Dinner Time

The tournament clock has been paused while the players take a 60-minute break for dinner.

Chip counts at the break are as follows:

Seat 3) William Tam, Australia (148,000)
Seat 4) Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, Korea (244,000)
Seat 6) Dinh Le, England (1,111,000)
Seat 7) Guillaume Patry, South Korea (343,000)
Seat 8) Sangkyoun Kim, South Korea (734,000)
Seat 9) Ivan Tan, Singapore (945,000)

Play will resume at approximately 8:20 p.m. local time.

Hand #61 - Dinh Le

Dinh Le has the button in seat 6. Action folds around to Bertrand Grospellier, who makes it 55,000 to go before the flop. Le then reraises, making it a total of 255,000 to go, which prompts Grospellier to lay down his hand.

Tags: Bertrand Grospellier

Hand #60 - Liz Lieu Eliminated in 7th Place ($32,384)

Liz Lieu - Seventh Place
Liz Lieu - Seventh Place
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier has the button in seat 4. Action folds around to Liz Lieu, who open-shoves all in for a total of 86,000 from late position and Guillaume Patry makes the call from the big blind, tabling the hammer -- {7-Hearts}{2-Spades}; Lieu turns over {A-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}.

Flop: {8-Spades}{3-Clubs}{7-Clubs}
Turn: {J-Spades}
River: {7-Diamonds}

Patry hits one seven on the flop and another on the river for trips, to eliminate Lieu from the tournament in seventh place.

Tags: Liz Lieu

Hand #59 - Dinh Le

Chip Leader Dinh Le
Chip Leader Dinh Le
William Tam has the button in seat 3. Action folds around to Tam who makes it 70,000 to go. Next to act, Bertrand Grospellier reraises, upping the ante to 182,000. The action is then on Dinh Le in the big blind, and he moves all in, prompting both Tam and Grospellier to surrender their hands.

The win hoisted Le back up over the one million mark in chips.

Tags: Dinh Le

Hand #58 - Ivan Tan

Liz Lieu has the button in seat 2. Ivan Tan opens the pot from the cutoff with a 77,000 raise. Action then folds around to Bertrand Grospellier, who reraises, making it a total of 197,000 to see the flop; Tan makes the call.

Flop: {8-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{Q-Spades}

First to act, "ElkY" checks to Tan , who bets 210,000, and Grospellier gives up the hand.

Tags: Ivan Tan