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

11-25-2007 18:21 UTC+8

Hand #47 - Bertrand Grospellier

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11-25-2007 18:19 UTC+8

Hand #46 - Bertrand Grospellier

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11-25-2007 18:06 UTC+8

Hand #45 - Joe Hachem Eliminated in 8th Place ($24,288)

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Bertrand Grospellier has the button in seat 4. Sangkyoun Kim opens the pot for 60,000 from early position. The action then folds around to Joe Hachem in the small blind, who re-pops it a total of 150,000. Dinh Le folds his big blind and Kim asks for a count. "How much do you have left?" Kim asks. "Taxi money," responds Hachem. Kim then puts Hachem all in, a bet which amounts to 188,000 total. Hachem calls immediately, tabling {A-Diamonds}

. Kim reveals {A-Hearts}

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Flop: {J-Hearts}

Turn:

River:

Spiking a miracle four-outer on the turn, Sangkyoun Kim eliminates Hachem from the Main Event in eighth place.

Tags: Joe Hachem

11-25-2007 17:57 UTC+8

Hand #44 - Liz Lieu

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William Tam has the button in seat 3. Action folds around to Liz Lieu in the cutoff, who moves all in for a total of 86,000, effectively stealing the blinds and antes.

11-25-2007 17:57 UTC+8

Hand #43 - Dinh Le

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Liz Lieu has the button in seat 2. Dinh Le limps into the pot from early position and the action is folded around to William Tam in the small blind who lets it go, and Bertrand Grospellier knuckles the table from the big blind, opting to see a free flop.

Flop: {Q-Clubs}

Both players check.

Turn: {7-Clubs}

Again, both players check.

River: {7-Hearts}

Once again, check, check, and Le takes down the pot with A-K.

Tags: Dinh Le

11-25-2007 17:53 UTC+8

Hand #42 - Dinh Le

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11-25-2007 17:52 UTC+8

Hand #41 - Joe Hachem

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Sangkyoun Kim has the button in seat 8. Joe Hachem moves all in from mid-position and takes down the blinds and antes.

11-25-2007 17:51 UTC+8

Hand #40 - Guillaume Patry Doubles Up

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Guillaume Patry has the button in seat 7 and open-shoves all in for a total of 131,000. Sangkyoun Kim makes the call from the small blind and Ivan Tan folds his big.

At the showdown, Kim turns over the exact same hand that Bertrand Grospellier tripled up with just one hand prior: {6-Diamonds}

. Patry tables {A-Diamonds}

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Flop: {9-Diamonds}

Turn:

River:

Patry takes down the pot with a pair of aces, doubling through to 306,000. The loss leaves Kim with 461,000.

Tags: Guillaume Patry

11-25-2007 17:49 UTC+8

Updated Chip Counts

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Seat 2) Liz Lieu, United States (131,000)
Seat 3) William Tam, Australia (402,000)
Seat 4) Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, Korea (599,000)
Seat 5) Joe Hachem, Australia (172,000)
Seat 6) Dinh Le, England (660,000)
Seat 7) Guillaume Patry, South Korea (122,000)
Seat 8) Sangkyoun Kim, South Korea (595,000)
Seat 9) Ivan Tan, Singapore (844,000)

11-25-2007 17:46 UTC+8

Hand #39 - Bertrand Grospellier, Guillaume Patry

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Dinh Le has the button in seat 6. Action folds around to Bertrand Grospellier, who open-shoves all in from late position for a total of 185,000. Dinh Le makes the call from the button and Guillaume Patry moves in over the top of ElkY's bet for a total of 246,000; Le makes the call and has both players covered.

Le: {3-Diamonds}

Grospellier: {6-Clubs}

Patry:

Flop:

Turn:

River:

ElkY takes down the main pot (599,000) with a set of sixes, and Patry wins the side pot (134,000) with a pair of aces. The loss leaves Dinh Le with 660,000 in chips and strips him of the chip lead for the first time today. The new leader is Ivan Tan, who currently has 844,000.

Tags: Bertrand Grospellier