APPT Macau - $2500 Main Event Day 1 | 2007 PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour - Macau

11-23-2007 21:22 UTC+8

Hevad Khan Doubles Up

Moments ago, Hevad "Rain" Khan doubled through an unknown opponent after flopping top pair with a flush draw, holding {J-Clubs}

on a

board. All of the money went in on the flop and Khan's opponent showed the {A-Clubs}

for the nut flush draw.

The {4-Spades}

fell on the turn, giving Khan's opponent four additional outs to win the pot, but the {9-Diamonds}

on the river locked up the pot for Khan, effectively doubling him through to 58,000 in chips.

Tags: Hevad Chan

11-23-2007 21:14 UTC+8

Just before the end of the seventh level of play, Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Rousso lost a race that put an end to her Macau main event. Rousso came over the top of an opponent's 1,600 pre-flop raise and made it a total of 9,300 to go. Her opponent made the call and tabled {A-Diamonds}

; Rousso turned over pocket nines.

Rousso's opponent managed to hit both of his hole cards, as the board filled out: {3-Diamonds}

, sending the young pro to the rail about three quarters of the way into Day 1 play.

Tags: Vanessa Rousso

11-23-2007 21:01 UTC+8

Race Off

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The tournament clock has been paused while the dealers assist the players with a race off of the $25 denomination chips.

Level: 8

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

11-23-2007 21:01 UTC+8

The Scoreboard

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Just one hour past the dinner break, we're down to 155 players, meaning we've lost over 40 in a single hour. The average chip stack is currently 22,709 heading into level eight.

11-23-2007 20:52 UTC+8

Happy Birthday Jeannie Hachem!

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The tournament staff just took a brief moment to wish Jeannie Hachem (Joe's wife) a happy birthday. Jeannie was presented with a delicious looking chocolate cake, fully lit with candles, while tournament director Matt Savage led the room in singing Happy Birthday.

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11-23-2007 20:41 UTC+8

Monsour Matloubi Eliminated

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Does the name ring a bell? For all of you poker aficionados out there, it should. Matloubi won the 1990 WSOP Main Event, besting Hans 'Tuna' Lund in a memorable heads-up match to take home $835,000 in prize money. Matloubi had quite a run in the early nineties, finishing 4th in the 1993 main event, and 16th one year later.

Matloubi has just been eliminated from the APPT Macau main event, after losing a coinflip to Aaron Schumacher holding {A-Clubs}

against Schumacher's {J-Hearts}

. Schumacher made a full house when the flop came {7-Hearts}

, and that was all she wrote for the former WSOP champ.

Matloubi's elimination leaves us with two former WSOP champions, Joe Hachem ('05) and Scotty Nguyen ('98).

Tags: Monsour Matloubi

11-23-2007 20:16 UTC+8