APPT Macau - $2500 Main Event Day 2 | 2007 PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour - Macau

11-24-2007 22:41 UTC+8

Ivan Tan Wins Another Big Pot

Ivan Tan made it 40,000 to go from under the gun and was called by Sankgyoun Kim, who is sitting to Tan's immediate left; the rest of the table got out of the way.

The flop came {K-Hearts}

and Ivan led out with a 55,000 bet. Kim then upped the ante to 155,000 which sent Tan into the tank. After a solid minute had passed, Ivan pushed his entire stack across the betting line, prompting Kim to wave the white flag and surrender.

After the hand, Tan stacked up right around 650,000 in chips and is still our tournament chip leader.

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11-24-2007 22:32 UTC+8

Double Double for Randall

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Simon Randall of the U.K. has strung together back-to-back double ups, bringing his total chip count to just over 100,000.

11-24-2007 22:19 UTC+8

Graeme Putt - 15th Place

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Graeme Putt, who flew under the radar for much of the day as one of the tournament's short stacks, has just been eliminated from the main event in 15th place. Putt moved all in from under the gun holding {Q-Spades}

and was called by Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier who tabled {A-Spades}

.

The heavy damage was done on the flop, as ElkY paired his ace, leaving Graeme drawing to just two outs. Unable to catch a third queen, Putt was eliminated from the tournament, collecting $8,096 in prize money for his troubles.

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Level: 19

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 1,000

11-24-2007 22:00 UTC+8

Game On

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

11-24-2007 21:50 UTC+8

Break

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The tournament clock has been paused while the players take a ten minute break.

11-24-2007 21:41 UTC+8

Mika Pekka Hallstrom - 16th Place

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Mika Pekka Hallstrom made it 20,000 to go from under the gun and Claus Valloe responded with a re-raise of 100,000. Mika opted to call off his remaining 80,000 and at the showdown, the players revealed:

Mika: {8-Spades}

Claus:

Mika picked up a flush draw by the turn, as the board had filled out {A-Spades}

, but the

on the river locked up the hand for Valloe, effectively eliminating Hallstrom from the tournament in 16th place. Hallstrom picked up $8,096 in prize money for his efforts.

Tags: Mika Pekka Hallstrom

11-24-2007 21:35 UTC+8

Redraw

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With 16 players remaining, the players have redrawn for new seats. Here's how they ended up:

Table 1:

1.) Guillaume Patry
2.) Joe Hachem
3.) Cailin Jin
4.) Dinh Le
5.) Jerry Buccilla
6.) Guido Lunardini
7.) Joel Dodds
8.) Sangkyoun Kim

Table 2

1.) Simon Randall
2.) William Tam
3.) Liz Lieu
4.) Ivan Tan
5.) Graeme Putt
6.) Mika Pekka Hallstrom
7.) Claus Valloe
8.) Bertrand Grospellier

11-24-2007 21:25 UTC+8

Brian Tate - 17th Place

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Aside from 17th-place prize money, Brian Tate also won a bad beat story to tell his grandkids about. Pre-flop, Tate made it 20,000 to go from the cutoff and was called by Guido Lunardini in the big blind.

The flop came {7-Diamonds}

and Lunardini open-shoved all in, having Tate covered. Tate made the call and turned over pocket aces; Lunardini tabled {8-Diamonds}

for two pair.

The turn and river came {J-Spades}

,

and Lunardini's two pair would hold, eliminating Tate from the tournament in 17th place, worth $4,858 in prize money.

Tags: Brian Tate

11-24-2007 21:20 UTC+8

Patry down to 350,000

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Guillaume Patry has had a roller coaster ride after coming back as chip leader from the dinner break. He had over 700,000 90 minutes ago, but is now down to 350,000.

Patry is a 24-year-old former professional StarCraft player from Canada. Following in Elky's footsteps, he has changed his game to No Limit Holdem, where he can be found on PokerStars under the nickname "TheGrrrr...".