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

11-24-2007 17:43 UTC+8

The Field

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Here's the scoop on the 29 players remaining in the Main Event:

Women: 2 (Liz Lieu and Celina Lin)
Team PokerStars Players: 2 (Joe Hachem and Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier)
Players wearing sunglasses: 9
Men wearing pink shirts: 2
Players using toy kiwi birds (made in China) as card protectors: 1
World Champions: 1 (Joe Hachem -- 2005)
Liz Lieus: 1

Level: 16

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 500

11-24-2007 17:31 UTC+8

Schulze Doubles Up

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Tobias Schulze just doubled through tournament chip leader Dinh Le after his pocket queens held up against Le's {A-Clubs}

. The money went in on the {7-Diamonds}

flop and the turn and river blanked out {7-Spades}

giving Schulze the win and 120,000 in new chips.

Tags: Dinh Le Tobias Schulze

11-24-2007 17:19 UTC+8

"ElkY" Doubles Through Carlone

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On a board showing {5-Clubs}

, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier moved all in for his last 35,000 in chips holding K-J. Luca Carlone made the call, but mucked his hand once he saw ElkY's straight.

Grospellier improved to 180,000 in chips with the win, while Carlone dropped to 30,000.

Tags: Bertrand Grospellier

11-24-2007 17:07 UTC+8

Hachem Eliminates Potter

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2005 WSOP Champ Joe Hachem just eliminated fellow Aussie James Potter from the Main Event, after his pocket fives held up against Potter's {K-Clubs}

in a preflop confrontation. The board paired queens and threes and Hachem would take the pot with queens and fives, eliminating Potter from the tournament in 30th place, good for a $4,048 payday.

Tags: James Potter Joe Hachem

11-24-2007 16:54 UTC+8

Valloe Rivers a Flush; Cripples Jensen

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Claus Valloe put his tournament life on the line with a flush draw, calling a 60,000 bet from Sean Jensen on a {A-Hearts}

flop holding the {K-Hearts}

. When it was time to flip over the cards, Jensen revealed pocket eights for a set and looked in good shape to eliminate Valloe from the tournament.

The turn brought a safe {5-Diamonds}

for Jensen, but the {Q-Hearts}

on the river tilted the scales in Valloe's direction, leaving Jensen with right around 10,000 in chips. Valloe stacked up well over 150,000 after the hand.

Tags: Claus Valloe

11-24-2007 16:49 UTC+8

Markus Duberg -- 31st Place

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Bradley Fu just added a bunch of new chips to his stack, formerly belonging to Markus Duberg. Duberg ran a pocket pair of eights into Fu's pocket aces and was eliminated from the tournament in 31st place, good for a $4,048 payday.

Fu stacked up just over 220,000 in chips after the hand.

Tags: Bradley Fu

11-24-2007 16:43 UTC+8

Updated Chip Counts

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We were able to do a complete round of chip counts while the players redrew for seats. Visit our chip counts section for a complete list of the players still alive in the Main Event, along with their updated chip counts.

Level: 15

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 500

11-24-2007 16:29 UTC+8