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

11-24-2007 16:27 UTC+8

Taesin Si Eliminated by Dinh Le

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Dinh Le has just eliminated Taesin Si from the tournament after calling Si's all-in bet on a flop of {J-Diamonds}

holding

; Si had made a move with pocket eights. The turn and river were no help to Si, who took home $4,048 in prize money for his 32nd-place finish.

Tags: Taesin Si

11-24-2007 16:14 UTC+8

Redraw

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The 32 players remaining in the tournament are currently redrawing for new seats.

11-24-2007 16:06 UTC+8

Rain Khan Eliminated in 33rd Position

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Team PokerStars Pro Hevad "Rain" Khan has just been eliminated from the tournament in 33rd place. Here's how the hand went down:

Joe Hachem limped in on the button and Khan moved all in from the small blind. Mika Hallstrom then insta-called from the big blind prompting Hachem to get out of the way. At the showdown, the players revealed:

Khan: {A-Hearts}

Hallstrom: {K-Hearts}

Khan, unable to run down Hallstrom's kings, was eliminated in 33rd place, good for $3,238 in prize money.

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11-24-2007 16:05 UTC+8

Recent Eliminations

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The following players have all been eliminated from the tournament, each receiving $3,238 in prize money:

34: Jovan Scekic
35: Bing Wang
36: William Chen
37: Tom Chambers
38: Ho Sung Kim

Tags: William Chen

11-24-2007 15:53 UTC+8

Sheldon Mayer -- 39th Place

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Sheldon Mayer has just been eliminated from the tournament in 39th place, after a couple of back-to-back hands knocked him down and then out.

The first hand saw Mayer move all in from under the gun holding {A-Diamonds}

. Liz Lieu made the call for the rest of her chips (17,000), tabling pocket tens. The board panned out {9-Clubs}

and Lieu doubled up to 34,000, leaving Mayer with just 18,000 in chips.

On the very next hand, Mayer moved all in over the top of a 10,000 preflop raise made by Taesin Si for an extra 7,500. Si made the call and turned over {A-Clubs}

; Sheldon showed {A-Diamonds}

. Mayer would need a ten to survive, but none came as the board filled out {A-Spades}

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Sheldon took home $3,238 for his 39th-place finish.

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11-24-2007 15:46 UTC+8

Mischa Peters -- 40th Place

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18 minutes into post-bubble play we've just seen the first money finisher eliminated from the tournament. Mischa Peters got all in preflop, holding {Q-Clubs}

against Team PokerStars Pro Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, who tabled pocket aces.

The board ran out {J-Diamonds}

and ElkY took down the pot with an ace-high flush.

For his 40th-place finish, Peters took home $3,238 in prize money.

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Level: 14

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 500

11-24-2007 15:27 UTC+8

Play Resumes

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

11-24-2007 15:20 UTC+8

Color Up / 10-Minute Break

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The players have gone on a 10-minute break while the tournament staff colors up the $100 chips.

11-24-2007 15:10 UTC+8

Bubble Bursts

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Sean Jensen has just eliminated Winfred Yu from the tournament as its 41st-place finisher, meaning the remaining 40 players are all in the money.

Jensen won the hand with A-K against Yu's A-Q in a preflop all-in confrontation, as the board filled out {9-Hearts}

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Tags: Sean Jensen