Welcome back for what will no doubt be an exciting Day 3, here at the 2014 PokerStars.net APPT Macau Main Event from the picturesque City of Dreams.
The money-bubble burst in the final level of last night’s play, with Frangky Tegoeh finishing empty handed. Nine eliminations followed up until the end of play, with each player receiving HK$38,000 for their efforts.
Coming into today as the chip leader will be Daniel Demicki, who captured the lead in the final stages of the day. Close behind him is Jiajun Liu who held the lead for most of the day, as well as Hao Tian. He’ll be hoping to make a deeper run in this tournament, after finishing in 7th place in last year’s event.
Others to keep an eye on are Australian’s Billy “The Croc” Argyros and Michael Kanaan, Day 1b chip leader Peter Chan, 2014 APPT Seoul runner-up Christian Haggart and poker pro J.J. Liu.
Be sure to stay tuned, as the action will kick off at 3:00pm local time, in just over an hour’s time.
The action folded around to Emi Hibuse in late position, who moved all in her last 69,500. The decision landed on Daniel Demicki, who made the call from the small blind as the big blind got out of the way.
Hibuse:
Demicki:
The board ran out to see Demicki take down the hand with a full house.
With that elimination, J.J. Liu remains as the only female left in the field.
We came to the action just as Fabien Parisel moved all his chips into the middle and noticed a 30,000 bet in front of Jiajun Liu. It seemed to be an easy decision for Liu to make the call with . Parisel showed and the gentlemen were off to the races.
The jacks held through the flop and the turn. It was the river that gave Liu the pot and sent Parisel to the rail. There doesn't seem to be much stopping Liu the last few days as he continues to steadily add to his stack.
Day 3 here at the 2014 PokerStars.net APPT Macau Main Event has come to a close, and what an eventful day it was. What started as 51 players was slowly whittled down to the final nine after a lengthy 10.5-hour day.
When play began today, all of the remaining players were already in the money, guaranteed at least HK$38,000 for their efforts. Steve Yea would be the first player out when he moved all in for his last 13,000 in chips and was called by Jean Marie Peyron. His would be out-flopped by Peyron’s on a flop to see him hit the rail after no help on the turn or river.
Coming into Day 3, it was Daniel Demicki who had the most chips, holding a slight lead over Jiajun Liu and Hao Tian. Demicki would leave in 25th place, with Tian nine places later in 16th. Liu, though, was able to find himself as one of the remaining nine. He is lucky to still be around after getting it all in with pocket tens against Yat Wai Chen’s aces and flopping a full house to survive, and he'll have 1.915 million heading into the final table.
Some prominent players who managed a deep run include Emi Hibuse (37th) and J.J. Liu (33rd) who were the only two females to make the money. Others were Day 1b chip leader Peter Chan (30th), Australian Michael Kanaan (23rd) and 2014 APPT Seoul runner-up Christian Haggart (12th) place.
Of course, what everyone wants to know is who is still in contention for the title. It will be Thomas Mcgarrity who will return tomorrow with the overwhelming chip lead, bagging up a huge 2.865 million. Mcgarrity was able to slowly chip away at the short stacks including Feng Wen Chen, who was eliminated in 10th place.
2014 APPT Macau Final Table
Seat
Player
Chips
1
Carlos Kuo Chang
935,000
2
Thomas Mcgarrity
2,865,000
3
Billy "The Croc" Argyros
325,000
4
Sailesh Verma
405,000
5
Jean Marie Peyron
435,000
6
Jiajun Liu
1,915,000
7
Chen Yen Han
520,000
8
Yat Wai Cheng
875,000
9
Andre Cyril
1,545,000
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