PokerStars.net APPT Season 8 Macau

Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info

PokerStars.net APPT Season 8 Macau

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
77
Prize
2,776,000 HKD
Event Info
Buy-in
25,000 HKD
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
10,000

Mysieics Eliminated

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Soo Jo Kim opened to 21,000 from middle position before Dawid Mysieics moved all in for 176,000 from the small blind. He was snap-called, and both players tabled their cards.

Kim: {a-Clubs}{k-Hearts}
Mysieics: {9-Diamonds}{9-Spades}

The board ran out {q-Clubs}{q-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}{a-Diamonds} giving Kim the victory after spiking an ace on the river.

Player Chips Progress
Soo Jo Kim kr
Soo Jo Kim
390,000 172,500
Dawid Mysieics
Dawid Mysieics
Busted

Tags: Dawid MysieicsSoo Jo Kim

Chen Doubles Through Cheng

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

The table folded around to Yat Wai Cheng in the cut off, who bet out 23,000. Feng Wen Chen was in the blinds, and moved all in for his last 133,000 in chips. Cheng hesitated at first, but made the call.

Cheng: {A-Hearts}{4-Spades}
Chen: {A-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}

Chen sat back and watched as the board ran out {7-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{9-Spades}{2-Spades}{6-Spades} to see his king-kicker guarantee him the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Yat Wai Cheng hk
Yat Wai Cheng
355,000 43,000
Feng Wen Chen
Feng Wen Chen
283,000 -28,500

Tags: Yat Wai ChengFeng Wen Chen

Tran Forces Fold From Peyron

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

We arrived at the table with the flop showing {7-Spades}{8-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}. Jean Marie Peyron bet out 11,000 from the small blind, before Linh Tran raised it up to 31,000 from late position. The bet was called, as both watch the {6-Spades} come on the turn.

Peyron then motioned towards his chips, before placing out a bet of 93,000. Tran made the call. The {10-Clubs} completed the board and Peyron checked one last time. Tran didn't waste to much time, moving all in covering his opponent. Peyron quickly folded seeing him drop down to 323,000 in chips. Tran rises to over 700,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Linh Tran ca
Linh Tran
720,000 300,000
Jean Marie Peyron
Jean Marie Peyron
323,000 58,000

Tags: Jean Marie PeyronLinh Tran

Wu Versus Wu

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

We arrived at the table just as Xiongzhen Wu bet out 30,000 from the hijack. Xue Qian Wu made the call from the blinds, and both watched the flop come down {q-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds}{2-Spades}.

Xue Qian Wu checked his option, before Xiongzhen Wu moved all in for his last 60,000 in chips. Xue Qian Wu thought for a minute before reluctantly making the call.

Xiongzhen Wu: {6-Spades}{6-Diamonds}
Xue Qian Wu: {A-Spades}{6-Clubs}

Xiongzhen who was in great shape to take down the pot, and did so when the turn and river produced the {9-Diamonds} and {9-Spades}

Player Chips Progress
Xue Qian Wu
Xue Qian Wu
420,000 -5,000
Xiongzhen Wu
Xiongzhen Wu
191,000 133,500

Tags: Xiongzhen WuXue Qian Wu

Level: 19

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 1,000

A Big Bite For Argyros

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Billy "The Croc" Argyros has found some bite in a big clash with Peter Chan. Argyros opened with a preflop raise to 18,000 before Chan three-bet to 51,000. Argyros made the call to see a flop of {6-Spades}{q-Clubs}{10-Hearts}.

By this stage, Argyros had checked the dark, which prompted Chan to move all in for his last 160,000. Argyros snapped it off with a call, holding {6-Diamonds}{6-Hearts} for bottom set to leave Chan's pocket aces in trouble.

The turn was the {9-Hearts} and river the {7-Hearts} to see Chan eliminated as Argyros climbs over 400,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Billy "The Croc" Argyros au
Billy "The Croc" Argyros
480,000 220,000
Peter Chan hk
Peter Chan
Busted

Tags: Billy ArgyrosPeter Chan

Mcgarrity In Pole Position

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

We arrived at the table with just under 80,000 in the pot and the board reading {8-Spades}{3-Spades}{k-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}{6-Spades}.

Thomas Mcgarrity bet out 27,000 from the big blind before Daniel Demicki raised it up to 100,000 from late position. Mcgarrity paused for a minute, before raising it once more to 272,000 in chips. Demicki didn't seem to impressed and deliberated over his decision before finally making the call.

Mcgarrity then confidently tabled his {k-Spades}{6-Clubs} for a full house on the river which was enough to take down the pot.

The pot worth over 600,000 was shipped towards Mcgarrity who jumped to the top of the leader board, leaving Demicki with only 290,000 after losing another big pot.

Player Chips Progress
Thomas Mcgarrity
Thomas Mcgarrity
890,000 455,000
Daniel Demicki pl
Daniel Demicki
290,000 -285,000

Tags: Daniel DemickiThomas Mcgarrity

Cheng Claims Some of Demicki's Stack

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Daniel Demicki
Daniel Demicki

As we approached the table we saw the flop of {3-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{9-Clubs} and a bet of 21,000 in front of Daniel Demicki. Action was on Yat Wai Cheng who was counting out chips and putting them into stacks. He kept adding to the stack and adding to it until he ended with a stack of 137,000. He pushed the stack in the middle, leaving him only 22,000 behind.

Demicki looked puzzled by the moved and looked pained by the bet. He decided to move all in which would put Cheng all in. Cheng put the remaining 22K in and the hands were tabled.

Cheng: {10-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}
Demicki: {7-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}

Demicki was looking for some help but didn't find any and Cheng doubled up.

Player Chips Progress
Daniel Demicki pl
Daniel Demicki
575,000 -125,000
Yat Wai Cheng hk
Yat Wai Cheng
312,000 206,000

Tags: Yat Wai ChengDaniel Demicki

Chang Takes It Down

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Michael Kanaan opened to 16,000 from the cut off, before Carlos Chang raised it up to 38,000 from the button. Kanaan called, and both watched the flop come down {10-Diamonds}{q-Spades}{5-Hearts}.

Kanaan check-called a bet of 45,000, as the {6-Spades} fell on the turn. Both players checked, before doing the same on the {k-Diamonds} river. Kanaan half flashed his cards to Chang who then rolled over his {k-Spades}{j-Hearts} for the best hand.

Player Chips Progress
Carlos Kuo Chang
Carlos Kuo Chang
313,000 128,000
Michael Kanaan au
Michael Kanaan
210,000 -80,000

Tags: Michael KanaanCarlos Kuo Chang

Ma Applies The Pressure

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

The action started with Linh Tran opening to 17,000 from under the gun plus one. Haisheng Ma made the call from the small blind, before both players watched the flop come down {10-Clubs}{3-Spades}{7-Diamonds}.

Ma checked on the flop, before Tran bet out 19,000. The bet was called as the {9-Clubs} fell on the turn. Ma again checked, as Tran reached for chips. He slid out 30,000 and waited for Ma to make his next move.

His next move would be enough, as he moved all in for 162,000 in chips. The bet was to much for Tran, who let his hand go.

Player Chips Progress
Linh Tran ca
Linh Tran
420,000 -130,000
Haisheng Ma cn
Haisheng Ma
280,000 14,500

Tags: Haisheng MaLinh Tran