APT Macau Main Event | 2008 Asian Poker Tour - Macau

08-31-2008 15:56 UTC+8

Kastle Pushes Yeah Around

Joon Hee Yeah took a page from Yevgeniy Timoshenko and raised to 30,000. Action folded to Casey Kastle in the big blind. He announced, "Raise," then took about 15 seconds before pushing his whole stack of 218,000 into the middle. Yeah gave the matter some thought but decided to fold.

08-31-2008 15:53 UTC+8

Julio Diaz Eliminated in 5th Place ($67,500)

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Yevgeniy Timoshenko just isn't slowing down! The very next hand Timoshenko raised to 30,000 and Julio Diaz made it 90,000 to go. Timoshenko then moved all in, putting Diaz to a decision for his tournament life. Diaz went into the tank, as Timoshenko was still stacking up his chips from the previous hand.

After a few minutes of thought Diaz made the call!

Diaz: {A-Hearts}

Timoshenko: {6-Hearts}

The board ran out {K-Hearts}

and Timoshenko's hand held up as Diaz was sent to the rail in fifth place for $67,500.

Timoshenko is unstoppable at the moment and now sits with around 1.6 million chips!

Tags: Julio Diaz Yevgeniy Timoshenko

08-31-2008 15:50 UTC+8

Quang Nguyen Eliminated in 6th Place ($52,500)

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Action folded to Yevgeniy Timoshenko on the button, who raised to 30,000 as he so often has this afternoon. Quang Nguyen and Julio Diaz both called out of the blinds.

The flop was all Broadway cards, {q-Hearts}

. Nguyen and Diaz checked to Timoshenko, who bet 50,000. Nguyen was the only caller. He checked again when the turn came {5-Diamonds}

. Timoshenko considered his alternatives before betting 110,000. Nguyen quickly check-raised all in, prompting Timoshenko to ask for a count. Once the dealer counted down Nguyen's stack and announced it as 357,000, Timoshenko called.

Nguyen: {A-Hearts}

Timoshenko: {Q-Spades}

Timoshenko's two pair, queens and tens, were ahead of Nguyen, but any four, five, ace, or heart would make Nguyen the winner. That didn't happen; the river was the {7-Clubs}

. Timoshenko collected another monster pot to move over the million-chip mark, and Nguyen collected $52,500 at the payout table.

Tags: Quang Nguyen Yevgeniy Timoshenko

08-31-2008 15:36 UTC+8

Joon Hee Yeah Continues Rebuilding

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Joon Hee Yeah was very short early on in the proceedings, but he continues to take down pots. He raised to 31,000 before the flop. Both of the blinds, Julio Diaz and Rober Karian made the call and then checked when the flop fell {10-Clubs}

. Yeah tried a bet of 48,000. That was enough to take down the pot.

Tags: Joon Hee Yeah Julio Diaz Rober Karian

08-31-2008 15:32 UTC+8

Diaz Puts on the Squeeze

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Rober Kerian raised it up to 30,000 from under the gun with Joon Hee Yeah making the call. Julio Diaz then moved all in from the big blind for about 350,000. Kerian folded as did Yeah and Diaz takes it down.

08-31-2008 15:31 UTC+8