2008 Asian Poker Tour - Macau
APT Macau Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
2008 Asian Poker Tour - Macau
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Entries
257
Level
24
Blinds
12,000 / 24,000
Ante
4,000
Players Left 1 / 257
Filter
Level: 6
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
Harry Demetriou moved all in for around 6,000 chips -- but he was not really all in as he'd left a green 25-denomination chip on his cards as a protector.Liz Lieu was his opponent and pondered the call, but eventually declared "You have too many outs," before folding. She was right, as Demetriou flipped a monster with his
!Demetriou is sitting with 9,000 in chips.
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and after a series of raises, Gill was thrilled to get all the chips in the middle with 
for the nut flush, cracking the 
of his disappointed opponent.As the dealer appeared set to muck the cards, he was reminded that there were two more cards to be dealt. However there was no miracle as the
on the turn and 
on the river left Gill sitting with over 60,000 in chips!
In a recent pot, three players including Lieu and Johnny Chan took a flop of
. An early-position player led out for 1,925, forcing a fold from Chan before Lieu moved all in for an additional 7,675. Her opponent thought long and hard before letting it down, as Lieu recovered to about 14,000 in chips.
flop heads up. Joo checked it over to the preflop raiser, who bet 1,500. Joo made the call. His opponent got gun shy when a 
hit the turn; he checked behind after Joo checked. It was "second verse, same as the first" on the river . Joo showed 
for a pair of eights, but it was no good against his opponent's 
.Joo lost 2,700 chips on the hand, dropping him to 15,400.
.Diaz moved all in for his last 11,625 and his opponent went into the tank before making a courageous call with
. It was the right call as Diaz flipped 
for just overcards.The turn was the
but a miraculous 
on the river paired up Diaz to give him the pot as he now sits with 31,000 in chips.
. His opponent threw four yellow chips (T1,000) into the pot, each chip rolling crazily across the table. Wong went into the tank for about a minute, then called.The river was the
. Wong bet 3,500. His opponent clearly didn't like the card, but called all the same. Wong showed 
for a straight, better than his opponent's 
for three jacks."I knew that's what you had," said Carter Gill after the pot was pushed to Wong. "I asked myself what could you call the turn with. Queen-hearts, nine-hearts. The river was a half blocker bet, half value bet."
against his opponent's 
.The board fell
to give De Leon a pair of tens and the pot to jump up to 22,000 chips.
