APT Macau Main Event Day 1b | 2008 Asian Poker Tour - Macau

08-29-2008 20:23 UTC+8

Not Much is Not Enough

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With 5,000 in the pot, the board was very ragged. It read {5-Spades}

. Ryan Gentry made a small bet of 1,200 chips.

"Hmmm," mused Grant Levy. "I don't have much." He eventually chose to call. Gentry tabled {10-Diamonds}

for top pair. Levy nodded and open-mucked {5-Diamonds}

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08-29-2008 20:07 UTC+8

Levy Running Good

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Grant Levy has emerged after dinner to now be amongst our chip leaders. In recent hands Levy raised preflop and was called in the small blind. On a flop of {5-Spades}

Levy fired out 2,100 and was frustrated when his opponent folded as he flipped {2-Diamonds}

for bottom set.

"That's five in a row!" said Levy in regards to flopping sets with his pocket pairs.

A few minutes later Kenny Tran raised from under the gun to 1,500 and Levy called out of the big blind.

The flop came down {A-Clubs}

and Levy checked to Tran who fired 2,000. Levy then quickly reraised, making it 5,600 to go. Tran went into the tank for a long time before flashing the {A-Hearts}

and folding his hand. Levy showed {A-Diamonds}

for top two pair!

Levy is now up to 56,000 chips with Tran back to 18,000.

Tags: Grant Levy Kenny Tran

08-29-2008 20:01 UTC+8

Kinkade Takes a Hit

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We recently learned that just before the dinner break, Jay Kinkade took a particularly brutal beat to drop from the top of the leader board to near the bottom. He opened the pot preflop and was called only by the big blind. The flop came down {A-Clubs}

. After the big blind checked, Kinkade made a continuation bet. The big blind raised him, leading Kinkade to shove all in for about 30,000 total. He had the big blind covered, but that player put his tournament life on the line and called.

Kinkade: {J-Clubs}

Big blind: {10-Clubs}

Kinkade was in great shape to bust another player and vault far up the leader board, but his hopes were dashed when the turn blanked and the river came a red king to make a straight for his opponent. Kinkade has dropped to just 10,000.

Tags: Jay Kinkade

08-29-2008 19:50 UTC+8

Play Resumes

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The players are back from dinner and the cards are once again in the air. We have 86 players remaining.

Level: 7

Blinds: 250/500

Ante: 50

08-29-2008 18:32 UTC+8

Dinner Break

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Players are on a 75-minute dinner break. Play will resume at 7:45pm local time.

08-29-2008 18:21 UTC+8

Recent Eliminations

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Celina Lin is out of the tournament. She flopped bottom set on a board of {2-Diamonds}

. Her opponent called her all in bet with {10-Clubs}

and spiked his two-outer when the turn and river came {3-Clubs}

.

John Juanda is also out. Despite recently winning a race with pocket jacks against ace-king to double up to 10,000, Juanda still found himself fairly short. He got involved in another race with pocket sixes against ace-king. The time, his opponent turned an ace to send him to the rail.

Tags: Celina Lin John Juanda

08-29-2008 18:06 UTC+8

Lavaille Doubles Through Ishii

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Anthony Lavaille has just doubled through Satoru Ishii in a classic preflop race. Lavaille's {A-Diamonds}

would need to improve against the {8-Hearts}

of Ishii.

The board fell {10-Diamonds}

to give Lavaille a pair of kings on the turn to double to 15,000 leaving Ishii, who finished 3rd in the APT Manila event, with only 3,800.

Tags: Anthony Lavaille Satoru Ishii

08-29-2008 18:01 UTC+8

The Best Laid Plans

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Tony Dunst is working extra hard today to keep pace with Julian Powell, but his opponents and his cards aren't always cooperating. Dunst raised to 1,050 from middle position and was called by three players. All four players checked the {J-Hearts}

flop. On the {K-Clubs}

turn, action checked to the button player, who bet 1,500 before William Te Jr. moved all in for 3,300. Everyone folded to that raise.

"And all I wanted to do was steal the blinds with my medium ace," joked Dunst after the hand.

A few hands later, he raised preflop. The small blind moved all in for 5,500. Dunst called with {A-Diamonds}

but was behind his opponent's pocket jacks. Dunst couldn't connect when the board ran out {7-Clubs}

.

After these hands, his stack slipped back to about 25,000.

Tags: Tony Dunst

08-29-2008 18:00 UTC+8

Colman Doubles With Kings

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Jay Kinkade opened with a raise to 1,000, before Julius Colman moved all in for 6,600. A third player then came over the top of both players all in. Kinkade folded as Colman flipped {K-Hearts}

to be in great shape against his opponent's {10-Hearts}

.

The board ran out {A-Diamonds}

and although his opponent made a set on the turn Colman completed his straight to take down the pot to more than double up! He now sits with about 14,000 chips.

Tags: Jay Kinkade Julius Colman