APT Macau Main Event Day 2 | 2008 Asian Poker Tour - Macau

08-30-2008 15:37 UTC+8

Redraw in Progress

With the money bubble now (finally) burst, players have redrawn their seats. Play will continue eight-handed, with the button starting in Seat 7 at each table. There are several extremely short stacks still in play. We are expecting a rash of bust-outs over the course of the next half hour.

Forty-five minutes remain in the level as the clock is restarted.

08-30-2008 15:30 UTC+8

J.J. Liu Bubbles

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J.J. Liu was all in for her last 400 chips in the ante, and with two limpers as well as the blinds coming along, the four live players checked down the board in an attempt to eliminate Liu from the tournament.

The board read {3-Clubs}

as one opponent said, "You're not going to like me," as he flipped {A-Clubs}

for the Broadway straight.

Liu hadn't looked at her cards but flipped {8-Diamonds}

and she stood and exited the poker room as the bubble girl.

Amazingly, Piotr Gruszczynski, to her direct left, was left with only one black 100-denomination chip, but is now $6,000 richer as the remaining 40 players are now in the money.

Tags: JJ Liu

Level: 14

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 400

08-30-2008 15:15 UTC+8

Guise Avoids Ignominious Fate

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With play stuck at 41 players, Tom Guise pushed all in from early position and found no callers. He tabled {A-Clubs}

and said he wasn't afraid to be the bubble boy.

The very next hand, from under the gun, Guise pushed in again. This time he was called by Tyrone Kerrigan. Guise had Big Slick a second time, but Kerrigan's pocket aces had Guise crushed. The board ran out {10-Hearts}

to allow Kerrigan's aces to hold. When the stacks were counted down, Guise had Kerrigan covered, but only by 800 chips.

On the next hand, after paying the 300-chip ante, Guise was all in from the big blind for 500. William Te raised the pot to 5,000, folding all other players. He opened {K-Spades}

, but Guise found live cards with {5-Spades}

. A board of {3-Hearts}

made two pair, fives and fours, to keep Guise's tournament hopes alive.

He folded his next hand in the small blind and is left with 2,400 chips. Kerrigan now has about 40,000.

08-30-2008 15:06 UTC+8

Cat and Mouse Games Continue

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As per usual on the money bubble, play has slowed dramatically as the players are anxiously watching each other's tables and the pressure is on the short stacks to survive.

There are several players who are desperately short, so we expect the bubble to burst very soon.

08-30-2008 14:48 UTC+8

On the Bubble

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A few recent eliminations have whittled the field down to 41 players. The next player to bust out will be the last to go home without any prize money. Play is proceeding hand for hand until that elimination occurs.

08-30-2008 14:35 UTC+8

Colman Takes a Hit

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With 30,000 in the pot preflop, Julius Colman and William Te took a flop of {2-Hearts}

. Both players cautiously checked. The turn was the {A-Clubs}

. Colman paused, then checked again. Te deliberated for about a minute before firing out for 15,000. That bet brought a snap-muck from Colman. Te flashed the {A-Diamonds}

as he collected the pot.

Colman still has about 25,000 chips and is trying to hang on.

08-30-2008 14:26 UTC+8

[Removed:532] Doesn't Quite Make It

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Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

After an early-position raise to 5,500, [Removed:532] reraised all in for about 40,000. Martin Stewart, in late position, then moved in behind him for about 45,000 total. After everyone else folded,[Removed:532] saw that he was in very bad shape indeed.

[Removed:532] 8♥ 8♦
Stewart: A♦ A♣

The board ran out 2♠ 6♣ 5♥ K♥ K♦, making Stewart's aces and kings the winner and sending [Removed:532] to the rail just short of the money. Stewart now has about 85,000 chips.

Tags: Martin Stewart

08-30-2008 14:18 UTC+8