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

Level: 18

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 1,000

08-30-2008 21:08 UTC+8

Grant Levy Eliminated in 12th Place ($18,750)

With blinds currently at 3,000 and 6,000, anything short of a six-figure stack is considered "short". Grant Levy, with only 95,000 chips, looked down at {A-Hearts}

and put all those chips in the middle. He was called by Rober Karian, who was sitting in the big blind with {9-Hearts}

. Levy found no joy on the {8-Spades}

board. His inspired run at APT Macau is over.

Karian increased his stack after this hand to 280,000.

Tags: Grant Levy Rober Karian

08-30-2008 21:16 UTC+8

Matsukawa Shoichi Eliminated in 11th Place ($18,750)

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Matsukawa Shoichi was desperately short stacked and after doubling up once against Yevgeniy Timoshenko he couldn't make it two in a row. Shoichi pushed his last 24,000 in the middle with {K-Spades}

and Timoshenko called with {A-Hearts}

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Shoichi took the lead on the flop of {3-Clubs}

, the

on the turn didn't change anything, but the {A-Spades}

on the river gave Timoshenko the pot and sent Shoichi to the exit in 11th place for $18,750.

Timoshenko now sits with 420,000 chips.

Tags: Matsukawa Shoichi Yevgeniy Timoshenko

08-30-2008 21:16 UTC+8

Programming Note

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With five players remaining at each of the last two tables, play is now hand-for-hand. We will continue that way until the next elimination. At that time, the remaining nine players will collapse to one table and we will play until one further elimination occurs.

08-30-2008 21:31 UTC+8

Colman Does It With 4-Bet

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Julius Colman opened with a raise to 18,000 from the button before Joon Hee Yeah popped it up to 43,000 from the small blind. The big blind folded and the action was back with Colman. He decided to put in another raise, making it 75,000 in total. Yeah thought for few moments before folding his hand.

Yeah slips to 205,000 with Colman now up to 220,000.

Tags: Joon Hee Yeah Julius Colman

08-30-2008 21:41 UTC+8

Timoshenko Takes One From Pedley

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Michael Pedley raised to 18,000 from the cutoff before Yevgeniy Timoshenko popped it up to 36,000 from the button. The blinds folded and Pedley made the call.

They took a flop of {4-Hearts}

and Pedley led out for 41,000. Timoshenko then raised it to 200,000 which was enough to put Pedley to a decision for his tournament life. After a few minutes thought he let it go, as Timoshenko extends his chip lead to 460,000 with Pedley back to 130,000.

Tags: Michael Pedley Yevgeniy Timoshenko

08-30-2008 21:45 UTC+8

Kastle Doubles Though Timoshenko

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Yevgeniy Timoshenko continued his aggressive ways and raised it up from the cutoff to 14,000. Casey Kastle decided to make a stand and moved all in from the big blind for 158,000. Timoshenko made the call and found himself in a classic race.

Timoshenko: {A-Diamonds}

Kastle:

The board landed {2-Clubs}

and although Timoshenko took the lead on the turn, Kastle was able to spike a set on the river to claim the pot and a huge double up!

Kastle is now up to 325,000 with Timoshenko still in good shape with 310,000.

Tags: Casey Kastle Yevgeniy Timonshenko

08-30-2008 21:45 UTC+8

Julius Colman Eliminated in 10th Place ($22,500)

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It was an incredibly unlucky end for Julius Colman. After Chong Wing Cheong opened the pot for 20,000, Colman reraised to 53,000 from the small blind. Cheong tanked for thirty seconds, then called.

A power flop of {J-Spades}

brought whispers from the assembled gallery. Everyone sensed that both of these players must have caught a good piece of the board. Action started with Colman, who mulled his options before betting 80,000. Cheong then peeked at his cards once before raising all in to 167,000. Colman called.

Colman: {J-Clubs}

Cheong:

Incredible bad luck for Colman - he flopped bottom set, only to run into Cheong's flopped straight. Colman needed a board pair and didn't get it. The turn and the river were {5-Hearts}

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When the stacks were counted down, Colman was left with just 3,000. He was all in for the small blind on the next hand. Two other players limped into the pot and one of them made top pair after the action was checked down through all streets. Colman couldn't beat that hand. He is out.

Cheong is now near the top of the leader board with about 450,000.

Tags: Chong Wing Cheong Julius Colman

08-30-2008 21:48 UTC+8

Final Table Redraw

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The players have redrawn for the final table:

Seat 1: Casey Kastle
Seat 2: Michael Pedley
Seat 3: Joon Hee Yeah
Seat 4: Chong Wing Cheong
Seat 5: Yevgeniy Timoshenko
Seat 6: Michele Ferrari
Seat 7: Quang Nguyen
Seat 8: Julio Diaz
Seat 9: Rober Karian

08-30-2008 21:59 UTC+8

Tight as a Drum

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With the next player going home one place short of the official final table, play has predictably tightened. Most hands are raised preflop, with a reraise preflop then taking down the pot. We did have one three-way flop recently, but a single bet on the flop was enough to scare away all the competition.