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After an unbelievable party in the Presidential Suite last night, we're back at the beautiful Galaxy StarWorld Hotel and Casino, with a strong coffee in hand for the final day of play in the 2009 Asian Poker Tour Main Event.
While this final table doesn't have a full TV production, a set has been built and this will be filmed. As usual with these types of productions, last minute preparations are ensuring that we won't be starting on time. An educated guess tells us we could be 15-20 minutes away from kick off.
It should be an entertaining final table with some seasoned pros, aggressive styles and a sprinkling of young guns. With a few short stacks sneaking through last night, there could very well be some fireworks early on.
Stay tuned to PokerNews.com as we gatecrash the party for one more day and crown a new champion of Asian poker!
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Casey Kastle - 9th Place
After David Steicke took down the first two pots of the day, Casey Kastle opened the third pot to 24,000. Action passed to Adrien Allain, who re-raised to 60,000. When everyone folded back to Kastle he moved in for 128,000 total. Allain quickly called with pocket nines but found himself in poor shape against Kastle's pocket kings.
It wasn't to be Kastle's day. The board rolled out to make a jack-high straight for Allain. Kastle, who final-tabled the previous two APT events, is the first player eliminated today. He walks away with $16,966.
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Winfred Yu - 8th Place
Winfred Yu opened the action by moving all in for his last 56,000 chips, with chip leader Inwook Choi making the call.
Yu:
Choi:
The board brought a sweat but in the end Choi picked up two pair when it fell .
Choi extends his chip lead as Yu departs in 8th place and will collect $26,112 in prize money.
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Christer Hallberg - 7th Place
With five players having fewer than 15 big blinds in their starting stacks we expected play to move rapidly to start the day. But we didn't expect three eliminations in the first twenty minutes!
Christer Hallberg is the third player eliminated. He opened preflop to 30,000 and was called by Adrien Allain out of the blinds. Allain checked on a flop of . Hallberg moved in for 79,000 and Allain called without much deliberation.
Allain:
Hallberg:
Hallberg was ahead with a pair of eights but had to sweat two cards, with Allain looking for a deuce, four or five. He caught a on the turn to make a five-high straight. The river was a harmless , bouncing Hallberg from the tournament in 7th place.
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Michael Woo - 6th Place
The mayhem continues at this APT Macau final table with our fourth elimination of the day within the first twenty minutes of play.
Adrien 'zlatan35' Allain has now been responsible for three of those after Michael Woo pushed his short stack with into the of Allain.
The flop gave Woo some hope but ultimately the board left Allain's kings in front to eliminate Woo in 6th place for $52,223 in prize money. Allain is now up over 800,000 chips.
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When you have chips to burn you can afford to speculate with some less-than-stellar cards. That appeared to be David Steicke's strategy after Inwook Choi opened to 22,000. Steicke was in the big blind and called the extra 12,000 to a flop of . Both players checked, with Steicke then betting 24,000 on the turn. Choi called.
Both players checked the river. Steicke showed down , having rivered a Broadway straight. It was good enough to take down the pot.
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to make a jack-high straight for Allain. Kastle, who final-tabled the previous two APT events, is the first player eliminated today. He walks away with $16,966.
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. Hallberg moved in for 79,000 and Allain called without much deliberation.
, bouncing Hallberg from the tournament in 7th place.
into the 
of Allain.
board left Allain's kings in front to eliminate Woo in 6th place for $52,223 in prize money. Allain is now up over 800,000 chips.
. Both players checked, with Steicke then betting 24,000 on the 
turn. Choi called.
river. Steicke showed down 
