2009 Asian Poker Tour Macau
APT Macau Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
2009 Asian Poker Tour Macau
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$4,400
Entries
326
Level
23
Blinds
10,000 / 20,000
Ante
3,000
Players Left 1 / 326
Filter
(1)
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
. He and his opponent both checked to the 
turn, where Phan checked a second time. He considered a bet of 1,000 from his opponent forhalf a minute before calling.The river was the
. Phan checked a third time and was faced with a bet of 2,000. He chose to call and was shown the second nuts, 
. We presume he did not have an ace-high flush as he quickly mucked his hand.Phan is down to about 7,500.
We wandered over to his empty chair and his ex-tablemates informed us he pushed his flush draw into top pair and when the turn and river bricked out, he was sent to the rail.
.Kinkade made a quick call, but cringed when his opponent tabled
for the straight. Kinkade slips to 14,000.
, before the 
peeled on the turn.A bet of 2,500 sent Steicke into the tank for a very long time before he splashed 7,500 into the middle, leaving himself just 5,000 behind. His opponent quickly moved all in and Steicke insta-called.
Steicke:
Opponent:
The river bricked the
and Steicke doubles up once again to now find himself with 28,000 chips.
According to Daniel Neilson on a nearby table, Karamalikis three-bet all in preflop from the button with
after the player in the small blind put up some resistance. The SB player deliberated before making the call with pocket nines and the race was on.Karamalikis caught a jack on the turn to take the lead, but the river brought a straight for his opponent to send the "Dong" crashing out of the tournament, much to his disgust.
