APT Macau Main Event Day 1a | 2009 Asian Poker Tour Macau

08-20-2009 17:20 UTC+8

APT Videos

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If you're looking for videos of all of the action from the APT Macau Poker Festival, then why not check out the APT Videos page, where the APT team have put together some great interviews from some of the preliminary events, the Celebrity Challenge from the other evening, and of course the APT Main Event.

08-20-2009 17:09 UTC+8

Lunardi Busts; Bell Is Back

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We wandered over to table 12 we noticed that Kristian Lunardi's seat had been vacated. A quick word with the table and Emanuel Bell was helpful to let us know that Lunardi pushed his short stack with {J-?}

and ran into an opponent's pocket aces.

We then watch the next hand as Bell shoved all in over the top of a raise and a call for the last of his 4,650 chips. In one of the more bizarre all-ins we've ever witnessed that was reminiscent of a Phil Laak all-in, Bell immediately stood from the table, put his bag over his shoulder and finished off his glass of cola, in preparation of his apparent certain elimination.

However he soon had to sit back down again as his {8-Diamonds}

won the race against an opponent who called with {K-Hearts}

when the board ran out {A-Hearts}

. Bell is back to 9,500.

Tags: Emanuel Bell Kristian Lunardi

08-20-2009 16:58 UTC+8

Pay Attention!

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Eddie Hearn looked down at his hand as first player to act and then mucked it. Unfortunately for Hearn he wasn't the first player to act -- he was the big blind. Hearn was required to put his big blind into the pot despite already having folded. The dealer at the table offered Hearn his cards back but David Steicke and Andrew Scott wouldn't hear of it.

"Take his cards," Scott instructed the dealer. "He already folded. It's unfortunate but it's the rule." Hearn did not protest as the dealer collected Hearn's cards for the second time. We'll never know if it would have mattered; a single preflop raise from early position took down the pot.

08-20-2009 16:44 UTC+8

Potter Slowrolled and Steicked

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James Potter has been eliminated and perhaps even slowrolled by David Steicke, as Potter pushed his last 2,025 in from the cutoff with {9-Hearts}

.

Steicke had called and was coy-enough opening his cards that Potter piped up, "I may even have you dominated here I think!" However Potter didn't tuned into the power of Steicke who flipped {Q-Hearts}

.

Potter was resigned to looking for a two-outer until the flop fell {10-Diamonds}

to once again give him some hope with his straight draw. However the {7-Clubs}

turn and

river left him departing the tournament floor as Steicke climbs over 30,000 chips.

Tags: David Steicke James Potter

08-20-2009 16:34 UTC+8

Play Resumes

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The players are back and the cards are once again in the air. There are 102 players remaining.

Level: 5

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 25

08-20-2009 16:18 UTC+8

Break Time

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Players are on break #2. They're streaming out the door.

08-20-2009 16:18 UTC+8

Scott Rivers Potter

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Just prior to the break, we caught Australians James Potter and Andrew Scott collide on a flop of {10-Hearts}

.

Scott's last 6,975 chips were in the middle with {Q-Hearts}

for an open-ended straight draw with two overcards as Potter flipped {9-Hearts}

for top two pair.

The turn bricked the {6-Diamonds}

but the river was the {K-Clubs}

to complete the straight for Scott for the double up. He's back to 14,000 while Potter is crippled and heads to the break with just 2,300 chips.

Tags: Andrew Scott James Potter

08-20-2009 16:17 UTC+8

Hefty Headphones

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One of the more unusual trends we've witnessed today has nothing to do with the play on the felt. Players listening to music at the table is nothing new, and once upon a time the trend was towards smaller headphones, but it appears we've gone full circle as today we've seen a couple of sizable standouts.

Wooka Kim has decorated her hefty headphones with sparkling love hearts to give them a little bling, while Jay Kinkade wins the award for the monstrous headphones he is donning, which appear to be be more like noise-destroying than than noise-cancelling!

Tags: Jay Kinkade Wooka Kim

08-20-2009 16:17 UTC+8

Small Hit for Seal

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Emanuel Seal took a flyer against a short-stacked opponent but it didn't work out for him. He called a pre-flop all-in raise to 2,600 with {K-Spades}

. His opponent showed a dominating hand, {A-Spades}

. When both players missed a nine-high board, Seal was forced to double up his opponent.

After the han Seal stared at the board in bemusement for a few seconds as if he were trying to figure out how he hadn't won the hand. He still has about 18,000 chips.

Tags: Emanuel Seal