2009 Asian Poker Tour Macau
APT Macau Main Event
Day: 1b
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
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On a flop of
, both blinds checked to Chan. He fired for 3,500 and found one caller in the small blind. When the board paired nines on the turn 
, the small blind checked again. Chan kept up the pressure with a bet of 5,500, which was enough to take down the pot.Chan has a roughly average stack of 34,000 chips.
. Tran had made a huge bet or raise of 20,000, enough to put his opponent all in. That player tanked for several minutes before painfully open-mucking 
! The table was shocked; one player even told Tran, "You really got away with one there." Tran's opponent was convinced that Tran had runner-runnered a diamond flush.
We arrived at his table after some commotion has emerged. A short-stacked player had moved all in and Carmona made the call. The only problem was that the dealer didn't hear the call, so when Carmona flipped his
the dealer promptly scooped up the cards into the muck.The floor was called and when it was determined that he clearly announced call, his cards were retrieved and he found himself racing with
.The board was favorable as it ran out
to spike a pair of aces for Carmona to send another opponent to the rail. Carmona is still hovering at around 70,000 chips.
. The all-in player had a small pair of 
. The board was all small cards also, 
, but somehow they dodged Wong's hand to give his opponent a double-up.
A floor was summoned to the table. He gave Lee's opponent one minute to act. At the end of that minute Lee's opponent flashed the
and folded. Lee stood sharply out of his chair, seemingly irritated that a clock had been called that most likely caused his opponent to fold.
"I'm counting my outs!" he laughed.
Eventually one player threatened to call the clock and Carmona folded, just seven minutes short of his goal of avoiding the impending big blind.
"What, were you planning to sit there for nine minutes?" questioned one player as Carmona just laughed.
In contrast with the play we saw during Day 1A, today was a day of slow, steady chip accumulation. It was also a day of painful eliminations for many of the more recognizalbe and accomplished players. Chino Rheem was among the very first players eliminated after he fell to a rivered two-outer. Tommy Le and two-time APT runner-up Steve Yea soon followed. Also hitting the rail during the day were Chau Giang, John Juanda, Liz Lieu, James Akenhead, Praz Bansi and Vivek Rajkumar.
Tomorrow the field of 88 survivors combines. They'll play all the way down to a final table, which will be played out Sunday. The action kicks off at noon local time with PokerNews providing all your live updates. See ya!
APT Macau Main Event
Day 1b Completed
