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

08-21-2009 15:04 UTC+8

Juanda Takes a Seat

With the arrival of John Juanda to the tournament, Steve Sung's is the only vacant seat now. Juanda is seated near J.C. Tran and exchanged pleasantries with Tran. Tran asked where Juanda had been.

"Dim sum," replied Juanda. "I woke up at 1:30."

08-21-2009 15:02 UTC+8

Lee Wins Without Showdown

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With the board reading {K-Diamonds}

, Dave Lee was faced with a bet of 800 and after a minute or two of thought he tossed out a call.

Things then got a little strange. It was almost as if someone had frozen time as the table stood motionless and silent, awaiting one of the players to reveal their cards.

Finally Lee, the dealer and most of the tabled urged the called player to act.

"Show or Muck!" demanded the table, but still nothing.

After a minute or so of balking, the player eventually mucked his cards. As did Lee, as he scooped the pot. He's up to 15,000.

Tags: Dave Lee

08-21-2009 14:48 UTC+8

Very, Very Late Arrivals

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We thought everyone had turned up and that there would be no more surprises for the rest of the day, but it turns out we may have been wrong. Two new stacks have materialized on the tables, each with a small blue sticky note on the rail behind it. One sticky note says "Steve Sung", a Poker Packer who has been conspicuously absent so far in the day.

The other sticky note has two initials on it: "JJ". We know that John Juanda was on the ferry over from Hong Kong last night and can only presume that stack belongs to him. The stack is located at a chair directly behing Chau Giang (a little coincidence that we find highly amusing).

Each stack started full at 10,000 and has been been blinded down to 9,700 so far. Neither Sung nor Juanda has yet arrived to the tournament.

Tags: John Juanda Steve Sung

08-21-2009 14:30 UTC+8

Chan Looks for a Better Spot

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While getting a count on Johnny Chan (roughly 11,000), we watched the WSOP Main Event winner call an early position raise to 600. The two players were the only ones to contest the pot on a flop of {9-Diamonds}

. Chan's opponent led out for 1,200, a bet that Chan cautiously called.

The turn was another small card, the {4-Spades}

. Chan's opponent fired a second time, for 2,200. Chan considered the bet for thirty seconds, double-checked his cards, and then quietly mucked.

Tags: Johnny Chan

08-21-2009 14:21 UTC+8

Play Resumes

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Cards are back in the air.

Level: 3

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 0

08-21-2009 14:08 UTC+8

Break Time

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Players are on their first fifteen-minute break of the day.

08-21-2009 14:06 UTC+8

It's All About The Bling

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Our field today is certainly heavy on jewelery with the likes of poker greats Johnny Chan, David Chiu and Chau Giang in the field.

Of course Chan is one of the most famous names in the game. The Hall of Famer has ten WSOP bracelets which is equal-second on the all time list.

The unassuming Chiu often lurks quietly in a field but with four bracelets in the bag, he's a foe to be feared on the felt.

Giang is a likable character who also has a very impressive three WSOP bracelets to go along with his 51 WSOP cashes.

Throw in a couple of bracelets for JC Tran and another for Quinn Do, Rami Boukai and Praz Bansi, and you've got a whole lot of bling here at the Asian Poker Tour Main Event in Macau.

Tags: Johnny Chan

08-21-2009 14:04 UTC+8