.Tran fired out 50,000 and Choi went into the tank before making a crying call. Tran flipped
for the rivered straight to collect a nice pot.Choi slips to 500,000 with Tran up to 420,000.
2009 Asian Poker Tour Macau
APT Macau Main Event
Day: 2
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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.Tran fired out 50,000 and Choi went into the tank before making a crying call. Tran flipped
for the rivered straight to collect a nice pot.Choi slips to 500,000 with Tran up to 420,000.
. His lone opponent was J.C. Tran, who thought things over and then called. A crowd of on-lookers pressed closer to the table to see the
hit the river. Choi still had to act first. He cut out two stacks of orange (5,000) chips and pushed them over the betting line, a total bet of 200,000. Tran took thirty seconds and then wordlessly did the same thing.Choi didn't immediately open his hand, perhaps not believing that Tran had called him. Then he disgustedly turned over
, a busted flush draw that was nothing more than a pair of deuces. Tran looked at Choi's hand, asked, "Pair of deuces?", then nodded and mucked his hand! It appeared that Tran had put Choi on the right type of hand -- a busted flush draw -- but wasn't counting on Choi also having a pair of deuces to go along with it.Choi is now the far and away chip leader of the tournament.
Araki:
Craig:
Craig tabled big slick but Araki had live cards that came good on a board of
. Araki's pair of sevens take it down to eliminate Craig in 12th place for a collect of $16,966.
after check-raising all in over the 40,000-chip bet of Michael Woo.Woo made the call but both players tabled the same hand -
for Tran and 
for Woo. The river was the and Tran survives as they chop it up.
. Allaine hit an ace on the flop and never looked back to send Myhre to the rail in 11th place.
. He was very reluctant to make the last call but made it anyway."You're not going to like this," said Steicke as he turned over
for the runner-runner nuts. Araki did indeed react in disgust as he mucked his hand. He has slipped below 100,000 chips as a result of the hand.
raking in the pot on a board of 
. His opponent was Michael Woo who we believe might have been on a straight draw with 
as he slips to around 120,000. Tran is now back to 360,000.
Kentaro Araki grabbed the opportunity by moving all in for his last 60,000 or so, with Chris Chau deciding to make a gambling call in the big blind.
Araki:
Chau:
The board fell
and Chau spikes a pair of tens to take the pot. Our final table is set! Araki is eliminated in 10th place for $16,966 in prize money.
Here's how they'll be arranged:
Seat 1: Casey Kastle (130,000)
Seat 2: Winfred Yu (61,000)
Seat 3: David Steicke (876,000)
Seat 4: J.C. Tran (444,000)
Seat 5: Adrien Allain (482,000)
Seat 6: Michael Woo (64,000)
Seat 7: Inwook Choi (934,000)
Seat 8: Chris Chau (143,000)
Seat 9: Crister Hallbrook (132,000)
Play is supposed to kick off at noon tomorrow. See you then.
APT Macau Main Event
Day 2 Completed
