2008 PokerStars.net APPT Macau

APPT Macau Main Event
Day: 1c
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Event Info

2008 PokerStars.net APPT Macau

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k♦j♦
Prize
$453,851
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,200
Prize Pool
$1,620,897
Entries
538
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000
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Play Resumes

[user67765]
[user67765]
The players are back and the cards are once again in the air. The blinds are up to 150/300 with a 25 chip ante. We have 153 players remaining.

Level: 5

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 25

The Champ is Out

[user75032]
[user75032]
Dinh Le
Dinh Le
Dinh Le, winner of the 2007 APPT Macau Main Event, was not able to make it to Day 2 in 2008. He got involved in a raising war preflop against Joon Hee Yeah. All of the chips were soon in the middle, with Le the player at risk of elimination. He tabled pocket kings; Yeah showed ace-jack offsuit. A flop of {6-?} {Q-?} {4-?} was no help to Yeah, but he spiked an ace on the turn and dodged the two remaining kings when the river fell {10-?}.

Le stood stunned at the table for a few seconds while the pot was pushed to Yeah, then walked away talking animatedly with a friend who had come to sweat the hand.

Yeah is up to about 31,000 in chips.

Tags: Dinh Le

Derias Doubles

[user67765]
[user67765]
Sherif Derias is another short stack to find a recent double-up. Derias only held a marginal {A-Hearts}{6-Hearts} and things looked bleak when his opponent tabled pocket queens. However the board of {10-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{A-Spades}{8-Hearts}{K-Diamonds} gave Derias two pair and the pot to move up to 9,500.

Tags: Sherif Derias

Bulldozer Busto

[user67765]
[user67765]
Hevad Khan Eliminated
Hevad Khan Eliminated
Hevad Khan has been eliminated after back-to-back blows on the river sent him spiraling to the exit.

The first blow came on a board of {K-Clubs}{A-Clubs}{J-Spades}{6-Clubs}{3-Spades} when Raymond Wu moved all in for his last 8,250. Khan thought for a while before making the call but could only shake his head when Wu revealed {3-Hearts}{3-Diamonds} for a rivered set.

Khan was left with 3,000 in chips and committed them holding {9-Diamonds}{9-Spades} only to run into the {A-Hearts}{A-Diamonds} of David Chiu. The flop of {10-Spades}{3-Spades}{4-Clubs} changed nothing, but Khan spiked a {9-Clubs} on the turn to take the lead. However the suck-resuck came when Chiu hit his two-outer on the river with the {A-Clubs} falling to end the day of Khan.

Tags: David ChiuHevad KhanRaymond Wu

Official Prize Pool

[user67765]
[user67765]
The official prize pool and payouts have been released after the total number of entries for the 2008 APPT Macau Main Event has been confirmed at a record 538 players.

A prize pool of over HK$12million equates to US$1.62million, with the top 56 players set to take home a slice of the pie.

Cash winners will be guaranteed a collect of at least US$4,862, with one lucky player set to take home a beautiful trophy and a winner's check worth US$453,851.

Congratulations to the APPT and PokerStars on such tremendous figures, and well done to the players for supporting the growth of poker in Asia.

Oh Yeah

[user75032]
[user75032]
Joon Hee Yeah has gone back into accumulation mode. He raised to 700 preflop and was called by the button. The flop was all hearts, {2-Hearts} {Q-Hearts} {4-Hearts}. Yeah checked, then called when the button overbet the pot for 1,800. Both players checked the turn {J-Diamonds}. The river paired the board by falling {Q-Clubs}. Yeah checked a third time, bringing a bet of 3,000 from his opponent. After some thought, Yeah called and tabled {A-Hearts} {4-Diamonds} for two pair, queens and fours. That beat the airball thrown by his opponent with {A-Clubs} {7-Spades}.

Yeah is back up to about 20,000 in chips.

Tags: Joon Hee Yeah

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