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Emad Tahtouh and Joe Hachem
2005 Main Event Winner Joe Hachem will have to wait another few weeks until the APPT stops in Seoul for another chance to add an APPT title to his poker resume. After Daisy Wain, Charles Chua, Emad Tahtouh, and one other player limped in for 1,200 each, Hachem shoved in the rest of his stack from the big blind, about 13,000 total.
Only Daisy Wain made the call, tabling . She was a dominating favorite over Hachem's , even more so when two players said they folded jacks. The board ran out ten-high, helping neither player but allowing Wain to collect the pot and send the former champion to the rail.
"He's going to be talking about that for at least four days," said Emad Tahtouh after Hachem made his exit.
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Wooka Kim Eliminated
Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier has just eliminated Wooka Kim in a classic preflop race. Grospellier held for the pair against Kim's overcards with .
The board ran out to give Grospellier the pot and end the run of Kim.
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See you in Seoul, Isabelle
Isabelle Mercier has been fairly quiet this whole tournament, never really accumulating any chips but managing to hang on nonetheless -- until now. She pushed all in for 8,400 from the cutoff with and was called by Steven Djingga in the small blind, who tabled . Mercier caught a nine on the flop, but Djingga overtook her with a jack on the turn. Neither player improved on the river.
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John Juanda and Lee Nelson
Dennis Waterman raised to 3,600 and John Juanda flat-called on the button. Lee Nelson then squeezed from the small blind and popped it up to 15,000, forcing a fold from Waterman. Juanda again flat-called.
The flop came down and Nelson open-shoved with Juanda making the call. Nelson flipped and would need help against Juanda's .
The turn was the and river the to give Juanda a huge double-up to 80,000 leaving Nelson with only 18,000 behind.
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Dan Schreiber Eliminated
Dan Schreiber joins the growing list of casualties from today's field. He was eliminated after he couldn't overcome his opponent's on a board of .
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Poker has truly arrived in Asia -- poker catch-phrases are being hurled around the tournament floor here in Macau. With the flop showing , the small blind bet 2,000 into Carter Gill, who raised to 8,000. Gill's opponent came over the top of him all in, prompting a snap-call from Gill. The hands were opened, revealing a double-gutshot draw for Gill's opponent with , and bottom two pair for Gill with .
"Hold!" shouted Gill. "One time!"
The turn came and brought with it extra outs for Gill's opponent. Any ace, any five, any six, or any seven that was not a club would give him the pot, and they would split the pot if a non-club deuce came, but the river was a face card -- the . Gill's opponent is out and he is up to 80,000.
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Edward Sabat
Edward Sabat just ran over to one of our reporters to tell us a hand that ended with him stacking up 140,000 in chips.
A player had opened to 4,200 and Sabat flat-called. Another player reraised to 15,000 and when the action folded back to Sabat he shoved. His opponent called with pocket queens but Sabat held pocket aces! The board bricked out and Sabat joins our chip leaders!
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The Chuck Truck is rolling.
We know at least one player who's going home with a bad beat story. Hopefully his friends won't charge him to hear it. Charles Chua opened the pot preflop with a raise to 5,000, bringing a call from Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier before the big blind reraised to 16,600. Only Chua called.
The flop came . The big blind checked to Chua, who bet 20,000, then called. Both players checked the turn. On the river, the big blind led out for 24,000. Chua deliberated briefly before shiping it all in. The big blind snap-called.
A roar went up from players around the table as the hands were opened. The big blind table for a full house. Only one hand could beat him, and Chua had it -- for quads.
With that massive pot, Chua has jumped to 266,000.