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The flop was
and Blain checked to Chen who fired out 150,000. Blain gave it up and Chen took down the pot, flashing 
.
2009 PokerStars.net APPT Macau
APPT Macau Main Event
Day: 4
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2009 PokerStars.net APPT Macau
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$2,081,000
Entries
429
Level
27
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
5,000
The flop was
and Blain checked to Chen who fired out 150,000. Blain gave it up and Chen took down the pot, flashing .
to Botabayev, who bet 100,000. Chen thought about it for far shorter than we would have expected before flashing a 
and foldin. Botabayev showed 
for top pair and a gutshot straight draw.
Darkhan Botabayev - 2,200,000
Daoxing Chen - 1,900,000
Mike Kim - 940,000
; Kers didn't have much but was ahead with 
. It all changed on a flop of 
, with Botabayev pairing nines to take a stranglehold on the pot. But what's an all in without a good sweat? The turn
put two spades on board, giving Kers a flush draw to go with his draw at a pair of kings. With everyone in the gallery leaning in towards the table, the dealer burned and turned a black card -- but it was the 
. Kers was eliminated in 5th place, taking home $114,464.
and folding. Botabayev flashed 
.
. Blain checked to Botabayev, who bet 150,000, about two-thirds of the pot. Blain called.The turn was the
. Taking an unusual line, Blain led into Botabayev for about half of the pot, 250,000 chips. Botbayev took thirty seconds before calling to the 
river.Blain didn't seem to like the call or the river. He checked to Botabayev, who put a whole stack of red (25,000) chips into the middle, a bet of 500,000. Blain rubbed his forehead and thoughts things over, staring the whole while at the board. He pursed his lips and nodded his hand and could be seen talking to himself, although the words were inaudible from the media desk. Finally he called.
Botabayev:
, ace-highBlain:
, a pair of jacksIt was a huge call by Blain and it was correct. Botabayev was on a stone bluff. Blain's top pair was enough to drag a pot worth more than 2.0 million chips, pushing Blain's count north of 3.0 million!
Both players checked a flop of
. When the turn fell 
, Chen's bet of 80,000 was enough to chase Botabayev out of the pot.
Level: 24
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 4,000