Johnny Chan has just joined the stacked table from the start of the day which still features the likes of Vivian Im, Nacho Barbera, Yasuhiro Waki, Kelly Flynn, Jeff Rossiter and Joe Ebanks.
Chan won't be able to complain about the move though, after he managed to double-up on one of the first hands after his arrival.
Chan got his stack all-in when he hit a full house with on a flop. He took down the big hand to move to a healthy 65,000 in chips.
Of the 575 players that came out for this 2011 PokerStars.netAPPT Macau Main Event, 54 different countries were represented. The country with the most players was Australia with 67. China was a close second at 66 before a decent drop off occurred with Japan coming in third place with 48 players. The host country of Macau only had four players. Thirteen different players proved to be the only representative from their home country and six of the seven continents were represented. Here's a look at the top 10.
PokerStars Team Pro Celina Lin has been seen heading to the rail with her tournament life coming to an end after sitting for much of the day with less than the starting stack.
After a player in middle position opened with a raise to 4,000, Dinh Le reraised to 9,000 with 35,100 behind from the hijack seat. Play folded back to the original raiser and he tanked for a bit before folding.
Le, who won this event back in 2007, is up to 50,500 in chips.
Steve Bouya limped in from early position before action folded to Joe Ebanks on the button. He raised to 3,000. Johnny Chan reraised to 10,500 from the small blind and then play folded back to Bouya. He reraised all in for 23,900. Ebanks folded and Chan made the call.
There has been a bit of commotion in the tournament area as some yelling and swearing has occurred over on Aaron Benton's table.
Apparently it all started when Benton three-bet holding and received the call from one opponent who held . The flop fell and this is when Benton and his opponent got all their chips in.
Benton would need to dodge some diamonds, or else he would be left with only 6,000.
When the fell on the turn, Benton's opponent began celebrating and fist pumping so loudly that half of the giant casino turned away from their baccarat tables and looked towards the poker room. Benton was understandably a little offended at this celebration and began letting his opponent know how he felt.
Benton continued to niggle at his opponent, telling him how he had made a bad play and got lucky and this continued until...
"Shut your f***ing mouth! Shut your f***ing mouth!", Benton's opponent said as a rail of players continued to watch on in amazement.
"You copped a bad beat, take it like a man!", the player continued as Danny McDonough was called to the table to sort out the matter.
Aaron Benton was crushed after taking that beat a little bit again and down under 10,000. Here's his final hand.
The player under the gun limped in and then a player from middle position raised to 4,500. The small blind made the call and Benton moved all in for 6,400 from the big blind. The limped called, the original raiser from middle position called and the small blind called.
The flop came down and action checked to the original raiser in middle position. He moved all in for 26,800 and knocked the other two remaining players out of the way. Benton held the , but was crushed against his opponent's .
The turn brought the and river the . Benton was all out of luck and headed to the rail.
Eddy Sabat has been eliminated in the closing hands of the night. A short-stacked player raised all in for 8,000 before Sabat reraised all in for 34,000. A larger stack behind him made the call and held the . The short-stacked player had moved in with the and Sabat held the .
The board ran out and Sabat was eliminated along with the short-stacked player.
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on a 
flop. He took down the big hand to move to a healthy 65,000 in chips.
. The flop fell 
and this is when Benton and his opponent got all their chips in.
fell on the turn, Benton's opponent began celebrating and fist pumping so loudly that half of the giant casino turned away from their baccarat tables and looked towards the poker room. Benton was understandably a little offended at this celebration and began letting his opponent know how he felt.
and action checked to the original raiser in middle position. He moved all in for 26,800 and knocked the other two remaining players out of the way. Benton held the 
, but was crushed against his opponent's 
. Benton was all out of luck and headed to the rail.
and Sabat was eliminated along with the short-stacked player.