Thomas Mcgarrity opened from the hijack before Sailesh Verma moved all in over the top for just short of 400,000. When the action was back on Mcgarrity, he made the call.
Verma:
Mcgarrity:
Verma was in front until the board ran out to see Mcgarrity connect his ace, sending the local home in 9th place.
In the very first hand of the final table, Yen Han Chen opened to 60,000 from middle position. Yat Wai Cheng was seated to his left, and raised it up to 120,000. The action folded back around to Chen who moved all in for 515,000 and was called.
Chen:
Cheng:
The board ran out to see Chen dodge many cards on the river to take down the opening pot.
Frenchman Cyril André is a long way from home, but the 28-year old is certainly making an impression here at the APPT Macau. André is a poker professional with several impressive results to his credit, including an EPT and WSOP cash, but his biggest result was at the 2010 Partouche Poker Tour where seventh place earned over US$260,000 in prize money.
André has over seven years of experience in the game and this is not his first time on a major final table, so he'll be one to watch on this final table.
Yat Wai Cheng only has one result on his poker resume, but it's a good one. Last October Cheng finished in fourth place in the 2013 Asia Championships of Poker Main Event. That result was good for HK$1,485,000 (approx US$190,000) in winnings which was enough to propel Cheng into 13th place on Hong Kong's all-time money earners list.
Cheng has been playing poker for five years, usually hitting the HK$100/200 cash games. In his spare time Cheng loves to travel.
Yen Han Chen has several results in Macau dating back to 2011, with his best result coming in February this year with a fourth place finish in the 'ACOP Platinum Series' Main Event for HK$98,400.
The 26-year old student from Taiwan has played poker for 5 years and is hoping to add to what's already his biggest highlight in his tournament career. Outside of this tournament, Chen plays HK$50/100 cash games.
Despite only playing poker for one and a half years, Jia Jun Liu considers himself a poker pro. The 33-year old loves tournament poker specifically and he's certainly shown his passion during the main event where loud screams of excitement have been heard across the casino floor.
Liu is a football fan who tells us that APPT Macau has been the highlight of his short poker career and hopes to follow in the footsteps of countryman Alexandre Chieng who won this event last year.
Jean Marie Peyron has a number of small results to his credit throughout Europe with his best score coming with a second place in an IPT San Remo side event for over US$25,000 in prize money
Peyron has been playing poker for five years and claims that his friends have been the biggest influence on his game. The defining moment for Peyron in the APPT Macau Main Event so far was when he won a hand holding pocket tens against pocket kings right near the bubble. Outside of poker, Peyron enjoys Football.
to see Mcgarrity connect his ace, sending the local home in 9th place.
to see Chen dodge many cards on the river to take down the opening pot.
