The turn seemed not to change much, falling . Tran checked to Allain's aggression, then called a bet of 45,000. Both player checked the river, with Tran tabling to take down the pot.
2009 Asian Poker Tour Macau
APT Macau Main Event
Day: 3
The turn seemed not to change much, falling . Tran checked to Allain's aggression, then called a bet of 45,000. Both player checked the river, with Tran tabling to take down the pot.
They took a flop of and both players checked. The free card on the turn was the and Steicke took a stab at the pot with a bet 12,000. Tran made the call.
The river brought the and Steicke checked to Tran who fired a bet of 16,000 which was good to take it down.
Both players checked the river. Steicke showed down , having rivered a Broadway straight. It was good enough to take down the pot.
Adrien 'zlatan35' Allain has now been responsible for three of those after Michael Woo pushed his short stack with into the of Allain.
The flop gave Woo some hope but ultimately the board left Allain's kings in front to eliminate Woo in 6th place for $52,223 in prize money. Allain is now up over 800,000 chips.
Christer Hallberg is the third player eliminated. He opened preflop to 30,000 and was called by Adrien Allain out of the blinds. Allain checked on a flop of . Hallberg moved in for 79,000 and Allain called without much deliberation.
Allain:
Hallberg:
Hallberg was ahead with a pair of eights but had to sweat two cards, with Allain looking for a deuce, four or five. He caught a on the turn to make a five-high straight. The river was a harmless , bouncing Hallberg from the tournament in 7th place.
Yu:
Choi:
The board brought a sweat but in the end Choi picked up two pair when it fell .
Choi extends his chip lead as Yu departs in 8th place and will collect $26,112 in prize money.
It wasn't to be Kastle's day. The board rolled out to make a jack-high straight for Allain. Kastle, who final-tabled the previous two APT events, is the first player eliminated today. He walks away with $16,966.
Level: 20
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 1,000