APPT Macau: Day 2, level 8, 9 & 10 updates (600-1,200, 100 ante)

3.20pm: Level done That's it for level 10. We move to level 11 with blinds at 800-1,600 with a 200 ante. -- SY 3.21pm: Dinh Le dusted On a board reading [As][2s][4h][7s][Jc], all the chips went in on the river with Dinh Le holding [A][Q] against his opponent's [7][7]. Unfortunately for Le, his opponent had him slightly covered and therefore meant … [Read more...]

APPT Macau: Day 2, level 8, 9 & 10 updates (600-1,200, 100 ante)

3.20pm: Level done That's it for level 10. We move to level 11 with blinds at 800-1,600 with a 200 ante. -- SY 3.21pm: Dinh Le dusted On a board reading [As][2s][4h][7s][Jc], all the chips went in on the river with Dinh Le holding [A][Q] against his opponent's [7][7]. Unfortunately for Le, his opponent had him slightly covered and therefore meant … [Read more...]

APPT Macau: Day 2 seat draw

Men with a much better understanding of calculators and spreadsheets than us have created the seat draw for day 2 of PokerStars APPT Macau season 4. Find yourself/your friends quicker using 'control f'. That much we do understand. 160 players will come back for day 2 - with the cash kicking in at 40th place. 1 1 Jonas Kronwitter Germany 32,500 1 2 Eric … [Read more...]

APPT Macau: Judges holds court for day 1C

Getting through the first day of any poker tournament is something of a trial. If you play your best and make the right moves, all you can do is hope the cards go your way and justice is done. You give your opening statements, making your intentions clear to the table, and then cross examine your rivals to expose their weaknesses. If it goes belly up … [Read more...]

APPT Macau: Day 1C, level 4, 5, 6 & 7 updates (300-600, 75 ante)

8.01pm: Play ends! The final hand has been dealt for flight three with the top three chip counts as follows. Darren Judges - 173,800 Brendon Rubie - 114,375 Ralf Westphal - 112,025 Stay tuned for a full recap and updated chip counts as they come to hand. 7.35pm: Five more hands... ... and play will be over for the night. Will anyone be able to catch … [Read more...]

APPT Macau: Day 1C, level 1, 2 & 3 updates (100-200, 25 ante)

3.32pm: Level up That's it for level 3. We head in to level 4 3.28pm: Nitsche napped Dominik Nitsche opened to 500 from middle position and Dinh Le and another opponent made the call from the button and big blind respectively. Following a check on the [4h][5s][10s] flop, Nitsche fired out 800 and was called by Le before the player in the small blind … [Read more...]

APPT Macau: Henrik Gwinner the winner on day 1B

For the most part, today's story was all about David Steicke, the fearsome high roller who makes a habit of tearing up tables, particularly here in Macau. He arrived a little late today, soon hit quad aces to beat the unfortunate Tamas Lendvai's full house - and never looked back. As play drew to a close he bagged up 124,950, more than yesterday's chip … [Read more...]

APPT Macau: Day 1B, levels 4, 5, 6 & 7 updates (300-600, 75 ante)

8.01pm: Play ends With the final hand being dealt on table three, play has ceased for the night with the top three chip leaders sitting as follows. Henrick Gwinner - 140,700 David Steicke - 124,950 Ramon Cserei - 118,250 Stay tuned for a full recap and updated chip counts. 7.35pm: Five more hands With just 12 minutes remaining on the clock, tournament … [Read more...]

APPT Macau: Day 1B, level 1, 2 & 3 updates (100-200, 25 ante)

3.05pm: JC Tran eliminated JC Tran has just been eliminated from the tournament. Unable to gather any momentum today, Tran committed on a ten-high board holding [Q][10] but ran into an opponent's [K][10]. The river blanked out and the PokerStars sponsored player hit the rail. 2.55pm: Lendvai leaves Tamas Lendvai's trip to Macau from Hungary has ended … [Read more...]

APPT Macau: Chieng chops through field to lead day 1A

Perhaps the fact that there is so much to do in Macau explains why Pan Xiao Long seemed not unduly fussed to lose his 20,000 chips in the first hand he played, his two pair no good against Jan Boyes' flopped set. But whatever he was thinking after that little mishap, we were happy to take it as a sign that we were to be treated to a day of action rather … [Read more...]