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APPT10 Macau: Day 2 ends suspended on bubble but Hanyang Peng leadsDay 2 of APPT10 Macau began amid warnings of a typhoon hitting this a part of town, but ended with conditions so clement that a bubble could hover over the tournament room, unpopped.
That was the tale of the day on the PokerStars LIVE card room on the City of Dreams, which began with 219 still in contention for a minimum of a HK$47,150 min-cash and ended with absolutely nobody sure to have that locked up.
With 63 because of be paid, 64 were still involved on the end of eight hours. It implies that we return tomorrow when the primary order of industrial could be to burst that wretched bubble. It will be an uneasy night for some of them.
In a singular inversion of ordinary practice, many people therefore be examining the overnight chip counts bottom up, seeking to identify the players perhaps to move home in a fug of disappointment. I AM NOT sure I've ever seen an afternoon end at the stone bubble before. But it's our tradition here to celebrate the large stacks, and for this reason let's raise a tumbler to Hanyang Peng, who bagged 610,000.
Hanyang Peng: Leader
He got an enormous chunk of these when he knocked out the Day 1A chip-leader Deok-Yeong Lee late on, after which did some bubble abuse to rise up to that level. He leads Juicy Li, the Day 1B chip leader, who stuck around and got her stack to 509,000 by the end.
It should not be too long until we've got the entire official counts. They'll be at the Blog once now we have them.
Although the promised typhoon didn't actually finally end up hitting outside, the conditions were pretty vicious within the casino. The Team PokerStars Pro Celina Lin was one of the most first players to perish today, leaving Chen An Lin because the only Red Spade still in contention. He has 99,000 on the close of play.
And there are familiar names who also fell on each side of the similar red line. Within the "Out" camp, Kitty Kuo, Alan Lau, Devan Tang and Wayne Wei Yi Zhang are among folks who were eliminated. But Han Yu (424,500), Wei Zhu (384,500) and Alex Ward (234,500) are still alive.
Read all of the blow-by-blow coverage below after which check back very soon for the entire counts. Then let's all go bubble hunting tomorrow at 2pm. Bring your pins. (CHECK OUT the payouts page to remind yourself what people are hoping for.)
DAY 2 FULL COVERAGE:
10:30pm: Stone bubble survivorsLevel 16: Blinds 2,500-5,000 (ante: 500)
In what is going to be one of the vital last hands of the night, Yifan Zhang faded elimination at the stone bubble here within the dying stages of Day 2.
He got his last 69,500 all in pre-flop against Yu Han. Cards weren't flipped up until hands on any other table was finished because it was at the direct money bubble.
Players from neighbouring tables gathered around to sweat the action as Zhang flipped over A♥A♣ and Han showed 9♣9♦.
"No nine!" Zhang shouted prior to the river with the board reading 8♦8♥8♠K♣.
The deck obliged and the Q♠ completed the board to peer Zhang double up and the opposite players rushing back to their seats.
10:10pm Hand for hand after Hsu sends one homeLevel 16: Blinds 2,500-5,000 (ante: 500)
Leon Hsu just eliminated an unlucky player two shy of the money after he moved all in from under the gun for 75,000. It folded around to the person at the button and he called off for slightly less to place himself at risk.
Hsu had A♦K♦ and was dominating K♠Q♠. The space only widened at the 7♣T♦8♦ flop and by the 2♦ turn Hsu had made a flush and locked up the pot. The inconsequential 4♦ river rolled off to signal the start of hand for hand play now that we're at the stone bubble. -- BK
9:50pm: Cagey playLevel 16: Blinds 2,500-5,000 (ante: 500)
By international bubble standards, play continues to be pretty brisk here with players still happy to play pots. But by Macau standards, that is now pretty sluggish. We've only lost one player in 20 minutes. That's just about never happened at some other time on this tournament, including the primary 20 minutes of Day 1.
Tatiana Barausova is out. She was eliminated in something like 70th place.
They still want to lose three more players in 35 minutes to burst the bubble. -- HS
9:35pm: Last levelLevel 16: Blinds 2,500-5,000 (ante: 500)
This is the last level of the day and 67 players remain. When three more players are eliminated, we'll go hand for hand at the stone bubble. That can or might not be tonight. -- HS
| 16 | 2,500 | 5,000 | 500 |
9:25pm: Peng pins Lee to the ropesLevel 15: Blinds 2,000-4,000 (ante: 500)
Hanyang Peng has just won an enormous pot from Deok-Yeong Lee, eliminating the Day 1A chip leader and taking control of the tournament here on Day 2.
I didn't see the pre-flop action, but Lee made a move on a flop of 3♥2♠9♠ with A♣3♣ but was soon to look very bad news. Peng had 9♥9♦ and wasn't going anywhere. The turn brought the 6♣ and the river 7♠.
Lee was given a red, 25,000 denomination chip on the mid-point of Day 1, way sooner than anybody else and the results of a colour-up at his table once they were unusually low on chips. That red chip was the one example of its kind for approximately an entire day, and Lee never wagered it. However, he has now needed to give it up, in conjunction with all his other chips, to Peng.
Peng has greater than 500,000 now. -- HS
9:20pm: Lou's instincts pay offLevel 15: Blinds 2,000-4,000 (ante: 500)
Yijun Lou worked his way out of danger within the hand just gone with a large preflop laydown.
Lou raised to 15,000 from the cutoff before Team PokerStars Pro Chen An Lin played back at him from the small blind. Lin pushed forward around half his stack with a raise to approximately 45,000 and Lou had a choice on his hands.
"If you went all in I'D call" Lou said as he weighed up his options.
In the top Lou flipped up J♠J♦ and threw it to the dealer which seemed hard to believe for a few of his tablemates. Lin set Lou's mind at lead, however, as he showed A♥A♣ and let Lou know he'd made an even fold. -- BK
9:00pm: Han at the huntLevel 15: Blinds 2,000-4,000 (ante: 500)
Yu Han continues to eliminate the poor players on his table and in turn stack mountains of chips.
It was Christopher Soyza that first put chips within the pot with a preflop raise to 9,000 before a tablemate moved all in for 52,000. Han made the decision from the large blind with 8♥8♣, and with Soyza's hand within the muck Han saw he was a powerful favourite against 2♠2♦.
The cards fell 9♦Q♠7♦T♠6♦ to peer Han's pocket eights hold and another players eliminated as we approach the bubble. -- BK
8:50pm: Lin loses so much; Gallagher eliminatedLevel 15: Blinds 2,000-4,000 (ante: 500)
Well the bubble may well be fast approaching but that does not appear to be stopping the action.
We just caught a three-way all by which saw the last remaining Team PokerStars Pro Chen An Lin lose a large section of his stack, and John Gallagher sent to the rail.
It folded around to Lin at the button and he announced all in with enough to hide both players within the blinds. The small blind called off for his tournament life and Gallagher did the similar from the large blind before the cards went on their backs.
Lin: K♥T♠Gallagher: J♣J♣Small blind: A♥Q♠
The Q♣4♠7♠ flop meant the small blind jumped into the lead and he held it during the 3♠ turn and Q♦ river.
While the small blind collected the pot, Gallagher found the exit and Lin nursed a remaining stack of 48,000. -- BK
8:45pm: Yun at the upLevel 15: Blinds 2,000-4,000 (ante: 500)
I'm a large fan of Hyunshik Yun. He's certainly one of comparatively few players on this tournament prepared to stack his chips in precise piles of 20, which makes counting them easy. And it must be easy because he has probably the most within the room. At most up-to-date count, he had slightly greater than 450,000, which puts him a whisker prior to Yun Han.
Hyunshik Yun
Yun also just made an exceptional value bet on a board of 7♦3♠2♥T♥Q♣. I hadn't seen any of the action to the river, but there has been a large pot already within the middle and Yun's opponent checked to him. Yun grabbed a fistful of yellow 5,000-denomination chips and plonked them over the line, the type of bet that looked every inch the type of chip-leader's play designed solely to push a smaller stack off a pot.
But Yun's opponent called and Yun showed his 2♠2♣ for a flopped set, paid off in full. -- HS
8:30pm: Three down, two surviveLevel 15: Blinds 2,000-4,000 (ante: 500)
We expect a decelerate because the money bubble approaches, but no less than five players were all in throughout the first orbit of the restart. A kind of was Raymond Dye, who was seen wandering from the cardboard room, eliminated, but two of the others managed to cling on.
Xiao Li shoved over an open raise and got folds across the table. And Liming Zhang did the similar over the opposite side of the room. Everyone got out of his way too.
The other two, well, they're out--but a minimum of did so out of our sight. -- HS
8:30pm: Bubble racingLevel 15: Blinds 2,000-4,000 (ante: 500)
There are two hours left within the day and 17 players should be eliminated before we burst the bubble. The race is on. -- HS
| 15 | 2,000 | 4,000 | 500 |
8:20pm: Scheduled break
Only 80 remain here on Day 2 and people players have just began a 10-minute break.
Stay with us as we edge toward the bubble. -- BK
8:15pm: Light four-bet from SoyzaLevel 14: Blinds 1,500-3,000 (ante: 500)
Christopher Soyza opened to 7,000 from the hijack seat before Alex Ward repopped him to 17,500.
Soyza wasn't done, however, cutting out 40,000 in chips for a four-bet.
Ward thought of it but threw his hand away and Soyza tabled J♣T♠. -- BK
8:00pm: Sharfuddin sends Zhang homeLevel 14: Blinds 1,500-3,000 (ante: 500)
Chenxu Zhang has had a tumultuous day and it just came to an end by the hands of Rashid Sharfuddin.
When we got to the table the cards were all out and stacks were within the middle. In front of Zhang was A♠Q♣ and Sharfuddin held T♥T♦. The board was laid out 9♣2♠T♠Q♠T♣ with Sharfuddin's quad tens way the most efficient of it.
Zhang lingered in her seat despite having no chips left while Sharfuddin stacked up over 120,000. -- BK
Eliminated - Chenxu Zhang
7:45pm: Stack attackLevel 14: Blinds 1,500-3,000 (ante: 500)
The tournament information screen shows 85 players left, which leaves us 22 from the cash. The largest stacks within the room seem to be as follows:
Yu Han - 410,000Hyunshik Yun - 360,000Yijun Lou - 280,000Juicy Li - 240,000Alex Ward - 220,000
Here are a couple of others:
Geng Liu - 210,000Deok-Yeong Lee - 210,000Jipeng Li - 200,000Ming Zheng - 180,000Constantine Paparestis - 140,000Chen An Lin - 130,000Thomas Shelley - 120,000
Kitty Kuo, meanwhile, seems to be out. -- HS
| 14 | 1,500 | 3,000 | 500 |
7:15pm: Li on LiLevel 13: Blinds 1,200-2,400 (ante: 400)
Juicy Li's stack just took a success and she or he is down below 200,000 for probably the primary time since last night. Her namesake Jiping Li did the wear and tear this time, scoring a near double up himself.
Jiping opened to 5,100 from mid-position and Juicy called from the cutoff. The 2 of them took a flop of 6♥6♦6♠ and Jiping checked the flop of the beast. No checking for Juicy. She continued the theme with a big gamble of 6,000.
That's when Jiping found his strong arm again. He check-raised to 16,000. (Why all of the sixes?) Juicy called.
The 2♣ came at the turn and Jiping now bet 17,000. Juicy called again. After the 4♦ came at the river, Jiping now bet 41,000, leaving himself only about 30,000 back. Juicy went into the tank for a while, but eventually called.
But she mucked in no time upon seeing Jiping's A♠A♣. -- HS
7:10pm: Blind on blind burns BarausovaLevel 13: Blinds 1,200-2,400 (ante: 400)
The action folded around to Tatiana Barausova within the small blind and he or she moved all in with good enough to hide the player within the big blind. He quickly called it off for his tournament life and two revealed their hands.
Barausova: T♣6♦Big blind: A♠Q♥
Barausova were caught out creating a light move and she or he couldn't be capable of overcome the chances because the board ran out 6♥Q♦4♣4♠7♦.
Losing 37,000 in that hand Barausova still sits with 73,000 in chips. -- BK
7:00pm: Soyza stung by a straightLevel 13: Blinds 1,200-2,400 (ante: 400)
There were three active players after we arrived on the table to look the board reading 8♦3♥9♠7♠.
Christopher Soyza was first to behave and he checked his option. Next to behave led for 28,000 and after the third party ditched his hand, Soyza made the decision. The J♣ completed the board and Soyza checked again.
Much to Soyza's bewilderment his opponent checked and showed J♦T♦ for a straight - well sooner than Soyza's Q♣9♦.
"He checked back the river with the second one nuts?" Soyza asked tablemate Alex Ward with a baffled expression. -- BK
6:55pm: The force is with HanLevel 13: Blinds 1,200-2,400 (ante: 400)
Yu Han just made an excellent hero call to send an opponent packing, picking off the aggressor with nothing but king high. It turned out that his adversary also only had king high, but Han's kicker--a ten--played.
The details aren't precise but, as related by Alex Ward, Han called a check raise at the flop of Q♣5♣Q♠ (it was 4,000, then 12,000, then call) after which both checked an off-suit deuce at the turn.
An off-suit three fell at the river and the now-departed player shoved for roughly 50,000, an over pot-sized bet. Han called with K♣T♣ and it was, remarkably, better than the [kx][9x] he was shown.
Han is now stacking a mighty pile of chips and accepting the applause of his table-mates. -- HS
6:45pm: Bullets for BoucherLevel 13: Blinds 1,200-2,400 (ante: 400)
Matthew Boucher just ended up at the right end of a chilly deck and scored himself a double up.
He picked up A♥A♦ and got his stack of 40,600 in preflop against the person on his direct left holding K♠K♥.
There was no hint of danger because the cards fell 7♦4♥2♣J♦9♣ to peer Boucher's aces hold and him not just surviving but now with a healthy stack. -- BK
Matthew Boucher
6:35pm: Liu right with top pairLevel 13: Blinds 1,200-2,400 (ante: 400)
Geng Liu is now a force on this event, with around 200,000 chips. He just played an attractive weird hand against Zheng Shen, which ended in the elimination of the latter.
There was about 30,000 within the pot and a flop of 6♥A♠Q♣ exposed and Liu bet 24,100. Shen just about clicked it back, raising to 50,000 and leaving only about 30,000 behind.
Liu didn't appear to know what that bet meant. One suspects he'd was capable of take care of a shove or a call, however the min-raise is lesser-spotted in these parts. He thought see you later that at last the clock was called, but Liu eventually called himself.
That meant they saw the 6♣ at the turn, and both checked. After which the 2♣ came at the river. Liu checked again, but here came the delayed shove. The dealer established that it will cost Liu 33,000 to call.
With such a lot within the pot, it could has been a difficult fold. He didn't do this. He called and Shen just about desired to muck immediately. Liu showed his A♦J♠ after which Shen did muck. However it was a called all-in, and that wasn't allowed.
He flipped K♣T♣ for a busted straight draw and headed home. -- HS
| 13 | 1,200 | 2,400 | 400 |
6:10pm: Break timeLevel 12: Blinds 1,000-2,000 (ante: 300)
That's the tip of Level 12, and Day 2 is now half-way old. There are 108 players left. -- HS
6:05pm: Goh go!Level 12: Blinds 1,000-2,000 (ante: 300)
Alex Ward started something he probably ended up glad to be out of. He opened to 4,500 from under the gun and collected a choice from Jerry Goh. Han Yu, with a 200,000+ stack, squeezed to 14,900, that is when Ward decided he was at an advantage out of it.
Goh, however, desired to play for more. He four-bet to 35,000 and Yu called.
They saw the flop of 8♠K♠6♠ and Goh jammed for approximately 75,000. An anguished Yu apologised to the table for delaying his decision, but folded. -- HS
6:00pm: Chop chop for Chenxu and Chen AnLevel 12: Blinds 1,000-2,000 (ante: 300)
On a flop of A♠4♣4♠ Team PokerStars Pro Chen An Lin checked his option from the massive blind and Chenxu Zhang made of venture of 6,000 from the button.
Lin called and the dealer turned the J♥ Both players checked through to the 8♥ river where the Team Pro checked for a last time. Zhang fired for 12,000 and Lin quickly called to peer the 2 were chopping the pot. -- BK
Lin: A♣7♠Zhang: A♦5♦
5:45pm: Boucher bulliedLevel 12: Blinds 1,000-2,000 (ante: 300)
American Matthew Boucher was just put to a call for many of his stack after a large turn bet from his table-mate.
The board read 2♣4♣6♠3♣ and there has been just shy of 50,000 in chips within the pot when Boucher's opponent slid a hefty 35,000 in chips out in front of him.
Boucher eyed his own stack, roughly 38,000, and pondered what to do. In spite of everything he couldn't continue and tossed his cards into the muck. -- BK
5:30pm: Lu eliminatedLevel 12: Blinds 1,000-2,000 (ante: 300)
The dream is over for Di Lu after a pre-flop encounter with Yubin Zheng.
The two got the entire money in pre-flop and Lu had to improve to stick alive.
Lu: K♣J♣Zheng: A♥9♥
Finding a gut shot straight draw at the 6♦A♣T♠ flop it wasn't enough because the 2♣ turn and A♠ river saw Lu exiting the tournament area. -- BK
5:20pm: Bell tolls for Ting TingLevel 12: Blinds 1,000-2,000 (ante: 300)
Ask not for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee, Ting Ting Du.
There was not greatly he could do about this, on balance, finding pocket queens with a stack of about 55,000, or 25 big blinds. It simply so happened that John Gallagher had aces.
They got it in in a peculiar way. Du opened to 5,000 from under the gun and Gallagher, a couple of seats along, raised to 10,500. Everyone else cleared out putting it back on Du and he four-bet to 20,200, leaving 30,000 behind.
Gallagher shoved, covering Du. Du called and the showed their cards. Specifically, Du had Q♥Q♦ and Gallagher had A♣A♥. After a dry flop, the A♠ at the turn sealed it. -- HS
| 12 | 1,000 | 2,000 | 300 |
5:05pm: Go your side, Juicy LiLevel 11: Blinds 900-1,800 (ante: 200)
The long-anticipated showdown between Kitty Kuo and Juicy Li just came about on Table 6, with Kuo facing the chance of elimination against the tournament chip leader, but almost about clinging on.
Kuo opened the pot, making it 4,300 to head from mid-position. Everyone else folded around to Li's big blind and she or he called. So it was those two only to a flop of K♣2♦T♥ and Li checked. Kuo continued, betting 5,600, but seemed a bit of surprised when Li check-raised to 15,600.
Kuo and Li were also embroiled at this point in an unconscious battle as to who could riffle their huge pile of 100-denomination chips the fastest, blurring them between artfully painted nails. It was a dead heat. Those two are absolute masters at it.
Just about unreadable: Juicy Li
Kuo called, which took them to the 3♣ at the turn and Li immediately led out, for 23,000. Kuo looked as if it would sense she was now playing for her tournament. She counted out the calling chips, then counted what number of she can be left with if she put them over the road. Establishing that she had about 32,000 behind, she eventually decided simply to call. (Li, remember, started the hand with about 300,000.)
The K♦ came at the river and the predictable happened: Li moved all in, covering Kuo by about 200,000. Kuo should have known it was coming, but still took an extended while to ponder her decision, asking her adversary a couple of inquiries to which the answers were inaudible. The chip-riffling had stopped, however.
Eventually Kuo did call and saw what could have been bad news. Li turned over A♥K♠. However Kuo was going nowhere. She revealed her A♣K♥ and so they chopped it up. -- HS
5:00pm: Killer KwokLevel 11: Blinds 900-1,800 (ante: 300)
We arrived on the table to look a bloated pot and the board reading 9♦6♣A♥J♥. The one active players were Yiu Kwok and Ken Wong, and it appeared that Kwok had check-raised Wong's bet from 12,500 as much as 36,000.
Time were called and with a tournament official by the table, Wong was informed he had just a minute to decide.
"10 seconds" came the decision from the official as Wong looked back at his cards.
Wong flashed an ace and surrendered his hand as Kwok raked in a healthy pot. -- BK
4:50pm: Pushing 300Level 11: Blinds 900-1,800 (ante: 300)
The tournament board shows that 125 players are left on this one, meaning we've already lost nearly 100 players today. The sector condensing means the stacks are growing and the wealthy continue to get richer.
At this stage remains to be seems as if Juicy Li leads the best way. She has right about 300,000. But there are another sizeable holdings in front of the following:
Fan Wu: 290,000Juncong Cao: 270,000Alex Ward: 205,000Constantine Paparestis: 194,000Deok-Yeong Lee: 190,000
4:40pm: Ward wipes out CardynLevel 11: Blinds 900-1,800 (ante: 300)
Nicolas Cardyn was just sent reeling after a harsh run out against tablemate Alex Ward.
The hand began with Magnus Karlsson opening to 4,100 before Cardyn moved all in excessive for 13,800. Ward was next to behave and he smooth called the jam before Karlsson opted to do the same.
The T♣Q♣Q♦ flop was revealed and Karlsson checked to Ward who bet 7,000 into the empty side pot. Karlsson relinquished the hand and both Ward and Cardyn tabled their hands.
Cardyn: A♣Q♠Ward: K♠K♥
Cardyn was sooner than Ward's kings with flopped trips and he looked good to double up. That was until the dealer turned the K♦ and the table set free a collective gasp. With the J♠ river completing the board Cardyn was sent packing and Ward eclipsed the 200,000-chip mark. -- BK
4:35pm: Gang with 3x3Level 11: Blinds 900-1,800 (ante: 300)
Wu Gang just flopped a suite of threes and got paid off by two opponents, including a deflated Hanoch Rieder. Gang opened to 4,000 from under the gun and Rieder, within the hijack, was one in all three players who called (the button and small blind also came along).
The flop came A♦9♥3♠ and after two checks, Rieder bet 5,300. He got two calls. All of them checked the T♣ turn, but then Gang bet 11,000 on the 8♦ river and both opponents called.
The small blind showed A♣Q♥ with a small expectation that he might win this. But that's when Gang flipped his 3♣3♥, allowing Rieder to muck in exasperation. -- HS
4:25pm: Lau livesLevel 11: Blinds 900-1,800 (ante: 200)
Alan Lau remains to be within the running after winning a flip for his tournament life.
The reigning Asia Player of the Year moved all in preflop for his last 17,500 in chips and was called by Ro Park. Lau held 6♥6♣ and had to hold against Park's A♥K♥.
Lau did exactly that because the cards fell 8♠8♦7♠4♥6♠ and he doubled up. -- BK
4:15pm: Kuo can't beat LiLevel 11: Blinds 900-1,800 (ante: 200)
There are four women on Juicy Li's table, including one of the crucial other best-known faces in world poker: Kitty Kuo. Kuo just tried to thin the list to a few when she called a shove from Xiao Ling Li, but ended up losing to a dominant ace.
Li limped from under the gun and Kuo raised to 7,000 from one seat to her left. Action passed back to Li, who shoved for 23,400 and Kuo snapped. Kuo showed A♣T♣ but Li's A♠Q♣ started strong and will not be caught through a board of A♦9♦3♦3♥7♥. -- HS
| 11 | 900 | 1,800 | 200 |
4:00pm: Take a break
It's time for the primary break of the day.
Our remaining 163 players well return to the action in 10 minutes. -- BK
3:45pm: The Macau home gameLevel 10: Blinds 700-1,400 (ante: 100)
Chen An Lin, the Team PokerStars Pro from Chinese Taipei, started the day with 64,400. But he has about 100,000 greater than that now, and is obviously enjoying his time on Table 3, although he has the damaging Devan Tang a couple of seats around.
Chen An Lin: Good begin to the day
Lin has other friends on the table, and they are playing as if it is a home game with buoyant conversation the order of the day. On a up to date hand, Lin opened to 3,400 from the cutoff and Yuan Li, within the big blind, started giving his opponent some roughly needle about trying to steal his blind. (I DO NOT speak Chinese, however the gist was clear.)
Li was therefore delighted when John Gallagher, one seat to Lin's left, actually put out a three-bet, making it 8,500 to play. Tang folded his small blind, which put the verdict back on Li. And he did actually appear to have a choice. He took long enough pondering it that Tang called the clock.
The floor supervisor started to make his way over, but Li opted to fold, flashing his cards in direction of the dealer and Tang as though to prove that he did have a sound reason to delay the action.
It put the verdict back on Lin, however the Team Pro didn't waste much time in sliding his tower of yellow 5,000-denomination chips forward. The four-bet covered Gallagher.
The British player, who had sat silently throughout, remained mute as he folded. -- HS
3:35pm: Pastoll pushing players aroundLevel 10: Blinds 700-1,400 (ante: 200)
Edward Pastoll just won himself a pleasant pot after a confrontation with Yiu Wah Kwok and Yang Liu.
Pastoll kicked things off with a raise to 3,100 before Kwok made it 8,200 to head. It folded to Liu who cold called from the large blind, and with Pastoll sticking across the three of them went to a flop of Q♦T♥Q♠.
The action was checked around and the dealer turned the 9♠. Liu took the betting lead, firing 7,800 into his two opponents. It was then back on Pastoll who counted down his stack before putting in place a raise to 18,300.
Kwok quickly mucked and despite desirous about it, Liu did just like Pastoll added the newly acquired chips to his 34,000 behind. -- BK
3:20pm: Lim livesLevel 10: Blinds 700-1,400 (ante: 200)
Chin Wei Lim remains to be within the game after finding a double up through Tian Tang.
The hand began with Nicolas Cardyn opening to 3,000 from early position and Tang calling next-to-act. It folded around to Lim at the button and he pushed all in for 16,900.
Cardyn quickly folded but Tang took his time considering his options. Tang didn't look happy about it but he threw in calling chips and players tabled their hands.
Lim: 4♠4♣Tang: J♣9♣
The 3♦4♦8♦ flop was a welcome sight for Lim as he found middle set and warranted himself at worst a chop. The board wouldn't run out diamonds at the 2♠ turn and Q♠ river and Lim doubled through. -- BK
3:20pm: Paparestis and the pocket pairsLevel 10: Blinds 700-1,400 (ante: 200)
Constantine Paparestis was in the course of relating a narrative about finding kings early on in today's action, three-betting an opponent after which picking off his shove, when he needed to sit and play another hand. Paparestis already had about 180,000 when this truncated conversation took place.
It was worth his while to sit down down, though. He was at the button and this time found J♥J♦. What's more, Peng Hua, a couple of seats around, had opened to 3,000. Paparestis three-bet to 8,100 and Hua shoved for his last 24,000 (approx). Paparestis called.
There was a backdoor draw for Hua's A♠9♠ at the flop of 8♥7♥2♠. But he was drawing to just two aces after the 3♥ turn. The T♦ at the river sealed it for the British player and Paparestis took his chip stack only a shade over 200,000, that's right up there.
"There's far to go," he told his table-mates, who began to suggest he is also heading deep on this tournament. -- HS
3pm: Eight hours scheduledLevel 10: Blinds 700-1,400 (ante: 200)
We're into Level 10, where blinds are 700-1,400 with a 200 ante. Tournament officials have announced that we are going to play eight levels today, without a dinner break, giving us another very amiable 10:30pm finish. The bubble may or won't burst in that point. It'll be very close. -- HS
| 10 | 700 | 1,400 | 200 |
2:55pm: Liu laughs his way homeLevel 9: Blinds 600-1,200 (ante: 100)
There's a refreshing devil-may-care attitude to plenty of the play in these parts. Mingqin Liu was just knocked out and chuckled his way clear of the table, pausing only to congratulate the player who eliminated him.
That man was Fei Gao, who found A♣A♠ when Liu had shoved all-in with J♥J♠. Liu actually seemed delighted that he may be able to pull off an out-draw--they love an outdraw here--but it didn't happen, and rancid he went. -- HS
2:50pm: Zhang triples; Wu woundedLevel 9: Blinds 600-1,200 (ante: 100)
Chenting Zhang just tripled up, that's a fantastic result given he only had K♥Q♣.
Zhang open-shoved for 23,800 from early position and the table chip-leader, Fan Wu, called at the button from a stack of about 170,000. But after the small blind got out of the way, Kan He re-shoved for approximately 70,000 and that was too expensive for Wu. He folded.
Zhang now showed his king-queen and was racing against He's T♥T♣. The board helped the overcards. It ran K♣J♣8♣5♥J♠ and Zhang got his triple up, earning him about 72,000 now. He has about 45,000, while Wu has 145,000 still.
Wu tried to climb straight back at the horse and got thinking about a small pot against Ming Zheng at the next hand. Zheng opened to 2,600 and Wu three bet from the cutoff, making it 6,600. Zheng called.
They took a flop of T♣6♥5♣ and Zheng continued with a big gamble of 7,000. Fan folded. -- HS
2:45pm: Lau locks up a doubleLevel 9: Blinds 600-1,200 (ante: 100)
Not only is reigning Asia Player of the Year Alan King Lun Lau here for Day 2 but he also just scored himself a double up through Kun Tian.
It folded to Lau in late position and he moved in for his last 12,500. Tian called from the SB and Lau saw he was fit to survive.
Lau: K♥K♦Tian: A♠Q♦
The board ran out 7♦J♦9♠T♠9♣ with Lau's pocket kings holding and knocking Tian back to 28,000. -- BK
2:40pm: Lin gets one throughLevel 9: Blinds 600-1,200 (ante: 100)
Celina Lin returned today as certainly one of only two Team PokerStars Pros (joining Chen An Lin) and she's still alive after moving all in pre-flop.
Celina Lin: Sticking around
The action began when Jeonghun Hong raised to 3,000 and it folded around to Lin at the button.
Lin announced she was all in and the dealer reduce 23,900 in chips. Hong looked back at his cards and deliberated momentarily before giving it up. -- BK
2:30pm: Kings no good for ZhangLevel 9: Blinds 600-1,200 (ante: 100)
Chenxu Zhang started today with 79,600 but she just lost on the subject of 1 / 4 of it after clashing with Inge Forsmo.
Zhang raised to 2,600 preflop and after two others called, Forsmo came along from the massive blind. The flop landed A♣2♦Q♠ and Zhang continued into three opponents with a chance of 5,500. She was met with two folds after which Forsmo called to look a 4♠ turn.
Zhang barrelled for one more 12,500 and Forsmo decided to transport all in, sliding his remaining 23,000 into the center. Despite the small remainder to name off Zhang asked the dealer to spread the pot and gave Forsmo a stare down.
Ultimately Zhang counted out a decision and committed the chips to peer she had only two outs to finish Forsmo's run.
Zhang: K♠K♣Forsmo: A♠8♠
The 5♠ river completed the board and Forsmo doubled up while Zhang was knocked back to around 60,000 in chips. -- BK
2:25pm: Albiges into triple figuresLevel 9: Blinds 600-1,200 (ante: 100)
A significant double up here for Benoit Albiges, who's now beyond 100,000 for the primary time within the tournament. The person who paid him off, Bin Hui, seemed bitterly disappointed that he couldn't fold his two pair when it appeared like he knew he was beaten, but Hui still has about 60,000 left.
There was already about 30,000 within the pot after I arrived, and a board out to the turn. It read: K♠7♥Q♠J♥. Albiges checked, Hui bet 13,400 and Albiges check-raised all in for 56,000.
Hui contemplated his decision for a protracted while, but threw in a decision along with his K♦J♦. However Albiges had the opposite two jacks--J♠J♣--for a turned set.
The river was a blank and Albiges began raking a stack of greater than 120,000. -- HS
2:20pm: Action flopLevel 9: Blinds 600-1,200 (ante: 100)
There's no getting clear of this one throughout the first 20 minutes of play. Or, for that matter, at any stage of the sport. Yauheni Zenkivich, of Belarus, got all his chips in (about 43,000) on a flop of 9♠7♥8♥ and located a willing opponent in Xi Luo, of China.
There was good reason behind either one of them. Luo had flopped middle set with 8♦8♠ but Zenkivich had it beat together with his J♦T♦, a flopped straight. Luo had outs to a whole house or quads however the K♣ at the turn and the 6♠ at the river didn't help.
Zenkivich is as much as around 90,000. Luo has about 25,000 left. -- HS
2:10pm: Ace plays for AngelLevel 9: Blinds 600-1,200 (ante: 100)
Angel Sheung Sheung Wong could hardly contain her delight as she doubled up with A♦J♥ against Jiayi Jin's Q♣J♠ on a board of 7♥8♠J♣T♥K♣. She had to check that she hadn't somehow been out-drawn, however the ace played and she or he survives. Five players haven't been so lucky. The selection of players at the tournament information screen has already begun its downward spiral. -- HS
Angel Sheung Sheung Wong: Staying alive
2:05pm: Double on the doubleLevel 9: Blinds 600-1,200 (ante: 100)
A quick double up for Hong Kong's Hon Cheong Lee, although he needed to do it the hard way. He found Q♥Q♠ on some of the first hands of the day, but was in an international of hurt when he was called by Liu Li and his K♠K♣. But a board of Q♦8♥8♠6♥2♣ soon emerged, keeping Lee alive, with about 70,000 now. Li drops to about 50,000. -- HS
2:00pm: It's go time!Level 9: Blinds 600-1,200 (ante: 100)
PokerStars LIVE Macau's Fred Leung just took to the microphone to pray players luck and tell the dealers to get the cards within the air.
The 219 poker hopefuls returning today could be chasing a top prize of HK$2,694,000.
Let's go! -- BK
1:55pm: Typhoon warningLevel 9: Blinds 600-1,200 (ante: 100)
According to an indication within the lobby of the Hard Rock Hotel, "Typhoon Warning Level 1 Was Hoisted". They got the extent wrong--we're heading into Level 9--but I'd say the remaining is just about accurate.
It's Day 2 of the APPT10 Macau main event, and 219 players are returning to play a minimum of another eight one-hour levels. Knowing the way in which they mess around here, "typhoon warning" is set right.
Sixty-three players could be paid, and we must always burst the bubble today. That allows you to then leave us the chance of filling the general table tomorrow, before playing to a champion on Sunday. Stick around. This one goes to be a frenzy. -- HS
12:45pm: Preparing for Day 2
Day 2 of APPT10 Macau gets under way at 2pm local time. Can Juicy Li continue her sensational run from yesterday? Or will she be hauled back into the pack. Follow live updates here.
PokerStars Blog reporting team in Macau: Brad Kain and Howard Swains. Photos by Long Guan of Kenneth Lim Photography.
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