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4.35pm: End of the level That's the end of level 18. We have a ten-minute break and then move up to level 19 with blinds of 5,000-10,000 and a 1,000 ante. We have 18 players remainnig. -- SY 4.22pm: Yoo falls Young Hyun Yoo saw his remaining chips enter the...more

It was if it was an eight-handed game that went on for 10 months and left everybody with the exact same number of chips. Now it's time to settle the score. At the end of the European Poker Tour's sixth season, there was a curious eight-way tie that included: Katja...more

What a day. First Brendon Rubie ran away with the chip lead, then Kai Paulsen joined him. TJ Vorapanich caught up as well, before both he and Rubie got pegged back. It looked like Paulsen would take the honor of being top dog - until the last hand of the...more

7.55pm: Play finishes That's it. Seven levels are done today and we're left with 46 players, a big drop from the 160 who started. They'll come back tomorrow and we need to lose five more before the money kicks in. A full wrap will be with you shortly, as will...more

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 A♠2♠4♥7♠J♣, all the chips went in on the river with Dinh Le holding A Q  against his opponent's 7 7 . Unfortunately...more

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...more

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...more

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...more

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 4♥5♠T♠ flop, Nitsche fired...more

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....more

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:...more

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 T  but ran into an opponent's K T . The river blanked out and the PokerStars sponsored player hit the rail. 2.55pm: Lendvai leaves Tamas Lendvai's...more

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...more

8.00pm: Play ends! Play has now ended for the night. Stay tuned to the PokerStars Blog for a full wrap and updated chip counts. 7.56pm: Team Pr-owned Vladimir Geshkenbein opened to 1,500 from middle position and was called by an opponent in the small blind before Team PokerStars Pro Asia...more

3.35pm: End of the level That's the end of level 3. We move on to level 4 and blinds of 150-300 with a 25 ante. -- SY 3.30pm: High roller takes his seat Vladimir Geshkenbein, who beat Johnny Chan heads-up to win the high roller here in Macau last season...more