Watch APPT Macau 2008: Day 2 Update on PokerStars.tv After four days of competition, the 538 entrants in the PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour Macau main event have been reduced to just 39. In a dramatic day on the tournament floor at the Grand Waldo Hotel and Casino, the field was slashed from 208 to less than 40 after just seven one-hour levels, including one of the most exciting bubble periods ever played in a tournament of this stature and size. The day started with five Team PokerStars Pros still in contention – 2005 WSOP main event winner Joe Hachem,
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APPT Macau: Final table pursuit starts in earnest
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APPT Macau: How quickly things can go wrong
Watch APPT Macau 2008: Elky Day 2 on PokerStars.tv If Asia needed to be sold on the thrills and excitement of tournament poker, then a remarkable bubble period in the PokerStars.net APPT Macau main event has delivered a script that would be laughed out of a Hollywood studio. To speed...more
APPT Macau: Bubble pressure finally kicks in
We’re just eight players short of the money midway through level 12 on day 2 of the PokerStars.net APPT Macau main event and, finally, the frenetic pace of eliminations has slowed to a crawl. There’s an intriguing blend of pros, direct buy-in players and online qualifiers remaining in the field....more
APPT Macau: Another player to table six please!
Table six, just in front of the blogging team is producing all sorts of white-knuckle poker action. PokerStars sponsored player, Terrence Chan and Team PokerStars Pro, Joe Hachem have been eliminated there, their conqueror on both occasions, the enigmatic Daisy 'Chain' Wain. Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier and Emad Tahtouh sitting at...more
APPT Macau: Hachem pushing up daisies
2005 WSOP Main Event champion and Team PokerStars Pro Joe Hachem has just been eliminated from the tournament. In the big blind, Hachem moved all-in with four other players in the hand. Daisy ‘Chain’ Wain, under-the-gun, sat back and chewed on her gum thoughtfully for a couple of minutes before...more
APPT Macau: Eights – lucky for the Chinese, lucky for Steicke
We expected fireworks between David Steicke and Kofi Farkye at table 18, and eventually the wick was ignited during level 10 on day 2 of the PokerStars.net APPT Macau main event. David Steicke seated next to ElkY earlier on day 2. The young American had already doubled up Steicke (Farkye’s...more
APPT Macau: Chuck's luck runs out
Mark "Chuck" Ioli: Dreaming of day 2. We’re sad to announce that Mark “Chuck” Ioli has been eliminated from the PokerStars.net APPT Macau main event. Yesterday, Ioli (our agreement not to use his name does not include today) ruined a perfectly good cap when the previous evening’s activities came...more
APPT Macau: Masters and apprentices
One of the more interesting tables today in the Grand Waldo is Table 8, which had Johnny Chan and Men “The Master” Nguyen, seated next to each other, albeit only briefly. Chan had been short stacked for the majority of the tournament, but became one of the 47 players of...more
APPT Macau: Joe jumps as Andre ascends
Watch APPT Macau 08: Joe Hachem Low Chips on PokerStars.tv Carnage: that’s the word that perfectly describes the opening minutes of level 8 on day 2 of the PokerStars.net APPT Macau main event. On our first lap of the 21 tables in use at the start of today’s play, the...more
APPT Macau: PokerStars VIP Program far from pointless
As we enter Day 2 of the PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) Macau, stories begin to permeate of players following the Chris Moneymaker-eqsue dream, of turning a tiny satellite buy-in, into a major tournament victory, often with little-to-no tournament experience for the player. Remember Moneymaker’s 2003 WSOP Main Event...more
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