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PokerStars APPT – Day 1c report
Posted by: James Carter. - Fri, 2010-05-21 15:34
Day 1c of the PokerStars APPT’s Macau stop saw a massive field of 170 players belly up to the poker tables of the Grand Lisboa Hotel and Casino, once again confirming the trend of most players waiting till the last possible opportunity to get rolling. The massive starting field of Day 1c meant that there would be a total of 342 starters in the
poker tournament. When the dust settled, it was the UK’s Darren Judges who led the survivors going in to day 2.
Judges had an excellent run on Day 1c by all standards. He began bouncing people left and right, right out of the gates and he kept at it all day long. He cared little who got into his path, whoever it was, he/she had to go.
PokerStars’ Taejoon Noh was one of the unfortunate players who dared cross him and he paid for the mistake with his tournament life. The money went all-in on a board of Q,10,10,6 and Noh, who felt pot committed by then, made the call for his remaining chips. He had K,K in the pocket but it did him little good against Judges’ A,10. The 5 on the river sealed the deal and Team PokerStars was one player short.
That hand was a nice thrust for Judges’ stack, but he was far from content. He forged forth and only a few hands later he was playing for a massive pot again. The fireworks went off on a flop of 9,9,8, as one of the players involved shoved all-in. Judges thought about it for a while, then made the call holding 10,10. He managed to fade the turn and the river to send another player to the rail.
Judges’ end of the day chip stack was a massive 173,800 chip one.
Another player who had an excellent Day 1c run was Brendon Rubie. Rubie was involved in one of the biggest pots of the day. On a flop of 9c,8d,6c, he had 7c, 8c against an opponent’s Qc, 10c. Neither the flop nor the river brought another club to fill his opponent’s flush, so he walked away with the 70k+ pot on that one. This massive hand was enough to carry him through the day. He finished with 114,375 chips.
