APPT Macau: Day 3 Summary and Chip Counts

By JAMES PUGSLEY, November 27th, 2011

A poker legend with a menacing gaze, Johnny Chan was unlucky to depart early into the money.

Day 3 of APPT Macau came to an end yesterday in the early hours of the morning, with tournament officials resolving to end play for the day with just 15 players remaining. After facing a thirteen hour long day, players are now scheduled to begin play again today at around midday local time (5 p.m. NZST).

The long day action of saw the demise of a number of key players, as the money bubble loomed with 79 to be paid. Action slowed as the day progressed, and the first of the big casualties was claimed with the elimination of poker legend Johnny Chan. Also claimed before Chan’s departure was kiwi Jackson Zheng, whose A9o couldn’t improve after he put the last of his short stack in to be called by pocket Tens.

With nearly 2.5 million in chips, Sangeeth Mohan of India is the current leader.

As the evening moved on, players witnessed the departure of previous champion Victorino Torres, who put on a great show to cash the event immediately after the year that he won it. Unfortunately day 3 was not a day for kiwis however, with Thomas Ward being the next to depart to the rail. Ward found a monster behind him when he stuck in his final 10 blinds from the cut-off with JT offsuit. His opponent held QQ, and despite a Ten in the window, he could not improve further.

APPT tournament regular Daniel Francis was not long to follow, finding himself in an unlucky spot against Poker Stars Team Online pro Randy “nanonoko” Lew. With short stacks, Francis had all his money in pre-flop, and was called by Lew. Lew held 88 and Francis trailed with 77, and a board full of bricks sent another kiwi hopeful to the rail. The day ended nearly 5 hours later with champion jockey Shane Dye’s good run coming to an end in a double elimination. Dye’s last 260,000 chips went in from the button, and were met with a snap call from India’s Sangeeth Mohan, who held pocket Kings. Sangeeth now holds the chip lead going into the final day. Minutes after Dye’s elimination, chips were being bagged up for the day, with remaining players able to breathe a sigh of relief.

Here are the final 15’s chip counts, with a few notable appearances. Team Pokerstars Online’s Randy Lew will be looking to take a shot at his first international title, and David Steicke is no stranger to asia based live final tables. With another long day ahead and plenty of play to come, today should be interesting to say the least:

Sangeeth Mohan (India) PokerStars — Macau Qualifier 2423000

Kai Yat Fam (Singapore) – 2358000

Jimmy Pan (Netherlands) – 1586000

Zuo Wang China –1540000

Fabian Spiedelmann (Germany) — PokerStars Qualifier 1425000

Jeffrey Rossiter (Australia) – 1173000

Josh Barrett (Australia) — PokerStars Qualifier 1013000

Zheng Tai Tan (Singapore) – 985000

David Steicke (Hong Kong) — PokerStars Player 886000

Randy Lew (Canada) — Team Online 845000

Daniel Nordstrom (Sweden) – 786000

Daoxing ‘Bobo’ Chen (China) 672000