APPT: Final Table Set
Published on 06 Sep 08 09:06 by Drakhor
39 players stepped up for Day 3 of the PokerStars Asian Pacific Poker Tour Macau. At the end of the day, the nine final table participants had been determined. HoRRoR dropped out on rank 28.
HoRRoR out on Rank 28
Coach André '
HoRRoR' Wagner had a good starting position as tenth in the chip count, but he had to endure some nasty beats. On the board of 
, HoRRoR pushed his remaining chips into the middle of the table with 
after a raise from Taneli Tiikkaja, who held pocket queens and thus was a slight favourite (~55%). Turn and river didn't help HoRRoR, and thus he dropped out on rank 28 for $8,104.Prominent Victims of Day 3
Another prominent victim was John Juanda, who started with HoRRoR at the same table. He was sent to the rails early when David Steicke took him out of the tournament with jacks. David Chiu made it even closer to the final table before he was eliminated. With a top pair he went all-in and had to submit to the two pairs for Kuok Wai Will Cheong - Rank 11 and $16,208 for Chiu.David Steicke became the Final Table Bubble boy
Final Table Bubble Boy was David Steicke from Hong Kong. On the board of
, he saw his chance. Steicke held 
,
but his opponent had an ace. Neither turn nor river brought another club and thus the nine finalists had been determined.| Final Table APPT Macau $3,200 No-Limit Hold'em Grand Waldo Hotel & Casino |
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| Seat |
Name | Country |
Chips |
| 1 |
Eddie Sabat | USA | 1,001,000 |
| 2 |
So Myung Sim | South Korea |
118,000 |
| 3 |
Tian Chen | China |
768,000 |
| 4 |
Kuok Wai Will Cheong | Macau |
334,000 |
| 5 |
Jeppe Drivsholm | Denmark | 863,000 |
| 6 |
Mikael Rosen | Sweden |
361,000 |
| 7 |
Javed Abrahams | UK |
215,000 |
| 8 |
Diwei Huang | Singapure | 1,046,000 |
| 9 |
Charles Chua | Malaysia |
617,000 |
