APT Macau: Top pros turn up on Day 1B

Chino Rheem, Chau Giang, John Juanda, J.C. Tran and Johnny Chan were among the contingent of top poker pros who turned up in the second opening day.

A further 193 players turned up for Day 1B of the APT Macau Main Event to take the total to 326 entrants. With 51 players surviving the day, 88 players will return to play on Day 2.

A number of top pros signed up for the second opening day but not many were left at the end of the day. Chino Rheem, David Akenhead, Chau Giang, John Juanda and Amnon Filipi were among the most notable casualties of the day.

Top pros get lucky to survive

Lady luck however was far kinder to Poker Pack member J.C. Tran and 2009 Aussie Millions champ Stewart Scott. Both of them had to come back from behind to win their hands when all their chips were pushed into the middle. Both will return in Day 2.

Things were not looking good for Scott pre-flop as his
came up against a pair of kings. Scott however spiked an ace on the board of
to double up and stay alive. By the end of the day, Scott had put the early scare behind him to finish second in chips.

In Tran's (pictured right) case, he pushed his short stack into the middle after looking down at . Two opponents called with and . Dominated and way behind, the cards fell for Tran as the board came to give him a straight and a much needed triple up.

At the end of the day, it was Eugene Teh who surged to the top of the leaderboard with 93,500 chips. Day 1A leader was further down in fifth place with his 86,200 chips. Those joining them in Day 2 include David Chiu, Steve Sung and poker legend Johnny Chan.

The top 10 chip stacks going in to Day 2 are:

APT Macau Day 1 Standings
Rank	Name	Chips
1st	Eugene Teh	93,500
2nd	Stewart Scott	90,700
3rd	Michael Lipari	87,800
4th	Rumi Boukai	86,300
5th	David Steicke	86,200
6th	Don Carmona	84,900
7th	Nick Wong	79,700
8th	Ian Frazer	67,900
9th	Michael Woo	63,000
10th	Jay Kinkade	62,600