The first public appearance of Phil Ivey After the soap opera Full Tilt Poker occurred two days ago in the APPT MacauThe third stop on the Asian Pacific Poker Tour. This tour, organized by the largest competitor in the room who sponsored the considered the best player in the world and which part is supposed to have Phil Ivey himself, comes to Hong Kong after passing through Australia and New Zealand.

At this very moment is being held on day 2 of the tournament. According to Live updates PokerStars Blog, the beginning of the day was something unusual. Six of the tables would wait for the other players in the tournaments played the first 20 minutes of the day with the intention of making site, with rest below.

This is because participation in the tournament has broken all expectations. The official website of the APPT indicates that the number of players is limited to 500. The final number of applicants rose to 575, breaking all records of the circuit.

Many players have decided to skip this process and gain an hour of sleep, Ivey and Johnny Chan among them. Because if the day as the tournament comeinza APPT marks the night the live cash.

Macao’s hot. His tables offer cash the highest stakes on the planet. Asian millionaires face stick by professionals who are playing poker on TV.

I commented these days Macao presence of Patrik Antonius, Tom Dwan, Peter Chan “GARFIELD25″ and the imminent arrival of Guy Laliberte.

Specialists in cash are still flying en masse to the former British protectorate,

Sam Trickett announced in its Twitter.

“At home for a few days, then go to Macao to immerse myself in the juicy cash games …”

Andrew RoblFor its part, told us gambleo stories in 140 charactersEnough to make your hair stand on end.

“I’ve been playing very strong in Macao. Donated U.S. $ 2 million pull and was greatly appreciated. Now I lose two million Flip and I’m thankful for other things. ”

With regard to the development of day 2 of the APPT, Ivey began slightly below the average and has not moved too much, other than to change tables when they broke in the beginning on day. Won a 10,000 chips to get in 61,000.

As a curious note, these were the ten players with more chips at the start on day 2 in Macao. Stresses in the fourth pro- PokerStarsBryan Huang. Who knows whether the qualifications of the WSOP not look well in a few years old.

1, Shih Chieh Su (China Taipei) 171 800
2 nd Sha Jun (China) 169 400
3 º Daniel Francis (New Zealand) 154 100
4 º Bryan Huang (Singapore) 154 100
5 º Carlos Chang (China Taipei) 148 900
6 th Andrew Ong (Malaysia) 145 900
7 º Daniel Chua (Singapore) 145 900
8 º Spiedelmann Fabian (Germany) 142 800
9 th Erdenebold Begzjav (Mongolia) 142 100
10 ° Zheng Tai Tan (Singapore) 141 000