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Edward Sabat has won the PokerStars APPT Season 2 Macau Main Event!

Charles Chua shoved on a Q♦ 6♦ 6♣ flop holding the Q♠ 3♣ and Sabat made the call with K♦ J♦.

Eddie needed a diamond or a king to win and while the A♣ turn was neither, the 2♦ was, well, a diamond.

Chua grabs $291,761 for second while Sabat takes the glory of the APPT title, the $453,851 and if he’s really lucky, a PL.com winner interview.

Stay tuned for that!

Our two heads up combatants get it in on a 2♦ 5♥ 8♠ 9♥ board with Edward Sabat in the lead holding J♣ 9♠ to Charles Chua’s Q♥ 2♥.

Chua needs a heart, queen or deuce to avoid Eddie taking the title and sure enough, the 2♣ falls on the river and both players end up with the same amount of chips.

Back to the drawing board folks.

The first massive hand of heads up has gone to Edward Sabat!

The money went in on a Q♥ 10♣ 5♠ flop with Sabat holding A♥ Q♣ and Charles Chua the J♣ 8♥.

Charles needs a nine to become the next APPT Macau champ and grab the $450k+, but the 6♦ 7♦ turn and river combo means the lead has switches hands.

Eddie now has $3.6 to to Chucky’s $1.8 million as heads up continues.

Diwei Huang is done. He shoved four hands in a row until he finally got looked up by Edward Sabat with A♣ K♣.

With just A♥ 4♥ himself, Huang looked dominated and just about defeated.

The flop fell J♦ 7♦ 5♣ and he was still in big trouble. The turn came the 7♥ and there were some chop possibilities, but the 10♣ river wasn’t one of them.

Huang steps out third cashing $153,984 and Sabat will go heads up with Charles Chua for the title.

Right now, Sabat has $2 million to Chua’s $3 million and it’s about to get serious here in Macau!

Charles Chua continues to pad his lead here in Macau with a series of aggressive plays. If he’s not betting the flop he’s betting after it, winning pot after pot without showdown.

He’s now on over $3 million leaving Edward Sabat with $1.5 million and a short stacked Diwei Huang needing to make a move on $650k.

We had some real drama here moments ago when Diwei Huang shoved on an A♣ K♦ 6♦ flop and Charles Chua made the call.

Huang held A♠ 9♥ and looked to double against Chua’s A♦ 8♣, but the nature of the board left all kinds of possibilities, including Huang busting if an eight spiked.

The turn came the 10♣ and it looked like the chop was certain. It certainly was when the 10♣ fell on the river.

Charles Chua, who looks a little more sober than before, just rivered his way back into the mix here.

Diwei Huang limped the small blind and Chua checked, sending them heads up to the A♦ 6♥ 4♦ flop.

Huang led out for $40,000 and Chua made the call bringing out the J♣ turn. Huang did not slow down, betting $80k, but Chua was not going anywhere, raising it up to $230k.

Huang made the call and the river came the K♠, which both players checked. It turned out Chucky’s big turn bet was a bluff as he showed the K♣ 5♥ for the rivered top pair. Huang could only show 10♥ 4♥ for the flopped bottom pair.

With that pot all three are about even on close to $1.8 million each.

On the first hand of three-handed play, Eddie Sabat has fought his way back into this thing.

After Charles Chua folded the button, Sabat pumped it up to $145,000 from the small blind. Diwei Huang made the call and Sabat continuation bet the Q♣ J♠ J♦ flop, making it $220k.

Huang flatted and after the K♣ turned, Sabat checked. Huang took the lead betting $150,000 and this time Eddie flatted.

The river was another king (the K♠ to be precise) and Sabat bet a whopping $500k. Huang called and Sabat screamed “yes,” felting K♥ Q♥ to rake the massive pot and move within $100,000 of Huang’s lead.

A drunken Charles Chua doubled up to stay alive getting it in bad against Mikael Rosen and sucking out on the turn.

The money went in pre-flop with Chua showing just J♥ 9♦ against Rosen’s A♣ K♥, but when Chucky flopped the open ender after the Q♠ 10♠ 7♣ fell, and turned the 8♣ to complete it, Rosen was left hoping for a jack to re-suck.

The A♦ was obviously not a jack and while Chua doubled Rosen was crippled.

He got it in real short the next hand with J♣ 10♣ against Chucky’s K♠ 5♣ and looked like a shoe in to double right back after the AdQ♣ 3♣ flop and 8♥ turn.

But the A♠ river bricked and Rosen stepped out fourth ($108,600).

Diwei Huang keeps beating up on Edward Sabat and building a bigger lead on the field in the process.

First he made trip threes against him, somehow getting the young Sabat to pay him off. Then he pushed Sabat of another big pot on the turn with four clubs showing.

As it stands, Huang now has $2.7 million and Sabat $1.2 million. Charles Chua and Mikael Rosen are on around $725k each.

Jeppe Drivsholm has been sent packing in fifth position.

After Edward Sabat limped, Drivsholm shoved and Sabat made the call.

Sabat had two overs with the K♦ 9♦ against the Dane’s 4♥ 4♦, but it took only seconds for Eddie to take the lead. The nine was the window card on the Q♠ Q♦ 9♣ flop and after the K♣ turn and 6♠ river, Drivsholm headed to the rail.

He’ll cash $81,044 for fifth and we’re now four handed in Macau.

We have a new chip leader!

Edward Sabat and Diwei Huang get into it pre-flop and all of Huang’s money ends up in the middle.

Sabat makes the call and the biggest pot of the tournament, more than $2 million in chips, hangs in the balance.

It’s K♣ K♦ for Huang in the lead over Sabat’s AcJ♣ and after the Kh8♠ 4♥ flop, it looks like he’s got the lead for good.

Huang can only smile when the Q♥ turns giving Sabat the four tens in the deck as outs, but the A♥ river ensures he will double up to over $2 million and send Sabat back down to around $1 million.

Charles Chua chugged half a bottle of whisky at the dinner break then came back absolutely tanked and open shoved from the button with pocket sixes.

After way too long in the tank, considering Chua's condition, Jeppe Drivsholm looked him up with KcJ♠ and the race was on.

The 5♦ 4♠ 3♥ gave Chua lots of outs he wouldn’t need when the 9♦ turned and the Q♠ rivered keeping his sixes ahead.

The absolutely hammered Chua now has about the same amount of chips as Drivsholm, with both around $500k.

Edward Sabat has jumped into the lead now sitting on $1.6 million after taking a huge pot off Mikael Rosen.

The action began with a $75k raise from Rosen that Sabat flatted from the small blind. Sabat checked the K♠ 4♦ 3♥ flop allowing Rosen to make a $110k continuation bet.

The turn brought the 6♥ and another Sabat check before Rosen slowly pushed out a $250,000 bet. Sabat made the quick call and after the Q♦ river fell and both players checked, Sabat showed a pair of sevens.

Rosen mucked and Sabat had grabbed the lead.

The local boy could not make good as Kuok Wai Will Cheong has been knocked out sixth.

After a bit of the usual raising and re-raising pre-flop, Cheong pushed his short stack all in and Edward Sabat made the call.

It’s K♥ Q♠ for Sabat in good shape to rail Cheong and his K♠ 9♠.

The flop brought the J♣ J♠ 10♥ and Cheong picked up a few outs, none of which included the 5♥ turn or A♠ river.

Leaving sixth, Cheong grabs $56,730 and is now the most profitable Macanese tournament poker player in the history of the game - apparently that's all it takes.

Tian Chen has been eliminated in seventh place after an epic suck out by Eddie Sabat.

After Sabat shoved into him from the small blind, Chen called all in ahead with A♣ K♦ against Sabat‘s Q♠ 7♠.

While the flop came A♦ K♥ 3♠ giving Chen top two pair, the back door spade draw was alive.

The 2♠ turn made it seem plausible and, amazingly, the J♠ river made it happen, sending  a shocked Chen’s chips into a happy Sabat’s stack.

Chen grabs $42,143 for seventh and now there are six in Macau.

Edward Sabat just spiked miracle nine on the river to make a straight and double through Charles Chua.

Sabat got it in on a K♠ 10♠ 6♥ flop with Q♠ J♥, but was in huge trouble against Charles Chua’s 10♣ 6♣ two-pair.

The 8♦ turn made it look like Eddie was headed for the door, but the 9♥ spiked giving him the straight.

The double gives Sabat close to $500k and dips Chua just below that mark.

Mikael Rosen is closing in on the chip lead now after taking a huge chunk out of Charles Chua’s stack.

The action in the hand began quietly enough with a $55k Rosen raise under the gun and calls from both and Diwei Huang and Chua, but there were some real fireworks to come on the K♥ J♥ 3♠ flop.

First Rosen bet out $105,000. Huang made the call, but not Chua, he decided to take a real shot at it, making it $300k more. Rosen took his time about it, but came in shoving for an additional $338k. Huang stepped out of the way and Chua went deep into the tank.

He thought long and hard about this one, but decided to fold, flashing big slick. Rosen mucked and raked the massive pot.

Mikael Rosen has doubled yet again, crippling Tian Chen in the process. Rosen opened the pot with a standard raise from middle position only to see Chen make it a whopping $200k more from the big blind.

A call would pretty much commit Rosen, so he decided to shove. Chen made the rather quick call and he may be regretting that now because it turned out his pair of jacks were in big trouble against Rosen’s pocket aces.

The flop came 9♣ 8♦ 6♠ and the 10♣ turn gave Chen an open ender. But the 2♠ river was enough to hand Rosen the $860k+ pot and leave Chen with just a little over $200k.

Mikael Rosen just put his tournament life on the line, shoving into an Edward Sabat raise with just J♥ K♠.

Eddie thought for a long while looking down at K♣ Q♦ and eventually made the $200k+ call.

"Yes," he screamed, when his dominating position was revealed, a cheer only eclipsed by the grown of the crowd when the J♦ 6♣ 5♦ flop put Rosen ahead.

The 9♠ turn gave Sabat a gut-shot, but the brick like 2♠ river ensured Rosen would double and Sabat fall into the short stack position.

Javed Abrahams has been eliminated in seventh place.

He open shoved his short stack from the hijack and Charles Chua made the call from the button. It was K♥ Q♦ for Javed against Chucky’s 8♣ 8♦.

It didn’t take long for Chucky to have a real sweat when the A♥ 4♦ J♦ flop came down giving Abrahams four more outs. The turn then came the J♦ and he picked up four more, but the 4♠ river didn’t match any of them.

Chucky grabs his chips and Abrahams heads to the cage to collect on his $30,797 payday.

Edward Sabat just lost a massive pot to Diwei Huang, vaulting Huang into a comfortable chip lead and sending Sabat back to the middle of the pack.

The hand started with a Tian Chen limp under the gun and four callers. The A♠ 8♣ 4♥ flop was checked to Chen and he bet $40k. Huang and Sabat called and the 2♠ turn was shown.

Sabat bet $20k and after Chen flatted, Huang pumped it up to $120,000. This time it was Sabat doing the flatting and Chen doing the folding. The river brought the 5♣ and Sabat min-bet allowing Huang to come way over the top for $250,000 total.

Sabat stood up and smiled, thinking a long time before cutting out the chips from his stack and making the call. Huang showed A♥ 3♦ for the rivered straight crushing Eddie's A♦ J♥.

Huang now has over $1.5 million in chips and a healthy looking lead.

The only Macanese local to make the final here, Kuok Wai Will Cheong is doing a fine job holding on to his short stack and just added to it moments ago in a very tense moment on the felt.

Diwei Huang made it $35,000 before the flop, but Cheong had other ideas, pumping it up to $100,000. Huang made the call treating us to a 9♦ 3♣ 2♥ flop with a $250k pot in the offing.

Huang weakly checked to Cheong and he shoved for his last $159,000, sending a hush over the room.

Within a minute or two, Huang dumped his cards and the Macanese crowd cheered as loudly as they have all day.

After yet another Edward Sabat raise, someone finally decided to play back at him and Jeppe Drivsholm is glad he did.

It was a standard raise pre-flop and Drivsholm came over the top for another $40k. Sabat made the call and the 8♠ 8♦ 7♦ flop was revealed. Both players checked, but after the 4♣ turn, Drivsholm took a stab at it, betting $65k.

Sabat called, but after the Dane checked the 3♣ river, he took his own shot at the pot, betting $60k.

Drivsholm thought for a moment before making the call and Sabat’s cards hit the muck before anything was shown, shipping the pot Drivsholm's way.

The Dane has now moved into the chip lead.  

The Edward Sabat show continues here in Macau as he’s picking up a little steam and a ton of chips in the process.

Facing a Kuok Wai Will Cheong under the gun raise, Sabat showed no hesitation re-popping from the small blind. Cheong made the call, but when Sabat fired $61k at the A♣ 10♣ 5♦ flop, he was forced to lay his hand down.

He picked up the very next pot limping the button and betting into a raggedy flop and it looks like there’s no stopping him now.

The break seems to have done Edward Sabat some good as he's come back ready to get things going.

He started with a standard raise from early position that only Tian Chen called.

Then he led into the J♠ 6♥ 2♥ flop making it $30k. Chen fired back min-raising it up to $60k, but Sabat wasn't having any of it, re-raising it $100k more.

Chen asked what Sabat had behind and must not have liked the answer because he laid it down, shipping a decent pot Eddie's way.

The players have headed off on a 15-minute break giving us the opportunity to tell you our impression of the final table so far.

Play has been extremely tight compared to the early and late stages of this event and only one player has emerged as any kind of aggressor - Jeppe Drivsholm.

In fact, he’s moved up to second in chips behind Diwei Huang, who is literally sitting with the same amount of chips he started with. Edward Sabat now sits in third and looks a little gun shy to tell the truth.

It would seem that if someone wants this title it’s there for the taking, but they’re going to have to go through Drivsholm to get there.

We have a couple of aggressive Scandies here in Macau and they're starting to do they're thing.

After a small raising war pre-flop between Dane Jeppe Drivsholm and Swede Mikael Rosen, Jeppe shoved in putting Mikael to a decision for his tournament life.

He decided to keep it by folding and play moved on. But you can expect some more of the same from these two going forward.

So Myung Sim has gone out ninth after putting his short stack in with J♣ 6♣.

Tian Chen  looked him up with just 2♥ 2♣, but the deuces held on the less than dramatic 4♦ 3♠ 9♥ K♠ 9♦ board.

Sim will grab $22,692 for the ninth place finish and we’re down to eight here in Macau.

A very short stacked Javed Abarahams is back in the game after doubling through chip leader Diwei Huang.

Javed open the pot  with a raise on the button, but after Diwei re-raised he shoved and showed K♣ K♠.

Diwei made the call anyway looking to pick him off with A♣ 9♦.

The 6♣ J♠ J♦ flop kept the kings ahead and the 6♠ turn didn’t turn that around.

When the Q♣ river fell Abarahams had doubled up and now has it up close to $400k -  gift from the chip leader.

Play is awfully tight to begin this final table here in Macau.

In fact, we’ve seen just one flop following an Edward Sabat $30,000 pre flop raise. Mikael Rosen and Diwei Huang called and after the A♠ 3♣ 4♦ fell, Sabat continuation bet, making it $20k.

Rosen then made it $65k and took it down when both the chip leaders folded.

Following the player introductions and usual formalities, the cards are in the air here in Macau and the final nine are ready to square off.

We're about to find out who will win the biggest poker tournament ever in Asia, so stick with PL.com for all the action as it happens!