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12:25pm: Big stacks find some luck
We didn't catch all of the action but we saw Renat Lyapin angrily bounce his chips onto the felt after copping a bad beat against Germany's Fabian Spiedelmann.
The chips were in preflop with Lyapin holding ace-queen and looking good for a big double up against Spiedelmann's king-queen, but another king on the flop was enough for Spiedelmann to take it down. He's up to 600,000.
Another big stack to jump out of the gates is Hong Kong-based Aussie David Steicke. He got his chips in with pocket aces against an opponent's pocket eights and things looked grim when a third snowman hit the flop. However such is the power of Steicke, that he made a running flush to take it down and move up to a cool half million in chips. --HC
12:20pm: The champ starts well
The defending champion Victorino Torres is heading for another deep run in the APPT Macau Main Event after the elimination of Israel's Alon Simka.
Torres opened the action with a sizable raise to 14,800 from early position before Simka moved all in for an additional 48,500. Torres thought briefly before making the call with [tc][td] to find himself racing with Simka's [ac][qs].
Torres was looking to avoid the ace or queen but didn't have to worry when the flop landed [9h][ts][2h] to give him a set. Torres then filled up on the [9c] turn as the meaningless [js] hit the river. Simka is an early casualty as Torres moves up to 330,000. --HC
12:20pm: Table 15 needs a diet
If there is a table to watch today, it's the one numbered 15. Three of the top ten chip stacks are there. Danny Park, Wenfei Huang, and Ligong Wei all have seats around the baize. They're joined by Terrence Chan and Day 1a chip leader Shih Chieh Su. If that table doesn't break any time soon under its own weight or by TD's order, it may just collapse. --BW
12:12pm: Play underway
As the final few stragglers make their way to their seats, it's time to shuffle and deal.
12:00pm: Day 3 set to begin
The remaining 96 players of the APPT Macau main event are sitting down to unbag their chips. Nathaniel Seet leads them all right now with a chip stach worth around five times the average stack.
This is looking to be an exceptionally long day. Make a pot a coffee and stick with us as we head toward the money bubble and way beyond. --BW


Live updates form APPT Macau brought to you by Heath "TassieDevil" Chick and Brad Willis (with occasional and very welcome updates from our Japanese blogger Jenn Barr).


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