Pan Feels The Pressure

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Level 4 : 150/300, 25 ante

Jimmy Pan, a Macau resident for quite some time, won't be intimidated by the stakes of this event here today, but the ever increasing blinds and antes provide quite the worry.

"It's going fast," Pan said about the blinds already being up to 150/300 after four hours of play.

The APPT is however one of Pan's favorite tournaments as the cashgame specialist alludes to the fact that the players here play quite a different style. Back in 2011 Pan finished runner up to PokerStars Team Online Randy Lew in APPT Macau for $304,106, which is his biggest result to date.

"At an EPT you get three-bet all the time but here there's much more calling and limping," Pan said. Right after he told us this we witnessed him playing the following pot.

Pan raised to 725 and two players on his left decided to make the call, after which the big blind three-bet to 2,800. Pan looked back down to his cards, and the clock, before moving all in for right around 15,000 chips. All three of his opponents quickly folded and Pan picked up this pot.

Four levels into the day Pan hoovers around the starting stack, but seated next to Team PokerStars Pro Raymond Wu that could quickly change as both players love to get into the thick of things.