2008 PokerStars.net APPT Manila

APPT Manila Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2008 PokerStars.net APPT Manila

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
79
Prize
$162,856
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,080
Entries
285
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000

Kaselias Wins Big Pot, Eventually

Nali Kaselias
Nali Kaselias
After a player in the cutoff opened with a raise to 550, Nali Kaselias bumped it up an additional 2,100 from the big blind. His opponent made the call and they saw a flop of {8-Spades}{5-Clubs}{4-Spades}.

Kaselias led out for 5,000 and his opponent thought for a long time before cutting out ten purple 500-denomination chips and making the call.

The turn was the {4-Diamonds} and this time Kaselias deliberated, and after a few minutes of thought he decided to commit his last 7,500 chips into the pot. This sent his opponent into the tank for a long time. So much so, that he was worried that someone had called the clock on him. No one had, but after another few minutes of thought, Kaselias had seen enough and called time. In a hand that extended close to ten minutes, his opponent eventually gave it up and the PokerNews Cup Champion collected a healthy pot to climb to 18,000.

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Lee Rolling

Sarah Lee has had her ups and down today, but right now she's on an upswing. With the board showing {Q-Spades} {K-Diamonds} {A-Spades}, she managed to get all in holding {A-Diamonds} {Q-Diamonds} against an opponent who showed pocket sixes. When the turn fell {A-Clubs}, Lee made an unbeatable full house. She now has about 16,000 chips and is happily chatting with Celina Lin, seated to her immediate left. Lin has about 15,000 chips.

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Huntly Steaming

Huntly During Happier Times
Huntly During Happier Times
With the board reading {9-Hearts}{A-Hearts}{K-Hearts}{7-Clubs} Japanese player Norihito Suzuki committed his last chips into the middle against Australian Dennis Huntly.

Huntly gave the decision a little thought before making the call. He tabled {A-Clubs}{K-Clubs} for top two pair and was happy to see Suzuki reveal {Q-Hearts}{J-Clubs}.

"He still has lots of outs!" commented one player at the table, and he was right, as the {7-Hearts} peeled off on the river to give Suzuki a flush and the pot.

"How much is it?" Huntly asked the dealer, with another player chirping "It's 1,675".

"I wasn't asking you!" snapped a disgruntled Huntly, "You're not the umpire here!" The dealer confirmed it was indeed 1,675 and Huntly paid off his opponent to slip back to under 10,000 chips. Immediately after the hand the table broke and players dispersed to find new homes, which was probably good timing for a steaming Huntly.

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Play Resumes

The players are back and the cards are once again in the air. 126 players remain.

We should have the official tournament numbers and prize pool for you shortly.

Level: 3

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 0

Free Money

The prize pool
The prize pool
Tournament Director Danny McDonagh has announced that there are nine confirmed no-shows for this tournament, and two more who may be on the way. As is the case for all APPT tournament, the buy-ins of no-shows stay in the prize pool. If all eleven players fail to turn up, the prize pool will effectively have an overlay of about $22,000. Put another way, it means that more than half of the entry fee that was raked out of each buy-in will be returned to the prize pool.

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Parker Stuck in Neutral

Chris Parker
Chris Parker
Asian Poker Tour CEO Chris Parker hasn't been able to get much going so far today. On a board of {6-Hearts} {2-Diamonds} {6-Diamonds}, Parker was out of position and facing a bet of 750. He called the bet and was heads-up to the turn, which was the {5-Clubs}. Both players checked, then checked again when the river came {J-Spades}. Parker's opponent opened her hand first, showing {K-Spades} {J-Clubs} for a rivered pair of jacks. Parker disappointedly open-mucked {A-Diamonds} {Q-Spades}.

"I thought she had a small pocket pair," Parker lamented after the hand.

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Sabat Claims Steicke

David Steicke
David Steicke
David Steicke has just been eliminated from the feature table in the nearby TV studio, and he was kind enough to relay to us the details of his elimination.

Eddy Sabat had raised to 250 and Steicke called out of the big blind holding {Q-?}{10-?}. They saw a baby flop of {2-?}{2-?}{5-?} and Steicke led out for 250. Sabat then raised to 550 and Steicke called.

The turn brought another deuce and again Steicke led out with a bet of 1,050. Sabat thought for a moment and made the call.

The turn was another small card and Steicke committed himself for all of his remaining 1,700 chips, believing that his opponent couldn't make the call without a deuce or big pair. Sabat went into the tank saying "I'm confused, and when I'm confused I usually call" before sliding his chips into the middle. It was a good call as Sabat tabled {A-?}{J-?} for trip deuces with the ace kicker to end the day of David Steicke.

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Carter Gill Eliminated

Carter Gill
Carter Gill
Carter Gill will have plenty of time to discover the sights and sounds of the Philippines. He got stuck in a big pot, holding {5-?} {7-?} with the board showing {7-?} {2-?} {4-?} {7-?} {Q-?}. Gill made trip sevens, but so did his opponent, and his opponent's six kicker was just good enough to squeeze out a victory, take down the pot and eliminate Gill from the tournament.

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