2008 PokerStars.net APPT Manila

APPT Manila Main Event
Day: 2
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

A Double for Kaselias

Nali "Iraqi Nick" Kaselias
Nali "Iraqi Nick" Kaselias
Nali Kaselias has just doubled up at the expense of Jong Sung Kim. Kaselias held {K-Spades}{K-Hearts} with all the chips in preflop against Kim's {A-Hearts}{Q-Spades}.

The river brought a sweat but the {7-Spades}{2-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{7-Hearts} board was good to Kaselias as he doubled up.

"Keep it in Australia Nick!" yelled out Van Marcus from a nearby table, as Kaselias stacked up 45,000 worth of chips.

Tags: Jong Sung KimNali Kaselias

Shell Finally Gets Rolling

It's been a slow start to the day for overnight chip leader Michael Shell. He's been hanging at between 120,000 and 130,000 chips since play started. He recently got a nice 17,000-chip boost by eliminating Mattias Andersson. Andersson's {8-Diamonds} {8-Clubs} couldn't overtake Shell's {j-Diamonds} {j-Spades} on a board of {9-Clubs} {6-Hearts} {4-Clubs} {A-Diamonds} {A-Clubs}.

Tags: Michael Shell

Ivan Tan Eliminated

Ivan Tan's tournament is over. He moved all in for about 30,000 with {A-Hearts} {K-Hearts} and was called by pocket nines. Tan turned a heart flush draw on a board of {2-Hearts} {10-Diamonds} {6-Spades} {5-Hearts}, but he missed the river when it fell {Q-Diamonds}.

Tags: Ivan Tan

Level: 11

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 200

The Champ Doubles Up

Brett Parise
Brett Parise
Brett Parise was short-stacked but looked down at {A-Hearts}{Q-Spades} and shoved his last 10,000 chips into the middle. Lee Nelson, now with chips to spare, took a shot at eliminating the defending champion with a gambling call holding {6-Hearts}{8-Hearts}.

The flop of {A-Diamonds}{J-Hearts}{Q-Hearts} gave Parise two pair but Nelson was happy enough with that flop as it gave him the flush draw. The turn was the {K-Spades} to give Nelson additional straight outs for a chop, but the river bricked the {8-Diamonds} as Parise doubled up to nearly 30,000 chips.

Tags: Brett PariseLee Nelson

Poker is Easy; Marcus Eliminates Nordstrom, then Saab

David Saab, Day 1a
David Saab, Day 1a
"That's so sick!" complained Van Marcus, standing out of his seat at Table 11. The board showed {7-Clubs} {10-Hearts} {A-Hearts} {3-Spades}. Marcus tabled {3-Diamonds} {3-Hearts}; Daniel Nordstrom, who was just barely all in for more than 50,000, tabled {10-Clubs} {10-Diamonds}.

"Just hit the one-outer," David Saab instructed Marcus. "It's that easy."

Imagine the roar from the room when Marcus did just that, spiking the {3-Clubs} on the river for runner-runner quads to take out Nordstrom.

The media had barely dispersed from the table when Marcus was involved in another huge pot, this time with David Saab all in for roughly 40,000. Marcus showed {K-Hearts} {K-Spades} against Saab's {A-Diamonds} {j-Clubs}. Saab was eliminated on a board of {4-Hearts} {9-Clubs} {10-Clubs} {7-Diamonds} {4-Diamonds}.

"Off my table!" Marcus roared at Saab. "Walk away! On your bike. You want to raise me every time." Marcus would have had a few more things to say, but TD Danny McDonagh told him that was enough.

Saab wished Marcus good luck in the rest of the tournament. Marcus spat back, "I don't need luck." In light of his runner-runner quads, the assembled gallery would probably beg to differ.

As a result of those two hands, Marcus is now the chip leader of the tournament with roughly 150,000 in chips.

Tags: David SaabVan Marcus