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UTG Tony Hachem raises to 300 and is called on his immediate left by French player Guilhe De Villers Thibaut. Andreas Bardun calls and Emad Tahtouh raises to 1,700 from the button.
John King calls from the small blind and Hachem reraises to 3,500. De Villers moves all in over the top for another 5,000. Bardun folds and Emad exclaims, "This is sick!" as he reluctantly mucks. King in the small blind goes into the tank and folds, showing Tahtouh that he had .
Hachem now goes into the tank and open-folds his . Now that the action is complete, Tahtouh states that he folded and happy with his win. De Villers shows his as he chips up the pot.
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Asia is experiencing a rapid period of growth in gaming, and the Asia Pacific Poker Tour is at the forefront of presenting high-quality televised poker tournaments, but poker is not the only game that is growing out here.
While waiting for our connecting flight in Changi Airport, Team PokerNews noticed an interesting advertisement for the upcoming Sudoku Championship.
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Diwei Bryan Huang raised to 1200 preflop and Czech Republic player Ondrej Kopecky, raised all in for 8900. Huang went into the tank before open-folding his .
Out of respect for his laydown, Kopecky showed his which brought a smile of relief to Huang's face.
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Carabao - National animal of the Philippines
At the start of play today, each player arrived at their table to find a wooden sculpture of the national Filipino animal, the Carabao. Many of the players are hoping that they are lucky and are using them as their card protectors.
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We have just stumbled across Australian Internet pro (and Manila resident), Jonny Vincent. Vincent is down to 4,000, but with blinds at 25/50 and long levels, there is no need to panic yet.
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and was in bad shape against Wright's 
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on the river brought a smile to Potter's face as he doubled up to 13,200.
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. Now that the action is complete, Tahtouh states that he folded 
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which was no match for Buermann's