PokerStars.net APPT Season 8 Manila

Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info

PokerStars.net APPT Season 8 Manila

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
73
Prize
3,472,000 PHP
Event Info
Buy-in
45,000 PHP
Prize Pool
11,349,000 PHP
Entries
260
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000

Updated Chip Counts

Level 20 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Michael Guzzardi us
Michael Guzzardi
1,500,000
-12,000
-12,000
Thanh Ha Duong cn
Thanh Ha Duong
800,000
140,000
140,000
Daniel Giang
Daniel Giang
560,000
32,000
32,000
Mike Takayama ph
Mike Takayama
460,000
-140,000
-140,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Daniel Belov ee
Daniel Belov
415,000
-22,000
-22,000
Sameer Rattonsey in
Sameer Rattonsey
390,000
-90,000
-90,000
Rajeev Kanjani in
Rajeev Kanjani
310,000
73,000
73,000
Bernardo Angeles
Bernardo Angeles
200,000
98,000
98,000
Maria Bernadette Lina
Maria Bernadette Lina
155,000
-135,000
-135,000
Andreas Rauh
Andreas Rauh
105,000
-231,000
-231,000

Level: 20

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 2,000

Takayama Doubles The Hard Way

Level 19 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Mike Takayama has doubled up the hard way, winning several key pots.

First he called a three-bet from Michael Guzzardi, then check-raised big on a flop with two queens to take down a sizable pot. Then he floated a Guzzardi flop bet with ace high and managed to get to showdown and win.

A little later, he snatched a pot from Sameer Rattonsey with pocket fours and all told he's doubled his stack without having to get it all in.

Player Chips Progress
Mike Takayama ph
Mike Takayama
600,000
291,000
291,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Hiroshi Naito Eliminated in 11th Place (PHP 162,000)

Level 19 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Hiroshi Naito - 11th Place
Hiroshi Naito - 11th Place

Hiroshi Naito pushed it all in and Maria Bernadette Lina shoved behind for more. The rest of the table folded and it was Naito's {k-Hearts}{7-Hearts} against Lina's dominating {a-Clubs}{k-Spades}.

The flop came {6-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{8-Clubs} and Naito picked up outs to a straight on the {5-Clubs} turn, but the {j-Spades} river sent him home in 11th place. They are now five handed at both tables.

Player Chips Progress
Maria Bernadette Lina
Maria Bernadette Lina
290,000
100,000
100,000
Hiroshi Naito jp
Hiroshi Naito
Busted

Tags: Hiroshi Naito

Twice as Nice

Level 19 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Maria Bernadette Lina
Maria Bernadette Lina

In just the first few hands Maria Bernadette Lina open shoved under the gun and got the call from Thanh Ha Duong.

It was her {a-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds} versus his {k-Diamonds}{q-Clubs} and ace-high held on a {2-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}{2-Clubs} board to give Lina the double up.

Player Chips Progress
Thanh Ha Duong cn
Thanh Ha Duong
660,000
-102,000
-102,000
Maria Bernadette Lina
Maria Bernadette Lina
190,000
98,000
98,000

Level: 19

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 2,000

APPT 8 Manila: The Final Day

Chip Leader Michael Guzzardi
Chip Leader Michael Guzzardi

It all comes down to this: The final day of The PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour Season 8 Manila main event.

What started with some 260 players over two starting flights inside the Metro Manila Card Club is now down to just 11 players with a shot at a PHP 3,472,000 first-place prize that includes an Asia Championship of Poker seat and a little slice of poker glory.

They're all in the money now, but none will be satisfied with anything but a win. Especially veteran Aussie grinder Michael Guzzardi.

He's been at this stage before - on the ANZPT, the APPT and at the World Series of Poker - and with a massive chip lead heading into the final day he'll be looking to bring his a-game to the tables today and close out the win.

Thanh Ha Duong will come into the day second in chips, although he holds just a little over half of Guzzardi's massive stack and a non-existent major tournament poker record that would suggest he's also at a disadvantage experience wise.

In fact, the other ten players total major poker tournament earnings combined don't add up to the $332,011 Guzzardi's resume boasts, with almost half recording their first cash in a major event right here, right now.

But as 2003 WSOP Main Event Champion Chris Moneymaker is truly a testament to, in the game of poker, anything can happen.

And so Daniel Giang, Day 1a chip Leader Daniel Belov, Sameer Rattonsey, Mike Takayama, Andreas Rauh, Rajeev Kanjani, Hiroshi Naito, Bernardo Angeles and last woman standing Maria Bernadette Lina should not be counted out until the cards are on their backs and the final river revealed.

The action will commence at 2 p.m. Monday and play until there is a new APPT 8 Manila champion. Stay tuned, the PokerNews Live Reporting team promises to be here to capture it all.

Main Event

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