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Oborne chipped down
Neil Arce opened to 1,200 from under the gun and Damien Oborne moved all in from middle-position for his last 3,300. Norihito Suzuki made the call from the big blind as did Arce.
Both of the active players checked it down to the river with the final board reading and Arce tabled for two-pair. Oborne stood up and open-mucked his ; he was not able to find another double following the dinner break.
With Chip Me Up's Oborne headed to the rail, Arce climbed to 33,000 chips and Suzuki slipped to below 100,000.
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Wally Sombero has shown no hesitance to mix things up today. Aggression and an utter lack of fear have been the hallmarks of his play. But his instincts betrayed him in a recent three-way pot with Anders Anderson and Erik Backlund. Sombero led out for 3,150 on a flop of . Anderson was next to act and quickly moved his whole stack of approximately 13,000 chips into the middle.
Backlund gave the matter some thought but decided that discretion was the better part of valor. He folded, moving the action back to Sombero. Sombero tanked for more than a minute before emphatically shipping a stack of chips into the middle to call Backlund's raise. Backlund showed two pair, ; Sombero could only muster ace-high and a gutshot draw, .
The on the turn was no help for either player and left Sombero looking for only a seven. He improved on the river , but not enough to win the pot. Not that this fact didn't prevent the dealer from trying to ship him the pot! All players at the table (most especially Anderson) quickly informed the dealer of his error. The chips did finally wind up in front of Anderson.
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Norihito Suzuki is the big stack of the Day 1a field, but even he can't win every pot. He opened preflop for 1,500 and was called by Neil Arce. Suzuki check-called a bet of 1,500 on the flop, then shut everything down the rest of the way. He checked the turn and got a free card when Arce checked, then check-folded to a bet of 3,000 on the river.
Arce flipped his cards with some disappointment after he collected the pot, showing for the flopped straight.
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It was a long, tough day for Alan Escano. His elimination only punctuated how tough things were. Escano got his chips in good with pocket kings against ten-three, only to see two threes hit the board to make trips for his opponent.
The poker of the Filipino Poker Tour will just have to be enough to keep Escano's attention after his departure from this tournament.
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Diaz rockets back up
Julio Diaz has just managed a double up holding against Norihito Suzuki's . All the chips went in on the flop, with the final board reading .
Diaz doubles to 21,000 while Suzuki continues to slid since the dinner break. He is now sitting on 88,000 chips.
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What started out as a fairly routine pot between Vicente Pena and Tricia David became quite a drama on the turn. Pena and David took a heads-up raised flop of . David checked and then called a bet of 2,500 from Pena.
The turn was a blank, the . David checked again, then reacted in total shock when Pena moved all in for more than 23,000. She went into the tank for a solid four minutes, sighing in tortured indecision and pounding the table in frustration a few times as she tried to puzzle out what she should do. Finally, with the cameras rolling to record every last second of the action, David quietly surrendered her hand.
"King-deuce?" Pena asked. David smiled and shook her head no.
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Robert Carlsson showed strength. Sitting in the big blind, he confidently raised Derek Hernandez from 1,600 to 3,100 preflop, then led out for 4,000 almost before the flop had been spread out by the dealer. Hernandez cautiously called, then bet 6,000 on the turn when Carlsson checked. Carlsson must not have been to strong after all; he folded after roughly fifteen seconds of thought.
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and Arce tabled 
for two-pair. Oborne stood up and open-mucked his 
; he was not able to find another double following the dinner break.
. Anderson was next to act and quickly moved his whole stack of approximately 13,000 chips into the middle.
.
on the turn was no help for either player and left Sombero looking for only a seven. He improved on the river 
, but not enough to win the pot. Not that this fact didn't prevent the dealer from trying to ship him the pot! All players at the table (most especially Anderson) quickly informed the dealer of his error. The chips did finally wind up in front of Anderson.
for the flopped straight.
to see Leonidas triple to over 13,000 as we lose the 1990 World Champion Matloubi to the rail.
. David checked and then called a bet of 2,500 from Pena.
flop had been spread out by the dealer. Hernandez cautiously called, then bet 6,000 on the 
