Main Event Day 2 | 2009 Asian Poker Tour - Manila

01-31-2009 15:25 UTC+8

Scott Doubles

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Andrew Scott and Ivan Tan have been competing with each other for the last two days after establishing a US$1,000 last longer bet before the start of the tournament. The only catch is that to win the bet, the longer-laster must cash. Scott had an anguished decision recently after he raised to 7,000 and Bryan Huang raised enough to put Scott all in.

Scott started to tank, trying to figure out what his odds were. "Take your time, Andrew," said Michael Pedley as he got up from the table. "I'm going to relieve myself."

Tan then stood up from an adjacent table and said, "Andrew, if you bust I'm going to fold to the money to win our prop bet."

"You're committed," Huang told Scott. "3.5-to-1. Maybe 3.7?"

"I know, I know," said Scott. "It won't be a big sample size though." He started to run the numbers in his head, with a steady stream of them coming out of his mouth. Huang responded by saying "Meow, meow, meow. Fold like a girl. Meow, meow, meow."

Scott finally called with {A-Hearts}

and was elated to see Huang show {A-Spades}

. Tan and Huang started shouting "Two sides!" (a baccarat reference). They got it on a board of {3-Clubs}

.

"What about this one, boys?" said Scott, pointing to the queen. The turn and river blanked out.

"Bryan," chided Scott. "Caught with your hand in the cookie jar."

"I always get caught," responded Huang. He's down to 62,000. Scott has new life with 74,000. And for those wondering, Pedley was back from the bathroom by the time the stacks were counted down.

Tags: Andrew Scott Bryan Huang Ivan Tan Michael Pedley

01-31-2009 15:40 UTC+8

Toge an Unstoppable Force

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Susumu Toge is running over everyone at his table -- including Steve Sung. We came to a hand between the two men with 50,000 chips already in the middle. The flop came out {9-Diamonds}

. Toge tanked for a minute before betting 30,000. Sung tanked equally as long before calling.

Both players silently tapped the felt, "check," on the {10-Clubs}

turn and

river. Toge turned over {Q-Spades}

at showdown, having turned two pair, tens and nines. Sung flipped over {A-Clubs}

, showing that Toge had turned a three-outer, then mucked.

Toge is up to 255,000. Sung is still in the thick of things with 105,000.

Tags: Steve Sung Susumu Toge

01-31-2009 15:48 UTC+8

O'Shea Sent Home

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Norihito Suzuki opened to 6,500 before John O'Shea moved all in for his last 35,000. Suzuki made the call and the cards were tabled.

Suzuki: {Q-Diamonds}

O'Shea:

The board ran out {Q-Clubs}

to see O'Shea hit the rail as Suzuki moves up to 110,000 in chips

Tags: John O'Shea Norihito Suzuki

01-31-2009 15:58 UTC+8

Kluber Cracks the Top Ten

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Ron Kluber is hanging tough on Table 4. Sitting in the big blind, he took a raised flop with Steve Sung. The dealer spread out {Q-Diamonds}

. Kluber checked to Sung, who made a continuation bet of 7,500. Kluber raised that to 29,500, inducing a fold from Sung after 30 seconds.

"You scare me, man," Kluber told Sung after the hand. "You scare me." Scary or not, Sung is down to 95,000 chips. Kluber is up to 105,000.

Tags: Ron Kluber Steve Sung

01-31-2009 15:59 UTC+8

What's That Sucking Sound?

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It must be the sound of everyone sucking in their guts. With only 33 players remaining, we're functionally on the bubble of the tournament. Play has slowed down drastically, but the shorties won't be able to turtle forever. Blinds go up in 18 minutes.

01-31-2009 16:07 UTC+8

Liz Lieu Likes the Ladies

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It was a battle of the blinds between Liz Lieu and Ivan Tan. Tan tried to make a move on Lieu with {10-Diamonds}

, but she snap-called all in with pocket queens. The board ran out {2-Clubs}

to give Lieu a much-needed double-up to 62,000. Tan is now in danger of bubbling on his last longer bet with Andrew Scott; he has just 26,000.

Tags: Ivan Tan Liz Lieu

01-31-2009 16:18 UTC+8

Break Time

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Players are on a 15-minute break.

Level: 15

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 500

01-31-2009 16:33 UTC+8

Play Resumes

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Cards are back in the air. 32 players remain.

01-31-2009 16:52 UTC+8

Pedley Pushes Past Six Figures

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Kim Tae Hyung opened from late position to 8,500 and Michael Pedley made the call from the cutoff.

The flop fell down {Q-Spades}

and Pedley made it 15,000 and was met with an instant all-in reraise from Hyung, with Pedley calling quicker than his horse "Corporation" bounds out of the gate back home in Australia.

Pedley: {K-Diamonds}