Main Event Day 2 | 2009 Asian Poker Tour - Manila

01-31-2009 14:03 UTC+8

Break Time

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The remaining 47 players are heading on their first 15-minute break for the day.

01-31-2009 14:02 UTC+8

Three-Way All-In Means Triple Chips for Sung

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Just as we were going into the break, and on the last hand before their table was broken, three players on Table 6 wound up all in. Kim Tae Hyung opened the action with a raise to 4,000 that Steve Sung reraised to 10,500. George Lim was sitting in the blinds and moved all in for 42,000. Hyung was clearly concerned about Sung. He asked for a count of how much Sung was playing (48,000 total) then moved all in. Sung called instantly.

Hyung: {K-Hearts}

Sung:

Lim:

The board came all small cards, {7-Spades}

. That meant that Sung tripled up to about 138,000; Hyung dropped to about 101,000; and Lim is out.

Tags: George Lim Kim Tae Hyung Steve Sung

01-31-2009 13:49 UTC+8

Another Victim for Suzuki

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Norihito Suzuki continues to chip up by picking off short stacks. His latest conquest was Anders Anderson, who moved in preflop with {A-Clubs}

. Suzuki woke up with {A-Diamonds}

and emerged victorious on a board of {2-Diamonds}

. When Anderson's stack was added to Suzuki's own, he had increased his count to 151,000.

Tags: Anders Anderson Norihito Suzuki

01-31-2009 13:44 UTC+8

Le Doubles Back Up

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Nam Le is back on a stack of 75,000. He doubled up with {8-Spades}

, getting all of his chips into the middle on a board of {K-Clubs}

against Darren Judges. Judges had moved in on a stone bluff with {2-Clubs}

and was sheepish when Le called after some thought. Judges, of course, was drawing dead.

Tags: Darren Judges Nam Le

01-31-2009 13:39 UTC+8

Last Year's Champ is Out

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David Saab won the 2008 Asian Poker Tour Philippines Main Event and started Day 2 of the 2009 version fourth in chips. It was all downhill for Saab, however, almost from the word, "Go." Cicurel Didier opened from the cutoff with a standard raise. Saab, sitting in the big blind, had only 5,700 chips left in his stack. He put them in and was drawing to two live cards with {K-Spades}

against Didier's {A-Clubs}

. It was Didier who paired up on the flop, {Q-Hearts}

. The turn {J-Spades}

left Saab with a gutshot to stave off elimination, but the river blanked {3-Diamonds}

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The room gave Saab a round of applause after his elimination was announced by TD Matt Savage.

Tags: Cicurel Didier David Saab

01-31-2009 13:33 UTC+8

Backlund Doubles Through Le

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We came over to Nam Le's table to get a count on him just as he was in a big hand with Erik Backlund. Le opened with a preflop raise that Backlund reraised all in. Le called with pocket tens and was well behind Backlund's pocket queens. The flop came {A-?}

to give Le a set and the lead, but the river {j-?}

give Backlund a straight that was the boss hand after the river blanked.

Backlund is now on 47,000 chips. Le is down to 33,000.

Tags: Erik Backlund Nam Le

01-31-2009 13:23 UTC+8

Watanabe Finds Double

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Yoshie Watanabe was all in for her tournament life, in bad shape holding {A-Clubs}

against Robert Carlsson's {K-Clubs}

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With two players saying they folded an ace, the board would still find one when it ran out {Q-Diamonds}

to see Watanabe double to 40,000 as Carlsson slips back to around the same mark.

Tags: Robert Carlsson Yoshie Watanabe

01-31-2009 13:17 UTC+8

Kluber Charging Up the Counts

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Two big hands have positioned Ron Kluber near the top of the counts. We didn't see the first one, where Kluber caught pocket aces against an opponent's pocket sixes, but we did see the second. Kluber checked on a board of {3-Diamonds}

, then called a bet of 7,000 from Robert Carlsson. When the turn fell {4-Diamonds}

Kluber quickly and confidently stuffed 20,000 chips into the middle. Carlsson thought things through for roughly 30 seconds before folding. Kluber showed {K-Diamonds}

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"Bad river for you," one player at the table said.

"Terrible river," Kluber agreed. No matter; he won the hand and dragged the pot to increase his chip count to 89,000.

Tags: Ron Kluber

01-31-2009 13:11 UTC+8

Scott Triples

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Andrew Scott threw the last of his 1,300 chips into the middle and found a caller in Bryan Huang before Eddie Hearn reraised a further 5,400, with Huang making the call.

Hearn forced a fold from Huang when he led 10,000 into the flop of {2-Spades}

. With Huang out of the way, Hearn tabled {A-Hearts}

and Scott tabled his {7-Hearts}

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Calling for runner-runner, Scott's wish would be granted when the turn and river fell the {7-Clubs}

and

to see him triple to over 14,000 in chips.

Tags: Andrew Scott Bryan Huang Eddie Hearn

01-31-2009 13:08 UTC+8

Kastle Doubles

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Catching the action on the flop of {Q-Hearts}

Andrew Scott continued his preflop aggression by leading out for 4,500 after Casey Kastle checked from the big blind.

With the action back on Kastle, he moved all in for a further 34,000 and after many minutes in the tank, Scott made the call.

Scott: {A-Diamonds}

Kastle:

Soctt was unable to improve when the {9-Hearts}

and

fell on the turn and river to see Kastle double to over 86,000 as Scott slipped to 1,300 in chips.

Tags: Andrew Scott Casey Kastle