Main Event Day 2 | 2009 Asian Poker Tour - Manila

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 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.

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 300

01-31-2009 14:18 UTC+8

Play Underway

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The cards are back in the air and play is underway!

01-31-2009 14:30 UTC+8

Toge Behind a Mountain

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Japanese player Susumu Toge is pounding his way through this Day 2 field. On a board of {5-Hearts}

, he bet 30,000 chips at his lone opponent, Neil Arce. Arce was playing 47,000 behind, which made Toge's bet a clear raise-or-fold situation. There was already 62,000 chips in the middle; when Arce folded, all of those chips went into Toge's stack. We're still trying to get a count.

Tags: Neil Arce Susumu Toge

01-31-2009 14:46 UTC+8

Kastle Keeps Grinding

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Bryan Huang is one of many players who have made the mistake of tangling with Casey Kastle during the 2009 Asian Poker Tour Philippines Main Event. Huang got away relatively cheaply. He raised to 5,000 preflop from late position, then called Kastle's reraise out of the blinds to 14,000. The flop came down {A-Hearts}

. Huang tanked before firing out for 15,000. Kastle made the call to see the turn {K-Spades}

. Huang checked and then opted to fold when Kastle made it 19,000 to see the river.

Tags: Bryan Huang Casey Kastle

01-31-2009 14:53 UTC+8

Big Double-Up for Didier

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We wish we could tell you when the money went in the middle between Cicurel Didier and Norihito Suzuki. It's tough to tell from the final board, which was {9-Spades}

. Didier was on {A-Diamonds}

; Suzuki turned over {7-Diamonds}

. Whenever it went in, the end result was that Didier had the best hand and won the pot. He doubled up to 112,000; Suzuki is down to 75,000.

Tags: Cicurel Didier Norihito Suzuki

01-31-2009 15:09 UTC+8

Yea Fills Up to Knock Out Carlsson

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Steve Yea shot out of his chair with a loud cry. We saw what was making him so happy; a board of {6-Spades}

, an opponent all in (Robert Carlsson), and Yea's tabled hand of {2-Hearts}

. Carlsson didn't show, mucking his hand and pushing his whole stack to Yea, who now has a whopping 212,000. He has retaken the chip lead from Susumu Toge.

Tags: Robert Carlsson Susumu Toge

Level: 14

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 400

01-31-2009 15:25 UTC+8

Suzuki Doubles

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John O'Shea opened to 6,500 from early position and with the action folding round to Norihito Suzuki in the big blind, he moved all in for a further 36,000 and O'Shea made the call.

O'Shea: {7-Hearts}

Suzuki:

The board ran out {Q-Clubs}

to see the onetime chip leaders pass chips, as Suzuki moves to over 80,000 as O'Shea slips to 31,000 in chips.

Tags: John O'Shea Norihito Suzuki