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2008 PokerStars.net APPT Manila
APPT Manila Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2008 PokerStars.net APPT Manila
Buy-in
$2,080
Entries
285
Level
27
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000
Broom Dented
Broom's opponent was Victor Torres, who opened the action from under the gun. Broom reraised and Torres made the call. They saw an ace-high flop and Broom's continuation bet was once again called.
The turn was a repeat ace and both players checked. The river was a nine and Broom fired out again, representing a big hand and sending Torres into the tank. He eventually made the call and tabled
for a rivered pair, as Broom was disgusted to be caught with only 
for king-high.Broom is down to 15,000 with Torres now in good shape with 55,000 chips.
Short Stacks Consolidating
against Claus Valloe."Why me?" Cha asked after Valloe moved in. He seemed to know what was coming, but nevertheless called all in for less and tabled
. That took away some of Valloe's flush draw outs, 
, but it wasn't enough. The turn and river were 
to make a spade flush for Valloe. Cha shook Valloe's hand then stood up and exited the ballroom.
Yoon Rockets Up the Counts
. His opponent was in very bad shape with 
, even worse when the flop was all spades -- 
. The turn and river were brick, brick, doubling Yoon up to 21,000.
Easy Come, Easy Go For Mabanta
All the chips went into the middle on the river on a board of
. Mabanta thought he had the pot won when he showed down 
for the flush but Nam revealed for a rivered full house!Mabanta stood in a state of shock before grabbing his jacket and slowly exiting the tournament floor as Nam is now up to over 50,000 chips!
Ang Ducks Hearts to Double
with a bet of 3,200 from middle position. The button player called before an early-position player, who had checked, check-raised to 15,000, enough to put Ang all in. He called all in for a total of 10,200 with and was up against a heart draw, . The board bricked out 
to secure the victory, and the pot, for Ang.As a result of this double up, Ang is sitting on about 25,000 chips.
Mabanta Eliminates Two!
Franco Mabanta has just eliminated two players in an interesting hand on table 13. With a short-stacked player all in, and the player in the small blind making the call, Mabanta bumped it up another 5,000 from the big blind. The small blind deliberated before making the call.
"Only a call?" questioned Mabanta as he eyed off the 2,975 that the small blind had curiously left behind.
They took a flop of 
where the small blind checked to Mabanta who bet enough to put the small blind all in. He made the call and the table raised their eyebrows as the cards were revealed.
Mabanta held for the lead in the side pot against the small blind player's 
as the short-stacked player rubbed his hands together as he was in good shape to triple up with a meagre 
.
However the 
spiked on the turn to give Mabanta a near-lock on the hand with his pair of aces. The river bricked the 
and Mabanta sends two to the rail to now sit more comfortably with 22,000 chips.
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The Dream is Still Alive
. Sombero didn't get any chips on the flop, but he did get 1,000 on the turn 
and 1,500 on the river 
. When he showed his set, his opponent said, "Yep, that'll do. Way ahead of me."
Level: 6
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
Kim Crashes With Cracked Rockets
Kim held
but Ogura wasn't going anywhere as he revealed 
.Unfortunately for Kim, his day was over when the board ran out
giving Ogura a set of kings and the pot. Kim heads to the exit as Ogura now sits behind around 28,000 chips.