2008 PokerStars.net APPT Manila
APPT Manila Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
2008 PokerStars.net APPT Manila
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$2,080
Entries
285
Level
27
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 285
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. Neither of her opponents wanted to play for that price..Lin has about 16,000 in her stack as we approach the dinner break.
Two short stacks were all in preflop with
and 
, while APPT Seoul champion Yoshihiro Tasaka also moved all in with 
. Ellis had them all covered but needed to improve as she tabled 
.She certainly improved when the flop landed
for a pair of aces and a commanding lead in the hand. With Tasaka crying for a nine, the turn was the 
, giving the short-stack with a glimmer of hope for an unlikely victory with his flush draw. However the river bricked the 
and Ellis sends all three opponents to the rail in sensational fashion to jump up to 85,000 chips!
flop, then check-called a bet of 1,000 when the turn fell 
. On the river , the small blind checked again. Obst thought things over, then slowly tapped the felt to check behind. It was an excellent check -- his opponent showed 
for trip aces that took down the pot.
"It was my favorite hand...pocket kings!" said Parker.
All in preflop with his short stack against an opponent's
, the flop of 
was disastrous for Parker, giving his opponent two pair. The turn and river provided no miracles to bring his tournament to an end.
The agony: a flop of
.The ecstasy: turning a queen and ducking your opponent's bigger full house outs on the river.
That was the story of Dimitrios Pappis in a recent hand at Table 17. As a result of spiking his two-outer on the turn, Pappis sent a player to the rail and increased his chip count to about 42,000.
. Nelson raised that bet to 3,000, inducing a fold after a few thoughtful moments.
Roh has 64,000 chips, with Natasha Ellis not far behind with around 50,000 and Melvin Matibag in third chip position with 46,000.
Level: 6
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
Well we don't have any World Champions in today's field, but one distinction today's field has over yesterday is that it features a Miss Earth! Priscilla Meirelles, Miss Earth in 2004, is proving very popular here today and attracting the attention of photographers as she has drawn the same table as Celina Lin.
The Brazilian-born model is a big poker fan and is progressing very well today with over 20,000 chips to be towards the top-end of our chip count leaderboard.
PokerNews presenter Melissa Castello recently caught up with Priscilla to chat about the game and her current table.
