2008 PokerStars.net APPT Manila

APPT Manila Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2008 PokerStars.net APPT Manila

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
79
Prize
$162,856
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,080
Entries
285
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000

The Champ Doubles Up

Brett Parise
Brett Parise
Brett Parise was short-stacked but looked down at {A-Hearts}{Q-Spades} and shoved his last 10,000 chips into the middle. Lee Nelson, now with chips to spare, took a shot at eliminating the defending champion with a gambling call holding {6-Hearts}{8-Hearts}.

The flop of {A-Diamonds}{J-Hearts}{Q-Hearts} gave Parise two pair but Nelson was happy enough with that flop as it gave him the flush draw. The turn was the {K-Spades} to give Nelson additional straight outs for a chop, but the river bricked the {8-Diamonds} as Parise doubled up to nearly 30,000 chips.

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Level: 11

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 200

Ivan Tan Eliminated

Ivan Tan's tournament is over. He moved all in for about 30,000 with {A-Hearts} {K-Hearts} and was called by pocket nines. Tan turned a heart flush draw on a board of {2-Hearts} {10-Diamonds} {6-Spades} {5-Hearts}, but he missed the river when it fell {Q-Diamonds}.

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Shell Finally Gets Rolling

It's been a slow start to the day for overnight chip leader Michael Shell. He's been hanging at between 120,000 and 130,000 chips since play started. He recently got a nice 17,000-chip boost by eliminating Mattias Andersson. Andersson's {8-Diamonds} {8-Clubs} couldn't overtake Shell's {j-Diamonds} {j-Spades} on a board of {9-Clubs} {6-Hearts} {4-Clubs} {A-Diamonds} {A-Clubs}.

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A Double for Kaselias

Nali "Iraqi Nick" Kaselias
Nali "Iraqi Nick" Kaselias
Nali Kaselias has just doubled up at the expense of Jong Sung Kim. Kaselias held {K-Spades}{K-Hearts} with all the chips in preflop against Kim's {A-Hearts}{Q-Spades}.

The river brought a sweat but the {7-Spades}{2-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{7-Hearts} board was good to Kaselias as he doubled up.

"Keep it in Australia Nick!" yelled out Van Marcus from a nearby table, as Kaselias stacked up 45,000 worth of chips.

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Chrisanthopoulos Crushed by Drivsholm's Set

Jeppe Drivsholm
Jeppe Drivsholm
Michael Chrisanthopoulos has been eliminated after making a move with top pair on a board of {9-Hearts}{K-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}. Chrisanthopoulos held {K-Clubs}{7-Clubs} but ran into the set of Jeppe Drivsholm who held {3-Clubs}{3-Spades}.

The turn and river fell {10-Hearts}, {9-Diamonds} to give Drivsholm a full house and end the day of Chrisanthopoulos.

Drivsholm, who final-tabled the APPT Macau event this year, battled with a short stack for most of Day 1 but is now in good shape for a cash result with over 80,000 chips.

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