Rivered Book for Grigg
On a board of , Daniel Francis fired out 6,000 on the river only to have Tom Grigg make it 17,000 to go.
Francis made the call, but mucked at the sight of Grigg's to slip to 7,125 as Grigg climbs to 69,000 in chips.
On a board of , Daniel Francis fired out 6,000 on the river only to have Tom Grigg make it 17,000 to go.
Francis made the call, but mucked at the sight of Grigg's to slip to 7,125 as Grigg climbs to 69,000 in chips.
Jackie Glazier was the lucky one to choose how many hands remained in the tournament - and at random - she drew a card indicating we will play five more hands for the evening.
Daniel Francis found himself all in against Tom Grigg.
Francis:
Grigg:
The board ran out a tantalizing to end Francis' tournament just short of a day two berth.
After six short, but action-packed levels of tournament poker, Day 1a of the PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour Cebu Main Event has come to a close!
Kicking off just after midday, tournament veterans and amateurs from around the world and right here in the Philippines made up the 75-player field. Recent Macau Cup runner-up Kelly Flynn, local favorite Neil Arce, and Macau cash game regular David Ewing were just a few of those amongst the casualties along with Australians Jesse McKenzie, Ryan Mckay and Tim English.
However with the last hand of the day being dealt just a few minutes ago, it is Andrew Hinrichsen sitting atop the remaining 37 players with a very healthy chip stack of 124,900. Snapping closely on his heels is Kevin Park (90,000), Jukka Juvonen (85,425), James Honeybone (73,850) and Mitchell Carle (71,725).
APPT Auckland runner-up Tom Grigg (65,525) is still in the hunt along with APPT Macau Champion Victorino Torres (39,850), while females Sunshine Samson (45,650) and Jackie Glazier (37,200) will help brighten up the room come Day 2 on Sunday.
The PokerNews Live Reporting team will be back on the floor tomorrow from 12:15 pm PHT providing all the live coverage as a bumper 200-player field is expected to contest Day 1b.
Main Event
Day Day 1a Completed