David Borg, who finished runner up in a $1,500 buy-in event at the World Series of Poker last year, is here in the building today, but unfortunately, he's off to a rough start.
We didn't catch the action until the river, but here's what we saw. There was about 5,500 in the middle, and the board had been completed . Borg was up against one opponent, and it was checked over to Borg, who fired out a bet of 2,600.
His opponent got the chips ready for the call, and Borg looked eager to table his cards. Not deterred by this, his opponent made the call, and Borg showed for a pair of nines. His opponent rolled over for top pair, and it was good enough to scoop up the pot.
After that hand, Borg is down to 13,500 from his original starting stack of 20,000.
Taking our first trip around the poker room, we’ve already spotted some notable players including 2012 APPT Cebu champion Hoang Anh Do, Team PokerStars Team Pro Bryan Huang and recently crowned APT Philippines 2013 champion Trung Tran.
Hello everyone! We are coming to you from the beautiful, sunny Philippines, where Day 1a is just about to get underway at the Asia Pacific Poker Tour stop in Cebu!
Last year, 246 players entered the tournament, and at the end of six days of poker, Hoang Anh Do walked away the victor. He took home 5,927,000 PHP (Philippine Pesos) for his efforts, as well as a beautiful APPT trophy.
Play is scheduled to get started in just under an hour, and we expect a good field today. This event is sponsored by Pokerstars.net, so we are expecting to see Pokerstars Team Asia well represented here. In fact, one of the team members, Vivian Im, won this event two years ago!
Today is the first of two Day 1’s here in Cebu, and a champion will be crowned in five days. We here at Pokernews will be bringing you all the action throughout the entire tournament, so don’t go anywhere!
. Borg was up against one opponent, and it was checked over to Borg, who fired out a bet of 2,600.
for a pair of nines. His opponent rolled over 
for top pair, and it was good enough to scoop up the pot.
