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2007 Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) - Manila
$2,500 APPT Manila Main Event
Day: 1
Event Info
2007 Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) - Manila
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$2,350
Level
23
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
5,000
Players Left 1 / 0
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and is a big favourite over his opponent's hand of 
.With a final board of
Steve eliminates a player and moves to 19,000 in chips.
The Philippines and Australia are very well represented, but there are also players from Japan, Indonesia, USA, and Canada, as well as all areas of Asia. A truly global event and one that is sure to grow fast.
We picked this hand up on the turn with the board showing:
With both players all in preflop, Carlo Gosselin showed
against Nick Blackburn's .When the
hit on the river, the screams could be heard across the room as Gosselin doubled through to 20,000. Blackburn was left with only 400 in chips after losing to a two-outer and was eliminated shortly afterwards.
Daniel Negreanu looks like he has drawn a table of mostly novice players, however he will still have to contend with Australian Internet pro Marcus Collins.
Meanwhile Tony Hachem has managed to find himself on the table of good friend and PokerStars player Emad Tahtouh.
Level: 1
Blinds: 25/50
Ante: 0
Players are still flowing in and with the number of entries currently standing at 220, it looks set to be an impressive debut for the PokerStars APPT series.
High profile Team PokerStars members Joe Hachem, Daniel Negreanu and Vanessa Rousso are already registered and it will be interesting to see some of the new faces from the Asian Pacific region. We have already spotted high-limit Japanese player Masa Kagawa so we can expect some serious side action as the tournament progresses.
Stay tuned for all the action, including video interviews, and live reporting direct from the floor of the Inaugral 2007 PokerStars Manila APPT event, including up-to-date chip counts, photos and blow-by-blow updates of the action as it unfolds.
