2007 Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) - Seoul
$2500 APPT Seoul Main Event
Day: 1
Event Info
2007 Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) - Seoul
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$2,350
Level
20
Blinds
8,000 / 16,000
Ante
2,000
Players Left 1 / 0
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Hachem:
Fitzgerald:
Hachem winced a bit at the realization of his situation. He was dominated by a bigger ace and would need help to stay alive. His expression improved rapidly however as the flop came down
. Hachem had flopped the nuts and his opponent could not win. The turn and river were meaningless and the '06 World Champ is now working with about 25,000 chips.
Spets:
Opponent:
Spets loved the flop as it came down
. The turn card came the 
giving his opponent some hope. That hope was quickly smothered however when the dealer laid the 
down on the river. Spets eliminated yet another player and increased his chip count to roughly 50,000.
, Gareth Edwards bet 1,500 from the big blind. Isabelle Mercier raised to 6,000 and Ming-Kit Cheung called. Edwards re-raised all in for 11,000 total and both Mercier and Cheung called. Mercier and Cheung were heads up on the side. The turn card came the 
. Mercier, who had Cheung covered, moved all in for about 30,000. Cheung thought for quite sometime before eventually folding. With action complete, the players showed:Edwards:
Mercier:
The river brings the
giving Mercier the nut full house and the pot. She is now a force with about 55,000 chips. Gareth Edwards was eliminated in the hand.
and Kin flipped up the 
. The flop was excellent for Kin as it came
although he wasn't out of the woods just yet as Purchase picked up a straight draw. The turn came the and river was the 
. Kin won the 24,000 chip pot with jacks-full and left Purchase with a very short stack of 2,600 chips.
Age: 32
Career highlights: Fifth, 2006 WSOP $5000 No Limit Hold’em
When it comes to style and substance among the top female players, it’s hard to top this French-Canadian star – appropriately nicknamed “No Mercy”. After obtaining a law degree in Canada, Mercier went from being a lawyer to a blackjack dealer, poker dealer and eventually moved to Paris where she became the poker room manager of the Aviation Club de France.
She first began to make her mark on the other side of the felt when she won the 2004 WPT Ladies Night Out event over a field that included Wendeen Eolis, Cyndy Violette and Clonie Gowen (during which host Mike Sexton coined her nickname).
As a result of her win, Mercier won a $25,000 seat into the season-ending WPT Championship at the Bellagio, where she finished in the top 30.
Since then, Mercier has amassed an impressive tournament resume, highlighted by her final table appearance in the $5000 No Limit Hold’em event at the 2006 WSOP. Battling against the likes of Phil Hellmuth Jr., Gene Todd, Marcel Luske and Vinny Vinh, Mercier finished fifth to pocket a handsome $175,404.
Other highlights of her consistent tournament career include seventh in the 2006 PokerStars EPT French Open in Deauville and 10th in the 2005 PokerStars EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo. Having won more than $600,000 throughout the course of her career, Mercier is firmly entrenched in the world’s top 20 female players in tournament earnings.
Isabelle Mercier is a member of Team PokerStars, and is currently just above average with 17,000 in chips.
Level: 6
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
German player Gregor Nachtigall made a string raise pre-flop and was told he could only call the big blind. James checked his option and the flop came
. James checks, Gregor bets 600 and James makes the call. The turn card is the 
. James checks, Gregor bets 3000 and James makes the call. The river card is the
and James leads out for 14,000 and Gregor insta-calls, opening 
but James has 
for a set of threes.
Kagawa:
Button:
The button got no help from the community cards as the board ran out
. Kagawa made the nut flush and doubled up to 33,000 chips.
