Main Event | 2009 Asian Poker Tour - Manila

Level: 21

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 2,000

02-01-2009 14:08 UTC+8

Kastle Wins Blind Battle

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Neil Arce completed his small blind and Casey Kastle checked his option. Both players checked the flop of {J-Clubs}

, and when the {5-Diamonds}

fell on the turn Arce led out for 21,000 with Kastle making the call.

The river of the {7-Hearts}

went check, check, with Kastle tabling {A-Spades}

to take the pot down and move to over 540,000 in chips.

Tags: Casey Kastle Neil Arce

02-01-2009 14:07 UTC+8

Cicurel Didier Eliminated in 4th Place ($46,000)

[user75032]

There's been absolutely no slack in the pace of bust-outs. Cicurel Didier is the latest player to make his exit from the final table. He moved all in after Neil Arce made a standard opening raise. The amount of the bet was about 125,000 more back to Arce. He called.

Didier: {J-Spades}

Arce:

Didier was in prime position for a double-up as long as he could fade an ace. The flop was disastrous, coming down {A-Clubs}

. When the turn fell {2-Spades}

, Didier's runner-runner outs were gone. He needed a jack, and only a jack, to avoid elimination. The river was not a jack; it was the {A-Spades}

, giving Arce a full house and all of Didier's chips.

Didier leaves with $46,000 in pocket money.

Tags: Cicurel Didier Neil Arce

02-01-2009 14:02 UTC+8

Susumu Toge Eliminated in 5th Place ($36,000)

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Steve Yea made it 25,000 to go and Susumu Toge made the call out of the big blind.

On a flop of {6-Hearts}

Toge moved all in for 75,000 and Yea made the call.

Toge: {10-Hearts}

Yea:

Yea was in the lead with ace high and both held straight draws. The straight wouldn't be filled when the {Q-Diamonds}

and

fell on the turn and river, to see Toge eliminated in fifth place for $36,000.

As Yea raked in the pot, it sent him to over 1,300,000 in chips and he now has more than half the chips in play.

Tags: Steven Yea Susumu Toge

02-01-2009 13:54 UTC+8

Toge Still Fighting

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Susumu Toge is chipping up slowly, small pot by small pot. After getting a walk in the big blind, Toge was small blind the following hand. When action folded to him, he limped into the pot. Casey Kastle checked the big blind. The flop was {6-Clubs}

. Toge led out for 20,000 and was rewarded with a quick fold by Kastle.

Tags: Casey Kastle Susumu Toge

02-01-2009 13:46 UTC+8

Ron Kluber Eliminated in 6th Place ($30,000)

[user80015]

Ron Kluber opened to 35,000 and Steve Yea made the call from the small blind.

The flop fell down {6-Hearts}

and Yea checked to Kluber, who moved all in for just over 120,000 with Yea making the call.

Kluber: {A-Hearts}

Yea:

With Yea ahead with his ace-ten high and flush draw, he would lock the pot up when the {J-Diamonds}

fell on the turn to see Kluber drawing dead. The meaningless {Q-Diamonds}

landed on the river to see Kluber head to the rail in sixth place, earning himself $30,000 in the process.

With the elimination of Kluber, Yea moves to over 1.2 million in chips and now has a strong stranglehold on this final table.

Tags: Ron Kluber Steven Yea

02-01-2009 13:41 UTC+8

Another All-In Split

[user75032]

Casey Kastle opened the action for 35,000. After Ron Kluber folded, Cicurel Didier moved all in for 182,000 total. Kastle made the call, bringing the crowd to the edge of their seats.

Kastle: {A-Spades}

Didier:

Each player tabled the same hand. When the flop came down {j-Clubs}

, we were guaranteed of another chop.

Tags: Casey Kastle Cicurel Didier

02-01-2009 13:32 UTC+8

Arce Takes a Page From Yea

[user75032]

Steve Yea has done a masterful job on all three days of this tournament of pressuring his opponents. Neil Arce, with position on Yea, turned the tables. Yea opened for 25,000 and was called by Arce. Both players checked the {9-Spades}

flop. The dealer produced another spade, the {10-Spades}

, as the turn card. Yea fired out for 35,000. Arce quickly raised that bet to 100,000 and induced a fold from Yea.

Tags: Neil Arce Steve Yea

02-01-2009 13:31 UTC+8

Kluber Wakes Up

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It slowly folded round to Ron Kluber on the button, who opened to 40,000 with both blinds mucking.

Kluber tabled his {J-Clubs}

to take down the pot. As a single crowd member let out a cheer Kluber announced, "I got one member in my fan club . . . one guy."

Tags: Ron Kluber

02-01-2009 13:29 UTC+8

Toge and Yea Chop It Up

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Steve Yea has been busy with his opening raises. He opened another pot, this one to 25,000. Susumu Toge moved all in over the top of that raise for a total of 98,000. Once the dealer confirmed the count, Yea made the call.

Yea: {K-Diamonds}