Yea Approaches One Million
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. Arce passed, flashing pocket kings, with Yea raking in the pot pushing him close to a million in chips while flashing the 
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2009 Asian Poker Tour - Manila
Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2009 Asian Poker Tour - Manila
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$635,500
Entries
262
Level
21
Blinds
6,000 / 12,000
Ante
2,000
. Arce passed, flashing pocket kings, with Yea raking in the pot pushing him close to a million in chips while flashing the .
Didier Takes Chips From Kastle
Arce Not Scared of Yea
Yea laid his hand down showing the
, while Arce followed suit flashing the 
.
Level: 20
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 1,000
Liz Lieu Eliminated in 7th Place ($22,000)
Lieu:
Yea:
Lieu shook her head slightly when she saw what she was up against. The flop of
didn't bring her any help. When the 
hit the turn, Lieu was down to her final chance at hitting a deuce. The river came "no sides," but it wasn't a deuce. It was the . As such, Lieu became the seventh-place finisher, walking away with $22,000 in prize money.
Yea Takes One From Kastle
The blinds passed and on a flop of
, Kastle checked to Yea who led out for 30,000. Kastle looked Yea up and down while glancing back and forth at the flop before letting go of his hand.With Yea taking down his third pot of the final table he is already up to 850,000 in chips.
Yea Takes Another Pot
. Yea bet 20,000 at that point. Arce surrendered.
Yea Pressures Lieu
On a flop of
Yea checked to Lieu, who fired out a bet of 25,000. Kluber let go of his hand to see Yea put in a reraise to 65,000. Lieu deliberated for over 30 seconds before laying her hand down.
Vesa Leikos Eliminated in 8th Place ($16,000)
Leikos:
Kastle:
It was almost a carbon copy of the Hyung elimination hand, and it brought similar results. It was a nine in the window for Kastle on a flop of
. Leikos was drawing dead on the 
turn. Once the river fell , he was escorted off of the stage to the payout window.Two hands, two eliminations! Can we go three for three?
Kim Tae Hyung Eliminated in 9th Place ($12,000)
It was folded back round to Didier, who threw away his hand putting the action on the local Arce. Arce sat there for over 90 seconds before announcing, "Call" and the cards were tabled.
Hyung:
Arce:
With the crowd on the edge of their seats with this being the first hand of the final table, the flop
would put Arce further in front. The 
took a few outs away from the Korean, and when the 
landed on the river Hyung headed to the rail in ninth place for a payday of $12,000.Arce raked in the pot, sending him a few thousand short of 600,000 to the pleasure of the strong Filipino crowd.