Main Event | 2009 Asian Poker Tour - Manila

Level: 20

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 1,000

02-01-2009 13:18 UTC+8

Arce Not Scared of Yea

[user80015]

Steve Yea made it 26,000 from the small blind and was immediately followed with a reraise to 55,000 from Neil Arce.

Yea laid his hand down showing the {A-Diamonds}

, while Arce followed suit flashing the {A-Hearts}

.

Tags: Neil Arce Steven Yea

02-01-2009 13:23 UTC+8

Didier Takes Chips From Kastle

[user75032]

Right now the pots are either all in preflop, or extremely small after the flop. We had one of the latter when Cicurel Didier opened for 32,000 and was called by big blind Casey Kastle. Kastle checked and then folded to a bet of 35,000 from Didier.

Tags: Casey Kastle Cicurel Didier

02-01-2009 13:25 UTC+8

Yea Approaches One Million

[user80015]

Steve Yea opened to 25,000 and Neil Arce called next to speak. With it folding round, Yea led for 30,000 on a flop of {A-Spades}

. Arce passed, flashing pocket kings, with Yea raking in the pot pushing him close to a million in chips while flashing the {A-Clubs}

.

Tags: Neil Arce Steven Yea

02-01-2009 13:29 UTC+8

Toge and Yea Chop It Up

[user75032]

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}

Toge:

All of the drama of a potential flush for one player was taken out of the hand on a rainbow flop of {5-Spades}

. Once the turn {3-Hearts}

and river

hit the board, the dealer chopped the pot.

Tags: Steve Yea Susumu Toge

02-01-2009 13:31 UTC+8

Kluber Wakes Up

[user80015]

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 13:32 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 13:41 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 13:46 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 13:54 UTC+8

Toge Still Fighting

[user75032]

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