Welch:
Eidome:
The board ran out
and Eidome was sent to the rail as Welch climbs to over 19,000 chips.
2009 Asian Poker Tour - Manila
Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
2009 Asian Poker Tour - Manila
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$635,500
Entries
262
Level
21
Blinds
6,000 / 12,000
Ante
2,000
Players Left 1 / 262
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Welch:
Eidome:
The board ran out
and Eidome was sent to the rail as Welch climbs to over 19,000 chips.
against Norihito Suzuki's 
. All the chips went in on the flop, with the final board reading 
.Diaz doubles to 21,000 while Suzuki continues to slid since the dinner break. He is now sitting on 88,000 chips.
Level: 8
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
The poker of the Filipino Poker Tour will just have to be enough to keep Escano's attention after his departure from this tournament.
Matloubi:
Suzuki:
Leonidas:
The board ran out
to see Leonidas triple to over 13,000 as we lose the 1990 World Champion Matloubi to the rail.
flop, then shut everything down the rest of the way. He checked the turn and got a free card when Arce checked, then check-folded to a bet of 3,000 on the river.Arce flipped his cards with some disappointment after he collected the pot, showing
for the flopped straight.
. Anderson was next to act and quickly moved his whole stack of approximately 13,000 chips into the middle.Backlund gave the matter some thought but decided that discretion was the better part of valor. He folded, moving the action back to Sombero. Sombero tanked for more than a minute before emphatically shipping a stack of chips into the middle to call Backlund's raise. Backlund showed two pair,
; Sombero could only muster ace-high and a gutshot draw, .The
on the turn was no help for either player and left Sombero looking for only a seven. He improved on the river 
, but not enough to win the pot. Not that this fact didn't prevent the dealer from trying to ship him the pot! All players at the table (most especially Anderson) quickly informed the dealer of his error. The chips did finally wind up in front of Anderson.
Both of the active players checked it down to the river with the final board reading
and Arce tabled for two-pair. Oborne stood up and open-mucked his ; he was not able to find another double following the dinner break.With Chip Me Up's Oborne headed to the rail, Arce climbed to 33,000 chips and Suzuki slipped to below 100,000.
"He's my mate," Hearn said, pointing at the button player. "We talked earlier. I've got confidence."
"I'd have a lot of confidence too if I was in the small blind with queens," another player responded.
At the next table over, Casey Kastle and Toto Leonidas were discussing the pros and cons of the schedule for the 2009 World Series of Poker, which was released earlier in the week.
, then was faced with a big decision when the player in the small blind check-raised all in for 8,400. Sombero made the call with and was elated to see that his intuition was correct -- his opponent was on a flush draw with 
."Red! Red!" Sombero called out as the dealer burned and turned the rest of the board. He got his request. The turn and river were both red cards --
and . Sombero's pair of queens held up to increase his count by another 9,500 chips total.
