2009 Asian Poker Tour - Manila

Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2009 Asian Poker Tour - Manila

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kq
Prize
$185,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$635,500
Entries
262
Level Info
Level
21
Blinds
6,000 / 12,000
Ante
2,000

Judges Fines Rheem

Darren Judges of the United Kingdom may have been confused about the details of the hand after the fact, but he walked away with 13,000 of Chino Rheem's chips. Judges raised to 2,600 from under the gun, then called Rheem's late-position reraise to 7,700. He checked the {9-Hearts} {10-Spades} {2-Diamonds} flop over to Rheem, who made it 5,500 to go. It took Judges a minute, but he did eventually ship 40,000 chips -- his whole stack -- into the middle. Rheem quickly surrendered.

"I'm guessing in the range of two kings," said Rheem.

"Nearly," Judges replied. "I was going to check-raise the flop."

"You did check-raise the flop."

"No, I check-raised the turn, didn't I?"

"We didn't see a turn, buddy," replied Rheem. The whole table laughed, but Judges got the last laugh -- his stack is now at 61,000.

Tags: Chino RheemDarren Judges

Players Distracted?

Riza Santos
Riza Santos
Play has slowed down and it may be due to the Asian Poker Tour TV crew filming another video featuring the lovely Riza Santos.

Santos is stationed on a stage in the middle of the tournament floor in a stunning black dress. Along with the many APT models wondering the floor, Santos is doing a great job at distracting the 61 remaining males in the field.

Tags: Riza Santos

Another Table Break

The tournament staff have broken another table. We're down to seven tables now. Play has correspondingly slowed down as the short stacks try to turtle their way to the double-up and the medium stacks start thinking about making tomorrow. There's an hour and a half left to go in the day. 63 players remain.

[Removed:197] Eliminated

[Removed:197]'s tournament is over. Just before the break, he got his money in with the best possible starting hand -- pocket aces. He was called by Nik Lackovic with pocket nines, but couldn't fade the cards he needed to fade. He's out.

Level: 9

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

Break Time

The remaining 72 players are now on their last 15 minute break for the evening as the tournament staff chips up all of the 25-denomination chips.

Pedley Bluffs His Way Up Leaderboard

Michael Pedley opened to 1,800 from under the gun and found two callers.

The flop fell {2-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}{2-Spades} and action checked to Pedley, who led out for 4,500. Both of his opponents folded. One of them flashed {4-Spades}{4-Diamonds} and Pedley kindly obliged by showing {7-Spades}{3-Diamonds} for a seven-high bluff.

With that pot, Pedley jumps to over 57,000 chips.

Tags: Michael Pedley

Kwang Soo Lee Sent Home by Huang

Sent home by Huang
Sent home by Huang
Bryan Huang opened with a raise from middle position and was met with a reraise from Kwang Soo Lee on his immediate left. Huang put in another raise and Lee moved all in.

Priced in to call, Huang called the remaining few thousand and tabled {8-Clubs}{7-Clubs} to be up against Lee's {A-Clubs}{J-Hearts}.

The flop came down {6-Spades}{8-Hearts}{K-Hearts}, putting Huang in the lead. The crowd gathered around to join in the excitement. Huang and good friend Ivan Tan saw the {Q-Spades} fall on the turn followed by the {3-Hearts} on the river.

As another Poker Pack member hit the rail, Huang soared up the leaderboard to stack his chips up to over 77,000 and some change.

Tags: Bryan HuangKwang Soo Lee