Steicke Eliminated
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ran into an opponent's pocket queens, all in preflop, and never improved.
2009 Asian Poker Tour - Manila
Main Event
Day: 1b
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
ran into an opponent's pocket queens, all in preflop, and never improved.
Scott Straightens Out
and 3,600 in the middle, Andrew Scott led out for 1,500 from the small blind and was met with a reraise to 3,500.Scott sat emotionless before sliding his whole stack into the middle for a total of 13,025. His opponent cut down the amount to call before splashing into the pot with his
.Scott stood up and tabled his
while announcing, "Just a king or an eight, king or eight!" The dealer smacked the 
on the river to see Scott slam the table with his hand in excitement to double with a queen-high straight to just under 30,000 in chips.
Another Small Pot for Tan
between Ivan Tan and one other player. Tan's opponent was first to act and lazily tossed a yellow (1,000) chip into the pot. Tan called.The turn fell
. Again Tan's opponent tossed a yellow chip into the middle, and again Tan called. It was on the river 
were things slowed down. The action checked to Tan, who tossed in a single yellow chip of his own. He showed 
after being called. His opponent flashed 
before mucking.
Wu Staves Off Elimination
and being shown 
. A few hands later, he opened all in from the small blind for 2,400. The big blind called with ; Wu had 
.Everybody caught a piece of the
flop. The turn 
gave Wu a straight draw to go along with his pair and flush draw. It was the flush draw that filled on the 
river. Wu doubled up to 5,000 to stay in the tournament.
Break Time
Play Resumes
Level: 5
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
Raymond Wu Eliminated
was drawing live against his opponent's 
, but the board ran out nine-high to bounce him from the tournament.
Samson Snips Away at Saab
The model and cardroom manager opened to 1,000 from the button and Saab defended from the big blind. The flop fell down
and Saab check-folded to Samson's 1,500 bet.As both continue to enjoy each other's banter, Samson is steadily building back to her starting stack sitting with 8,000 while Saab is hovering at 24,000 in chips.
Andrew Scott and Chris Back Make Introductions
Scott called to a flop of
. Back was first to act and bet 6,600."Alright, whose overpair is bigger?" asked Scott. He got no answer and eventually folded his hand, telling Back, "OK, I'll let you win."
Once the chips were pushed to Back, Scott asked, "Ace-king?"
"You'll never know," replied Back. Back now has 37,000 chips. Scott is sitting pretty with 28,000.