2009 Asian Poker Tour - Manila
Main Event
Day: 1b
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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.
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.



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.

ran into an opponent's pocket queens, all in preflop, and never improved.
, but the other player called.The turn
was checked through, bringing Wu and his opponent to the river
. Wu bet 700. His opponent said, "I think we have the same cards," then called. Wu turned over
. It was the winner, boosting his chip count to 6,000.

, another player held 
, and Peter Berger held 
.The board brought no help for either player to see Berger eliminate both as he moves to over 20,000 in chips.
On a flop of


it was checked to Rheem who led out for 400. His opponent then followed with a check-raise to 800, and once it was back on Rheem he reraised to 2,000 total, forcing a fold from his opponent.As Rheem raked in the pot he moved to tournament chip leader with a little over 28,000 in chips.
Level: 4
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
A recent hand provides an excellent example of how Tan does it. He raised from middle position to 575 and was called by Liz Lieu on the button and by the small blind. The small blind checked a flop of
to Tan. He bet 1,250 and took down the pot when both opponents folded.