2007 Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) - Manila

$2,500 APPT Manila Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2007 Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) - Manila

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
1010
Prize
$179,775
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,350
Level Info
Level
23
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
5,000

Big Call by Yea

Andreas Bardun raises to 4,000 from the cutoff and Korea's Steve Junhee Yea raises to 16,000 from the big blind. Bardun quickly announces "all in" for 50,000, and Yea has no hesitation in calling.

Bardun: {A-Diamonds}{K-Clubs}
Yea: {5-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}

With a board of {8-Spades}{7-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{9-Clubs} Yea doubles up and puts a big dent in Bardun's stack.

The Koreans have proven to be fearless competitors in this event and their spirit and exuberance has been enjoyed by spectators and players alike.

Tags: Andreas BardunSteve Junhee Yea

Ulf Martensson Eliminated

On a flop of {9-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}, Ulf Martensson moves all in for 29,500 and is called by Korean player Tae Hyung Kim on the button.

Martensson has {3-Spades}{2-Clubs}.
Kim shows {A-Spades}{9-Spades}.

The turn {9-Clubs} and river {4-Hearts} do not improve Martensson and he is out of the tournament.

Lee Takes Out Graham Bone

After Graham Bone raised all in preflop, Se Jin Lee moved all in over the top with {A-Diamonds}{K-Hearts}. It was folded around to Bone who needed some help as he opened {A-Spades}{Q-Hearts}.

With a board of {A-Hearts}{K-Clubs}{4-Spades}, Bone needed running queens or a miracle straight to stay alive. The turn of {3-Diamonds} shattered his hopes and the irrelevant {2-Hearts} on the river ended the day for Bone.

Tags: Graham BoneSe Jin Lee

A New Innovation

Tournament Director Danny McDonagh has been at the forefront of poker development in the Australasian region for the last decade, and was the driving force behind the hugely successful Aussie Millions at Crown Casino in Melbourne.

Always an innovator, Danny -- in conjunction with SR Miller Pty Ltd -- has developed a state-of-the-art player registration and seating system for the APPT. It has unique capabilities, like generating redraws for multi-table events and recording player placings. Players who bust out can receive a printed certificate of their official placing in the tournament moments after their elimination (assuming they hang around), and with that in mind the placings so far are:

Bone Graham 60
Horowitz Jethro 61
Gaussen Andrew 62
Chak "Lau Ming " 63
David Allain 64
Tran Loi 65
Byun Danny 66
Kagawa Masaaki 67
Treglio Gerald 68
Liu Wai Kei (Steven) 69
Lim William 70
Shimamura Hiroshi 71
Escano Alan 72

Level: 10

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 200

Jethro Horowitz Eliminated

Jethro Horowitz
Jethro Horowitz
Nick Dean Palanuik limps in from the cutoff and Jethro Horowitz moves all in from the small blind. Palanuik insta-calls and opens {Q-Spades}{Q-Hearts}. Horowitz has {7-Clubs}{7-Hearts}.

The flop comes {A-Spades}{Q-Clubs}{7-Diamonds} and Jethro's only hope of survival is to catch the case seven for quads.

The miracle does not come and the Australian-born Manila resident is out of the tournament.