2009 Asian Poker Tour - Manila
Main Event
Day: 3
Yea laid his hand down showing the , while Arce followed suit flashing the .
Level: 20
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 1,000
Lieu:
Yea:
Lieu shook her head slightly when she saw what she was up against. The flop of didn't bring her any help. When the hit the turn, Lieu was down to her final chance at hitting a deuce. The river came "no sides," but it wasn't a deuce. It was the . As such, Lieu became the seventh-place finisher, walking away with $22,000 in prize money.
The blinds passed and on a flop of , Kastle checked to Yea who led out for 30,000. Kastle looked Yea up and down while glancing back and forth at the flop before letting go of his hand.
With Yea taking down his third pot of the final table he is already up to 850,000 in chips.
On a flop of Yea checked to Lieu, who fired out a bet of 25,000. Kluber let go of his hand to see Yea put in a reraise to 65,000. Lieu deliberated for over 30 seconds before laying her hand down.
Leikos:
Kastle:
It was almost a carbon copy of the Hyung elimination hand, and it brought similar results. It was a nine in the window for Kastle on a flop of . Leikos was drawing dead on the turn. Once the river fell , he was escorted off of the stage to the payout window.
Two hands, two eliminations! Can we go three for three?
It was folded back round to Didier, who threw away his hand putting the action on the local Arce. Arce sat there for over 90 seconds before announcing, "Call" and the cards were tabled.
Hyung:
Arce:
With the crowd on the edge of their seats with this being the first hand of the final table, the flop would put Arce further in front. The took a few outs away from the Korean, and when the landed on the river Hyung headed to the rail in ninth place for a payday of $12,000.
Arce raked in the pot, sending him a few thousand short of 600,000 to the pleasure of the strong Filipino crowd.