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2009 Asian Poker Tour - Manila
Main Event
Day: 1a
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
and was quickly called by Daniel Haglund. Gibson turned over a big pair of kings, 
, but found himself drawing incredibly thin against Haglung's flopped set 
. The turn was the 
, which helped neither player, since neither had a diamond in his hand. It was the river that sent up the groan. The river was the 
, giving Gibson a bigger set than Haglund. When the stacks were counted down, the two men changed positions in the chip counts. Gibson moved up to 14,500; Haglund was down to 7,300.
Even with a low flight one total, Tournament Director Matt Savage has just confirmed that 124 players have already registered for tomorrow's flight with a strong possibility of 200-plus players taking their seats tomorrow.
The flop fell down
and Cornwell checked to Oborne who fired out 1,500 in to both players. Watanabe sat there riffling through her chips, before making the call. Cornwell passed and the dealer peeled the 
on the turn.Oborne asked for a count and Watanabe just spread her chips in front of her without giving a definitive answer. Oborne looked the stack up and down before betting out 5,000. Watanabe then immediately splashed the pot with an all in reraise to 9,125. After some deliberation Oborne made the call.
Oborne:
Watanabe:
Sick to his stomach at being hit with a two-outer, Oborne saw the meaningless
land on the river and passed the chips to Watanabe to see her double to over 21,000 as Oborne slipped to 12,100 in chips.
The flop fell down
and Arce checked before Wan reraised to 2,500 over the late-position player's 800-chip bet. Arce passed and Wan's opponent called before check-folding the turn of the 
following a 4,500-chip bet from Wan.As Wan raked in the pot he climbed to over his starting stack, now sitting on 12,800 in chips.
London-based Iranian Matloubi took down the 1990 WSOP main event and took with that the claim of first non-American to be crowned champion. Over the last decade Matloubi has decreased his tournament participation but still has earnings in excess of US$1,900,000.
Leonidas is flirting with US$3,000,000 in lifetime tournament earnings with his most prized feat coming in the 2003 WSOP $1,500 Seven-Card Stud Event for close to US$100,000.
Both players are seated on each side of the dealer in today's tournament and will be putting their many years experience to the test.
Level: 2
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0