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APPT Manila Day 1A report
Posted by: James Carter. - Fri, 2008-11-14 09:40
Day 1A of the Asia Pacific Poker Tour’s Manila stop saw 149 players belly up to the tables of the Hyatt Hotel and Casino.
Among the players set out to follow in Brett Praise’s footsteps (he won the APPT Manila stop last year) there was a past WSOP Main Event champion (Brad Dougherty, who won in 1991, thus becoming the first player to net an over $1 million prize), and numerous “name“ pros, like James Broom, Dennis Huntley, David Saab and Andrew Scott.
Brad Dougherty woke up to a tough Day 1A. He was one of the early bust-outs, when he shoved all-in on a pocket hand of A,J and a board of J,6,6,9. An opponent had J,9 though and that had him beat. To make things more interesting, another J landed on the river giving him a boat, but his Jacks full of 6s still couldn’t stand up to his opponent’s Jacks full of 9s.
Franco Mabanta had a pretty rough ride of a day until he managed to find the path leading to the rail himself. First, he knocked out two opponents in a single blow, on a board of 7,4,4 on which he managed to draw two opponents all-in. The funny thing was he held A,6 for the A high, one of the opponents held K,6 for the K high and the third guy had 3,3, so basically none of them had anything solid to play on. The A on the turn gave Mabanta the lead, and the 9 on the river sealed the fate of the other two guys.
One hand later, Mabanta was in the heat of the action once again, and ironically enough, this time he had the goods. On a board of 10s,10h,8s,4c,Js he held 5s,6s for the flush, so he pushed as many chips as he could into the pot, going all-in eventually. His opponent tabled 10d, Jd though, to make a boat and to send him packing.
Chang Yong Suk was one of the guys who shared the chip lead at the end of the day. He has been going with the flow all day, not doing anything out of the ordinary, only to have a late spurt propel him into the lead. The player he shared the lead with was Michael Shell who garnered a 124,300 big stack himself.
