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APT Philippines Day1B report
Posted by: James Carter. - Sun, 2009-02-01 18:37
Following the relatively reduced attendance of Day 1A, Day 1B of the APT Philippines (Asian Poker Tour) saw a field of 187, more than double the previous day’s quota.
The number of ‘name’ pros has also increased for Day1B. David Rheem, Liz Lieu, David Steicke, Nam Le and Andrew Scott were all present at the start of the hostilities. David Saab, who won the APT’s Manila stop last year, was on hand to defend his title as well.
Bryan Huang got off to a flying start on Day 1B, and by level two of the scheduled 10, he was already handling a 28,000 deep stack. Liz Lieu managed to double up too relatively early on an innocent looking hand which eventually saw her shove all-in against Richard Mari. The money went in on a flop of Kh,Jh,Qs with Lieu holding Ah, 9h for the nut flush draw and a gutshot Broadway straight draw as well. Richard Mari was also on a flush draw, but his 5h, 3h left him drawing dead against Liz Lieu’s multitude of outs. The turn and the river brought a couple of bricks though, and Lieu survived by virtue of her Ace.
David Rheem boosted his own stack around the 4th level as well, and he even managed to clinch the chip lead for a short while, having reached 30k. It was around the same time that one of the most extraordinary hands of the day occurred. Quinn Do shoved all in on pocket Qs only to get called by a player with K,K and Peter Berger with A,A. As a result of this hand, Berger moved above the 20k mark himself, sending Do to the rail in the process.
David Steicke (who ran his A,J into a Q,Q and failed to improve) and Raymond Wu (who struggled on for a while but finally succumbed) were also among the victims of level 4. David Rheem and David Saab both managed to add to their stacks on a regular basis so the end of the day found them both in possession of some healthy fire-power.
The chip lead for the day eventually went to Steven Yea, who rustled up a staggering 122,700 chips to finish the day.
