Level: 24
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 5,000
2008 PokerStars.net APPT Manila
APPT Manila Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2008 PokerStars.net APPT Manila
Buy-in
$2,080
Entries
285
Level
27
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000
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The board of
was checked all the way down with Noh's ace-high unable to overcome the 
of Nam who collects the pot.
Hyoung Jin Nam peeked at his cards. "Oh my God," he complained. "Oh my God! How much is it?" The dealer counted down Marcus' stack as 372,000. Nam leaned backwards in his chair, seemingly pained, then reraised all in (as everyone in media row expected, having been witness to this act several times in the last three days).
Marcus:
Nam:
It was Marcus' specialty -- needing to hit a slim draw to say alive in the tournament. The gallery started shouting alternately for an ace or a ten, but neither hit the
flop. Marcus walked around to the other side of the table from his seat and leaned over the table, both hands on the rail, awaiting his fate. We've said it before, but we'll say it again. If you've been following our coverage of this tournament, you know that Van Marcus laughs in the face of slim draws and eats them for breakfast. He is simply invincible in this tournament. We figure that at this stage of the hand, Marcus had Nam right where he wanted him. And we don't expect you to be surprised to learn that the turn was a ten-ball, the
, to give Marcus a commanding lead in the hand. From dominated to dominating. He needed to duck three aces on the river, and did so when it fell .We reckon that Van Marcus can never ask for anything "one time" for the rest of his life.
face up.
We could be here a while!
Meanwhile, at the final table, another hand was limped between Van Marcus and Hyoung Jin Nam and then checked all the way to showdown. Marcus took down the pot with a rivered pair of nines.
The board of
was checked through until the river where Noh took a 30,000 stab at the pot. Nam made the call but Noh simply tossed his cards into the muck to concede the hand. Nam then queried as to whether he had to show his hand. He did not have to, and chose to exercise that option as he collected the pot without a showdown.
The two Koreans saw a
flop where Nam led out with a bet of 45,000. Noh insta-called.The turn brought the
and both players slowed down and checked. The river is the and both players checked again. Nam tabled 
for ace high as Noh showed 
for just a pair of deuces which was enough to collect the pot.