Main Event
Day 3 Completed
2009 Asian Poker Tour - Manila
Main Event
Day: 3
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
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"It's not often you'll find Neil Arce without words," quipped Parker.
This was one of the shortest final tables anyone in the media row could remember, clocking in at less than three hours. We don't think there was a single all-in hand that resulted in a double-up. Every time a player's all-in bet was called, that player was eliminated. It made for a mercifully short day.
Arce was the Day 1a chip leader and emerged victorious after a short heads-up battle with the Day 1b and Day 2 chip leader, Steve Yea. It was another case of "so close...!" for Yea, who finished second in Macau last year to Yevgeniy Timoshenko. For his impressive run through the field, Arce earns $185,000 and the winner's trophy.
That will do it for us from Manila. Later in the week PokerNews in conjunction with PokerNetwork will be traveling to Adelaide, Australia for the first ever installment of the Australia and New Zealand Poker Tour. We hope you can join us there in person, but if not feel free to follow along at home.
Good night!
Arce:
Yea:
Arce was in very bad shape, a 3-to-1 underdog to Yea's hand. There was no help for either player on a flop of
. A pumped-up Yea was two cards away from a huge double-up. The dealer burned and turned the turn... the 
! The partisan crowd, here to cheer on the local favorite, exploded out of their chairs. A stunned Yea could only shake his head. It was out of his hands; he did all he could do by getting his chips in good.The small contingent of Koreans were pleading for an ace on the river, but it didn't come. The river blanked out
to eliminate Yea in second place -- the second APT tournament in a row in which Yea has finished as the runner-up -- and give Arce the victory.
Both players checked the flop of
to see Yea lead out for 32,000 when the 
fell. Arce then put in a check-raise to 100,000 with Yea making the call.The river landed the
and Arce made it 80,000. Yea sat in the tank for close to a minute before cutting down a raise to 280,000 with Arce quickly announcing, "Call," and tabling 
for a straight and the pot to put him into the chip lead with around 1,700,000 and change.
. They both checked to the 
turn, where Yea bet 31,000. Arce called. On the river 
, Yea bet another 80,000 but got no call.A member of the crowd made a very Korean-sounding shout at the end of the hand, prompting a few chuckles from the crowd. The spectator then added in English, "Sorry, he's my best friend." That got a round of applause.
to see Arce lead out for 30,000 with Yea making the call.The river landed the
and both players checked with Arce announcing, "Seven high" before Yea tabled to take the pot down.
Arce led out for 30,000 before being raised to 85,000. Not being scared, Arce slid out a stack of black 10,000-chips for a reraise to 230,000 total.Yea made the call but folded following Arce's all-in when the
fell on the turn, to see Arce move to just under equal in chips.
Steve Yea - 1,572,000
Neil Arce - 1,048,000
It's down now to a battle of the Day 1a chip leader (Arce) and the Day 1b and Day 2 chip leader (Yea).
Arce:
Kastle:
The flop fell down
and the crowd erupted, seeing Arce take the lead. As Arce mumbled under his breath he would see the turn of the 
bring about a sweat for both players.However the river of the
would see Kastle hit the rail in third place for $70,000 as play now reaches heads up.