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You need luck to win a poker tournament, and the talking point among players as they fly to the four corners of the world after the PokerStars.net APPT Manila main event will undoubtedly the luck that carried Van sirens Marcus to the title at the Hyatt Hotel and Casino. But it's an unfair assessment of his performance. Sure, he won a disproportionate … [Read more...]

And then, just like that, it was over. Van Marcus is the 2008 APPT Manila main event champion, taking home PHP 8,037,000 or USD $162,856.98. On the final hand, Marcus completed, and Tah Jun raised to 210,000. Marcus called and they saw a flop of 8s-3c-6s. Tah Jun bet 200,000, and Marcus pushed all-in. Tah Jun called, and revealed Jd-8d, for top pair, … [Read more...]

This is officially a record APPT final table - we're into the 14th hour of the final table and the 11th hour of actual play. Play has also reached level 27, which has never been reached in any other APPT event. "Are we there yet?" The audience is getting decidedly silly (yes, there's a still an audience here), judging by the chants that are regularly … [Read more...]

12am: There's a new chip leader in the APPT Manila main event: Noh Tae Jun. He's adopted a highly effective small-ball approach in the last hour to take his stack to 1.05 million. But Hyoung Jin Nam (900,000) and Van Marcus (800,000) aren't far behind. Hyoung Jin Nam: "Where'd my chip lead go?" After more than 10 hours at the final table, it's anyone's … [Read more...]

Tae Jun Noh, Korea Seat 1: Tae Jun Noh, Korea (466,000 in chips): One of three Korean players at the final table, the story of this 24-year-old is not dissimilar to his compatriot and final table rival Michael Chang. He is a computer IT student from Seoul and has been playing poker for two years, mainly online. He journeyed to Manila for last year's … [Read more...]

The PokerStars.Net APPT Manila event has been a hive of activity in recent days, and today was no different with a dramatic finish to the day which saw the last seven players eliminated in just half an hour. At the start of the day, American PokerStars Qualifier Michael Shell led the field, equal with Korean Chang Yong Suk. Play continued at a frenetic … [Read more...]

After tip-toeing their way through the late-evening session on day 2 of the PokerStars.net APPT Manila main event, the gloves came off in the past 30 minutes with seven of the last 16 players eliminated, meaning the final table has been decided for later today. It all started when Rudy Lim's pocket sixes trailed the pocket nines of Dimitrios Pappis … [Read more...]

Super Saturday is certainly living up to the billing with three separate events underway here in the ballroom at the Hyatt Hotel and Casino in Manila. We're down to 22 players in the APPT Manila main event, with the latest players to be eliminated Marco Andria (22nd), Nali Kaselias from Australia (23rd), Filipino Aloysius 'Lou' Pacia (24th) and former … [Read more...]

Van Marcus and Josh Pang Ang was swapping the chip lead quicker than you can spot a Jeepney on a Manila street. Marcus, who finished fourth in this event last year after taking the chip lead to the final table, has just taken down a massive pot to send fellow Australian James Broom and Japan's Takaski Ogura to the rail. The craziness started when Broom … [Read more...]

After a very tight bubble period in the PokerStars.net APPT Manila main event, we're in the money after consecutive hands - one in the feature table and one in the main tournament area. In the TV studio, PokerStars Sponsored player Celina Lin bowed out just two spots short of the money when she found her two-pair, jacks and nines had been behind all … [Read more...]