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APPT Manila: Blooming coinflips

Date: Thu, Nov 13, 2008

The runner-up of last year's APPT Manila event, Ira Blumenthal from the USA, took a big hit moments ago when he lost a 'coinflip' against Tsutomu Nagashima, of Japan With blinds at 300/600 (and antes of 75), Nagashima was...

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APPT Manila: Huang, drawn and quartered

Date: Thu, Nov 13, 2008

Bryan Huang’s hopes of a record breaking fourth successive APPT cash have ended early in the seventh level of play on day 1A of the PokerStars.net APPT Manila main event. The mild-mannered but fiercely competitive Singaporean fell to a...

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APPT Manila: Let me count these ... doh!

Date: Thu, Nov 13, 2008

Franco Mabanta left his position with the Filipino Poker Tour to turn his attention to playing poker full-time. With that decision comes the ups and downs experienced by every poker pro. Indeed, Mabanta has been through the emotional wringer...

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APPT Manila: Big hands collide in a clash of contrasts

Date: Thu, Nov 13, 2008

PokerStars Qualifier Arthur Cocher has travelled to Manila from Switzerland, and landed next to experienced local player Vinny Quiason. Despite travelling different roads to get here, they both have their eyes on the same prize. When I spoke with...

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APPT Manila: Saab in need of service

Date: Thu, Nov 13, 2008

David Saab is hungry, tired, a bit grumpy and nursing a hangover, but the booming laugh of the Aussie livewire can still be heard over the rattling of chips in the ballroom here at the Hyatt Hotel and Casino....

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APPT Manila: When a man bluffs a woman

Date: Thu, Nov 13, 2008

“Yes, poker sure has come a long way.” So said Brad Daugherty as he surveyed the tournament area midway through day 1A in the PokerStars.net APPT Manila main event at the Hyatt Hotel and Casino. When Daugherty called Don...

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APPT Manila: Poker fun we can believe in

Date: Thu, Nov 13, 2008

With the recent US elections, politics is a hot topic of conversation at the tables today. Political views are as common as bad beat stories - everyone has them, and everyone wants to share theirs with the table. Like...

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APPT Manila: Scott exits on Broom stick

Date: Thu, Nov 13, 2008

It took Andrew Scott more than 12 months before he achieved the breakthrough result of his tournament poker career when he finished runner-up to Nam Le in the PokerStars.net APPT Macau High Roller event back in September. However, it...

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APPT Manila: World champ adds star power

Date: Thu, Nov 13, 2008

Players here at the APPT Manila come from more than 40 different countries, with all shapes and sizes represented. We have experienced veterans, and newcomers to the world of high stakes live poker. One experienced veteran playing here at...

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APPT Manila: Clash of the generations

Date: Thu, Nov 13, 2008

Asia is considered an emerging poker market, but a small band of pioneers have been spreading the gospel long before the APPT was founded. Two of those ‘founding fathers’ are in the room today. PokerStars Sponsored player Wally “The...

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APPT Manila: Crisis, what crisis?

Date: Wed, Nov 12, 2008

Unless you’ve recently returned from a trip to Mars, you’ll be aware that the world is going through a bit of a financial “correction” at the moment. But the global cash crunch doesn’t appear to have had much of...

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APPT Manila: Lights, camera, action on feature table

Date: Wed, Nov 12, 2008

As part of PokerStars' effort to spread the enjoyment of poker, the local Filipino television station is covering the PokerStars.net APPT Manila event in great detail. The featured table has almost 30 cameras, allowing more people than ever before...

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APPT Manila: Poker fever sweeping the Philippines

Date: Wed, Nov 12, 2008

When the schedule was being drawn up for the first PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour last year, the Philippines was an immediate choice. As one of the few Asian nations where western-style Texas Hold’em games were being spread in...

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World Series 2008: Peter Eastgate, a new record breaker

Date: Tue, Nov 11, 2008

They called them the Million Dollar Men, the November Nine and the PokerStars Six. But everyone knew that when the smoke cleared there could only be one of them left standing. And now we know his name. The 2008 World...

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