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 number of hands when chasing the board, but this is a player who was overdue for a breakthrough victory. The young poker pro from Melbourne (he’s still a young man in his mid-20s) has been chalking up consistent
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APPT Manila: Van Marcus crowned 2008 APPT Manila champion
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...more
APPT Manila: Final table update (level 27)
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...more
APPT Manila: Final Table Update, Round 25
It's often said that to win a major poker tournament, you require skill and luck. To win the 2008 APPT Manilla tournament, you also need a heathy dose of endurance. It's now almost 4am local time, with the final table players battling for almost 15 hours. Both heads up...more
APPT Manila: Final table update (level 25)
Hyoung Jin Nam eliminated in 3rd place (PHP 2,679,000, USD $54,285.66): Steadily chipped away since losing that big pot to Van Marcus just before the last break, Nam made his final stand with 4h-5h, and needed help against the Ac-6h. The board runs out an anti-climactic 8d-2d-Js-Qh-3d, and Nam...more
APPT Manila: Final table update (level 24)
Level 24: What a night – from wildly loose play to two hours of the tightest check-check-check poker you’d ever see, all climaxing in another suckout for PokerStars Sponsored player Van Marcus. For the fourth time at this final table, Marcus has come from behind to win a hand....more
APPT Manila: Final table updates
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...more
APPT Manila: Final table profiles
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...more
APPT Manila: Hometown heroes headed to final table
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...more
APPT Manila: Action proves contagious; final table decided
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...more
APPT Manila: Clash of Koreans sends play to two tables
The elimination of Chi Kan Tang in 17th position marks the final redraw of the PokerStars.net APPT Manila main event. Tang had pushed over the top of Hyoungjin Nam all-in with pocket fours before Nam made a loose call with Kd-10c. It paid off when a king landed on the...more
APPT Manila: It's Saturday Night Live at the Hyatt
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...more
APPT Manila: Marcus brushes Broom aside
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...more
APPT Manila: Pocket Lins bust, and we're in the money
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...more
APPT Manila: Carron is OBSTructed
Sparks are flying between mates Andrew Obst and PokerStars Sponsored Player Van Marcus. Minutes ago, Obst pushed all-in preflop, and Van insisted that he count it precisely, even instructing the dealer to not help count his chips. The following hand, Van tried to call the clock on Obst as...more
APPT Manila: Timely double-ups as bubble looms
Just 10 players short of the bubble, the heat is about to be turned up on the short stacks in the day 2 field at the PokerStars.net APPT Manila main event. With blinds at 1000/2000 and a 300 ante, the 14 players with fewer than 20,000 in their stack are...more
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