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Resorts World Manila The PHP1 Million Guaranteed 2nd Allado Cup took place over the weekend at Resorts World Manila (RWM) and, out of the 206 entrants, it was Edwin Pak Shun Hui who rose victorious to claim the championship trophy and first prize winnings of PHP 214,500.
According to Hui’s Facebook account, he experienced some massive swings throughout the entire tournament. At one point he was way up with 20 percent of the chips in play in his arsenal, but when his Pocket Queens and Pocket Jacks both ran into Pocket Kings, he suffered big losses that brought him down on the totem pole.
After making his way into the final table, he eventually eliminated Yoo Yong Hyun in 3rd place to regain the chip lead and go head to head with Benjamin Lim. In the end, his Q-4 offsuit call on Lim’s 8-6 offsuit shove held up for the big win.
Out of the many notables who played in the tournament, only a few landed in the money. Kent Del Rosario came in 9th place, earning himself PHP 13,400, and Martin Corpuz notched up a 16th place finish for PHP 8,000.
Among those not so lucky were tournament host Jojo Allado, 2012 APT Asian Series Cebu Main Event runner-up Samad Razavi, Jay Tolon and Michael De Leon.
In addition to the prize money, Hui, Lim and Hyun each received a seat to the Asian Poker Tour Philippines Main Event to be held at Resorts World Manila (RWM) from April 19-25. The 2nd Allado Cup was the first of many APT satellite tournaments to come to RWM. Daily satellites are now running and for as low as PHP 500, players can win their way to a seat worth USD$2700.
There are a variety of satellites to choose from:
1. PHP 500 Mega Satellites to 500k Guaranteed Satellites Series
2. PHP 500K Guaranteed Satellites Series
3. PHP 1,000 Satellite to the 1M Series Finale
4. PHP 1M Guaranteed RWM Satellite Series Finale
For the terms, full schedule and structure of these satellites tournaments, log on to www.TheAsianPokerTour.com.
PokerStars Mobile Poker players now have something bigger to smile about as access to the online poker giant PokerStars is now available to Apple and Android mobile and tablet users in England, Scotland and Wales (excluding Northern Ireland). With the success of PokerStars Mobile launched in Italy last November, PokerStars has been determined to open up the application to more countries around the world.
Although the app only allows access to Texas Hold'em and Omaha games, UK players can play poker for real money wherever they want and any time they want. In order the access the app, players must already have an existing PokerStars account.
Team PokerStars Pro Live Boeree commented, "PokerStars Mobile is going to transform where and when I play poker – I now have access to the biggest tournaments and all my favourite cash games, even when I'm not in front of my computer."
Log on to PokerStars Mobile for more information.
(L-R) Tan Tai Zheng, Samad Razavi,, It's all over folks! Tan Tai Zheng has just taken down the Main Event by eliminating Samad Razavi in just the second hand of the heads up round. Zheng pushed all in from the button and short-stacked Razavi instantly called with 
but was hoping for his own miracle when Zheng opened up 
.
The board, however, would not comply as it ran 
. Razavi collects PHP1,925,000 for 2nd and Zheng earns a whopping PHP3,623,000 and the APT Asian Series Cebu Main Event Championship Trophy.
That's it from us. Congratulations to all the winners and the Asian Poker Tour for putting on such a well run tournament. See you next time!
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Samad Razavi Play has just resumed and the first hand was a train wreck.
It all began when Samad Razavi limp-called Tan Tai Zheng's min raise preflop to 100K. The flop ran 
with both players friendly enough to check it to the turn of . But the niceties didn't last long with Zheng leading out 100K only to get raised to an additional 450K by Razavi. Without moving a muscle, Zheng announced he was all in and Razavi snap-called.
Zheng showed his 
and said "I have a 6" but Razavi retorted, "I have a flush" and showed 
. Only another six or eight could keep the title from passing to Razavi.
Then boom! The river card of smacked hard on the river and this time it was Zheng who exclaimed loudly for having hit a miracle. Zheng now has an insane chip lead over Razavi as the next hand is dealt...
(L-R) Tan Tai Zheng, Samad Razavi We are now on a 15-minute break before we begin the heads up round between Singapore's Tan Tai Zheng and England's Samad Razavi. The official chip count has Razavi leading with 2,005,000 and Zheng not far behind on 1,760,000.
Back To LIVE UPDATESWe are now at a dinner break. Having had a quick look at the stacks, Tan Tai Zheng leads with 1,885,000 followed by Miika Viholainen with 1,065,000, and Samad Razavi bringing up the rear with 815,000. We'll be right back.
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Tan Gay Peng Tan Gay Peng held over a million chips not too long ago but, as quick as they came, his stack was decimated down to just 160K. Hoping to double up, he pushed it all in from the cutoff with 
and received a call from Tan Tai Zheng with a better 
.
The board came 
and Peng bows out in 5th to collect PHP 566,000 in prize money as Zheng is once again the chip leader by a slight margin over Miika Viholainen.
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