Player eliminated after 10 minutes of Asian Super High Roller
10 minutes of play was all there was for Yi Cheng at the USD$129,000 Manila Millions. "durrrr" had a short day too while Ivey is still alive.
It's the most expensive tournament ever to hit Asia. The entry fee is a cool million Hong Kong Dollars and 30 players are at the tables at the Genting Club at Resorts World Manila.
The line-up is primarily made up of businessmen from the region. We've got guys from Malaysia, Singapore, China and Hong Kong - and then we've obviously got a bunch of well known pro's. Phil Ivey, Tom 'durrrr' Dwan, Joe Hachem, JC Tran, Nam Le, Keith Gipson and John Juanda are all here.
The first player was eliminated after only 10 minutes of action.
Players started with 100,000 chips and blinds of 500/500.
Yi Cheng and Jun Weis end up all-in after the turn:
Yi Cheng shows:
And is well ahead of Jun Weis:
But river is fatal:
And that was all the action Yi Cheng got for his HKD$1.000.000-buy-in.
Latest news is that Tom 'durrrr' Dwan has left the building after he lost most of his stack with
Against Jianbo Wang's:
Article photo: Phil Ivey og Tom 'durrrr' Dwan snapped during World Series of Poker 2010.