Steve Yea Eliminated in 2nd Place ($100,000); Neil Arce Wins APT Philippines Main Event!
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Arce:
Yea:
Arce was in very bad shape, a 3-to-1 underdog to Yea's hand. There was no help for either player on a flop of
. A pumped-up Yea was two cards away from a huge double-up. The dealer burned and turned the turn... the 
! The partisan crowd, here to cheer on the local favorite, exploded out of their chairs. A stunned Yea could only shake his head. It was out of his hands; he did all he could do by getting his chips in good.The small contingent of Koreans were pleading for an ace on the river, but it didn't come. The river blanked out
to eliminate Yea in second place -- the second APT tournament in a row in which Yea has finished as the runner-up -- and give Arce the victory.