HomeThe APT Philippines 2009 Main Event champion has joined today’s Day 1B field and already active on the felt.
In one hand, Arce opened to 300 pre-flop and saw a mid-position player (Eric Chen) re-raise to 800. Arce called to bring in the flop K♠ 8♦ 2♠ and a heads-up play.
Arce check-called the opponent’s 1,500 bet on the turn A♠ and again check-called another 3,000 on the river 4♥.
Arce was shown the bad news when Chen tabled A♥ A♦ and he mucked his hand.