On Sunday, season 9 of APPT Manila (an 11-day series) concluded with Aaron Lim, from Australia, as the champion of the Main Event. Lim, who now is the first two-time APPT champ, had to work hard for the title despite entering heads-up play with almost a four-to-one chip advantage against Douglas Olsson from Sweden.
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Many congratulations to Aaron Lim on winning his second APPT title and the first prize of $131,967. To win two of these events is an outstanding achievement and more kudos to him
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now there is no doubt whatsoever that Aaron Lim deserved this victory, after all he beat such greats as Douglas Olsson, Jessie Leonarez, Terry Fan from Chinese Taipei, Thomas Lee, Hayato Kitajima, Iona Finkenrath, Winfred Yu (a real Canadian) and Ying Lin Chua- that takes some doing.
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This looks quite a decent series for Manila to have but most of the players at the final table are not at all familiar to me.I am sure there will be a couple we will see more of this year.
Posted by pochui: now there is no doubt whatsoever that Aaron Lim deserved this victory, after all he beat such greats as Douglas Olsson, Jessie Leonarez, Terry Fan from Chinese Taipei, Thomas Lee, Hayato Kitajima, Iona Finkenrath, Winfred Yu (a real Canadian) and Ying Lin Chua- that takes some doing.
They are all triad/yakuza members. He's dead by now.
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