Mariakis on the March
Michael Mariakis is also in the field and is leaving the bad memories of last year's APPT Cebu Main Event behind (first out on Day 1a), now up to around 20,000 in chips after a big hand on table 32 early on.
Mariakis raised preflop to 300 and found two callers into a flop of . Mariakis then led out for 750 and only one opponent called.
Both players checked the turn of the , but on the river Mariakis' opponent check-called his bet of 3,000, then mucked after Mariakis rolled up for quads!