2009 PokerStars.net APPT Cebu

APPT Cebu Main Event
Day: 4
Event Info

2009 PokerStars.net APPT Cebu

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
qq
Prize
$148,200
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,000
Entries
319
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
5,000

Mark Pagsuyuin Eliminated in 6th Place ($23,000)

Mark Pagsuyuin - 6th place
Mark Pagsuyuin - 6th place
Preflop, Dong-bin Han opened to 65,000 and Mark Pagsuyuin was the only caller from the button.

The flop came {6-Diamonds}{k-Spades}{3-Spades} and both players checked. They also checked the {2-Diamonds} turn. The river was the {A-Hearts} and Han checked to Pagsuyuin who moved all in for 132,000. Han didn't think long before calling with {A-Spades}{10-Hearts}.

The resigned look on Pagsuyuin's face foretold his holding before he revealed the {A-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}.

Pagsuyuin exits as the last remaining Filipino player in the field, he'll take home $23,000 for his efforts.

Tags: Dong-Bin HanMark Pagsuyuin

Clark Doubles Again

Kevin Clark
Kevin Clark
Kevin Clark has been all in and called three times this afternoon, and he has doubled up every time. His third double-up came courtesy of Dong-bin Han. Han opened preflop for 54,000 from the small blind. Clark called from the big blind, then called all in for about 450,000 on a flop of {Q-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{10-Spades} after Han shoved. Han opened a flush draw, {9-Hearts} {7-Hearts}, against Clark's top pair, {Q-Diamonds} {j-Clubs}. The flush draw never came, with the turn {k-Diamonds} and river {3-Clubs} changing nothing. Clark doubled up again. After starting the day as the short stack, he's up to about 1.0 million in chips.

Tags: Dong-bin HanKevin Clark

Level: 23

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 3,000

Dong-Bin Doused

Preflop, Dong-bin Han opened to 70,000, and was three-bet by Sim Somyung with position to 155,000. Han picked up 425,000 in orange 25,000 chips and cradled them above the table contemplating betting.

After a while he picked up the call amount with his free hand and tossed it in. He placed the stack to his side again awaiting the flop.

On the {A-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{j-Hearts} flop Han quickly checked, and Somyung bet out 180,000. Han chopped down the 425,000 chip stack, that he'd separated from the rest of his mountain of chips, several times, before picking it up and menacingly threatening to bet it.

In the end he opted to fold, flashing the {k-Clubs} as he did.

Tags: Dong-Bin HanSim Somyung

Hilton Plays Aces Slowly

David Hilton and Dong-bin Han were each dealt a big hand, yet somehow the betting didn't get crazy out of control. The pot was raised preflop, with both players checking a {10-Spades} {5-Clubs} {3-Diamonds} flop. On the {J-Diamonds} turn Hilton led out for 76,000. Han raised 101,000 more on top of that, with Hilton quickly calling. He then checked the {k-Diamonds} river and called a bet of 129,000. Han showed down {A-Spades} {K-Spades} for a rivered pair of kings, but lost the pot to Hilton's very surprising {A-Hearts} {A-Clubs}!

Tags: David HiltonDong-bin Han

Terry Fan Eliminated in 5th Place ($29,000)

Terry Fan eliminated in 5th place
Terry Fan eliminated in 5th place
Preflop, Sim Somyung opened to 75,000 from middle position. Terry Fan three-bet all in to 555,000 from the button and Dong-bin Han instantly called from the small blind. Action folded back to Somyung who asked for a count on Terry Fan. Before the dealer had a chance to count if off, he thought better of it, and folded.

Han: {Q-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}
Fan: {8-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}

Fan was going to need some help, and the {3-Diamonds}{a-Hearts}{a-Spades} flop was not it. Nor was the {2-Diamonds} turn.

"One time dealer," said Fan hoping to hit his set on the river. It wasn't to be, the {3-Hearts} completed the board and sent Fan out in fifth place.

Tags: Dong-bin HanSim SomyungTerry Fan

Dong-bin Han Rivers a Chop

We've seen the Koreans at this final table make some adventurous plays. Dong-ban Han made another but managed to squeak out a chop. He opened the pot from the button for a standard raise before Kevin Clark re-raised all in, an additional 409,000 back to Han. Han tanked about a minute before calling with {K-Spades} {10-Spades}. He found himself dominated by Clark's {A-Diamonds} {10-Clubs}. But the Korean has been running good this week, so no surprise that the board ran out {5-Diamonds} {5-Hearts} {5-Clubs} {4-Clubs} {10-Diamonds} to give each player the same full house, fives full of tens, and a chopped pot.

Tags: Dong-bin HanKevin Clark

Han Halts Hilton

David Hilton opened from the button to 76,000 and was three-bet by Dong-bin Han to 228,000. After some thought Hilton made the call and they went heads up to an {8-Hearts}{10-Clubs}{k-Clubs} flop.

Both players checked and the turn was the {6-Hearts}. This time Han bet 104,000 and Hilton called. The river was the {A-Spades} and Han bet 290,000. This sent Hilton into the tank and after a while he squeezed his cards, and then pitched them into the muck.

Tags: David HiltonDong-Bin Han

Big Pot for Hilton

Some big pots develop very, very quietly. We didn't even realize that David Hilton and Sim Somyung were playing a pot until the action got to the turn. There, with the board showing {5-Clubs} {A-Spades} {j-Clubs} {6-Diamonds}, Somyung made a big bet of 250,000. Hilton silently called, sliding two stacks of yellow chips and two orange chips over the betting line. Both players checked the {9-Spades} river, with Hilton showing down {k-Diamonds} {k-Spades} to take the pot.

Tags: David HiltonSim Somyung