APPT Cebu Main Event | 2009 PokerStars.net APPT Cebu

11-15-2009 14:31 UTC+8

Measured Aggression

[user75032]

This final table is starting to shape up like the Pacquiao-Cotto fight: heavy action in the early-going, and then a more measured pace after that. We had some fireworks on the first few hands but since then it's been largely a raise-it-and-take-it affair.

11-15-2009 14:35 UTC+8

Softly Softly

[user92162]

David Hilton limped up from the small blind and Terry Fan checked his option in the big blind. The flop came {3-Spades}

. Hilton checked, and Fan bet the minimum - 16,000. Hitlon called.

The {10-Clubs}

hit the turn and both players checked. The river was the {k-Hearts}

. Hilton led out 50,000 and Fan folded.

Tags: David Hilton Terry Fan

11-15-2009 14:44 UTC+8

Alexandr Tikholiz Eliminated in 9th Place ($10,500)

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We've found our first elimination of the final table. Short-stacked Alexandr Tikholiz open-shoved from the button. After Phillip Willcocks passed in the small blind, Dong-bin Han called from the big blind.

Tikholiz: {A-Spades}

Han:

Han was pumped to see that he was in the lead. A flop of {7-Diamonds}

gave a minor sweat, however, as it raised the specter of a chopped pot with a board pair. The {5-Spades}

gave Tikholiz a few more chop outs. The board did pair on the river, but it was the {A-Clubs}

. Each player made trip aces, but Han's kicker played.

Tikholiz leaves with $10,500 in prize money.

Tags: Alex Tikholiz Dong-bin Han

11-15-2009 14:47 UTC+8

Pagsuyuin Gets Things Straight

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Mark Pagsuyuin opened to 35,000 and Sim Somyung called with position, to go heads up to the {10-Diamonds}

flop.

Both checked the flop and the {8-Clubs}

on the turn to proceed to the river.

The {7-Diamonds}

hit the river and Pagsuyuin bet 25,000. Somyung called and Pagsuyuin tabled {A-Hearts}

for a straight, good to take the hand.

11-15-2009 14:55 UTC+8

Sim Somyung Employs the Check-Raise

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Four players took a flop for 40,000 a man.

On the {9-Hearts}

flop, there were two checks to Terry Fan who fired out 78,000. Action passed back to Sim Somyung who proceeded to check-raise to 166,000. After contemplating things Fan folded.

Tags: Sim Somyung Terry Fan

11-15-2009 14:58 UTC+8

When Big Stacks Go to War

[user75032]

One of the key concepts of no-limit poker is the "pressure bet". Sim Somyung just got a refresher course in pressure bets from David Hilton. Somyung opened preflop for 40,000. David Hilton was next to act and made it 110,000, folding everyone else out of the hand. With action back to Somyung, he four-bet to 290,000. As soon as the bet was counted down, Hilton announced he was all in for about 1.4 million total. Somyung would be at risk of elimination if he called, but he folded and conceded the pot to Hilton.

Tags: David Hilton Sim Somyung

11-15-2009 15:02 UTC+8

Kevin Clark Goes Painting

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Preflop, Kevin Clark moved all in from the hijack for 103,000. Sim Somyung made the call from the button and action passed to Terry Fan in the big blind. After pausing for some thought Fan folded.

Clark: {K-Clubs}

Somyung:

The

flop was not kind to Clark. After the {2-Diamonds}

hit the turn, he'd be in need of a picture card to stay alive. The {Q-Clubs}

river did the trick, moving him up to 300,000.

Tags: Kevin Clark Sim Somyung

Level: 21

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 2,000

11-15-2009 15:10 UTC+8

Small Pot to Somyung

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Sim Somyung's stack has taken as bad a beating as Miguel Cotto. But Somyung started the rebuilding process by taking a small pot from Terry Fan. Somyung raised to 42,000 preflop and Fan called in position. On a flop of {7-Spades}

, Somyung's bet of 75,000 was enough to win the pot.

Tags: Sim Somyung Terry Fan

11-15-2009 15:17 UTC+8

Kevin Clark Getting Much Korean Love

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Dong-bin Han opened from the cutoff to 58,000 and Kevin Clark moved all in from the small blind for 220,000.

Han asked for a count on Clark, and then sat back in his chair and crossed his arms. He tried to probe with a couple of questions, but Clark gave him the stonewall treatment.

Han must have decided that Clark was light, because he made the call with {A-Diamonds}

. Clark was happy on the inside as he tabled his {A-Spades}

.

The board ran out {3-Spades}

to double Clark through.

The Kiwi is enjoying the company of the Koreans at the final table, his first double up was through Sim Somyung and the second through his compatriot Han.

Tags: Dong-bin Han Kevin Clark