2009 PokerStars.net APPT Cebu
Raymond Wu Doubles Up
Preflop, the action was opened by Brian Bumpas who raised to 3,600 from the cutoff. He got a call from the button and then Huang three-bet to 13,600 from the small blind. Wu four-bet all in to 16,8000 total and it folded back to Huang who made the call.
Huang:
Wu:
"Ten, Ten, Ten," Huang started chanting. Wu decided to get in on the act by calling for a Queen.
To a rather noisey chorous of calling for cards, that sounded more like a pack of cicada's the dealer revealed to ship the double up to Wu.
Wu has around 35,000. Huang is back to down to around 20,000.
The Frenzy Subsides
We also noted that Nam Le managed to quietly double up and is now rocking roughly 74,000 chips.
Scott Runs The Bluff
Both players checked to the river, where Scott moved all in covering the big blind, who had about 15,000 behind.
The big blind looked agonized, and eventually folded. Scott was all to happy to show the bluff flipping over just for a gutshot straight draw.
Level: 9
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 100
Le Cracks a Smile?
The turn brought another 2,000-chip bet from the small blind. Again Le studied and called. On the river , the small blind checked. Le bet 10,000 and drew a snap-muck from his opponent, who showed as he mucked in disgust. We weren't sure, but we thought we might have seen Le crack the slightest of smiles as he dragged the pot.
Fan Needs to Cool Off
We suspect, based on his post-hand comments, that Terry Fan is a little steamed after losing a recent pot on Table 2. He opened preflop from middle position for 2,300 and was called by one player in late position. Both men checked the flop, which came down . The turn was a repeater, , and drew a bet of 3,000 from Fan. His opponent min-raised to 6,000. Fan tanked for about a minute and then called.
The river was the . Fan checked, then quickly called his opponent's all in for 10,900, turning over for a pair of queens in the process. His opponent showed , having rivered a pair of aces to win the pot.
"Well played," said Fan, the sarcasm practically dripping off of his voice. "Well played."
Terry tells us about this hand:
Slow Down!
Andrew Scott Upswings
First Scott got in against Alex Pagulayan's . A spiked just in time for Scott to virtually double up and send Pagulayan to the rail.
Barely, a few hands later Scott found against fellow Australian Michael Marvanek's . All of the money went in preflop with the board running out to send Marvanek to an early exit.
Scott now has 87,000.