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Susumu Toge is running over everyone at his table -- including Steve Sung. We came to a hand between the two men with 50,000 chips already in the middle. The flop came out . Toge tanked for a minute before betting 30,000. Sung tanked equally as long before calling.
Both players silently tapped the felt, "check," on the turn and river. Toge turned over at showdown, having turned two pair, tens and nines. Sung flipped over , showing that Toge had turned a three-outer, then mucked.
Toge is up to 255,000. Sung is still in the thick of things with 105,000.
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Andrew Scott
Andrew Scott and Ivan Tan have been competing with each other for the last two days after establishing a US$1,000 last longer bet before the start of the tournament. The only catch is that to win the bet, the longer-laster must cash. Scott had an anguished decision recently after he raised to 7,000 and Bryan Huang raised enough to put Scott all in.
Scott started to tank, trying to figure out what his odds were. "Take your time, Andrew," said Michael Pedley as he got up from the table. "I'm going to relieve myself."
Tan then stood up from an adjacent table and said, "Andrew, if you bust I'm going to fold to the money to win our prop bet."
"I know, I know," said Scott. "It won't be a big sample size though." He started to run the numbers in his head, with a steady stream of them coming out of his mouth. Huang responded by saying "Meow, meow, meow. Fold like a girl. Meow, meow, meow."
Scott finally called with and was elated to see Huang show . Tan and Huang started shouting "Two sides!" (a baccarat reference). They got it on a board of .
"What about this one, boys?" said Scott, pointing to the queen. The turn and river blanked out.
"Bryan," chided Scott. "Caught with your hand in the cookie jar."
"I always get caught," responded Huang. He's down to 62,000. Scott has new life with 74,000. And for those wondering, Pedley was back from the bathroom by the time the stacks were counted down.
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O'Shea slipping
John O'Shea opened to 6,500 from early position and with the action folding round to Norihito Suzuki in the big blind, he moved all in for a further 36,000 and O'Shea made the call.
O'Shea:
Suzuki:
The board ran out to see the onetime chip leaders pass chips, as Suzuki moves to over 80,000 as O'Shea slips to 31,000 in chips.
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Steve Yea shot out of his chair with a loud cry. We saw what was making him so happy; a board of , an opponent all in (Robert Carlsson), and Yea's tabled hand of . Carlsson didn't show, mucking his hand and pushing his whole stack to Yea, who now has a whopping 212,000. He has retaken the chip lead from Susumu Toge.
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We wish we could tell you when the money went in the middle between Cicurel Didier and Norihito Suzuki. It's tough to tell from the final board, which was . Didier was on ; Suzuki turned over . Whenever it went in, the end result was that Didier had the best hand and won the pot. He doubled up to 112,000; Suzuki is down to 75,000.
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Bryan Huang is one of many players who have made the mistake of tangling with Casey Kastle during the 2009 Asian Poker Tour Philippines Main Event. Huang got away relatively cheaply. He raised to 5,000 preflop from late position, then called Kastle's reraise out of the blinds to 14,000. The flop came down . Huang tanked before firing out for 15,000. Kastle made the call to see the turn . Huang checked and then opted to fold when Kastle made it 19,000 to see the river.
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Susumu Toge
Japanese player Susumu Toge is pounding his way through this Day 2 field. On a board of , he bet 30,000 chips at his lone opponent, Neil Arce. Arce was playing 47,000 behind, which made Toge's bet a clear raise-or-fold situation. There was already 62,000 chips in the middle; when Arce folded, all of those chips went into Toge's stack. We're still trying to get a count.
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. Toge tanked for a minute before betting 30,000. Sung tanked equally as long before calling.
turn and 
river. Toge turned over 
at showdown, having turned two pair, tens and nines. Sung flipped over 
, showing that Toge had turned a three-outer, then mucked.
. Tan and Huang started shouting "Two sides!" (a baccarat reference). They got it on a board of 
to see the onetime chip leaders pass chips, as Suzuki moves to over 80,000 as O'Shea slips to 31,000 in chips.
, an opponent all in (Robert Carlsson), and Yea's tabled hand of 
. Carlsson didn't show, mucking his hand and pushing his whole stack to Yea, who now has a whopping 212,000. He has retaken the chip lead from Susumu Toge.
. Didier was on 
; Suzuki turned over 
. Whenever it went in, the end result was that Didier had the best hand and won the pot. He doubled up to 112,000; Suzuki is down to 75,000.
. Huang checked and then opted to fold when Kastle made it 19,000 to see the river.
