APPT Cebu Main Event Day 3 | 2009 PokerStars.net APPT Cebu

11-14-2009 10:33 UTC+8

Day 3 Table Draw

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Table 1

Seat 1: Mike Gaertner (257000)
Seat 2: Danny Sangwook Byun (124000)
Seat 3: Mark Pagsuyuin (61500)
Seat 4: Dustin Dorrance-Bowman (260000)
Seat 5: Allih Bansuan (299500)
Seat 6: Martin Lundegren (133000)
Seat 7: Danny Stiegler (88000)
Seat 8: Alexandr Tikholiz (110000)

Table 2

Seat 1: Pontus Kers (147000)
Seat 2: Jack Ng (164500)
Seat 3: Brian Bumpas (224500)
Seat 4: Batsuren Tserendorj (85500)
Seat 5: David Hilton (83500)
Seat 6: Terry Fan (303500)
Seat 7: Tommy Le (90000)
Seat 8: Kevin Clark (263000)

Table 3

Seat 1: Jojo Tech (220000)
Seat 2: Robert Chow (21000)
Seat 3: Ira Blumenthal (30000)
Seat 4: Beng Hong Ker (408000)
Seat 5: Wei Sha (57500)
Seat 6: Kazuhiro Sato (113000)
Seat 7: Seong Kim Ho (131500)
Seat 8: Mike Kim (109000)

Table 4

Seat 1: Nick Pronk (123500)
Seat 2: Sim Somyung (26000)
Seat 3: Johnny Hanes (139500)
Seat 4: Elton Tsang (96500)
Seat 5: Rody Kaka (192500)
Seat 6: Phillip Willcocks (435000)
Seat 7: Nam Le (217000)
Seat 8: Fuyuki Inage (59000)

Table 5

Seat 1: Dong-bin Han (478500)
Seat 2: Lars Pettersson (57000)
Seat 3: Jerry Delisle (248000)
Seat 4: Anna Cu Unjieng (47000)
Seat 5: Christian Demers (77000)
Seat 6: Raleigh Harness (140000)
Seat 7: Oleg Poluzhnikov (50000)
Seat 8: Konstantin Tolokno (37000)

11-14-2009 11:46 UTC+8

The Inexorable March

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It's Day 3 in Cebu Philippines. The last day before the final table. It's the day when the tournament really plays out, the day when players maneuver pre-flop for a shot at the final table and the six-figure payday that comes with first place. It promises to be an action-packed day -- assuming that everyone can shake off their hangovers from the ridiculous party at Vudu Lounge last night that was sponsored by the Metro Card Club.

When we left off at the end of Level 14 last night, the money bubble had just burst. That means 40 players will start in the field today. Dong-bin Han has the pole position and will un-bag 478,500 chips. Robert Chow is in what we like to call the "Dank Position", in dead-last place with 21,000 chips. But anything can happen!

Play gets underway in about twenty minutes, at 12:15pm local time.

11-14-2009 12:16 UTC+8

Shuffle Up and Deal!

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Cards are in the air.

While we wait for some action, check out today's update:

Level: 15

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 500

11-14-2009 12:20 UTC+8

Blumenthal Triples, Chow Busto

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Ira Blumenthal's been trying to leave this tournament for two days. The thing is, every time he gets his chips in the middle he doubles up. On one of the first hands of the day, Blumenthal wound up in a three-way all in with the worst hand. His {J-Hearts}

trailed Jojo Tech's pocket tens and short-stacked Robert Chow's pocket deuces. But the board rolled out {7-Diamonds}

to give Blumenthal the straight. He dragged both the main pot and the side pot to triple up to about 90,000.

Chow was eliminated in 40th place.

Tags: Ira Blumenthal

11-14-2009 12:25 UTC+8

Last Lady Falls

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Anna Cu Unjieng, the last lady in the field, looked good to double with {k-Spades}

virtually all in against the {8-Diamonds}

of Konstantin Tolokno.

Unjieng had Tolokno covered by just 5,000, so had she held up, she would have doubled up. A nasty {8-Spades}

flop would betray her though.

The turn {7-Hearts}

and river

blanked to double Tolokno up.

Unjieng got her 5,000 in from the big blind with {2-?}

off suit and ran into {A-?}

. An ace on the flop was all that was required to make it an all male field from here, on out.

Tags: Anna Cu Unjieng Konstantin Tolokno

11-14-2009 12:32 UTC+8

Inage Doubles with Aces

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Ah, the short stack's dream: pocket aces. Get your chips in the middle and hope someone calls. Fuyuki Inage did just that, re-raising all in for 42,000 after Phillip Willcocks opened for 12,500. Willcocks called with pocket nines and couldn't lay a bad beat on Inage, {8-Spades}

. Inage doubled up to about 90,000.

Tags: Fuyuki Inage Phillip Willcocks

11-14-2009 12:39 UTC+8

Ira Blumenthal Eliminated

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Well, it looks like Ira Blumenthal might get to make his son's soccer game after all. Blumenthal snap-called all in for 80,000 from the big blind after Joe Ker (seriously) opened for 13,000 and James Kim moved all in for about 130,000. Ker agonized over the decision before finally open-folding pocket tens. It was a good fold against Blumenthal's {J-Hearts}

and Kim's

. Kim flopped an ace, {9-Spades}

, to send Blumenthal to the rail in 38th place.

"You saved me some chips!" Ker told Blumenthal.

Tags: Ira Blumenthal James Kim Joe Ker

11-14-2009 12:45 UTC+8

Wei Sha Doubles

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Wei Sha has doubled up through Kazuhiro Sato.

All the money went in preflop with Sha holding {A-Clubs}

against Sato's {Q-Clubs}

.

The

flop gave Sha the bigger flush draw and he completed it with the turn {8-Hearts}

. The

completed the board on the river.

Sha moves up to 90,000. Sato has about 55,000.

Tags: Kazuhiro Sato Wei Sha

11-14-2009 12:50 UTC+8

Mike Kim Crippled, Eliminated

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Mike Kim played most of this tournament short-stacked, grinding, grinding and grinding some more. Finally he gets dealt pocket aces -- and of course they get cracked. Wei Sha's pocket eights overtook Kim's aces on the turn, {2-Clubs}

, giving Sha his second double-up in short order. That beatdown left Kim with 4,500 chips, not even one big blind. He was all in on the next hand with {6-Clubs}

and lost to Joe Ker's {A-Clubs}

.

Kim exits in 37th place.

Tags: Joe Ker Mike Kim