Main Event Day 1c | 2012 PokerStars.net APPT Cebu

04-27-2012 16:48 UTC+8

Throughout the day we have chronicled just aggressive Ryan Hong has been playing. Well, its down to under half of the starting stack for Hong now after a recent hand saw him lose the majority of his chips.

It was all in preflop holding {q-Diamonds} {q-Hearts} for Hong. His opponent held {a-Hearts} {k-Diamonds} and by the time the board had ran out {10-Hearts} {8-Clubs} {5-Spades} {4-Hearts} {a-Diamonds} , Hong's chips would be going in the opposite direction to what he would like.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Hong	9,250 -25,750	-25,750

Tags: Ryan Hong

04-27-2012 17:02 UTC+8

The Almost Numbers

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Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

We have been notified that the official number and prize pool has been slightly delayed due to not being able to confirm the whereabouts of one PokerStars qualifier. Either way, this year's field has surpassed last year's field with either 245 or 246 official entrants.

It is interesting to note that there were 42 countries represented in the field, with biggest country representation Australia with 13%, then Japan with 8% and Korea with 6%.

04-27-2012 17:05 UTC+8

Updated Chip Counts

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Player	Chips	Progress
Wally Sombero	50,000 -2,000	-2,000
Vincent Rubianes	46,000 -5,000	-5,000
Chris Edgar	40,000 -2,000	-2,000
David Steicke	38,000 9,000	9,000
Justin Chan	32,000
Sammy Huang	31,000 -15,000	-15,000
Terrence Chan	22,000 1,000	1,000

Raiden Kan	21,025 2,025	2,025
Sangeeth Mohan	21,000 -5,000	-5,000
Heath Herring	18,000 -5,000	-5,000
Adam Monaghan	16,000
Craig Cockburn	6,000 -13,000	-13,000

04-27-2012 17:12 UTC+8

Ewing Out The Door

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We aren't exactly sure how it happened, but a disgruntled David Ewing was leaving the table and heading out the door with a board showing {10-Hearts} {6-Diamonds} {k-Clubs} {a-Hearts} {j-Hearts} and an opponent's {q-Clubs} {q-Diamonds} lingering on the table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dave Ewing	Busted

Tags: Dave Ewing

04-27-2012 17:15 UTC+8

Another One Home

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Macau Poker Cup champion Nicky Tao Jin has just met his demise when his last chips were in preflop with ace-king, but he ran smack bang into an opponent’s pocket kings.

The board ran out {7-Hearts} {5-Diamonds} {6-Spades} {4-Hearts} {J-Diamonds} to leave Jin to make a quick dash for the exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicky Tao Jin	Busted

Tags: Nicky Tao Jin

04-27-2012 17:17 UTC+8

Two Seats Empty

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Here are another couple of players that we can no longer spot in the tournament room. It's safe to assume that at some point they were eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Abhishek Goindi	Busted
Azusa Maeda	Busted

04-27-2012 17:26 UTC+8

The Girl, The Leader

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The girl with the sparkly fingernails, Emi Hibuse from Japan is seemingly the current chip leader in the room. Hibuse just eliminated another opponent with her {8-} {8-} , winning a preflop race to move up to 80,000 in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Emi Hibuse	80,000 18,000	18,000

Tags: Emi Hibuse

04-27-2012 17:34 UTC+8

Chan Down and Kan Up

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Terrence Chan has taken a big hit to leave his tournament hanging by a thread as Raiden Kan has found a very nice double up.

It started with a raise to 1,000 from early position. Chan smooth-called in middle position before Kan moved all in for a total of 10,400 from the cutoff. The original raiser folded but Chan was pretty quick to get his chips in the middle.

Chan: {10-Hearts} {10-Spades}
Kan: {J-Hearts} {J-Spades}

Chan was unlucky to run into the bigger pair and he couldn’t spike a two-outer on the {5-Diamonds} {9-Diamonds} {9-Hearts} {Q-Hearts} {k-Clubs} board. Kan doubles to 24,000 with Chan now in trouble with just 6,000.