Backhanded Compliment
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Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
“Where are you from?” asked Carter Gill.
“France,” replied Antoine Amourette.
“Where abouts?”
“Paris.”
“Yeah? You play pretty good for a French guy!”
2012 PokerStars.net APPT Cebu
Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 PokerStars.net APPT Cebu
Buy-in
92,000 PHP
Entries
246
Level
27
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000
Not Hasse's Day
Julian Hasse brutally lost most of his stack holding pocket-aces against pocket-tens and now, has recently seen his tournament end.
Hasse was all in preflop and watched on while Sang Yong Lee and Andrew Nguyen would take to a 
flop. Lee was first to act and opted to check, while Nguyen flicked out 16,500. It was enough to get Lee to lay down his hand as Nguyen and Hasse would turn their hands over.
"Have ace-king one time," said Hasse as he turned over 
for a flush draw and some over cards.
Hasse's wish came true as Nguyen turned over 
.
The 
on the turn gave Hasse a couple more outs to the straight, but the 
gave him no help as Hasse exits in 26th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Wong Straightened by Kanaan
“Unf**king believable!” exclaimed Nick Wong after the river hand landed and the chips were pushed towards Michael Kanaan. Wong was dirty because he had flopped the straight holding on a flop of 
but it got run down by Kanaan.
We assume Wong bet the flop and 
turn, before both players checked the 
river as Kanaan opened 
for a bigger straight to take it down.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
185,000 | 85,000 |
|
140,000 | -121,000 |
Aces Hurt Hasse
When Julian Hasse woke up with 
early here on Day 3 we are sure he was quietly happy. When he managed to get Xue Bin Pang to commit all his chips preflop holding , we are sure Hasse was even happier.
Howver, and there does always seem to be a however in these situations, when the board ran out 
, it was a painful hand for Hasse as he no struggles on slightly less than 25,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
210,000 | 110,000 |
|
|
25,000 | -105,000 |
Up and Down Kitty
Kitty Kuo has had plenty of highs and lows already here on Day 3, having taken down a double-up early, only to lose a pot and sit with around what she started the day with. Well, it's back up again for Kuo as she has taken another double for the ladies.
It started with Amit Varma opening to 8,500 from the hijack. Kuo was then in the big blind and three-bet all-in for around 40,000. Varma made the call and turned over his 
. Kuo would have plenty to work with, flipping over her 
Board: 
A good board for Kuo as she takes the double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
85,000 | 45,000 |
Level: 15
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
Kuo Claws To Life
Kitty Kuo returned today as the only female still in contention to take down the title and she has managed to take one closer step to doing just that by picking up an early double.
It all started when Kuo opened it up to 6,500 from the under the gun. The action was then sent flying around to Michael Kanaan who three-bet to 15,000. With the play back on Kuo, she would jam for her around 35,000-chip stack. Kanaan made the call and the two turned their hands over.
Kanaan: 
Kuo: 
The board ran out with no danger for Kuo as she took down the handy double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
100,000 | -57,000 |
|
|
75,000 | 41,000 |
Another One Home
Starting the day with only 20 big blinds, Steven Tegnelia was going to need to do some work early here on Day 3. Unfortunately Tegnelia wasn't able to do that and goes home in 27th place for a min-cash.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted |
Zhang First Out
Our first elimination of the day is Filipino local Mark Anthony Ortiz. He came into today as the second shortest stack of the field and looked to double up with 
but he ran smack into the 
of Bobby Zhang.
The board ran out 
to leave Ortiz the first to visit the cashier and a PHP153,510 pay day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
170,000 | 50,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Time to Go
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
The cards are now being dealt! There was around 15 minutes left on Level 14 last night, so we will be playing out the remainder of that level before kicking on with regular hour-long levels. The plan is to play down to a final table. It's hard to tell how long that will take at this point, but somewhere in the range of 6-7 levels.