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
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.
“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.
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.
When we arrived at Chun Tat Lee's table, he was up out of his seat and pushing his chips towards Bobby Zhang. We didn't get to see Lee's hand or how it went down, but Zhang's was still on the felt and the board was still spread.
With that, Lee is out in 25th place and we are down to twenty-four players.
We love the entertainment value that Bobo Chen brings to a tournament, but when things get this deep, Bobo’s drawn out stalling can start to rub everyone the wrong way.
We’ve seen the clock called twice on him already today, both times preflop.
Recently Chen three-bet from the small blind to a hefty 50,000 following an opening raise to 11,500 from Sammy Huang on the button. Only problem was that Antonio Martins woke up with a big hand in the big blind and moved all in. Huang folded but Chen went into the tank.
He stood from his chair and pointed to the chips on several occasions before time was eventually called. It was 60,000 more so the price looked attractive but Chen eventually folded his .
The run of Kitty Kuo has come to an end. She got her last chips in with pocket tens against the of Nick Wong, but couldn’t win the coinflip as the board ran out .
For her effort, Kuo goes home in 23rd place for a PHP 175,500 score and the title of "last lady standing" here in the APPT Cebu Main Event.
Alvin Cheam's double-up hand all started when Antoine Amourette opened it up to 8,500 from early position. Cheam was in the small blind and he would three-bet shove for his remaining 66,000. Amourette thought hard for some time, eventually making the call.
It was just for Cheam, while Amourette held .
The board was spread , with Cheam staying ahead, staying alive and staying in contention for this tournament.
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. Kuo would have plenty to work with, flipping over her 
, we are sure Hasse was even happier.
but it got run down by Kanaan.
turn, before both players checked the 
for a bigger straight to take it down.
.
on the turn gave Hasse a couple more outs to the straight, but the 
gave him no help as Hasse exits in 26th place.
was still on the felt and the 
board was still spread.
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