Main Event Day 3 | 2012 PokerStars.net APPT Cebu

04-29-2012 15:46 UTC+8

De Guzman De Gone

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Victor de Guzman was the last remaining local Filipino player in the tournament and with his recent elimination, there is no longer a chance of the title staying on home soil.

Guzman was all-in holding {a-Hearts} {q-Diamonds} and would need some help against Bobo Chen's {q-Clubs} {q-Spades} . The board ran out {4-Spades} {2-Spades} {3-Clubs} {4-Clubs} {7-Diamonds} and it was all over for Guzman in 15th place for a PHP 274,500 score.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bobo Chen	300,000 200,000	200,000
Victor de Guzman	Busted

Tags: Victor de Guzman Bobo Chen

Level: 18

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 1,000

04-29-2012 15:52 UTC+8

Counts From Table One

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Player	Chips	Progress
Amit Varma	725,000 80,000	80,000
Sungsik Bae	660,000 210,000	210,000
Nicholas Wong	490,000 190,000	190,000
Bobo Chen	300,000
Bobby Zhang	250,000 -145,000	-145,000
Sameer Rattonsey	195,000 -55,000	-55,000

04-29-2012 16:00 UTC+8

Bobo Tanks His Way to Short Stack

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The hand in which Bobo Chen was left short stacked began when Nicholas Wang opened it up to 19,000. Alistrair Duff then popped it to 46,000 and the action was sent around to Chen in the big blind. Chen thought. And thought. And thought. And thought.

And thought.

Until.

Chen finally announced he was all in.

Wang got out of the way and Duff made the call, putting his tournament life at risk.

Duff: {a-Spades} {k-Hearts}
Chen: {j-Clubs} {j-Diamonds}

The board was spread looking a little something like this - {k-Spades} {a-Diamonds} {3-Hearts} {9-Clubs} {5-Hearts} , with the handy flop giving Duff the double up and leaving Chen crippled.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alistair Duff	465,000 200,000	200,000
Bobo Chen	70,000 -230,000	-230,000

Tags: Alistair Duff Bobo Chen

04-29-2012 16:05 UTC+8

Counts From Table Two

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Player	Chips	Progress
Hoang Anh Do	450,000 110,000	110,000
Michael Kanaan	420,000 -50,000	-50,000
Jae Kyung Sim	340,000 -90,000	-90,000
Jacky Wang	210,000 -120,000	-120,000
Antoine Amourette	135,000 65,000	65,000
Hyung Kook Shin	115,000 -55,000	-55,000
Carter Gill	100,000 20,000	20,000

04-29-2012 16:10 UTC+8

Bobo Out in 14th

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It didn’t take long for Bobo Chen to lose his remaining chips. He had about 60,000 left when he moved all in with {9-Diamonds} {10-Spades} but Sameer Rattonsey had him in bad shape with a dominant {q-Hearts} {10-Clubs} .

The flop was an interesting {q-Diamonds} {3-Diamonds} {j-Hearts} as Rattonsey hit top pair but Chen now had more outs with an open-ended straight draw. The turn was the {3-Clubs} and the river and equally bricky {5-Clubs} to see Chen fall just short of another APPT final table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sameer Rattonsey	250,000 55,000	55,000
Bobo Chen	Busted

Tags: Bobo Chen Sameer Rattonsey

04-29-2012 16:15 UTC+8

Folding His Way to a Final Table

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"Whoa, slow roll?" said Carter Gill as his opponent took his time to call Gill's all-in. In the hand in question, Gill shoved for 59,000 from middle position holding {k-Clubs} {10-Spades} and Jae Kyung Sim in the big blind took his time to make the call with {7-Hearts} {7-Diamonds} .

"I never lose these," said gill as the board was spread {j-Clubs} {2-Hearts} {10-Diamonds} {2-Clubs} {4-Hearts} . He was right, he didn't lose and now he has doubled up yet again after spending the whole day as a short stack.

"I'm just gonna fold my way to third place," said Gill as he raked in his new chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Carter Gill	135,000 35,000	35,000

Tags: Carter Gill

04-29-2012 16:23 UTC+8

Eight Nine No Good

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We aren't sure how the war went down on this hand, but it was Sameer Rattonsey in the small blind holding {a-} {a-} and Sungsik Bae in the big blind holding {9-} {8-} . At some point Bae got Rattonsey all in for just over 250,000.

The board ran out {k-Hearts} {q-Spades} {9-Diamonds} {6-Clubs} {3-Clubs} , with Rattonsey's aces holding up and him climbing up the chip leader board.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sameer Rattonsey	500,000 250,000	250,000
Sungsik Bae	340,000 -320,000	-320,000

Tags: Sameer Rattonsey Sungsik Bae

04-29-2012 16:25 UTC+8

Carter Gill Heads Home

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Carter Gill’s two-day battle with his short stack has finally come to an end in unlucky 13th place.

After Hoang Anh Do opened the button to 23,000, Gill moved all in from the small blind for around 110,000. Action was with Jacky Wang in the big blind and he quickly motioned to the dealer for the triangle all-in button in a re-raise over the top. Do rocked back in his chair before finding a fold and the cards were on their backs:

Gill: {a-Clubs} {10-Clubs}
Wang: {8-Spades} {8-Diamonds}

It was the pair versus the overs but Wang took a stranglehold on the pot when the flop landed {8-Hearts} {4-Hearts} {9-Diamonds} to give him a set of eights. The {J-Hearts} turn gave Gill some hope with a straight draw but the river {A-Diamonds} was the nail in the coffin as Gill departs the poker room.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jacky Wang	350,000 140,000	140,000
Carter Gill	Busted

Tags: Carter Gill Jacky Wang

04-29-2012 16:42 UTC+8

Shin The Shorty Out

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Hyung Kook Shin was one of the shorter stack in the later half of Day 3 here in the APPT Cebu Main Event. His tournament has recently come to an end in 12th place as we are left just two spots away from the final table.

Shin opened it up to 18,000 from middle position and Kanaan three-bet to 45,000 on the button. It was now back on Shin and he would eventually four-bet shove his stack in. Kannan made the snap-call and the two players turned their hands over.

Kanaan: {7-Spades} {7-Diamonds}
Shin: {a-Spades} {q-Clubs}

The board ran out {4-Hearts} {8-Spades} {k-Hearts} {j-Hearts} {3-Clubs} , no help for Shin meaning he was sent packing with a PHP 329,500 consolation prize.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hyung Kook Shin	Busted

Tags: Hyung Kook Shin Michael Kanaan