With another broken table just prior to the break, there is now a table with some very recognizable faces of Australian poker.
The roster of on the table features recent 2012 ANZPT Sydney 4th place finisher Stewart Bellard, 2011 ANZPT Sydney champion Michael Kanaan, 2007 APPT Sydney and 2011 ANZPT Perth winner Grant Levy, the most recent PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up victor Mishel Anunu and 2011 ANZPT Adelaide runner-up and previous PokerStars Sunday Million victor Jesse McKenzie.
When we came to Octavian Voegele's table there was around 5,000 already in the pot and Voegele was heading to a flop against one opponent.
On the flop, Voegele's opponent led for 3,000 and Voegele made a quick call as a was dealt on the turn. This time the player checked and Voegele through out 5,000. It was then a check-raise to Voegele who bet 5,500. Voegele's opponent then raised it up to 12,500 and it was back on Voegele who decided to let his hand go.
Grant Levy was one who flew into Cebu a few days early to enjoy some time at the Shangri-La Mactan resort with his young family. They were having a blast by the sounds of it, and now dad can spend some time in the pool after his recent elimination from the Main Event.
By the time we arrived at the table Levy was already standing and packing up his gear in apparent resignation as two other players were still involved in the hand. It was recalled to us that Levy was all in on the flop, before the other two went to war on the turn on a board of . One player eventually folded as Levy tabled for top pair with a straight draw, but he would need a lot of help to get past his opponent’s for a flopped straight.
The river was the and Levy departed the Waterfront Casino
With only four tables currently in play here at the 2012 APPT Cebu Main Event, it is easy to tell who has the largest chip stack and at this current point in time it is Jacky Wang.
He was looking good early, but Team PokerStars Pro Raymond Wu has just made a misstep to see him fall just below starting stack.
When we came to the table their was a flop showing and Wu was in the hand against one opponent. Both players checked and the was dealt on the turn.
On the turn, Wu led for 1,800 and his opponent made it an extra 2,500 to go. Wu then popped it another 8,200 and his opponent instantly shoved for another 18,400. Eventually Wu decided to fold and took the hit to his stack as his opponent took down the nice hand.
"Man, you run so good," were the words that came out of one player's mouth as he witnessed Han Ruo Goh deal the fatal blow to another player.
We came to the table with a flop showing and Goh's one opponent getting all their chips in the middle. Goh had enough chips by a mile and would end up taking down the pot holding when the turn hit with a and the river with an .
Daniel Laidlaw was just looking he would be heading home when he got his short stack all in preflop holding against the of Jacky Wang. It was a shove in the cutoff and a call from the small blind from Wang that would see the two watch some cards be dealt on the felt.
The flop gave Laidlaw some more outs and when the hit the turn, Laidlaw would have the straight he needed to survive. Somewhat unfortunately for Laidlaw though, the on the river would see the pot chopped.