Earlier in the day, we reported that one of the few ladies in the field, Emi Hibuse, was very short stacked and found herself all in during the first level. She managed to survive that and now she prospers as the chip leader.
When India's Sangeeth Mohan held and the flop fell , he would be sitting happy with a straight flush draw. However, it would only get better from there.
In the hand in question, Mohan was up against one opponent and both players would check the flop in the raised pot.
On the turn, Mohan's opponent checked and Mohan threw out 2,500. The player called and a would be dealt on the river. This time when Mohan's opponent checked, Mohan would casually flick out 5,000 and his opponent would again make the call.
Suffice it to say, the nuts were good enough for Mohan as his opponent's cards went into the muck and he took down the big pot.
Ryan Hong has been relentless in his aggression over on his table. Every time we wander past we notice that Hong is sticking in at least a three-bet and more often than not, a four-bet.
A recent hand saw Hong take down plenty of chips when he put in a five-bet to 9,200 after his opponent had opened and four-bet. The player looked rather annoyed and let out a sigh when he sent the pot to Hong.
A small pre-flop raise from Wally Sombero induced Emi Hibuse and big blind Akira Ohyama. All three players checked a 9-high flop, . When the turn fell and Ohyama checked again, Sombero tried a bet of 1,600. Hibuse snap-called; Ohyama folded. On the river , Somebero repeated his 1,600-chip bet. Hibuse thought for only a moment before surrendering her cards to the dealer.
Bryan Huang has just hit the rail. The last hand of his day saw him get his short stack all-in holding and not being able to stay in front of his opponent's . The elimination of Huang means that he is the only Team PokerStars Pro who participated in the event, but did not make Day 2.
David Steicke may have been the last registration for today’s event, but he is quickly making waves in typical Steicke style.
He opened with a cutoff raise to 775 and found one call on the button to see a flop of . Both players checked and the fell on the turn. Steicke bet out 1,500 and his opponent called before the landed on the river.
Steicke didn’t slow down as he tossed out a colourful 3,225. His opponent instantly called.
“Straight!” declared Steicke emphatically as he tabled a rather imaginative . It was good to scoop the pot to move up to 29,000.
Vincent Rubianes has been have a very productive later half the day, managing to pick up chips from every direction. We recently came to his table with a board showing and Rubianes in the hand with one opponent.
There was well over 7,000 already in the pot at this point and Rubianes was busy firing out a small bet of 2,875. Rubianes' opponent was in the tank for quite some time, before eventually deciding to fold, sending the chips straight into Rubianes' stack.
Wally Sombero, the man known as the Godfather of Filipino poker, is progressing well here on Day 1c of the APPT Cebu Main Event.
We caught Sombero raking some chips in a recent multi-way pot. Four players went to a flop of where an early position player took a stab for 700. Sombero was his only customer as they went to the turn. Action checked to Sombero who bet 1,250 which was enough to take it down.
Sombero is up to 52,000 approaching the last break of the day.