We couldn't help but notice the caliber of talent over on Table 7. Sitting in seat one is the USA's resident party boy and successful poker pro Carter Gill, seat two is 2011 ANZPT Adelaide champion Octavian Voegele, seat four is Voegele's runner-up in Adelaide and former PokerStars Sunday Million victor Jesse "On The Mac" McKenzie, in seat five we have online crusher James "supanova99" Bills and in seat seven it is reigning ANZ Player of the Year Danny Chevalier.
When we wandered past Mishel Anunu's table we noticed he was getting his stack all in on a flop showing . The player who had him covered was Julian Hasse.
Hasse:
Anunu:
Before the dealer flipped over the turn and river, Anunu had gathered his things and made his way from the table. He turned just once to see the hit the turn and the land on the river as this past Sunday Warm-Up victor makes his way out the door.
Daren Yoon is an early casualty from Day 2 of the APPT Cebu Main Event. With a raise from under the gun to 1,800 and a re-raise to 3,800 from David Steicke in front of him, Yoon moved all in for around 12,000 with pocket tens. The under-the-gun player re-raised all in with ace-queen, to force Steicke to have to fold his pocket jacks.
Yoon was pretty happy with that as he looked to almost triple up in a race situation, but an ace fell on the turn to spell the end for his tournament.
Daniel Laidlaw was spotted in the queue at the cashier which can only mean one thing – busto!
He kindly recalled to us that he shoved all in from under the gun for around 8,000 with queen-ten, but the player in the big blind tanked before calling with a dominant king-queen.
The board bricked out and Laidlaw was eliminated.
Plenty of players have been busting early on Day 2. The tables will surely start breaking soon, but in the mean time here is another one of the empty seats we have noticed.
We are sure this won't be the last time we say the words "the biggest hand of the tournament," but hey, it's what we just witnessed, so we don't how else to put it.
It all started when Wei Zhong Kua opened it up from the hijack. The player in the small blind made the call and then Kenneth Leong three-bet an extra 2,900 from the big blind. Back on Kua and he would four-bet another 9,000 and Leong made the call.
On the flop, both players opted to check and a hit the turn. The board featured all diamonds now and Leong would lead for 10,000. Kua then quickly popped it to 25,000. Leong made the call and the river completed the board.
This time Leong would slow down, opting to tap the table and send the action to Leong. It didn't take long for Kua to shove all in, having his opponent covered by a short amount.
Kua looked crushed. He painfully thought for more than five minutes, apologizing to the table several times. Eventually he would let his hand go, tabling {qd before sliding them into the muck. With that hand, Kua becomes the chip leader.
Kitty Kuo seems to be at her flamboyant best today after winning an extremely lengthy hand that reached no further than the flop.
Our attention was turned to the table when we heard Kitty declare herself “all in” on the flop of . And that’s what the dealer thought as well as he tossed the triangle all-in button in front of Kuo. It would’ve been a massive overbet into such a small pot, but Kuo quickly corrected the error by exclaiming “2,800” on several occasions, much to everyone’s amusement.
The bet was 2,800 but her opponent, Karsten Nielsen, bumped it to 8,000 to send Kuo deep into the tank.
On several occasions she asked Nielsen how much he had behind, and even at one point, requested an exact count by the dealer of his remaining stack.
There was a lot of Hollywooding going on though, as eventually Kuo confidently flicked out a re-raise to 31,200 to effective put Neilsen all in. He re-checked his hole cards before tossing them into the muck. Kuo moves up to 80,000.
When we came to Bobo Chen's table there was a flop showing and Chen was involved in the hand with Antoine Amourette.
The action was checked to Chen and he quite quickly (quickly for him anyway), bet 3,500. Amourette then check-raised it up to 13,000. It was back on Chen now and he would, surprise surprise, go into the tank. Eventually Chen would give up his hand, showing the to the tabl as he did so.
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. The player who had him covered was Julian Hasse.
hit the turn and the 
land on the river as this past Sunday Warm-Up victor makes his way out the door.
hit the turn. The board featured all diamonds now and Leong would lead for 10,000. Kua then quickly popped it to 25,000. Leong made the call and the 
river completed the board.
before sliding them into the muck. With that hand, Kua becomes the chip leader.
. And that’s what the dealer thought as well as he tossed the triangle all-in button in front of Kuo. It would’ve been a massive overbet into such a small pot, but Kuo quickly corrected the error by exclaiming “2,800” on several occasions, much to everyone’s amusement.
to the tabl as he did so.