2012 PokerStars.net APPT Cebu

Jour 1b terminé

Publié 2012-04-26 19:17 GMT+8

APPT Cebu Sees Martins Crush Day 1b

Publié 2012-04-26 18:57 GMT+8 • Niveau 6: 300-600, 75 ante

Day 1b chip leader, Antonio Martins

It’s all over here on Day 1b of the APPT Cebu Main Event from the Waterfront Hotel and Casino, with Antonio Martins well and truly the chip leader.

When the day started there were 76 players vying for a Day 2 berth. That field made to easily surpass yesterday’s 51 entrants and brings the total so far to 128 players.

Of the 76 who began with hopes of making Day 2, only 42 will return with the chance at making a run at a title. Some of those who couldn’t survive the day include Minh Nguyen, Ari Engel and Jay Tan.

As alluded to earlier, Martins is easily the chip leader, managing to bag up 119,000 in chips. Martins won most of those chips holding against an opponent’s and it was all up from there.

Joining Martins at the top of the chip counts will be 2010 Macau Poker Cup Championship winner Julian Hasse who finished on a very healthy 96,500. Martins and Hasse have surpassed the Day 1a chip leader and now sit at the top of the overall chip counts.

Also surviving Day 1a and still in fine shape includes recent APPT Seoul Final Table finisher Kenneth Wong, the reigning ANZ Player of the Year Danny Chevalier and Team PokerStars Pro's Vivian Im and Celina Lin.

Be sure to return tomorrow to continue following all the coverage from the Asia Pacific Poker Tour in Cebu as the PokerNews Live Reporting Team brings you all the action from the final and busiest Day 1 flight so far. It all starts at 12.10 pm local time, so don’t miss it!

Official End-of-Day Chip Counts

Publié 2012-04-26 18:55 GMT+8

Décompte Jetons
Antonio Martins			119,000	-4,000
Julian Hasse			97,600	-12,400
Bobo Chen			67,900	-100
Daniel Ortmann			66,500
Petr Glasko			63,000
Daniel Nordstrom			61,700
Artyom Novikov			61,300
Charles Lam			55,800	10,800
Loo Junzhong			55,400
Sparrow Cheung			54,000	30,000
Kitty Kuo			49,500	13,500
Ted Wang			44,100	10,100
Nachman Berlin			43,000
Daejang Kim			42,700
Feng Zhao			41,800
Xue Bin Pang			40,800
Kenneth Wong			40,600	3,600
Pakinai Lisawad			38,500
Antoine Amourette			35,700	-300
Mark Anthony Ortiz			33,500
Karsten Nielsen			30,100
Yoke Wei Woon			27,500
Andre Bouchard			25,900
Dhanesh Chainani			25,900
Stefan Fransson			25,600

Lire Plus

Just Three More

Publié 2012-04-26 18:37 GMT+8 • Niveau 6: 300-600, 75 ante

The clock has been stopped and it has been announced that just three more hands will be played. We'll be back with full chip counts as soon as possible, but just for your information, the chip lead will either be Julian Hasse or Antonio Martins.

Hasse Increases His Might

Publié 2012-04-26 18:30 GMT+8 • Niveau 6: 300-600, 75 ante

Julian Hasse is looking like he will be very close to being the chip leader at the end of the night. We recently saw him take down a hand holding against one opponent on a board showing .

Tags: Julian Hasse.

Slow Times

Publié 2012-04-26 18:25 GMT+8 • Niveau 6: 300-600, 75 ante

The play has started to slow up late into the last level of the night as players hang on to their tournament lives. The most exciting thing that has happened recently is the buying up of the 25-denomination chips in anticipation of the end of the night.

Wong Back Up

Publié 2012-04-26 18:20 GMT+8

Kenneth Wong started the day strong and then plateaued a bit for much of the later half of the day. The last level or so though has seen Wong move back up.

We caught a recent hand involving Wong that started when the hijack player opened it up 2,000. Wong was in the small blind and made the call, while the big blind player also came along for the ride.

The flop would see all three players check as the landed on the turn. This time Wong would not be so quiet, throwing out 3,700. Both players got out of the way and Wong took down the nice little pot.

Décompte Jetons
Kenneth Wong			37,000	9,000

Tags: Kenneth Wong.

Stacked

Publié 2012-04-26 18:07 GMT+8

With a few recent table breaks and so many talented players remaining in the APPT Cebu Main Event, it is no surprise that one of the tables is heavily stacked late into the day. Below is a list of the six players who make up this scary table.

Décompte Jetons
Julian Hasse			110,000	10,000
Antoine Amourette			36,000	9,000
Sparrow Cheung			24,000	5,500
Celina Lin	PokerStars Team Pro		23,000	6,000
Hung-Sheng Lin			20,500	-1,500
Mikael Rosen			10,000	-16,000

Late Count Update

Publié 2012-04-26 18:00 GMT+8

With 47 players remaining late into Day 1b, here is how some of the players are currently looking.

Décompte Jetons
Antonio Martins			123,000	-22,000
Bobo Chen			68,000	41,000
Charles Lam			45,000	5,000
Kitty Kuo			36,000	8,000
Ted Wang			34,000	3,000
Kenneth Wong			28,000	-15,000
Kim Gap Young			22,000	-14,000
Danny Chevalier			17,000	5,500
Daren Yoon			14,000	-5,500
Vivian Im	PokerStars Team Pro		7,500	-8,500

Wang's Two Pair Do the Job

Publié 2012-04-26 17:52 GMT+8 • Niveau 6: 300-600, 75 ante

You may remember Kim Gap Young from this event last year. He's the boyfriend of Team PokerStars Pro Vivian Im. Both made it down to three-handed play, where Vivian really turned the screws on Kim and put him to several tough decisions and eventually knocked him out in 3rd place.

The two are on separate tables today but that hasn't made things any easier for Kim. He recently became involved in a sizable pot with Ted Wang, formerly the Chinese language blogger for PokerStars. With 10,000 already in the pot on the turn, , Ted bet 8,500. Kim studied his hand before squeezing calling chips from between his thumb and forefinger and into the pot.

The river completed several different draws. Ted thoughtfully tapped a chip on tap of his stack, indicating a check. Kim checked behind, then sighed and mucked as Ted revealed for top two pair.

Tags: Kim Gap Young.