2009 PokerStars.net APPT Cebu

We are now heads-up after Sim Somyung was eliminated in third, cashing in for Php 2,900,000.

After a raise and then re-raise all-in by Sim Somyung, we had a typical pre-flop race:

Somyung:
Han:

The board did not improve Somyung's hand and he was busted out by his fellow Korean.

After Somyung's elimination, we are now in heads-up play.

David Hilton - 3,200,000
Dong-bin Han - 2,600,000
Sim Somyung - 505,000

David Hilton has won big in a clash of the two chip leaders.

Pre-flop, Sim Somyung raised to 100,000, David Hilton re-raised to 300,000, Dong-bin called and Sim folded.

Flop:

Dong-bin bet 220,000 and David called.

Turn:

Both players checked to see the river, which brought the .

David bet 450,000 and Dong-bin folded after tanking, but not before showing .

It's the end of the line for Kevin Clark, who managed to survive all this way despite being short-stacked almost all the way.

Clark pushed all-in pre-flop and got instantly called by David Hilton.

David Hilton:
Kevin Clark:

The flop came out , giving Hilton the set but opening the door for a flush draw by Clark.

However, it bricked out the rest of the way with and and we are now down to our final three after Kevin Clark's exit in 4th.

For the win, Clark wins Php 2,036,420.

Cards are back in play as the players return from the ten minute break.

The remaining four players are on their second break of the day.

While you wait, check out our video with Raymond Wu on the beach earlier in the week...

Things have slowed down dramatically since the last elimination.

If the players are taking flops they are checking them down the vast majority of the time.

Recently, David Hilton opened to 81,000 and Dong-bin Han called from the small blind.

They took checked the flop and the turn. On the river Han bet out 235,000 and took it down.

Dong-bin Han hasn't been afraid to play pots at any stage of this tournament. He was in there again with Sim Somyung. The action was light until the river, where Han fired out a bet of 125,000 with the board showing . Somyun called with top pair , handily beating Han's pair of queens, .

With a board showing , Sim Somyung bet 250,000 and was called by David Hilton.

The river was the and both players checked.

Hilton turned over pocket kings and Somyung just mucked, giving a pot of around 600,000 to David.