Main Event
Day 1B Completed
Main Event
Day 1B Completed
As expected, Day 1b of the PHP 50,000 PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour stop at the City of Dreams in Manila turned out to be even bigger as the first starting flight. Once registration was officially closed at the start of level six, the screens showed 325 entries for Day 1b to create an overall field of 585 entries. Out of those, 417 were unique players and the rest consisted of multiple bullets throughout the two starting days.
The largest international Main Event ever held in the Philippines was created after besting the previous record of 430 back in 2010, which was also set by the APPT stop in Manila. Expectations for the event were shattered and overall the poker festival boasted incredibly satisfying numbers.
"This is going to change the way people perceive poker in the Philippines." said Gerardo 'Hill' Alim, the PokerStars LIVE Manila Poker Room Manager. "I'm blown away by the turnout in the Main Event which was truly international with 41 countries represented."
"But the preliminary side events also had more than a thousand players and there are still more side events over the weekend. The City of Dreams Manila has been an amazing supporter of PokerStars and the feedback from players has been outstanding."
The top 72 spots are rewarded with at least PHP 89,800 whereas the winner will be walking home with impressive PHP 6,016,250 on Sunday evening, the payday also includes a 2015 ACOP Main Event entry worth HKD 100,000 as well.
A total of 41 different countries participated in the event with the local heroes representing the most (92) followed by Japan (82) and Korea (58). Meanwhile, 196 of the 585 entrants are PokerStars players who either bought into the event or qualified online. Leading the field of 100 survivors after nine levels of Day 1b is Dong Il Kim of Korea with 242,700 followed by Australian poker pro Aaron Lim (201,800) and Shinobu Tanaka (178,700). Similar to the previous starting day, a Norwegian made a run for the headlines and Svein Jorgen Kristensen peaked at more than 200,000 before bagging up 168,300.
Kim was already among the bigger stacks when his top pair and flush draw cracked the pocket kings of Weiyie Zhang, yet another flush made him the top dog and eventually the overall chip leader.
Lim on the other hand arrived toward the top of the counts just prior to the first break and then consistently ran up his stack before going on a heater late in the day. Winfred Yu fell victim to that run in one of the last hands of the day and will come back on Saturday with his Day 1a stack.
Two PokerStars Team Pros participated on Day 1b after failing to bag up chips the previous night. Aditya Agarwal fired two bullets and was sent to the rail by Jose Drilon, while Keisuke Hikosaka took care of Team Pro Kosei Ichinose. APPT9 Macau finalist Florencio Campomanes, Marcuss Liow, David Steicke, Henrik Tollefsen and Gab Yong Kim were also among the more well known casualties.
Notables that made it through on the second starting day include defending champion Thanh Ha Duong (99,500); Manuel Blaschke (90,500), who dominated the first five levels; APPT8 Seoul champion Chane Kampanatsanyakorn (83,200); Lester Edoc (81,000); Filipino poker godfather Wally Sombero (62,900); APPT8 Manila finalist Rajeev Kanjani (52,800); and Yaxi Zhu (36,100).
Top 10 Day 1b Chip Counts:
Place | Player | County | Chip Count |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Dong Il Kim | Korea | 242,700 |
2 | Aaron Lim | Australia | 201,800 |
3 | Shinobu Tanaka | Japan | 178,700 |
4 | Svein Jorgen Kristensen | Norway | 168,300 |
5 | Hsein Ching Feng | Chinese Taipei | 157,400 |
6 | Seung Soo Jeon | Korea | 153,000 |
7 | Seonghwan Ahn | Korea | 152,100 |
8 | Seokchan Hwang | Korea | 147,400 |
9 | Heng Mun Lua | Malaysia | 136,200 |
10 | Shaobo Ye | China | 135,000 |
No survivors bagged twice, meaning a combined field of 175 hopefuls will return to the tables at 2 p.m. local time on Saturday for Level 10 with blinds at 700/1,400/200. More than 100 of them will leave the tournament empty handed while the field works it way to the money. Tune back then to find out who makes the cut as the PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be back to provide all key situations until a new champion is crowned.
Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chips |
---|---|---|---|---|
4 | 1 | James King | USA | 19300 |
4 | 2 | Victor Raul Onoja Perez | Peru | 42500 |
4 | 4 | Youngwoo Cho | Korea | 62300 |
4 | 5 | Ronny Bjrnerud | Norway | 21200 |
4 | 6 | Bryan Oliver | Colombia | 27800 |
4 | 7 | Manuel Blaschke | Austria | 90500 |
4 | 8 | Mark Anthony Amparo | Philippines | 32100 |
4 | 9 | Mike Kim | Korea | 32700 |
4 | 10 | Michael Allmrodt | Austria | 80900 |
5 | 1 | Xiaogang Lin | China | 17500 |
5 | 2 | Shinji Sugeta | Japan | 30500 |
5 | 3 | Hsein Ching Feng | Chinese Taipei | 157400 |
5 | 4 | Seonghwan Ahn | Korea | 152100 |
5 | 5 | Dongkyu Kim | Korea | 171900 |
5 | 6 | Roel Pijpers | Netherlands | 18400 |
5 | 7 | Seokchan Hwang | Korea | 147400 |
5 | 8 | Derek Baker | Australia | 21100 |
5 | 9 | Roger V Gaor | USA | 26100 |
5 | 10 | Jester Intia | Philippines | 47000 |
6 | 1 | Azusa Maeda | Japan | 86800 |
6 | 2 | Tyler William Patterson | Canada | 44700 |
6 | 3 | Hideaki Mori | Japan | 82400 |
6 | 4 | Hiroyuki Noda | Japan | 79500 |
6 | 5 | Chen-an Lin | Chinese Taipei | 44400 |
6 | 7 | Maria Carmen Esdaile | Philippines | 22000 |
6 | 8 | Seitaro Aso | Japan | 29100 |
6 | 9 | Chulwoo Park | Korea | 54700 |
6 | 10 | Hongkong Nguyen | Canada | 52700 |
10 | 1 | Andrew Gaw | Philippines | 35400 |
10 | 2 | Yuichi Sumida | Japan | 45900 |
10 | 3 | Heng Mun Lua | Malaysia | 136200 |
10 | 4 | Douglas Olsson | Sweden | 207500 |
10 | 5 | Jessie Leonarez | Philippines | 135800 |
10 | 6 | Tian Hao | China | 7200 |
10 | 7 | Roland Loos | Germany | 23600 |
10 | 8 | Hubert Siy | Philippines | 26200 |
10 | 9 | Siddharth Jain | India | 13800 |
10 | 10 | Bryan Huang | Singapore | 172900 |
11 | 1 | Mavrangelos Dion | Australia | 52600 |
11 | 2 | Jason Fellowes | Australia | 17800 |
11 | 3 | Franklin Acfalle | USA | 108300 |
11 | 4 | Jesse Mckenzie | Australia | 67200 |
11 | 5 | Dong Il Kim | Korea | 242700 |
11 | 6 | Mark Benasa | Philippines | 68200 |
11 | 8 | Marcus Lau | Singapore | 28100 |
11 | 9 | Hai Ha Tran | Vietnam | 117300 |
11 | 10 | Vivian Im | Korea | 132900 |
12 | 1 | Patrick Draper | USA | 24200 |
12 | 2 | Ernest Raymond Hatmaker | USA | 52300 |
12 | 3 | Takuya Yamashita | Japan | 62600 |
12 | 5 | Keunwoo Park | Korea | 35900 |
12 | 6 | Mital Chandihok | USA | 54100 |
12 | 7 | Isabelo Braza | Philippines | 21100 |
12 | 8 | Hyoung Suob Shim | Korea | 28000 |
12 | 9 | Nan Nan Song | China | 17500 |
12 | 10 | Linh Tran | Canada | 55500 |
15 | 1 | Ryan O'Donnell | Ireland | 57900 |
15 | 2 | Sean Mcmahon | Australia | 60800 |
15 | 3 | Winfred Yu | Canada | 19800 |
15 | 4 | Junyeob Song | Korea | 30900 |
15 | 5 | Gerald Casey | USA | 106200 |
15 | 6 | Akitoshi Yano | Japan | 38800 |
15 | 7 | Yaxi Zhu | China | 36100 |
15 | 8 | John Jolly | Australia | 56900 |
15 | 9 | Seung Soo Jeon | Korea | 153000 |
15 | 10 | Wilfredo Arbis | Australia | 65500 |
16 | 1 | Edwin Bondoc Marzan | Philippines | 66800 |
16 | 2 | Khanh Le Ngoc | Vietnam | 28300 |
16 | 3 | Ka Cheong Wong | Hong Kong | 59300 |
16 | 4 | Shinobu Tanaka | Japan | 178700 |
16 | 5 | Hayato Kitajima | Japan | 100800 |
16 | 6 | James Mendoza | USA | 56000 |
16 | 7 | Fubo Fu Bang Huang | Chinese Taipei | 28000 |
16 | 8 | Roger Spets | Sweden | 88600 |
16 | 9 | Daisuke Ikeda | Japan | 52800 |
16 | 10 | Mark Lloyd | Australia | 26200 |
17 | 1 | Yan Li | China | 78100 |
17 | 2 | Pete Yen Han Chen | Chinese Taipei | 21500 |
17 | 3 | Xiao Tian Yang | China | 27700 |
17 | 4 | Trifie Montebon | Philippines | 37800 |
17 | 5 | Shaobo Ye | China | 135000 |
17 | 6 | Aron Dermer | USA | 63400 |
17 | 7 | Jack Liew | Singapore | 53800 |
17 | 8 | Sebastien Clot | France | 60700 |
17 | 9 | Masako Okai | Japan | 33500 |
17 | 10 | Jaeik Cho | Korea | 46800 |
18 | 1 | Quang Duong Xuan | Vietnam | 23800 |
18 | 2 | Wayde Michael Rickhuss | Australia | 40900 |
18 | 3 | Rintaro Kagawa | Japan | 25600 |
18 | 4 | Kwan Kit Kwok | Hong Kong | 23800 |
18 | 5 | Sam Razavi | UK | 50500 |
18 | 6 | Thanh Ha Duong | Vietnam | 99500 |
18 | 7 | Thomas Lee | Canada | 129500 |
18 | 8 | Wally Sombero | Philippines | 62900 |
18 | 9 | Rolf Galasen | Norway | 203800 |
18 | 10 | Hideki Azuma | Japan | 125800 |
21 | 1 | Jose Drilon | Philippines | 44400 |
21 | 2 | Tsuyoshi Ishibashi | Japan | 98800 |
21 | 3 | Terry Gonzaga | Philippines | 79400 |
21 | 4 | Martin Corpuz | Philippines | 41200 |
21 | 5 | Celina Lin | China | 74900 |
21 | 6 | Ota Naruyasu | Japan | 93400 |
21 | 7 | Bilian Ye | China | 59400 |
21 | 8 | Rundulf Martin Gonzales | Philippines | 20100 |
21 | 9 | Keisuke Hikosaka | Japan | 29700 |
21 | 10 | Tseng Wei Ming | Chinese Taipei | 39600 |
22 | 1 | Iori Yogo | Japan | 132900 |
22 | 2 | In Sin | Korea | 43700 |
22 | 3 | Chane Kampanatsanyakorn | Thailand | 83200 |
22 | 4 | Jiaxiu Wang | China | 101200 |
22 | 5 | Kenji Kurashina | Japan | 53300 |
22 | 6 | Sungchang Park | Korea | 82900 |
22 | 7 | Thomas Ward | New Zealand | 20600 |
22 | 8 | Wai Lun Ng | Hong Kong | 43200 |
22 | 9 | Ning Ding | China | 43300 |
22 | 10 | Daniel Belov | Estonia | 63700 |
23 | 1 | Carson Choi | Canada | 35400 |
23 | 2 | John Niko Costiniano | Philippines | 53700 |
23 | 3 | Sungil Choi | Korea | 43400 |
23 | 4 | Alex Ward | UK | 53000 |
23 | 5 | Nicandro Filart | Philippines | 50400 |
23 | 6 | Yang Zhang | China | 52000 |
23 | 7 | Min Soon Lim | Singapore | 63800 |
23 | 8 | Leon Li-ta Hsu | Chinese Taipei | 49800 |
23 | 9 | Aaron Lim | Australia | 201800 |
23 | 10 | Svein Jorgen Kristensen | Norway | 168300 |
24 | 1 | Joachim Chia | Singapore | 44200 |
24 | 2 | Norihito Suzuki | Japan | 102600 |
24 | 3 | Kinam Kim | Korea | 29500 |
24 | 4 | James Hunter | USA | 60300 |
24 | 5 | Yu Ping Lin | Chinese Taipei | 36500 |
24 | 6 | Yi Zhou | China | 107400 |
24 | 7 | Adrian Brion | Philippines | 53400 |
24 | 8 | Sam Ng | Malaysia | 122200 |
24 | 9 | Inge Forsmo | Norway | 74400 |
24 | 10 | Corbin White | USA | 15200 |
27 | 1 | Ching Wei Chen | Chinese Taipei | 83500 |
27 | 2 | Shih Ciao Wang | Chinese Taipei | 91700 |
27 | 3 | Iona Christopher Finkenrath | Germany | 107200 |
27 | 4 | Dhaval Mudgal | India | 13300 |
27 | 5 | Alexander Bounsall | UK | 76600 |
27 | 6 | Andrei Dementev | Russia | 76700 |
27 | 7 | Jhana Hale | Australia | 53600 |
27 | 8 | Garry Cantong | Philippines | 34200 |
27 | 9 | Jack Yow Hui Ng | Singapore | 25800 |
27 | 10 | Perry Michael | Australia | 29600 |
28 | 1 | Edwin Hui | Canada | 120400 |
28 | 2 | Lester Pinto | Singapore | 53300 |
28 | 3 | Amit Roshanlal Jain | India | 68400 |
28 | 4 | Dong Hyun Kim | Korea | 52200 |
28 | 5 | Lester Edoc | Philippines | 81000 |
28 | 6 | Kazuhiro Shirasawa | Japan | 84800 |
28 | 7 | Robert Nguyen | USA | 85600 |
28 | 8 | Frederick Hernandez | Philippines | 57300 |
28 | 9 | Ashley Tay | Malaysia | 68900 |
28 | 10 | Andre Peters | Germany | 17700 |
29 | 1 | Yubing Wang | China | 36500 |
29 | 2 | Terry Fan | Chinese Taipei | 111000 |
29 | 3 | Ying Lin Chua | Malaysia | 44800 |
29 | 4 | Sam Srinivas Polishetty | India | 99200 |
29 | 5 | Somyung Sim | Korea | 40600 |
29 | 6 | Edison B. Marzan | Philippines | 52200 |
29 | 8 | Dennis Wilke | Germany | 70300 |
29 | 9 | Harold Neal Ruaya | Philippines | 65900 |
29 | 10 | Rajeev Kanjani | India | 52800 |
30 | 1 | Xiang Zhou | China | 41100 |
30 | 2 | Dominic Mykhatso | Canada | 20800 |
30 | 3 | Takeshi Wada | Japan | 46800 |
30 | 4 | Takashi Kurosaki | Japan | 105500 |
30 | 5 | Jiaxing Wang | China | 89400 |
30 | 6 | Konstantin Pogodin | Russia | 45900 |
30 | 7 | Romit Advani | India | 96300 |
30 | 8 | Kah Seng Sim | Singapore | 86600 |
30 | 9 | Jiang Ho Huang | Singapore | 10300 |
30 | 10 | Mansour Khorramshahi | Iran | 57400 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Dong Il Kim | 242,700 | |
Aaron Lim
|
201,800 | |
Shinobu Tanaka | 178,700 | 200 |
Svein Jorgen Kristensen | 168,300 | |
Feng Hsien Ching
|
157,400 | |
Seung Soo Jeon | 153,000 | |
Seonghwan Ahn
|
152,100 | 152,100 |
Seokchan Hwang | 147,400 | |
Heng Mun Lua | 136,200 | 136,200 |
Shaobo Ye
|
135,000 | |
Hideki Azuma
|
125,800 | 125,800 |
Franklin Acfalle | 108,300 | -11,700 |
Gerald Casey | 106,200 | 1,200 |
Norihito Suzuki
|
102,600 | 102,600 |
Hayato Kitajima | 100,800 | 45,800 |
Thanh Ha Duong | 99,500 | |
Tsuyoshi Ishibashi | 98,800 | 98,800 |
Ota Naruyasu
|
93,400 | 93,400 |
Manuel Blaschke | 90,500 | 15,500 |
Kah Seng Sim | 86,600 | 86,600 |
Robert Nguyen | 85,600 | -34,400 |
Chane Kampanatsanyakorn | 83,200 | 61,200 |
Sungchang Park
|
82,900 | 82,900 |
Hideaki Mori
|
82,400 | 82,400 |
Lester Edoc | 81,000 | 81,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Dong Il Kim | 242,700 | 7,700 |
Aaron Lim
|
201,800 | 1,800 |
Shinobu Tanaka | 178,500 | 108,500 |
Svein Jorgen Kristensen | 168,300 | -33,400 |
Feng Hsien Ching
|
157,400 | |
Seung Soo Jeon | 153,000 | 3,000 |
Seokchan Hwang | 147,400 | 22,400 |
Shaobo Ye
|
135,000 | -25,000 |
Thanh Ha Duong | 99,500 | -20,500 |
Winfred Yu's attempt to run up a bigger stack than the 19,800 of Day 1a has been crushed by Aaron Lim only a few hands before the bagging and tagging was supposed to take place. Yu three-bet shoved for 18,800 with the and was eventually called by the Australian with .
The board ran out and the very last community card sent Yu to the rail while Lim may very well end up as chip leader of Day 1b.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Aaron Lim
|
200,000 | 75,000 |
Winfred Yu | Busted |
Dong Il Kim has moved firmly into the chip lead with just a few hands remaining before the end of play.
Heads-up in on a board with about 14,000 in the middle already, the action was checked to Kim and he bet 13,400. His opponent check-raised all in for some 26,000 more and after about a minute in the tank, Kim made the call.
Kim's was behind his opponent's , but he had tons of outs. The river was certainly one, making Kim a flush.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Dong Il Kim | 235,000 | 53,000 |
Only a few minutes before the clock was stopped, Yaxi Zhu led the river of a board after the Chinese and Seung Soo Jeon had both checked the turn. The betting amount was 4,800 and Zhu faced a quick check-raise to 20,000, sending her into the think tank. Ultimately it resulted in a muck and Jeon flipped over .
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Seung Soo Jeon | 150,000 | 150,000 |
Yaxi Zhu | 35,000 | -10,000 |
Thanh Ha Duong made it 2,500 and China's Shaobo Ye bumped it up to 6,500 total.
Duong took his time about it but made the call and the two went heads-up to an flop. Duong checked and Ye fired again, making it 9,000.
Duong folded and Ye moved up to a spot among the late level leaders.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Shaobo Ye
|
160,000 | |
Thanh Ha Duong | 120,000 | 42,000 |
Within the last half an hour, Franklin Acfalle had spiked bottom set with while his opponent had flopped a flush only for the board to deliver a second seven on the turn. The chip went in and the American Live Satellite winner bumped up his stack to six digits.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Franklin Acfalle | 120,000 |