₱65,000 APPT Main Event
Day 1a Completed
2019 PokerStars APPT Manila
₱65,000 APPT Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2019 PokerStars APPT Manila
Buy-in
65,000 PHP
Prize Pool
64,405,575 PHP
Entries
1,135
Level
35
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000
Jingzhi Wang Leads After Day 1a of the 2019 APPT Manila Main Event
Level 13
: 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
The first flight of the 2019 PokerStars Asia Pacific Poker Tour Manila ₱65,000 Main Event is in the books, and it is Jingzhi Wang who managed to bag the biggest stack of the day. When everything was done, she wrote on her bag the number 468,000, which is good enough to give her the chip lead.
Jingzhi Wang has only two cashes registered in her name according to the Hendon Mob database, one of them from this very festival in Manila, and the other one in APPT Jeju one month ago. Now she is placed better than any other entrant of Day 1a, in order to go deep into the event, and at least secure her third lifetime cash.
The opening flight of the Main Event comprised of 403 entries, with 347 unique players, and only 101 of them managed to stay on their seats after the end of 13 levels of play.
Other players that bagged big for Day 1a are Edgar Kim (317,000), Yuri Odagiri (270,000), and Le Thai Loc (241,000).
Among those that played the first flight but didn't make it through are 2019 APPT National final tablists, Thijs Hilberts, Eran Shaham, Lee Wang Yong, Si Yang Phua, along with Tae Hoon Han, Ulrik Scotwin, and Siyuan Wang.
Tomorrow will be a new day, and everyone who didn't advance to Day 2 will have the chance to give it a try during Day 1b. This will be the second and last flight of the Main Event, and it is scheduled to start at 3:00 p.m. local time. The ₱20,000,000 guaranteed has been smashed from Day 1a, as there are already ₱22,868235 in the prize pool, and it can only go up after the second starting flight.
The 101 players that will continue their efforts in Day 2, will return on Saturday 3 August at 1:00 p.m. local time, for the penultimate day of the Main Event. This will be the last, and the most prestigious event that will be live report by the PokerNews team here in Manila, so stay tuned for all the action as it unfolds.
End of Day 1a Chip Counts (full)
Level 13
: 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
468,000
468,000
|
468,000 |
|
||
|
340,500
340,500
|
340,500 |
|
317,000 | |
|
266,000
193,000
|
193,000 |
|
249,000
249,000
|
249,000 |
|
241,000
241,000
|
241,000 |
|
231,500
101,500
|
101,500 |
|
228,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
215,000 | |
|
212,000
212,000
|
212,000 |
|
209,000
209,000
|
209,000 |
|
203,500
-71,500
|
-71,500 |
|
194,000
194,000
|
194,000 |
|
194,000
194,000
|
194,000 |
|
184,000
184,000
|
184,000 |
|
|
183,500
183,500
|
183,500 |
|
169,500
169,500
|
169,500 |
|
168,000
168,000
|
168,000 |
|
|
167,000
62,000
|
62,000 |
|
166,000
166,000
|
166,000 |
|
165,000
165,000
|
165,000 |
|
160,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
|
153,000
153,000
|
153,000 |
|
|
150,500
150,500
|
150,500 |
|
150,000
122,000
|
122,000 |
Last Six Hands
Level 13
: 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
The clock is paused, and the draw indicated that there will be six more hands in Day 1a of the Main Event.
Ace-King Beats Ace-King
Level 13
: 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Everybody in Xixiang Luo's table witnessed a unique bad beat, with two players going all in, both with ace-king, and there wasn't a split.
Luo was holding 
, and his opponent had 
. Things didn't look that will end up this way, since the flop was 
giving to Luo's opponent the flush draw, while Luo was just left wishing to avoid any clubs.
The 
on the turn evened things out, with both players having a flush draw, and equal chances of winning the pot.
The 
on the river was a complete overthrow, as Luo had hit a flush and won the pot to double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
215,000 |
Official Day 1a Numbers
Level 13
: 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Day 1a's numbers officially confirmed, with 403 total entries, and 347 of them are unique players.
The final level of the day just started, and there are 130 players in the tables. The clock will be paused midway through the level, and there will be a draw for the last hands before play is concluded for today.
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,000/2,500
Ante: 2,500
Some Eliminations
Level 12
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Kim Builds Big Stack Again
Level 12
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Edgar Kim had a great starting flight during 2019 APPT National, and he is ready to the same in the Main Event. He is now up to 270,000 chips, and has one of the top stacks in the field.
In one of his hands, he was found betting 25,000 in the river, with the board showing 
. His opponent called after some tanking, and mucked when showed the 
of Kim for an overpair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
270,000 |
Updated Counts
Level 12
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
210,000
148,000
|
148,000 |
|
209,000 | |
|
|
130,000 | |
|
|
105,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
41,000 | |
|
29,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |