APPT Main Event Day 1bc | 2023 APPT Manila

08-04-2023 22:02 UTC+8

Matsudo Among the Late Casualties on Day 1b

Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Sho Matsudo was all-in with a short stack of just 13,500 and received two callers in John David and Eduardo Ligon. The active players checked down the A♥K♣5♠9♣J♦ board and Matsudo's rail from Japan briefly celebrated when he turned over his K♦Q♦.

Ligon only had the inferior J♠10♠ but David won it all with the A♠3♠.

Player	Chips	Progress
Archie Mariano	225,000 225,000	225,000
Eduardo Ligon	160,000 160,000	160,000
John David	125,000 90,000	90,000
Sho Matsudo	Busted

Tags: Eduardo Ligon John David Sho Matsudo

08-04-2023 20:46 UTC+8

Ko KO'd by De Leon

Christian Zetzsche

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Three ways to the 3♦3♠3♥ flop, Taekbeom Ko bet 3,000 and Rodolfo Cruz called. Chierro De Leon raised to 9,000 for Ko to then push for 28,000 total.

Cruz folded but De Leon called after some consideration.

Taekbeom Ko: 8♣7♣
Chierro De Leon: 8♠8♦

Nothing changed on the J♠ turn and Ko initially celebrated a chop on the 8♥ river before realising that De Leon had eights full of treys.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chierro De Leon	140,000 106,000	106,000
Rodolfo Cruz	40,000 40,000	40,000
Taekbeom Ko	Busted

Tags: Chierro De Leon Rodolfo Cruz Taekbeom Ko

08-04-2023 20:00 UTC+8

Kim Eliminated by Platon

Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Jaejung Kim from under the gun and Ryan Platon on the button got their chips in after the 9♠5♦4♦ flop and they had nearly even stack sizes.

Jaejung Kim: J♦J♠
Ryan Platon: A♦10♦

The A♣ turn left Kim on the ropes and the 5♣ river ended his run.

"I was ahead all the time," Platon joked. He had covered his opponent by a mere one and a half big blinds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joseph Magnotti	140,000 5,000	5,000
Ryan Platon	72,000 17,000	17,000
Saudino Macavinta	70,000 5,000	5,000
Paul Pak	25,000 -40,000	-40,000
Jaejung Kim	Busted

Tags: Jaejung Kim Ryan Platon

08-04-2023 19:26 UTC+8

Duran Sends Tolentino to the Rail

Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Some 30,000 were in the middle to the Q♦6♥2♦8♦K♠ river when Richard Tolentino called all-in following a large bet by Oliver Duran. The latter tabled the A♦J♦ for the nuts and Tolentino mucked his 9♦7♦ before heading to the rail.

Duran leaped further near the top on the leaderboard, only trailing Siyoung Lee for the time being.

Player	Chips	Progress
Siyoung Lee	220,000 95,000	95,000
Olivier Duran	180,000 70,000	70,000
Richard Tolentino	Busted

Tags: Oliver Duran Richard Tolentino Siyoung Lee

08-04-2023 14:16 UTC+8

Eum Wins Massive Three-Way All-In

Christian Zetzsche

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

The action escalated on a three-way flop of 8♦6♥5♥ on which Dmitriy Tymoshenko eventually pushed all-in. Louis Bilodeau went all-in over the top and Joong Hoon Eum opted to call it off for the 27,500 he had behind.

Dmitriy Tymoshenko: A♥A♦
Joong Hoon Eum: 6♦6♣
Louis Bilodeau: 9♣7♣

The 8♠ turn improved Eum to a full house and that didn't change anymore on the 5♣ river. Tymoshenko was eliminated and Eum nearly tripled up.