APPT Main Event Day 1bc | 2023 APPT Manila

08-04-2023 18:55 UTC+8

Yamazaki Knocks Out Molina

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Rodrigo Molina had defended out of the blinds and got it in after the 8♠3♠3♣ flop only to find himself dominated by Ryosuke Yamazaki while Florencio Campomanes got out of the way.

Rodrigo Molina: K♦8♦
Ryosuke Yamazaki: 10♥10♠

The board completed with the A♦ turn and 9♦ river for Yamazaki to score the knockout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Raymond McGlinchey	120,000 120,000	120,000
Soohyun Baek	115,000 115,000	115,000
Ryosuke Yamazaki	115,000 115,000	115,000
Florencio Campomanes	45,000 13,000	13,000

Rodrigo Molina	Busted

Tags: Florencio Campomanes Rodrigo Molina Ryosuke Yamazaki

08-04-2023 18:50 UTC+8

Zak Won't Be Back For Now

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Elan Zak was all-in with a severe short stack and without having seen his cards. He joked to must have a five on the 5♥5♣7♠ flop while Paul Pak and Oleg Li checked. The A♦ turn and 2♦ river were also checked and Pak tabled the K♣Q♠.

Li had the A♥6♣ and Zak peeled his cards, then revealed the J♦9♦ before heading out of the tournament area.

Player	Chips	Progress
Oleg Li	70,000 70,000	70,000
Paul Pak	65,000 10,000	10,000
Elan Zak	Busted

Tags: Elan Zak Oleg Li Paul Pak

08-04-2023 18:45 UTC+8

Recent Casualties on Day 1b

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Sparrow Cheung	Busted
John Ruiz	Busted
Duhan Lee	Busted
Hyowon Seo	Busted
Peter Chong	Busted
Eugene Co	Busted
Kyungsik Jung	Busted
Alan Wong	Busted
Ricardo Torres	Busted
Rebel Magdagasang	Busted
Sergei Kochergin	Busted
Sungsik Bae	Busted
Ashish Ghosh	Busted
Laury Vanlerberghe	Busted
Diana Tan	Busted
Trung Hieu Tran	Busted
Seokchan Hwang	Busted
Yutaka Kawai	Busted
Martin Delgado	Busted
Keisuke Kodama	Busted

Level: 9

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

08-04-2023 18:38 UTC+8

Platon Gives Up Against Macavinta

Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

On a multi-way flop of 7♦6♣3♥, Ryan Platon made it 5,500 to go for what appeared to be around one third of the pot. Saudino Macavinta then raised to 12,000 and that sent Platon into the tank.

"I got too much respect for you ..." Platon said and tapped the table, then folded the 8♦8♥ face-up.

"You had me beat, right?" Platon inquired and Macavinta all but smirked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Saudino Macavinta	60,000 60,000	60,000
Ryan Platon	55,000 13,000	13,000

Tags: Ryan Platon Saudino Macavinta

08-04-2023 18:30 UTC+8

Ha Doubles Through Lee

Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Woojong Ha bet the 7♣7♦7♥3♦ turn for 3,500 and big stack Jungkyu Lee called from one seat over. That brought them to the 9♦ river on which Ha checked. Lee splashed in a bet of 50,000 after eyeballing the stack of his neighbour and Ha gave it a few seconds before calling all-in for 31,600.

Lee was reluctant to reveal his Q♥8♥ for a bluff before Ha rolled over the A♥A♣ to score the double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jungkyu Lee	130,000 130,000	130,000
Woojong Ha	75,000 75,000	75,000
Jun Obara	28,000 -7,000	-7,000
Laury Vanlerberghe	25,000 25,000	25,000
Sparrow Cheung	25,000 25,000	25,000

Tags: Jungkyu Lee Woojong Ha

08-04-2023 18:25 UTC+8

Assorted Counts and Casualties

Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Siyoung Lee	125,000 -30,000	-30,000
Olivier Duran	110,000 20,000	20,000
Chan Sung Choi	105,000 105,000	105,000
Valeriy Pak	70,000 40,000	40,000
John Perez Bell	51,500 -20,500	-20,500
Byeongjin Kim	50,000 50,000	50,000
Edwin Dela Cruz	45,000 23,000	23,000
Ting-Yi Tsai	35,000 35,000	35,000
Chien Chih Weng	31,000 31,000	31,000
Alan Wong	25,000 25,000	25,000
Max Menzel	20,000 20,000	20,000
Yannick Mouniama	16,000 -34,000	-34,000
Feras Elnatsha	Busted
Anthony Abram	Busted
Alan Yap	Busted
Tor Welo	Busted
Jonathan Looi	Busted
Nam Le	Busted

Johnson Tan	Busted
Peter Karlsson	Busted
Sanjeev Kapoor	Busted
Carl Elliott	Busted
David Watson	Busted
Aaron Lam	Busted
Renjie Ye	Busted

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08-04-2023 18:10 UTC+8

Zak Triples Against Pak and Platon

Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Three ways to the 6♦5♥4♥ flop, Paul Pak bet 2,000 and Ryan Platon called. Elan Zak was then all-in for 8,400 and Pak called. Platon raised it up and Pak sigh-folded with a smirk on the face.

Elan Zak: 8♥7♠
Ryan Platon: 3♦2♦

The 6♣ turn and 4♦ river changed nothing as Platon couldn't improve.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Pak	55,000 15,000	15,000
Ryan Platon	42,000 -2,000	-2,000
Elan Zak	37,000 22,000	22,000

Tags: Elan Zak Paul Pak Ryan Platon

08-04-2023 18:05 UTC+8

Field Size Surpasses 1,000 Entries

Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

At the start of level eight, the Day 1b field reached 608 entries with around 380 players remaining and this has boosted the overall attendance to 1,003 entries. This is significantly more than the 2022 edition but a new record for the PokerStars sponsored APPT Main Event in Manila is still a ways to go, as more than 1,324 entries would be required.

Level: 8

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000