Level: 7
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
2015 PokerStars.net APPT Season 9 Manila
Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2015 PokerStars.net APPT Season 9 Manila
Buy-in
45,000 PHP
Entries
585
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000
Ivey, Dwan, Cates Playing Nosebleed Cash Games Here in Manila
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Level 6
: 300/600, 75 ante
This Spring the Macau-based Poker King Club took over operations inside the poker room at Solaire Casino, just down the street from City of Dreams where APPT Manila is being held.
This led to much speculation as to whether the famed nosebleed cash games in Macau, featuring some of world's top pros and weathiest Asian businessmen, might make a move to the Philippines. PokerNews can now confirm that has happened.
Today, PokerNews' Caitlyn Howe talked with Poker King Club President Winfred Yu as he attempts to weave his way though the APPT Manila Day 1b field. Yu said players including Phil Ivey, Tom Dwan, and Dan Cates are all currently in Manila playing some of the biggest cash games in the history of this part of the world with stakes as high as HKD 20,000/40,000/80,000.
Check out what Yu had to say about all that and more in the following video:
The Japanese Force Strikes Again
Level 6
: 300/600, 75 ante
A plethora of Japanese players are competing on Day 1b and have already made quite some impact. One of them that just caught our attention was Hayato Kitajima. The Japanese had raised and picked up one caller from one seat over to get the remainder of the short stack for around 12 big blinds on a flop of [Qd Rc 2c].
The player at risk put his tournament life on 
for top pair, while Kitajima was only waiting for that and happily looked him up with the 
and grabbed the chips once the 
turn and 
river blanked out.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
55,000 | 55,000 |
Drilon Busts Agarwal
Level 5
: 200/400, 50 ante
PokerStars Team Pro Aditya Argawal had indeed busted the first bullet and re-entered again before the end of level five, but the next attempt wasn't any more successful either. Jose "Boyet" Drilon raised to 1,200 and was called by two players before the Indian moved all in for 8,600.
Only Drilon called with the 
and Argawal's 
held up until the 
turn before the 
river sent him to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
48,000 | 48,000 |
|
Busted |
The Wrath of Khanh
Level 5
: 200/400, 50 ante
Khanh Le may not recall how he got to 101,000 in chips, but a quick check of these PokerNews Live Updates will now serve as a reminder as to how he jumped up into the lead half way through Level 6 on 130,000 now.
He bumped it to 1,800 preflop from the cutoff before the button jammed all in with his 30,000-chip stack. Le called with 
and was well in front of his opponent's 
.
The 
flop was a dream for Khanh and he held on through the 
turn and 
river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
130,000 | 29,000 |
Hikosaka Cleaning Up
Level 5
: 200/400, 50 ante
Florencio Campomanes confirmed the eliminations of Kosei Ichinose and Henrik Tollefsen, both sent their chips to Keisuke Hikosaka. The Norwegian three-bet shoved his short stack and received two callers including the Japanese before the active players checked down a 
board. Tollefsen's 
ended up second-best to the 
of Hikosaka.
And then, there was an open raise and a flat-call before the PokerStars Team Pro got his 19,000 chips in with the 
to lose a flip versus pocket jacks. It was somewhat cruel as Hikosaka had flopped a full house and Ichinose was given a worthless straight on the turn to rub it in.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
85,000 | 85,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Sorry Khanh, I Don't Remember
Level 5
: 200/400, 50 ante
In Confessions of a Winning Poker Player, Jack King said few players recall big pots they have won, strange as it seems, but every player can remember with remarkable accuracy the outstanding tough beats of his career.
This seems to hold true for Vietnam's Khanh Le, who has climbed up over 100,000 in chips now and taken a spot near the top of the counts.
Unfortunately, the excitement of doing so has apparently affected Le's memory, as he told PokerNews he simply doesn't remember how he got all the chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
101,000 |
Level: 6
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
Assorted Counts From Level 6
Level 5
: 200/400, 50 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
54,000 | 17,500 |
|
39,000 | 12,000 |
|
|
38,000 | -2,000 |
|
35,000 | 35,000 |
|
35,000 | -2,000 |
|
30,000 | -8,000 |
|
|
28,000 | 5,000 |
|
24,500 | 6,500 |
|
|
24,000 | 24,000 |
|
22,000 | 16,400 |
|
22,000 | 22,000 |
|
|
18,500 | -9,500 |
|
10,000 | -43,500 |
Break!
Level 5
: 200/400, 50 ante
With the end of Level 5 upon them the players are taking a 10-minute break.
The tournament clock currently reads 315 entries with 225 players remaining. The registration and re-entry period will close when play resumes with Level 6.