2015 PokerStars.net APPT Season 9 Manila

Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2015 PokerStars.net APPT Season 9 Manila

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aa
Prize
6,016,250 PHP
Event Info
Buy-in
45,000 PHP
Entries
585
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000

Main Event

Day 2 Completed

Finkenrath Leads The Final 23 in the 2015 APPT Manila Main Event

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 1,000 ante
Iona Finkenrath
Iona Finkenrath

Day 2 of the 2015 PokerStars.net APPT Season 9 Manila Main Event — a tournament that attracted 585 entrants and created a prize pool of ₱25,535,250 — saw 175 players return to action at the City of Dreams Grand Ballroom in Manila, Philippines on Saturday with the 72-player money bubble in sight.

After seven hours of play, the money bubble would burst at the expense of Hsein Ching Feng and when it was all said and done, just 23 remained in the hunt for the title and ₱6,016,250 first-place prize. German Iona Finkenrath grabbed the overnight lead as the only player over one million in chips riding a wave of good cards when he had to show, and even better play when he didn't, on the way to bagging 1,084,000 chips.

PokerStars Team Pro Vivian Im flirted with the chip lead nearing the bubble, but could not hold on to her big stack, busting in the money. Others to fall on Day 2 but cashing included Norwegian Svein Jorgen Kristensen, defending champ Thanh Ha Duong, and start-of-day chip leader Dong Il Kim.

In the meantime, Poker King Club President and Asian high-stakes legend Winfred Yu was putting together one of those chip-and-a-chair stories of poker lore. After firing two bullets on Day 1a, Yu bagged under 20,000 in chips. He tried to better that on Day 1b, but failed and was forced to bring less than a Day 1 starting stack with him into play today.

Yu gained some early momentum, built a stack, and by the time they pushed past the money bubble and beyond, he had moved into the chip lead on over 900,000 busting players left and right. He'll return for Day 3 Sunday with 983,000, good for second on the leader board and a legitimate shot at adding to his $1,369,045 in career tournament earnings.

Seung Soo Jeon, who finished 44th in this event last year has already bettered that and will come back stacked on the final day looking to improve on what is already a solid story of redemption.

2013 World Series of Poker Asia-Pacific bracelet winner Aaron Lim and 2015 WSOP $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em fifth-place finisher Terry Fan will also come in with solid chances after putting together resilient Day 2 performances.

Top 10 Chip Counts

PlacePlayerCountryCount
1Iona FinkenrathGermany1,084,000
2Winfred YuCanada983,000
3Mital ChandihokUSA766,000
4Mike KimKorea713,000
5Douglas OlssonSweden712,000
6Seung Soo JeonKorea710,000
7Terry FanChinese Taipei575,000
8Aaron LimAustralia558,000
9Romit AdvaniIndia548,000
10Andrei DementevRussia508,000

The rest of the final 23 will all be looking up at Finkenrath when play resumes at 14:00 local time Sunday in Manila, and the PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be on hand for all the action from the start until a 2015 PokerStars.net APPT Season 9 Manila champ is crowned.

While you wait, check out our APPT Manila welcome video:

Tags: Aaron LimAPPTDong Il KimIona FinkenrathManilaSeung Soo JeonSvein Jorgen KristensenTerry FanThanh Ha DuongVivian ImWinfred Yu

Day 3 Seat Draw

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 1,000 ante
TableSeatPlayerCountryChips
281Andrei DementevRussia508,000
282Ying Lin ChuaMalaysia213,000
284Hao TianChina290,000
285Xiao Tian YangChina460,000
286Frederick HernandezPhilippines466,000
287Seung Soo JeonKorea710,000
288Aaron LimAustralia558,000
     
291Mital ChandihokUSA766,000
292Iona FinkenrathGermany1,084,000
293Jiaxiu WangChina225,000
294Terry FanChinese Taipei575,000
295Nicandro FilartPhilippines165,000
296Hayato KitajimaJapan430,000
297Romit AdvaniIndia548,000
298Thomas LeeCanada506,000
     
301Kazuhiro ShirasawaJapan162,000
302Ashley TayMalaysia385,000
303Jessie LeonarezPhilippines374,000
304Terry GonzagaPhilippines295,000
305Winfred YuCanada983,000
306Mike KimKorea713,000
307Fubo Fu Bang HuangChinese Taipei397,000
308Douglas OlssonSweden712,000

End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 1,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Iona Finkenrath de
Iona Finkenrath
1,084,000 584,000
Winfred Yu hk
Winfred Yu
983,000 83,000
Mitan Chandihok us
Mitan Chandihok
766,000 66,000
Mike Kim kr
Mike Kim
713,000 83,000
Douglas Olsson se
Douglas Olsson
712,000 72,000
Seung Soo Jeon kr
Seung Soo Jeon
710,000 30,000
Terry Fan tw
Terry Fan
575,000 -45,000
Aaron Lim au
Aaron Lim
WSOP 1X Winner
558,000 78,000
Romit Advani in
Romit Advani
548,000 148,000
Andrei Dementev ru
Andrei Dementev
508,000 -82,000
Thomas Lee ca
Thomas Lee
506,000 -114,000
Frederick Hernandez ph
Frederick Hernandez
466,000 6,000
Xiao Tian Yang cn
Xiao Tian Yang
460,000 210,000
Hayato Kitajima jp
Hayato Kitajima
430,000 150,000
Fubo Fu Bang Huang cn
Fubo Fu Bang Huang
397,000 -113,000
Ashley Tay my
Ashley Tay
385,000
Jessie Leonarez ph
Jessie Leonarez
374,000 -1,000
Terry Gonzaga ph
Terry Gonzaga
295,000 -25,000
Hao Tian cn
Hao Tian
290,000 240,000
Jiaxiu Wang cn
Jiaxiu Wang
225,000 123,800
Ying Lin Chua my
Ying Lin Chua
213,000 -237,000
Nicandro Filart mx
Nicandro Filart
165,000 -135,000
Kazuhiro Shirasawa jp
Kazuhiro Shirasawa
162,000 -58,000

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Yamashita Busts in Penultimate Hand

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 1,000 ante

The last table took a bit longer for their two hands and the penultimate hand then reduced the field to 23 players for the final day. Aaron Lim opened to 25,000 from the hijack and Romit Advani checked his stack, then asked short stack Takuya Yamashita in the small blind for his stack to make his next move.

The desired info was around 12 big blinds and then Advani three-bet to 61,000. Yamashita checked his stack carefully when the action was on him and ultimately announced all in. Quick folds came around to the Indian and he asked the dealer to pull in the chips committed to the pot in order to see how much more he had to call. It was seemingly a difficult decision but Advani made the call.

Advani: {A-Clubs}{6-Clubs}
Yamashita: {9-Spades}{9-Hearts}

The {Q-Spades}{8-Spades}{A-Diamonds} flop immediately put the Japanese behind and the {Q-Hearts} turn as well as {J-Spades} river changed nothing whatsoever anymore. The very last hand saw no action at all and that was it for the day.

Player Chips Progress
Takuya Yamashita jp
Takuya Yamashita
Busted

Tags: Aaron LimRomit AdvaniTakuya Yamashita

Two More Hands

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 1,000 ante

A draw was conducted to determine the number of hands to play before bagging up for the night. They drew a deuce.

Game Over for Ng

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 1,000 ante

After a raise by Douglas Olsson from early position, Wai Lun Ng moved all in from the button for just under 10 big blinds and the Day 1a chip leader from Sweden called within a heartbeat. Ng had picked the worst possible timing with his {K-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}, as Olsson turned over the {K-Spades}{K-Hearts} and had very little to fear on a board of {J-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{J-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{9-Clubs}.

Player Chips Progress
Douglas Olsson se
Douglas Olsson
640,000 70,000
Wai Lun Ng hk
Wai Lun Ng
Busted

Tags: Douglas OlssonWai Lun Ng

Drilon Hits the Rail

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 1,000 ante

There were three all in, one on each table, and two players would bust. The information of the second seat open will follow in the next post and Ying Lin Chua's shove went through uncalled.

Jose Drilon wasn't as fortunate, as he open-shoved for around 180,000 in chips with the {A-}{4-}. Frederick Hernandez snapped him off with pocket aces and the miracle never materialized to bust Drilon in 26th place.

Player Chips Progress
Frederick Hernandez ph
Frederick Hernandez
460,000 160,000
Jose Drilon ph
Jose Drilon
Busted

Tags: Frederick HernandezJose DrilonYing Lin Chua

Shirasawa Triples Up

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 1,000 ante

Kazuhiro Shirasawa moved all in for only 71,000 from early position and was called by Aaron Lim on the button as well as Romit Advani in the small blind. Both active players checked the {6-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds} flop before Advani's bet of 40,000 on the {4-Spades} turn got a fold from Lim and the Indian turned over the {10-Diamonds}{10-Spades}.

Shirasawa's desperate move had in fact flopped a straight with the {5-Spades}{4-Hearts} and the {10-Clubs} river was somewhat of a uppercut punch for the pocket pair.

Player Chips Progress
Aaron Lim au
Aaron Lim
WSOP 1X Winner
480,000 -80,000
Romit Advani in
Romit Advani
400,000 303,700
Kazuhiro Shirasawa jp
Kazuhiro Shirasawa
220,000 135,200

Tags: Aaron LimKazuhiro ShirasawaRomit Advani

Wong Runs Out of Chips

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 1,000 ante
KC Wong
KC Wong

KC Wong got his short stack of less than 10 big blinds in the middle with the {A-Diamonds}{6-Spades} and Andrei Dementev looked him up with the {A-Spades}{J-Spades}. It was all over after the {4-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{J-Diamonds} turn and the {2-Clubs} river just a formality. Wong, who is a contender for the ACOP leader board and would have earned points with a top 20 finish, was sent to the rail in 27th place.

Player Chips Progress
Andrei Dementev ru
Andrei Dementev
590,000 25,000
KC Wong hk
KC Wong
Busted

Tags: Andrei DementevKC Wong