2018 PokerStars.net APPT Manila
Vidwath Shetty moved all in from early position for 60,000, an opponent on the button made the call and the players turned over their hands.
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and was of no help to Shetty. The
on the turn gave Shetty the lead with a pair of kings and the
on the river changed nothing as Shetty secured a double-up.
The player in middle position raised to 12,000. Yudong Yang, on the cutoff, three-bet to 32,000. Action folded back to the original raiser who called.
The dealer spread a flop of ![]()
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. The original raiser checked. Yang bet 25,000. His opponent called.
The turn came the
and was checked around to the
river. Again, both players opted to check. The player in middle position showed ![]()
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for a flush.
Xin Jin moved all in for his remaining 131,000 before the flop and got one caller, the players turned over their hands with Jin at risk of elimination.
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and Jin's jacks held on for the pot, securing a double up as the bubble approaches.
Teruhisa Aoyama called an all in of around 200,000 before the flop and both players turned over their hands with his opponent at risk of elimination.
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, Aoyama's bullets held on for the pot, eliminating his opponent and taking the chip lead as the tournament bubble draws near.
Yuan Chao Li is chip leading the Main Event right now after finishing Day 1a as the chip lead and also claiming the overall chip lead into Day 2. Li didn't need to play on Day 1b yesterday and played the ₱15,000 NLH Turbo instead. He did pretty well in the tournament, finishing in second place in the end, which might give him some extra confidence for his run in the Main Event.
Chiraag Patel is also still in the Main Event trying to win another title here in Manila after having taken down the Turbo.
Please find the results of the whole tournament below:
| Place | Player | Country | Prize (PISO) | Prize (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chiraag Patel | India | ₱350,000 | $6,583 |
| 2 | Yuan Chao Li | China | ₱233,400 | $4,390 |
| 3 | Wei Hsun Lu | Taiwan | ₱155,600 | $2,927 |
| 4 | Kim Dong Tran | Vietnam | ₱129,600 | $2,438 |
| 5 | Zizheng Huang | China | ₱103,800 | $1,952 |
| 6 | Roh Teahyong | Korea | ₱90,800 | $1,708 |
| 7 | Chong Foo Tan | Malaysia | ₱77,800 | $1,463 |
| 8 | Yazhou Chen | China | ₱64,800 | $1,219 |
| 9 | Ching Wei Chen | Taiwan | ₱51,800 | $974 |
| 10 | Tsai-Feng Liu | Taiwan | ₱38,805 | $730 |
Yongwei Mo opened to 14,000 from early position. The player in middle position three-bet to 50,000. Action folded back to Mo who four-bet shoved for 131,000.
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and Mo doubled up.
Level: 17
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 1,000
The following information has been provided to PokerNews by PokerStars:
The record-breaking 1,364-strong field drew players from 38 different countries with China (17.8%) making up the largest portion of the field with 134 unique entries. The Philippines (12.6%) and Singapore (11.3%) were the next best represented with 105 and 95 unique entries respectively.
India (7.4%) was represented by 44 unique players, with Japan (7.3%) rounding out the top five with 69 unique representatives.
Korea was close behind with their 65 unique representatives making up 7.3% of the field, followed by Taiwan (6.6%) with 55 players, Malaysia (4.5%) with 40 unique players, the USA (4.3%) with 32 unique players and Vietnam (3.7%) completing the top ten with 25 unique entrants.

See the full details below:
| No. | Country | Uniques | Entries | % of Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 134 | 243 | 17.8% |
| 2 | Philippines | 105 | 172 | 12.6% |
| 3 | Singapore | 95 | 154 | 11.3% |
| 4 | India | 44 | 101 | 7.4% |
| 5 | Japan | 69 | 100 | 7.3% |
| 6 | Korea | 65 | 100 | 7.3% |
| 7 | Taiwan | 55 | 90 | 6.6% |
| 8 | Malaysia | 40 | 62 | 4.5% |
| 9 | USA | 32 | 59 | 4.3% |
| 10 | Vietnam | 25 | 50 | 3.7% |
| 11 | Hong Kong | 23 | 48 | 3.5% |
| 12 | UK | 17 | 28 | 2.1% |
| 13 | Canada | 5 | 17 | 1.2% |
| 14 | Israel | 5 | 14 | 1.0% |
| 15 | Indonesia | 7 | 13 | 1.0% |
| 16 | Australia | 6 | 12 | 0.9% |
| 17 | Ireland | 4 | 12 | 0.9% |
| 18 | Thailand | 4 | 12 | 0.9% |
| 19 | Germany | 7 | 10 | 0.7% |
| 20 | Russia | 3 | 10 | 0.7% |
| 21-38 | ROW | 36 | 57 | 4.0% |
| TOTALS | 781 | 1364 |
The remaining players will now be taking their second 15-minute break of the day.