₱65,000 APPT Main Event
Day 3 Started
2019 PokerStars APPT Manila
₱65,000 APPT Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2019 PokerStars APPT Manila
Buy-in
65,000 PHP
Prize Pool
64,405,575 PHP
Entries
1,135
Level
35
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000
Day 3 Seating Draw
| Name | Country | Table | Seat | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xixiang Luo | China | 1 | 1 | 1,070,000 | 36 |
| Duc Trung Vu | Vietnam | 1 | 2 | 945,000 | 32 |
| Duy Tung Nguyen | Vietnam | 1 | 3 | 265,000 | 9 |
| Hao Chen | China | 1 | 4 | 985,000 | 33 |
| Yota Mitsui | Japan | 1 | 5 | 510,000 | 17 |
| Yaanning Wu | China | 1 | 7 | 880,000 | 29 |
| Thijs Hilberts | Netherlands | 1 | 8 | 2,460,000 | 82 |
| Mansour Khorramshahi | Iran | 2 | 1 | 525,000 | 18 |
| Marius Zalpys | Lithuania | 2 | 2 | 395,000 | 13 |
| Daji Chen | China | 2 | 3 | 870,000 | 29 |
| Bin Zhao | China | 2 | 4 | 865,000 | 29 |
| Yvo Molin | UK | 2 | 6 | 1,225,000 | 41 |
| Raymond Caabay | UK | 2 | 7 | 1,245,000 | 42 |
| Patricio Caalim | Philippines | 2 | 8 | 685,000 | 23 |
| Yikun Feng | China | 3 | 1 | 740,000 | 25 |
| Yong Hui Tan | Singapore | 3 | 2 | 1,125,000 | 38 |
| Guangcheng Chen | China | 3 | 3 | 815,000 | 27 |
| Jixue Yin | China | 3 | 4 | 1,195,000 | 40 |
| Mohamad Noordin | Singapore | 3 | 5 | 850,000 | 28 |
| Anthony Gabitan | Philippines | 3 | 7 | 660,000 | 22 |
| Sahil Chuttani | India | 3 | 8 | 1,020,000 | 34 |
| Hirotaka Nakanishi | Japan | 4 | 2 | 1,870,000 | 62 |
| Xinyu Wang | China | 4 | 3 | 880,000 | 29 |
| Mike Takayama | Philippines | 4 | 4 | 1,440,000 | 48 |
| Yap Sen Wong | Hong Kong | 4 | 5 | 935,000 | 31 |
| Kelvin Andrew Yu | Philippines | 4 | 6 | 990,000 | 33 |
| Yu Nozaki | Japan | 4 | 7 | 845,000 | 28 |
| Renjie Ye | Singapore | 4 | 8 | 805,000 | 27 |
| Rong Shan Li | China | 5 | 1 | 875,000 | 29 |
| Daniel Lawrence | USA | 5 | 2 | 675,000 | 23 |
| Tetsuro Tomita | Japan | 5 | 3 | 510,000 | 17 |
| Marcus Liow | Malaysia | 5 | 4 | 985,000 | 33 |
| Kei Shinagawa | Japan | 5 | 5 | 620,000 | 21 |
| Florencio Campomanes | Philippines | 5 | 6 | 1,490,000 | 50 |
| Tianhong Su | China | 5 | 7 | 600,000 | 20 |
| Jingzhi Wang | China | 5 | 8 | 940,000 | 31 |
Who Will Be the New Champion of the APPT Manila Main Event?
There 36 players returning to their seats for Day 3 of the 2019 PokerStars Asia Pacific Poker Tour Manila ₱65,000 Main Event at 1:00 p.m. local time, but only one will be posing for the winner's photos in the end, holding the coveted trophy in his hands.
The remaining players are all guaranteed a payout of at least ₱257,500, but they all be eyeing the ₱13,042,000 reserved for first place. The man that leads them all is Thijs Hilberts from the Netherlands, who is having a very successful APPT here in Manila, as he already made the APPT National final table, finishing eighth for ₱437,500 ($8,573).
He will start Day 3 with 2,460,000, which will be 82 big blinds for the new level, having almost 20 big blinds more than the second player in the counts. Japan's Hirotaka Nakanishi (1,870,000) is the aforementioned second biggest stack, while local player Florencio Campomanes (1,490,000) rounds up the top three stacks.
Notables still in the field are Xixiang Luo (1,070,000) with more than $1.7 million in total live earnings, Yvo Molin (1,225,000) who will look to go deeper than the 14th place he finished in the same event last year, and Jingzhi Wang (940,000), the only woman left in the field, and Day 1a's chip leader.
Play will resume at Level 24: 15,000/30,000 with a big blind ante of 30,000, while each level will last 60 minutes, and there will be a 10-minute break after every two levels.
Stay tuned to PokerNews to learn who will be the next champion of APPT Manila, here in Okada Manila's PokerStars LIVE poker room.
Level: 24
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 30,000
Chen Bests Chuttani; Zalpys Eliminated
Level 24
: 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
On a 
flop Guangcheng Chen checked to Sahil Chuttani who bet 65,000. Chen check-called.
The turn was the 
and Chen bet out for 80,000. Chuttani called.
Chen checked the 
river.
"Check, you win," said Chuttani, "Five-six?"
Chen turned over 
and took down the pot.
Meanwhile, Marius Zalpys has become the first elimination of the final day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,100,000 | 285,000 |
|
800,000 | -220,000 |
|
Busted |
Nakanishi Loses Almost Half his Stack
Level 24
: 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Hirotaka Nakanishi was found in a preflop all in with 
against Xinyu Wang's 
, in a blind versus blind situation.
The board ran out 
, and Wang managed to double up, while he gave a big hit to Nakanishi's stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,600,000 | 720,000 |
Chuttani Busts Gabitan
Level 24
: 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Sahil Chuttani re-shoved, after Jixue Yin's open from early position, and Anthony Gabitan's shove for 330,000 chips. The initial raiser showed ace-jack before he mucked, and the two remaining players went to showdown.
Sahil Chuttani: 
Anthony Gabitan:
The board ran out 
, and Gabitan departed in 35th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,400,000 | 600,000 |
|
Busted |
Shinagawa Doubles Through Feng
Level 24
: 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Kei Shinagawa moved all in from under the gun for 540,000. Yikun Feng called in the hijack and the remaining players folded.
"Gamble," said Shinagawa showing 
against the 
of his opponent.
"It's not a gamble if you're ahead," said a tablemate.
Feng was ahead, but not for long as the 
flop handed Feng a double to more than a million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,100,000 | 480,000 |
|
|
225,000 | -515,000 |
Chen Ousts Li
Level 24
: 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Raymond Caabay opened to 70,000 and Rong Shan Li moved all in for 620,000. Daji Chen quickly reshoved and Caabay folded.
"What did you fold?" asked Yvo Molin.
"Tell you in a minute," said Caabay. "I don't like to say.
Daji Chen:
Rong Shan Li: 
The board ran out 
with Chen sending his opponent to the rail. Caabay apparently folded ace-ten.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,750,000 | 880,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Wang Hits Straight Flush to Eliminate Liow
Level 24
: 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Xinyu Wang has had a great start in Day 3, as after doubling up in one of the first hands, he just found a straight flush to eliminate Marcus Liow.
The flop was 
, and Wang made a c-bet after raising preflop, while Liow was on the button and decided to raise to 250,000. Wang announced all in, Wang snap-called, and they went to showdown.
Marcus Liow: 
Xinyu Wang: 
Liow was in serious trouble as his opponent had already made a straight, and he was looking for some runner-runner cards to stay alive. The 
brought excitement in the table, as Wang had made a straight flush to leave his opponent drawing dead.
The 
improved Liow to a full house, but it was just salt to his wounds, since there was no way he could win.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,200,000 | 600,000 |
|
Busted |