₱65,000 APPT Main Event Day 1a | 2019 PokerStars APPT Manila

08-01-2019 20:51 UTC+8

Phua Loses Flip From Gonzales

Ernestok

Level 6 : 200/500, 500 ante

Si Yang Phua was in a middle position and called a raise for 1,100 chips. The player on the cutoff three-bet to 5,600, and Rundulf Martin Gonzales shoved from the big blind for 26,300.

The initial raiser got out of the way and Phua re-shoved, putting in the middle 32,000 chips. The three-bettor folded quickly and the two players opened their cards.

Phua:
Gonzales:

The board ran out , and Gonzales avoided all big cards to double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rundulf Martin Gonzales	62,000
Si Yang Phua	6,000

Tags: Martin Gonzales Si Yang Phua

08-01-2019 20:58 UTC+8

Boccaletti Shows Bluff

Ernestok

Level 6 : 200/500, 500 ante

Paolo Boccaletti was found all in for 16,500 in the river, with the board showing . His opponent seemed to have a difficult decision to make as he was tanking for a lot of time.

Two players in the table asked almost simultaneously for the clock, and the floor manager reached the table to count time for the decision. The player folded literally in the last second of the clock, and Boccaletti opened , sounding relieved with the fold of his opponent.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paolo Bocalletti	57,000

Tags: Paolo Boccaletti

08-01-2019 21:07 UTC+8

Live Misclick?

Ernestok

Level 6 : 200/500, 500 ante

Hiroyoshi Yorioka wanted to open to 1,200 but instead of catching a pink T1,000 chip, he grabbed a yellow T5,000 chip. His raise was for 5,200, more than ten big blinds for the current level, and he let the table know that this wasn't his intention.

Lucky for him, no one had a big hand, and everybody folded, with Yorioka opening .

08-01-2019 21:13 UTC+8

Shaham Pays River

Ernestok

Level 6 : 200/500, 500 ante

Eran Shaham was in the river with the board showing and his opponent bet 6,000 in 15,000 pot.

Shaham called after thirty seconds and mucked when shown the of his opponent.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eran Shaham	49,000 -18,000	-18,000

Tags: Eran Shaham

08-01-2019 21:16 UTC+8

Break

Ernestok

Level 6 : 200/500, 500 ante

The second break of the day is here, and players will return in ten minutes.

Level: 7

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

08-01-2019 21:39 UTC+8

Photos of Main Event Players

Ernestok

08-01-2019 21:45 UTC+8

Lee on the Rise

Ernestok

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante

Alex Lee is in the Main Event and is getting close to 100,000 chips. In one of his last hands, he was spotted calling a bet at 2,000, with the board looking .

The river was the , and Lee's opponent bet 5,000, with Lee saying "bad river", but making the call either way. His opponent opened , and Lee took the pot with a straight, opening .

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Lee	95,000

Tags: Alex Lee

08-01-2019 21:54 UTC+8

Kim Hits a Two-Outer to Double Up

Ernestok

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante

Gab Yong Kim was all in, after a raise to 1,500, a call from Alexis Gillot, and a three-bet from Qinyi Tong. The raiser and Gillot folded, and Tong called the shove for around 20,000 chips, covering his opponent.

Qinyi Tong:
Gab Yong Kim:

The board ran out , and Kim found his two-outer on the flop to stay alive. The only thing Tong could do, was take some pictures of the unlucky board with his mobile phone.