2019 PokerStars APPT Manila

₱65,000 APPT Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2019 PokerStars APPT Manila

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k10
Prize
11,092,500 PHP
Event Info
Buy-in
65,000 PHP
Prize Pool
64,405,575 PHP
Entries
1,135
Level Info
Level
35
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000

Level: 8

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

Hilberts Doubles Up

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante

Thijs Hilberts was up against a player's shove for his tournament life, with the board reading {10-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}{k-Spades}.

Hilberts finally made the call with 14,700 behind him, and he was far ahead with {a-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds} against his opponent's {8-Spades}{8-Hearts}.

Hilberts could lose only from the {8-Clubs}, and it was the {5-Hearts} that completed the board on the river.

Player Chips Progress
Thijs Hilberts nl
Thijs Hilberts
63,000
63,000
63,000
Day 2 Chip Leader

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Ins and Outs

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante
Christopher Mateo
Christopher Mateo

Pete Chen was spotted heading to the exit having been eliminated. He has until the end of Level 9 to jump back into the Main Event.

Players who have entered recently include Lester Edoc, firing his second bullet of the day, and Christopher Mateo.

Player Chips Progress
Lester Edoc ph
Lester Edoc
30,000
1,000
1,000
Christopher Mateo ph
Christopher Mateo
30,000
30,000
30,000
Pete Chen hk
Pete Chen
Busted
WPT 1X Winner

Suzuki Triples on the River

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante

There was a three-way all in between Christopher Mateo, Masayuki Suzuki and a third player on a {9-Spades}{a-Hearts}{8-Hearts} flop.

The third player showed {9-Hearts}{5-Hearts} for a pair and a flush draw and was behind the {a-Clubs}{k-Diamonds} top pair of Suzuki.

However, Mateo held {a-Diamonds}{8-Spades} and was ahead with two pair. The turn was the {q-Clubs} and as Suzuki called the king, the {k-Clubs} came on the river.

Mateo thumped the table with his fist in apparent frustration, before a tablemate reminded him that he would win the side pot.

Suzuki tripled to almost double starting stack as a result.

Player Chips Progress
Masayuki Suzuki jp
Masayuki Suzuki
57,000
Christopher Mateo ph
Christopher Mateo
33,000
3,000
3,000

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Level: 9

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

Bonanno Leading

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

After a quick look at the main tournament area, it seems that James Bonanno has the biggest stack so far.

There are almost 500 players at the moment in the Main Event, and they are separated between in the main room, and an outside room.

Player Chips Progress
James Bonanno us
James Bonanno
195,000
170,000
170,000

Udayakumar Rivers a House

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Arravind Udayakumar during APPT Manila
Arravind Udayakumar during APPT Manila

The player under the gun opened to 2,300 and Arravind Udayakumar three-bet to 4,600. The initial raiser called.

The dealer dealt the flop, but as she spread the flop she realized that she had burned twice. However, with the flop already exposed there was no way to reassemble the deck in the correct order.

The floor was called who decided that the flop would remain {2-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}{10-Hearts} and that there would be no card burned on the turn.

Both players checked and the turn was the {2-Diamonds}. It checked to Udayakumar who bet 5,100 and his opponent called.

The player checked the {9-Hearts} river to Udayakumar who bet 15,000 and was called. He showed {9-Diamonds}{9-Clubs} for a rivered full house and took down the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Arravind Udayakumar sg
Arravind Udayakumar
61,000
40,000
40,000

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Harada Busts One with Kings

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

A player opened under-the-gun, a middle position player shoved, and Yuichiro Harada was in the small blind, re-shoving his own stack.

The big blind player tanked for a bit before folding, the initial raiser folded quicker and the two players remaining in the hand opened their cards.

Harada: {k-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}
All-in Player: {6-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}

The board ran out {a-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{a-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds} and Harada kept his advantage to bust a player.

Player Chips Progress
Yuichiro Harada jp
Yuichiro Harada
105,000

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