Break
Level 17
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Players are going on another ten-minute break with 136 players remaining on the stone bubble of the APPT Manila Main Event.
2019 PokerStars APPT Manila
₱65,000 APPT Main Event
Day: 2
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
Level: 18
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
Hand-for-Hand Play Begins
Level 18
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
With the tournament on the exact money bubble, play is now hand-for-hand. Each table will complete one hand and stop. This will continue until one player is eliminated.
If two players are eliminated at the same time on different tables, they will split the ₱129,000 min-cash. If they are eliminated at the same table, the bigger stack will be in the money.
Lester Ian Pinto is the Bubble Boy of the 2019 APPT Manila Main Event
Level 18
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
The Main Event was hand-for-hand for the bubble period, and it took five hands for the bubble to burst. Lester Ian Pinto was the unlucky player who will be the last one to leave empty-handed, ensuring that everyone left in their seats will get the minimum payout of ₱129,000.
The hand that burst the bubble started with Wenlong Song opening from under-the-gun. Pinto was seated two seats on Song's left, and shoved all in for 125,000 chips. The action folded back to Song who tanked for about a minute, and then decided to call. Everyone gathered around the table, as the players were waiting for the tournament director's signal to open their hands. All other tables finished their hands, without any more all ins, so it was time for the crucial showdown.
Wenlong Song: 
Lester Ian Pinto: 
Pinto had a great chance to double-up with a dominating hand, but the board would be the one that determines the outcome of the hand.
The flop came 
, and it didn't change anything, except giving some extra odds for a split.
The 
on the turn changed more, since it gave a flush draw to both players, but Song had the bigger one with the in his hand.
The 
on the river was accompanied by a big shout from all the surrounding players, since it sent Pinto to the rail, in 136th place, in a brutal way.
The clock has been resumed, and the tournament went back to normal, with no more hand-for-hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Two Celebrated; One Eliminated
Level 18
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
A player from early position moved all in for 69,000. Tetsuro Tomita snap-called and it folded to Minho Kil in the big blind who also called.
The flop was 
. Kil checked to Tomita who moved all in. Kil tanked for a short while before calling.
Tetsuro Tomita:
Minho Kil: 
All-in Player: 
The all-in player was in a good position for a double up, and both Kil and Tomita called for an ace. And they got one on the turn. The river was the 
and both Kil and Tomita celebrated loudly.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
540,000
471,000
|
471,000 |
|
170,000 |
In the Money Counts
Level 18
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
810,000
550,000
|
550,000 |
|
||
|
580,000
230,000
|
230,000 |
|
353,000
-87,000
|
-87,000 |
|
||
|
270,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
230,000
150,500
|
150,500 |
|
220,000
59,500
|
59,500 |
Three-Way All in with Chuttani Getting the Lead
Level 18
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Sahil Chuttani was found in a three-way all in, with 
against Xinglong Huang's 
, and another player's .
The board ran out 
, and Huang tripled up having started with 61,000 this hand, while Chuttani won a big side pot, since the other player had almost 200,000.
With this pot, Chuttani got up to 900,000 and right now has the biggest stack in the field.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
900,000
668,500
|
668,500 |
|
195,000
82,500
|
82,500 |
Pictures From Day 2
Vu Keeps on Rising
Level 18
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Duc Trung Vu was in the big blind and saw his opponent shoving all in from the small blind, for around ten big blinds. He called after some tanking and they went to showdown.
Duc Trang Vu: 
All in player:
The flop gave a big lead to Vu with the giving him trips, but the in the turn put the all in player back in the game with the flush draw.
The 
on the river wasn't a heart he was looking to stay alive, and Vu got up to 840,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
840,000
180,000
|
180,000 |
Level: 19
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000