Players requested a small break, and they will return shortly to continue three-handed play.
2019 PokerStars APPT Manila
Players are on their seats, and the final table of the APPT National just resumed.
Lee Wang Yong is the player that eliminated in third place, sending the APPT National to heads-up, after a massive pot created by him and Benigno Jr Ledina.
Linh Tran opened to 250,000 from the button, Ledina called, and Lee Wang Yong announced all in from the big blind. Tran folded, and Ledina tanked for almost four minutes before announcing call, to make the rail erupt. Yong and Ledina were the only two players with a rail around the table, and what a loud rail it was!
The two players opened their cards, and it was then that everybody in the rail started asking for cards.
Lee Wang Yong: ![]()
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Benigno Jr Ledina: ![]()
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"King, queen, jack", said someone from Yong's rail, while Ledina's rail was asking for a four.
The flop came ![]()
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, and Ledina was now a favorite. The Philippine's native player couldn't even watch the unfolding of the hand, so he turned his back to the table, and had his rail informing him about the cards that were coming.
The
on the turn didn't change anything, and now "King Dragon", as was the name that his friends were calling Yong, needed an ace or a ten to stay alive.
The
on the river brought celebrations to Ledina's rail who won a massive all in for more than 60 big blinds to send the event in heads-up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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14,580,000
3,080,000
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3,080,000 |
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5,635,000
115,000
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115,000 |
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Level: 30
Blinds: 60,000/120,000
Ante: 120,000
Benigno Jr Ledina opened to 300,000 from the button and Linh Tran three-bet to 900,000. Ledina called, creating an 2M-chip pot, and the flop came ![]()
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with both players checking.
The
on the turn brought two more checks, and the
completed the board on the river.
This time Tran put out of his stack, and into the pot, a bet at 950,000 chips. Ledina called but mucked when he saw Tran's ![]()
for ace-high.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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13,000,000
1,580,000
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1,580,000 |
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7,200,000
1,565,000
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1,565,000 |
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The players are not sigh of putting chips in the middle, as they played a couple more-than-3M pots already during heads-up.
The two last big pots went Tran. In a board of ![]()
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Tran check-called twice in the flop and the turn, for 500,000 and 1,000,000 respectively, to get a check back in the river from Ledina.
Tran opened ![]()
which was enough to give him the pot, as Ledina mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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11,800,000
1,200,000
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1,200,000 |
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8,200,000
1,000,000
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1,000,000 |
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Benigno Jr Ledina has won some consecutive pots to get far away from Linh Tran. In the last one, Ledina opened from the button to 300,000 and Tran called from the big blind. The flop came ![]()
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and both players checked.
The
came on the turn, and Ledina bet 400,000 with Tran calling.
The
was the river, and this time Ledina bet 1,000,000 after Tran's check, which made him fold after some tanking.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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16,800,000
5,000,000
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5,000,000 |
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4,500,000
3,700,000
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3,700,000 |
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Ledina has his opponent on the ropes, winning one pot after the other.
Linh Tran is down to 2,700,000, after another pot that he had to fold facing Ledina's aggression.
Ledina opened to 300,000, and Tran called with the flop coming ![]()
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. Ledina bet 400,000, and Tran called.
The
appeared on the turn, and both players checked.
The
completed the board on the river, and Tran bet 375,000. Ledina proceed with a raise to 1,200,000, and Tran folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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17,500,000
700,000
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700,000 |
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2,700,000
1,800,000
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1,800,000 |
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Lihn Tran picked up aces, and heard his opponent announcing all in, for him to snap-call.
Ledina: ![]()
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Tran: ![]()
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The board ran out ![]()
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and Tran managed to find a crucial double since before this hand he was left with less than 15 big blinds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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17,000,000
500,000
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500,000 |
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3,200,000
500,000
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500,000 |
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