₱33,000 APPT National
Day 1a Completed
2019 PokerStars APPT Manila
₱33,000 APPT National
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2019 PokerStars APPT Manila
Buy-in
33,000 PHP
Prize Pool
19,417,266 PHP
Entries
674
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
160,000
Alex Lee Leads After APPT Manila National Day 1a
Level 13
: 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
The first flight of the 2019 APPT Manila National is over after it attracted 236 entrants. By the end of the day just 60 players remained and advanced to Day 2 on Tuesday, July 30th.
Several notable players jumped in the field including EPT Sochi champion Uri Gilboa and APPT Jeju National champion Liang Song along with other notables Pete Chen, Aditya Sushant and Rex Clinkscales.
After 13 levels, none of the above players were still in the field, and they will have to make it through Day 1b to join the players advancing to Day 2.
Sitting at the top of the pile is Alex Lee with 327,500. Not far behind him is Hsien Yuan Yang whose kings sent a player to the rail in the penultimate level of the evening to also move over 300,000, eventually bagging 312,500.
Other big stacks advancing include Dai Liuheng (274,500), Jie Pan (272,500), Richard Marquez (225,000) and Sim Kok Wai (201,000). Russia's Elfrida Bambutsa was an early chip leader and she too bagged up at the end of the night with a stack of 145,000.
Day 1b of the APPT Manila National gets underway 29th July 29th at 17:00 local time. Stay tuned to PokerNews for continued live coverage as the festival continues!
End of Day Chip Counts (full)
Level 13
: 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
329,500 | 49,500 |
|
312,500 | 2,500 |
|
274,500 | -8,500 |
|
|
272,500 | 250,500 |
|
225,000 | -25,000 |
|
|
210,500 | 210,500 |
|
205,500 | 205,500 |
|
201,000 | 201,000 |
|
200,000 | 200,000 |
|
|
185,000 | 185,000 |
|
183,000 | 183,000 |
|
173,500 | 173,500 |
|
|
167,000 | 7,000 |
|
|
157,000 | 157,000 |
|
147,500 | 27,500 |
|
146,000 | 11,000 |
|
145,000 | 50,000 |
|
142,000 | 142,000 |
|
136,000 | 136,000 |
|
|
122,000 | -8,000 |
|
121,500 | 121,500 |
|
|
116,000 | 116,000 |
|
115,000 | 115,000 |
|
113,000 | 23,000 |
|
112,500 | 112,500 |
Jimmie Javier Goes From Hell to Heaven
Level 13
: 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Jimmie Javier has had many changes in his stack, and the most recent was a good one for him.
It didn't seem as such though, since he put his chips in the middle on an 
flop with queens, to face his opponent's pocket eights with a top set.
The 
on the turn didn't change anything, but the 
on the river was crucial for his tournament life, as it gave him a double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
130,000 | -50,000 |
Last Six Hands
Level 13
: 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
The clock has been paused fourteen minutes before the end of Level 13, and current chip leader, Alex Lee with more than 300,000 in chips, was asked from the tournament director to pick the number of the last hands.
He picked up card with the number six, so the remaining 63 players will play six more hands before the end of Day 1a.
Curtis Eliminates Gilboa
Level 13
: 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
EPT Sochi champion Uri Gilboa shoved a 
flop with 
and was snap-called by Max Curtis holding 
.
The turn was the 
giving Curtis a set but Gilboa could still make his straight. The river was the 
and after a quick count, Gilboa's stack was smaller and he was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
90,000 | 65,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,000/2,500
Ante: 2,500
A Gift For Yang as Last Level Looms
Level 12
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Hsien Yuan Yang opened from early position and the player to his direct left three-bet to 11,000. The player in the small blind called before Yang four-bet ripped for 156,300.
The player who three-bet folded and the small blind thought before calling it off for his last 130,000.
Hsien Yuan Yang: 
All-In Player: 
The board ran out 
and kings held to boost Yang over 300,000 in chips as the last level of the night approached.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
310,000 |
Han Takes Some Off Udayakumar
Level 12
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Arravind Udayakumar raised from middle position to 4,500 and Taehoon Han was the only caller, from the small blind.
The flop came 
, and Han check-called a bet at 5,000.
The came on the turn, and Han check-called again, this time for 12,000.
The completed the board on the river, and this time Udayakumar checked back, after Han's third check.
Han opened with his pair of aces being good enough to give him the pot, since Udayakumar mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
170,000 | 97,000 |
Assorted Big Stacks
Level 12
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
280,000 | |
|
|
250,000 | -10,000 |
|
|
180,000 | -50,000 |
|
|
160,000 | -20,000 |
|
|
135,000 | -25,000 |