The official numbers of 2019 APPT Manila National Day 1a just went public, with 236 entries, from which 201 entries are unique.
81 players are still in the field and they are about to play less than one and a half levels before play wraps up for today.
Richard Marquez just busted a player in a big four-way pot that ended with an all in between Marquez and another player.
Four players, with Marquez, Uri Gilboa, and Seungmin Kang among them, saw the flop coming 
, and they all checked.
The 
on the turn brought some fireworks, even though it didn't look as such a card at first. Richard Marquez bet 12,000, Gilboa called, and the third player announced all in for 58,000 in chips.
Kang folded, Marquez put all his chips in the middle too, and the two players opened their cards after Gilboa's fold.
Marquez: 
Opponent: 
A semi-bluff for Marquez's opponent that didn't end up well, since the 
on the river sent him on the rail. Meanwhile, Marquez is up to 260,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
260,000 |
Aditya Sushant opened to 5,000 and called a shove from Ye Yi for 42,500.
Sushant was the big stack but shook his head as he tabled 
against Yi's 
The board ran out 
and Yi doubled up to leave Sushant with ten big blinds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
90,000 | |
|
20,000 | -27,000 |
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Dai Liuheng busted player, winning a big pot that put him in the lead for Day 1a so far. The board was showing 
, and his opponent had shoved for 37,500.
Liuheng tanked for around one minute, but finally made the call with 
, and he was well ahead of his opponent who was holding 
.
The completed the board on the river, and Liuheng sent his opponent to the rail, while his stack got up to 283,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
283,000 | 228,000 |
Three players saw a flop of 
with William Ysmael all in. One player check-folded to a shove from the other and they turned over 
Ysmael had flopped top pair with 
and held on the 
run out. He remains short with just under starting stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
25,000 | -25,000 |
Lim Yo Hwan is one of the most famous players in the field, although his fame doesn't come from our favorite Texas Hold'em game. Lim is a very accomplished and well-known Starcraft player, who played professionally the real-time strategy computer game.
According to Wikipedia, Lim is 39 years old, known by the ID 'SlayerS_BoxeR' (usually shortened to BoxeR), and he retired in late 2010 from StarCraft: Brood War and founded the StarCraft II team SlayerS. After this team was disbanded he returned to SK Telecom T1 (SK T1) as a coach before retiring due to health related issues.
Lim has a record of 548 wins and 416 losses (56.80%) in his professional career. He is one of the highest-paid professional gamers, with annual earnings that exceed $400,000 and endorsement contracts that bring in an additional $90,000 per year.
He is still in the field, although he will need some help in order to progress to Day 2, as he is left with 27,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
27,000 | 27,000 |
On a 
flop Toshinori Takashima bet 9,000 and Jimmie Javier called. The turn was the and Takashima check-called 17,000 from Javier.
The river was the 
and Takashima check-called 25,000.
Javier turned over 
for two pair and Takashima laughed before mucking his cards.
The two swap places at the top of the chip counts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
230,000 | |
|
180,000 | -30,000 |
Toshinori Takashima looks to be the chip leader at the moment, moving over 200,000 in chips with less than four levels remaining in the day.
A reminder that Day 1a and 1b will conclude after 13 levels.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
210,000 | 35,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
160,000 | 100,000 |
|
|
90,000 | 25,000 |
|
|
47,000 | 30,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
