In March, Uri Gilboa defeated a 758-player field to win the EPT Sochi Main Event for ₽27,475,000 (~$420,000). He's now jumped into the APPT Manila National field with a fresh 30,000 stack at the start of Level 2.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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30,000 | |
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Ricardo Torres was just one card away from elimination but he managed to spike a magic river, to not only keep him in the field, but also double up his stack.
The flop was reading 
and Torres had bet 4,200 chips. His opponent didn't think about it for long before shoving his stack of 25,000 in the middle. Torres was covered with 15,500 behind him and called.
Torres: 
Opponent: 
Torres was in serious need of some help against his opponent's two pair and he didn't found it on the 
that fell on the turn. He should more grateful for the river though, since the 
gave him a better two pair along with a fist in the air to celebrate his win.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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52,000
52,000
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52,000 |
Rex Clinkscales opened from under the gun and got one call before Qunxiong He three-bet to 900,000. Luc Tomassi called in the big blind, as did Clinkscales and the other player.
The flop 
checked to He who bet 2,100. Tomassi and Clinkscales both called, with the other player folding.
The turn was the 
and this time Tomassi took the lead, betting 3,800. Clinkscales flung his cards into the muck but He stuck around.
The river was the 
. Tomassi checked to He who bet 11,000 and after a couple of minutes, he folded allowing He to take down the pot.
Uri Gilboa is seated at this table also and has chipped up to just under 40,000 since entering.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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44,000 | |
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38,000
8,000
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8,000 |
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22,000 | |
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21,000 | |
The tournament clock currently shows a total of 110 entries with 107 of them still in the field. A reminder that late registration and single re-entry is available up until the end of Level 9.
There will be 13 levels played on Day 1a and 1b.
Here are some updated chip counts from the field. They include former PokerStars Festival Korea champion Taehoon Han, as well as Arravind Udayakumar who has re-entered.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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55,000
12,000
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12,000 |
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43,000
10,000
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10,000 |
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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27,000
2,000
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2,000 |
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27,000 | |
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12,000 |
Gab Kim won a pot were the action was three-way. The flop was reading 
and the pot had almost 6,000 chips in it.
Gab Kim was in the lojack position, and he checked, with Eran Shaham in the cutoff and the button player following with checks, too.
The turn card was the 
, and this time Kim took the initiative, by betting 2,800. Both his opponents called, and the 
completed the board on the river.
This time Kim bet 7,000, with the two other players folding their hands.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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43,000 | |
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41,000 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
There was a pot of 10,000 already on a 
board, and Max Curtis bet 6,200 out of the small blind. Qunxiong He was his opponent who thought for a while and even counted out the chips required to make the call.
Eventually, however, he open-folded the for top pair and Curtis took down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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42,000
2,000
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2,000 |
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34,000 |
Taehoon Han has clearly put on a spurt in the last level or so and has chipped up to over 60,000.
In this hand there was an open to 600 and a single caller before Han three-bet to 2,500 on the button. The initial raiser folded and the caller saw a flop of 
along with Han.
He called a continuation bet of 2,000 from Han and the turn was the 
. This time, however, he check-folded to a bet of 7,000 and Han took down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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63,000
36,000
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36,000 |
Yuri Odagiri is one of the many ladies that appeared in National's field for Day 1a, and so far they have a very good presence.
In one of the last hands, Odagiri found some value on the river, where she bet 7,000 with the board showing 
. She wasn't probably very excited when a four-card straight came on the river, while she was holding for a set of threes.
Either way, her opponent paid the bet and mucked his cards to bring her stack up to 42,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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42,000
42,000
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42,000 |
