₱33,000 APPT National Day 1a | 2019 PokerStars APPT Manila

07-28-2019 20:21 UTC+8

Kim Closing in on 100,000

Will Shillibier

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante

Jungsil Kim and another player limped before Arravind Udayakumar three-bet to 1,500. Both opponents called.

The flop was and it checked to Udayakumar who bet 3,000. Kim was the only caller.

The pair checked the turn and river. Kim showed for queens and aces and Udayakumar mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jungsil Kim	95,000
Arravind Udayakumar	55,000 25,000	25,000

Tags: Arravind Udayakumar Jungsil Kim

07-28-2019 20:27 UTC+8

Thinh Nguyen was in the small blind against the button and he bet three barrels, in a board of . It was for 6,500, 10,000, and 8,600 respectively with his opponent calling rather quickly all three times.

Nguyen opened king-ten after his last bet, but his opponent as holding a pocket pair of threes for a full house, sending Nguyen in the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thinh Nguyen	Busted

Tags: Thinh Nguyen

Level: 6

Blinds: 300/500

Ante: 500

07-28-2019 20:42 UTC+8

Khoo Goes to Zero

Ernestok

Level 6 : 300/500, 500 ante

Kah Hock Khoo was left with just 5,000 in chips and he put them in the middle after Toshinori Takashima's raise. Takashima made the call and the two players opened their cards.

Kah Hock Khoo:
Toshinori Takashima:

The board ran out and the Malaysian player departed from the field.

Player	Chips	Progress
Toshinori Takashima	68,000 68,000	68,000
Kah Hock Khoo	Busted

Tags: Khoo Kah Hock Toshinori Takashima

07-28-2019 20:54 UTC+8

Trips and 100k for Shaham

Ernestok

Level 6 : 300/500, 500 ante

Eran Shaham picked up a sizeable pot that catapulted him to 100,000 in chips. The hand was in the river when we reached the table, and Shaham had bet 15,000, in a 35,000 chip pot.

His opponent was deep in the tank, and another player at the table asked for time. The floor manager reached the table and started counting, with Shaham's opponent making the call in the last seconds.

He didn't keep his cards in his hand for a long time though, since Shaham showed for trips that earned him the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eran Shaham	100,000 57,000	57,000

Tags: Eran Shaham

07-28-2019 20:57 UTC+8

Updated Chip Counts

Ernestok

Level 6 : 300/500, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jungsil Kim	93,000 -2,000	-2,000
Elfrida Bambutsa	93,000 33,000	33,000
Taehoon Han	73,000 10,000	10,000
Luc Tomassi	65,000 25,000	25,000
Arravind Udayakumar	61,000 6,000	6,000
Rex Clinkscales	61,000 8,000	8,000
Jingzhi Wang	60,000 15,000	15,000
Max Curtis	45,000 20,000	20,000
Joseph Talamayan	31,000 19,000	19,000
Uri Gilboa	28,000 21,500	21,500

Jie Pan	22,000 11,000	11,000
Seongsu Kong	Busted

07-28-2019 21:05 UTC+8

The River Drifts Clinkscales to the Rail

Ernestok

Level 6 : 300/500, 500 ante

Rex Clinkscales found the perfect spot to double up but the deck had other plans. He shoved all in on the flop for 24,200 in chips, with the board reading , after a bet for 2,200 and a raise to 10,000 chips.

The initial bettor folded his hand, but the raiser called after some time in the tank, including a question to Clinkscales if he held five-four.

Rex Clinkscales:
Opponent:

Clinkscales' top pair was ahead of his opponent's middle pair, with the on the turn keeping this lead for the American player.

The on the river though was one of the cards he didn't want to see, and he left his seat with an expression of surprise on his face.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rex Clinkscales	Busted

Tags: Rex Clinkscales

07-28-2019 21:15 UTC+8

Small Double, But What a Double for Nguyen

Ernestok

Level 6 : 300/500, 500 ante

Quang Nguyen had gotten it in for his last 7,000 holding but had run into the of an opponent.

"Yesterday I lost seven times with two or three-outers," he said as the flop came . He perked up at the sight of the on the turn and the river gave him a king-high straight and he scored a small but meaningful double to around 15,000.