2019 PokerStars APPT Manila

₱33,000 APPT National
Day: 1a
Event Info

2019 PokerStars APPT Manila

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aa
Prize
4,174,500 PHP
Event Info
Buy-in
33,000 PHP
Prize Pool
19,417,266 PHP
Entries
674
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
160,000

Takashima Cracks Odagiri's Aces

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Toshinori Takashima was all in for 84,800 with {a-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds} but had run into the {a-Hearts}{a-Spades} of Yuri Odagiri.

The {3-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{k-Hearts} flop gave Takashima not much hope of an unlikely double, but the {2-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} runout gave him a flush.

Not that he realised it, going to stand up as if eliminated. It wasn't until the dealer pointed it out that he sat back down and waited for his double.

Player Chips Progress
Toshinori Takashima jp
Toshinori Takashima
175,000
107,000
107,000
Yuri Odagiri jp
Yuri Odagiri
8,000
-62,000
-62,000

Tags: Toshinori TakashimaYuri Odagiri

Chan Loses Two Hands in a Row and Busts

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
William Chan
William Chan

This wasn't the lucky level for William Chan as he lost two hands in a row to leave the field right after the end of registration.

He talked to Pokernews right after his bust-out hand and explained that he first lost with ace-queen versus his opponent's king-jack in a preflop all in situation. The flop brought an ace and a queen, but a ten on the river gave a straight to his opponent.

Chan had 35,000 before the previous hand and was left with 20,000 after it, which he lost with {a-Hearts}{k-Diamonds} versus his opponent's {j-Clubs}{10-Clubs} in another preflop all in. The board ran out {3-Hearts}{10-Hearts}{3-Spades}{4-Spades}{2-Diamonds}, and Chan hit the rail.

"I got up to 70k chips", he told us after the hand, adding that "i should have slept at this point and just advance to Day 2".

He will have a second chance tomorrow, though.

Player Chips Progress
William Chan us
William Chan
Busted

Tags: William Chan

Udayakumar Sends Chen to the Rail

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

On a {5-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{8-Hearts} flop Pete Chen checked to Arravind Udayakumar who bet 2,500. Chen then check-raised all in for 24,300. Udayakumar counted out the chips and called.

Pete Chen: {5-Clubs}{9-Clubs}
Arravind Udayakumar: {k-Spades}{j-Hearts}

Udayakumar was all in with a flush draw to send Chen to the rail, and he duly hit it on the {k-Hearts} turn. Chen could still make a full house to stay alive but the {8-Clubs} river was the wrong board card to pair and he was eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
Arravind Udayakumar sg
Arravind Udayakumar
190,000
25,000
25,000
Pete Chen hk
Pete Chen
Busted
WSOP 2X Winner
WPT 1X Winner

Tags: Arravind UdayakumarPete Chen

Level: 11

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 1,600

Javier Overtakes Takashima

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

On a {7-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{q-Clubs} flop Toshinori Takashima bet 9,000 and Jimmie Javier called. The turn was the {8-Spades} and Takashima check-called 17,000 from Javier.

The river was the {2-Hearts} and Takashima check-called 25,000.

Javier turned over {5-Clubs}{7-Diamonds} for two pair and Takashima laughed before mucking his cards.

The two swap places at the top of the chip counts.

Player Chips Progress
Jimmie Javier ph
Jimmie Javier
230,000
Toshinori Takashima jp
Toshinori Takashima
180,000
-30,000
-30,000

Tags: Toshinori TakashimaJimmie Javier

A Starcraft Pro Turned into Poker Player

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Lim Yo Hwan
Lim Yo Hwan

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
Lim Yo Hwan
Lim Yo Hwan
27,000
27,000
27,000

Tags: Lim Yo Hwan

Ysmael Triples Up

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Three players saw a flop of {8-Spades}{j-Clubs}{6-Hearts} with William Ysmael all in. One player check-folded to a shove from the other and they turned over {9-Hearts}{9-Spades}

Ysmael had flopped top pair with {a-Spades}{j-Hearts} and held on the {k-Hearts}{5-Spades} run out. He remains short with just under starting stack.

Player Chips Progress
William Ysmael ph
William Ysmael
25,000
-25,000
-25,000

Tags: William Ysmael

Dai Liuheng Grabs the Lead

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Dai Liuheng busted player, winning a big pot that put him in the lead for Day 1a so far. The board was showing {q-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{2-Spades}{a-Diamonds}, and his opponent had shoved for 37,500.

Liuheng tanked for around one minute, but finally made the call with {a-Hearts}{3-Spades}, and he was well ahead of his opponent who was holding {k-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}.

The {6-Clubs} 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
Dai Liuheng cn
Dai Liuheng
283,000
228,000
228,000

Tags: Dai Liuheng