2019 PokerStars APPT Manila
A big three-way all-in occurred in a table where Hernan Villa and Qi Xu held the same hand, ![]()
and ![]()
, respectively.
They were up against a player who was holding ![]()
, and who was all in for approximately 32,000 chips. The flop came ![]()
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, giving some more outs to the all-in player.
The
on the turn gave a bigger lead to Villa and Xu, with Villa now having the opportunity to win the pot with a fourth club on the river.
The
was the card that completed the board, causing the bust-out of a player while the two others chopped it up.
Level 4 just started, but Ryoji Osabe didn't have much time to enjoy the break. He lost almost half of it, because of playing a hand.
At least the outcome was good for him, so he lost the biggest part of the break for a good cause.
He was found on the river with the board showing ![]()
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and he was all in. His opponent was covered and decided to call for his life, but saw the bad news when Osabe opened ![]()
for trips.
Osabe hasn't returned to his seat after the break, probably he deserves some more time off.
Level: 4
Blinds: 100/300
Ante: 300
The players are off for their first 10-minute break of the day.
Just six players remain in the ₱100,000 Shot Clock tournament from a starting field of 77 and they include Team PokerStars Pro Celina Lin.
The six players are guaranteed ₱481,000 but the winner will walk away with the trophy and ₱1,855,500.
Three players saw a flop of ![]()
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. The small blind checked, as did Uri Gilboa out of the big blind, and Huy Pham checked in position.
The turn was the
and the small blind bet 1,600, getting two callers.
The river was the
. It checked to Pham who bet 4,300. The small blind quickly folded and Gilboa quickly called.
Pham showed ![]()
for just a pair of tens and took down the pot.
Gab Yong Kim is back today for Day 1b after busting his two bullets during Day 1a.
Today, he is on the winning side so far, as he has already doubled the starting stack. In one of his crucial hands, he three-bet preflop to 2,600 chips from the big blind, after a hijack raise to 500, and calls from the cutoff and the button.
Only the cutoff player followed him on the flop, which came ![]()
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, with Kim betting 4,500 to get called again.
The
hit the turn, and Kim check-called this time a bet at 5,000 from his opponent.
The
completed the board on the river, and both players checked. Kim opened ![]()
which was enough to scoop the pot as the other player mucked.
The full board of ![]()
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was out between Alexis Lim and Joseph Talamayan.
Talamayan had around 20,000 behind and was facing a bet of 7,000. He thought for a while before calling.
Lim turned over ![]()
for top pair and Talamayan couldn't better it and mucked his hand.
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200