₱500,000 APPT Super High Roller
Day 1 Completed
2019 PokerStars APPT Manila
₱500,000 APPT Super High Roller
Day: 1
Graeme Siow Leads APPT Manila ₱500,000 Super High Roller
Level 11
: 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
After Day 1 in the APPT Manila ₱500,000 Super High Roller, just 20 of the 51-player field remain in the largest buy-in of the 2019 festival.
Late registration and re-entry was open for nine levels today, and we saw plenty of action with Team PokerStars Pro Celina Lin, Sejin Park, Bobby Zhang, Pachara Wongwichit, Sparrow Cheung and Bobby Zhang all joining the field.
Sadly, none of them were able to find a bag ahead of Day 2.
The chip leader heading into Day 2 is Graeme Siow who looked to be the only player over one million in chips after bagging 1,104,000. However, Xia Qing Jin also managed to sneak into seven-figure stack territory, bagging 1,002,000.
Then comes Malaysia's Lee Wai Kiat (910,000), Wayne Heung (897,000) and Lester Edoc (888,000).
Plenty of big names are left in contention, including Junichi Nakanowatari (728,000), Mike Takayama (604,000), 2019 WSOP bracelet winner Abhinav Iyer (551,000), APPT Jeju Main Event champion Huidong Gu (539,000), Xixiang Luo (299,000) and Raymond Wu (249,000).
Payouts were confirmed late on Day 1 and with the top seven places sharing a prize pool of almost ₱24,000,000, there will be a massive first prize of ₱7,558,000 awaiting the winner.
| Place | Payout (PHP) | Payout (USD) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ₱7,558,000 | $148,738 |
| 2 | ₱5,458,000 | $107,411 |
| 3 | ₱3,479,000 | $68,465 |
| 4 | ₱2,639,000 | $51,934 |
| 5 | ₱2,039,000 | $40,127 |
| 6 | ₱1,560,000 | $30,700 |
| 7 | ₱1,259,950 | $24,795 |
Cards are back in the air at 1 p.m. on 1st August, and PokerNews will be there every step of the way until we crown a Super High Roller champion!
End of Day Chip Counts (full)
Level 11
: 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,104,000 | -196,000 |
|
1,021,000 | 121,000 |
|
910,000 | 250,000 |
|
897,000 | 97,000 |
|
888,000 | 68,000 |
|
832,000 | 47,000 |
|
830,000 | 580,000 |
|
732,000 | 52,000 |
|
728,000 | -12,000 |
|
644,000 | 394,000 |
|
604,000 | 144,000 |
|
551,000 | 551,000 |
|
543,000 | 168,000 |
|
534,000 | 34,000 |
|
425,000 | 305,000 |
|
355,000 | 25,000 |
|
300,000 | 50,000 |
|
299,000 | -6,000 |
|
|
273,000 | -57,000 |
|
249,000 | -121,000 |
Gu Forces Out Edoc
Level 11
: 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Huidong Gu and Lester Edoc both checked the 
flop and turn and the river was the 
. Gu bet 30,000 and Edoc raised to 70,000. Gu used a time extension before three-betting to 220,000.
Edoc took his time but eventually folded.
It looks like Siow Wei Lik at their table is the overall chip leader with close to 1.3 million after Xiaqing Ji dropped back somewhat.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,300,000 | 530,000 |
|
|
900,000 | -300,000 |
|
|
820,000 | 480,000 |
|
|
500,000 | 110,000 |
More Recent Eliminations
Level 11
: 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Former chip leader Daniel Smiljkovic has been eliminated along with Hon Cheong Lee. There are currently 26 players remaining with one level left in the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Level: 11
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 12,000
Iyer Wins a Flip to Double
Level 10
: 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Abhinav Iyer opened to 20,000 from under the gun. It folded to Lifeng Yang in the big blind who three-bet all in, covering his opponent.
Iyer used a time bank before calling all in for his last 244,000.
Abhinav Iyer: 
Lifeng Yang: 
Iyer flopped a set on 
and although the 
opened up gutshot opportunities for Yang, the river was the 
and Iyer doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
500,000 | 265,000 |
|
|
250,000 | -255,000 |
Huang Doubles Through Takayama
Level 10
: 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Seongsu Kong opened to 25,000 and got calls from Yiqing Huang and Mike Takayama. The flop was 
and it checked to Huang who bet 50,000. Takayama check-raised all in, covering both players.
Kong folded and Huang used a time bank before calling.
Mike Takayama: 
Yiqing Huang: 
Huang was ahead with top pair against the straight draw of Takayama. The turn 
and river 
changed nothing and Huang doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
680,000 | 245,000 |
|
|
460,000 | -370,000 |
|
225,000 | -25,000 |
Bustouts
Level 10
: 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Both Bobby Zhang and Pete Chen have been eliminated shortly after the resumption of play. The tournament clock currently shows 30 of 52 players remaining.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Last Minute Entries
Level 10
: 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
250,000 | 250,000 |
|
|
250,000 | 250,000 |
|
|
250,000 | 250,000 |