Schedule Change
Level 10
: 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Tournament officials have announced that there will be two more levels instead of three.
Players will bag up at the end of Level 11.
2019 PokerStars APPT Manila
₱500,000 APPT Super High Roller
Day: 1
Level: 10
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
Chip Counts at the Break
Level 9
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
| Seat | Table 1 | Chip Count | Seat | Table 2 | Chip Count | Seat | Table 3 | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hon Cheong Lee | 300,000 | 1 | Junichi Nakanowatari | 740,000 | 1 | Lifeng Yang | 505,000 |
| 2 | Celina Lin | 160,000 | 2 | Meng Long | 330,000 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 3 | Abhinav Iyer | 235,000 | ||||
| 4 | 4 | Lester Edoc | 340,000 | 4 | Huidong Gu | 390,000 | ||
| 5 | 5 | Daniel Smiljkovic | 500,000 | 5 | Hao Tien | 400,000 | ||
| 6 | Yilin Yang | 375,000 | 6 | 6 | ||||
| 7 | Alan Lau | 710,000 | 7 | Phachara Wongwichit | 350,000 | 7 | Liwei Sun | 330,000 |
| 8 | Kun Jiang | 785,000 | 8 | Wayne Heung | 800,000 | 8 | Xinglong Huang | 250,000 |
| Seat | Table 4 | Chip Count | Seat | Table 5 | Chip Count | |||
| 1 | Sparrow Cheung | 200,000 | 1 | Pete Chen | 65,000 | |||
| 2 | 2 | |||||||
| 3 | Raymond Wu | 370,000 | 3 | Mike Takayama | 830,000 | |||
| 4 | Xixiang Luo | 305,000 | 4 | |||||
| 5 | Weiyi Zhang | 40,000 | 5 | Jinho Hong | 120,000 | |||
| 6 | Xiaqing Ji | 1,200,000 | 6 | Wai Kiat Lee | 660,000 | |||
| 7 | Siow Wei Lik | 770,000 | 7 | Bobby Zhang | 155,000 | |||
| 8 | 8 | Yiqing Huang | 435,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,200,000 | |
|
830,000
180,000
|
180,000 |
|
||
|
800,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
785,000
245,000
|
245,000 |
|
770,000
525,000
|
525,000 |
|
740,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
|
710,000
350,000
|
350,000 |
|
660,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
505,000
260,000
|
260,000 |
|
500,000
-210,000
|
-210,000 |
|
|
||
|
435,000
235,000
|
235,000 |
|
400,000
280,000
|
280,000 |
|
390,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
|
375,000
235,000
|
235,000 |
|
370,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
350,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
340,000
-85,000
|
-85,000 |
|
|
330,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
330,000
-55,000
|
-55,000 |
|
305,000
175,000
|
175,000 |
|
300,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
|
250,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
235,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
|
|
||
|
200,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
160,000
-55,000
|
-55,000 |
Break
Level 9
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Players are going on their final 10-minute break. Late registration and re-entry will close at the end of this break.
Takayama Gets There to Eliminate Nguyen
Level 9
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Mike Takayama opened to 20,000, Quang Nguyen called and Wai Kiat Lee three-bet to 72,000. Both players called.
The trio then checked the 
flop. The turn was the 
. Takayama bet 105,000 and Nguyen moved all in.
Lee quickly folded and Takayama called with 
for a set, but Nguyen had turned a straight with the 
and looked set to double up.
That was until the 
paired the board and Takayama improved to a full house to eliminate his opponent.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
650,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
630,000
175,000
|
175,000 |
|
Busted | |
Zhang Doubles Through Iyer
Level 9
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Weiyi Zhang was all in for 104,500 against Abhinav Iyer.
Weiyi Zhang: 
Abhinav Iyer: 
The pocket fives of Iyer were ahead on the 
and on the turn. However the 
river gave Zhang a straight and he doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
215,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
|
130,000
-320,000
|
-320,000 |
|
|
||
Kong Eliminated by Jiang
Level 9
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
On a 
turn, Kun Jiang had a bet of 45,000 in front of him, but was facing an all-in bet from Seongsu Kong for 154,000.
Jiang eventually called and Kong turned over 
for top pair and the nut flush draw. He was up against the 
of Jiang.
The river 
was a brick and Kong tapped the table and was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
540,000
290,000
|
290,000 |
|
Busted |
Chip Counts from Table 2
Level 9
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
760,000
260,000
|
260,000 |
|
|
710,000
-100,000
|
-100,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
570,000
245,000
|
245,000 |
|
|
425,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
|
|
260,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
255,000
-245,000
|
-245,000 |
|
190,000
-60,000
|
-60,000 |
|
|
||
Zhang In
Level 9
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Bobby Zhang has become the latest entrant in the ₱500,000 APPT Manila Super High Roller.
This is the last level for late registration and re-entry.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
250,000 |
Level: 9
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000