₱500,000 APPT Super High Roller
Day 1 Started
₱500,000 APPT Super High Roller
Day 1 Started
Welcome to live coverage of the APPT Manila ₱500,000 Super High Roller. This is the biggest buy-in event at the 2019 APPT Manila festival and a whole host of big names are expected to jump into the field.
For their ₱500,000 (~$9,800) entry fee, players will receive 250,000 chips. Levels are 40 minutes with 12 levels scheduled for Day 1.
There is a 30-second shot clock in play, with players receiving six time banks at the start of play. They will receive three more at the start of Day 2 as well as at the final table.
Late registration and unlimited re-entry is allowed for the first nine levels.
Last year, it was Hong Kong's Ivan Hon Cheong Lee who took down a ₱200,000 High Roller for ₱4,676,260 ($87,953) and we will wait and see who adds their name to the list of 2019 APPT High Roller champions.
Event | Entrants | Winner | Prize (PHP) | Prize (USD) |
---|---|---|---|---|
APPT Incheon ₩10,000,000 Super High Roller | 65 | Michael Soyza | ₩178,890,000 | $157,164 |
APPT Incheon ₩5,000,000 SIngle Day High Roller | 75 | Toshiyuki Onda | ₩80,440,000 | $70,670 |
APPT Incheon ₩5,000,000 High Roller | 181 | Keiji Takahashi | ₩143,890,000 | $126,699 |
APPT Incheon ₩4,000,000 High Roller Turbo | 49 | Yunlong Jin | ₩65,021,000 | $57,344 |
APPT Jeju ₩6,000,000 High Roller | 34 | Jiang Chen | ₩61,895,000 | $53,359 |
APPT Jeju ₩6,000,000 High Roller | 11 | Donghui Xu | ₩29,449,000 | $25,481 |
APPT Jeju ₩6,000,000 High Roller | 39 | Liuheng Dai | ₩70,999,000 | $61,428 |
Stay tuned to PokerNews for all the updates right here from the Okada Manila poker room.
Some familiar faces have joined the tournament at the start of level 1. They include Junichi Nakanowatari, who played in the WSOP $100,000 High Roller, as well as Yiqing Huang who won two tournaments at APPT Jeju back in June.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Junichi Nakanowatari |
250,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
Yilin Yang |
250,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
Yiqing Huang |
250,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
Lei Yu |
250,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
Meng Long
|
250,000 |
Level: 1
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
APPT Jeju Main Event champion Huidong Gu has joined the field just as cards were in the air after a short delay. He defeated a field of 362 players to win ₩183,695,000 ($159,000) back in June this year.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Huidong Gu |
250,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Rintaro Kagawa |
250,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
Celina Lin |
250,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
Pete Chen | 250,000 | |
|
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Xixiang Luo | 250,000 | |
Jian Yang | 250,000 | |
Yohwan Lim | 250,000 |
On a flop Lei Yu checked to Huidong Gu who bet 4,000. Pete Chen called on the button and Yu check-raised to 24,000. Gu called and Chen folded.
The turn was the and Yu check-called 35,000 from Gu.
The river was the . Yu bet 60,000. Gu chuckled and then sighed before calling.
Yu showed for a rivered straight but Gu had him beat with for a full house.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Huidong Gu |
370,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
Pete Chen |
300,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
||
Lei Yu |
60,000
-190,000
|
-190,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Ante: 1,500
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Graeme Siow |
250,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
Weiyi Zhang |
250,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
Abhinav Iyer |
250,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
||
Hao Tien
|
250,000
250,000
|
250,000 |