APPT Main Event Day 1a | 2023 APPT Manila

08-03-2023 17:03 UTC+8

Latest Batch of Day 1a Casualties

Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Almost one third of the players on Day 1a has already been eliminated and there are 249 hopefuls out of 338 entries remaining half-way through level six.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tracy Crisotomo	Busted
Firat Basbaydar	Busted
Akihiro Sasaki	Busted
Bonil Koo	Busted
Takeshi Goto	Busted
Jose Colada	Busted
Ricardo Torres	Busted
Akitoshi Okuda	Busted
Yamamoto Takanori	Busted
Henrieto Acain	Busted

Jin Sung Kim	Busted
Alejandro Rottier	Busted
Daryl Loh	Busted
Juan Casanova	Busted

08-03-2023 17:10 UTC+8

Ghosh Boosts Stack Without Showdown

Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Ashish Ghosh raised and was called by Leonard Cheong. Hui Zhang then squeezed to 6,300 in the small blind and Ghosh was the only caller. The flop came A♦9♦2♥ and Zhang continued for 4,200. Ghosh then raised top 12,400 and Zhang reluctantly folded.

Soon after, Zhang was on his way out while Chien Chih "Maggie" Weng had recently arrived.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicolas Cardyn	85,000 51,000	51,000
Ashish Ghosh	60,000 32,000	32,000
Peter Bennett	40,000 10,000	10,000
Leonard Cheong	40,000 40,000	40,000
Chien Chih Weng	30,000 30,000	30,000
David Boyd	25,000 25,000	25,000
Hui Zhang	Busted

Tags: Ashish Ghosh Chien Chih Weng Hui Zhang Leonard Cheong

08-03-2023 17:16 UTC+8

Minor Setback for Big Stack Kao

Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Taekbeom Ko was all-in for 11,500 from an early position and Sze Ngai Kao pushed all-in over the top. Tung Wing Wong was in a brief tank and sent his cards into the muck.

Taekbeom Ko: A♥K♥
Sze Ngai Kao: 9♠9♣

The A♣A♠2♥6♦3♣ board gave Ko trips and he more than doubled, while Kao took a small hit to his large stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sze Ngai Kao	175,000 70,000	70,000
Tung Wing Wong	37,000 37,000	37,000
Lester Edoc	27,000
Taekbeom Ko	25,000 25,000	25,000

Tags: Sze Ngai Kao Taekbeom Ko Tung Wing Wong

08-03-2023 17:20 UTC+8

Gerges Knocks Out Benor

Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Following a min-raise from under the gun, Daniel Benor three-bet jammed a short stack from two seats over. Kyrillos Gerges in the big blind asked for the stack size of the initial raiser to then move all-in over the top and his table neighbour snap-folded.

Daniel Benor: A♣J♥
Kyrillos Gerges: Q♥Q♦

The K♣10♦7♥10♠6♥ board provided no help to Benor and that spelled the end for the player from Israel.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kyrillos Gerges	110,000
Daniel Benor	Busted

Tags: Daniel Benor Kyrillos Gerges

08-03-2023 17:21 UTC+8

Second Break of the Day

Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Upon completion of level six, the field has been sent into an extended break of 25 minutes, during which players can take advantage of a buffet service in the Coral Room.

Level: 7

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

08-03-2023 17:53 UTC+8

Assorted Counts and Casualties

Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Gerardo Lubas	130,000 130,000	130,000
Seiki Sasaki	130,000 130,000	130,000
Kevin Bortfeld	95,000 47,000	47,000
Hyun Jin Jung	90,000 90,000	90,000
William Ysmael	90,000
Joshua Chargualaf	75,000 75,000	75,000
Florencio Campomanes	73,000 13,000	13,000

Slade Fisher	70,000 70,000	70,000
Thomas Ward	50,000 50,000	50,000
Thomas Pound	35,000
Junnie Pamplona	35,000
Calvin Tan	30,000 30,000	30,000
Ashley Patterson	28,000 28,000	28,000
Leonard Cheong	Busted
Renato Villanueva	Busted
Alexis Lim	Busted
Bernard Vu	Busted
Vincent Ferrafiat	Busted
Ke Yan	Busted
Rommel Angeles	Busted

08-03-2023 18:00 UTC+8

Rotholz Takes From Sugahara

Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Picking up the action on the J♦7♣4♦ flop, Akiinori Sugahara bet 2,400 from under the gun and was called by Hal Rotholz in middle position. The 9♠ appeared on the turn and Sugahara check-folded when Rotholz bet.

Player	Chips	Progress
Akiinori Sugahara	67,000 31,000	31,000
Hal Rotholz	35,000 35,000	35,000

Tags: Akiinori Sugahara Hal Rotholz

08-03-2023 18:06 UTC+8

Seo Gets River Value From Chua

Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

On the tail end of a K♠10♣8♥2♠5♠ board, Teck Heng Chua paid off a bet worth 3,000 by Hyowon Seo. The latter tabled K♦8♠ for flopped two pair and Chua briefly exposed KxJx before mucking.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hyowon Seo	50,000
Teck Heng Chua	21,000

Tags: Teck Heng Chua Hyowon Seo

08-03-2023 18:13 UTC+8

An Raises Out Ramsden

Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

The UK's Jacque Ramsden squeezed to 16,000 preflop only for Sangjin An to push all-in. While the latter moved forward his stack for the dealer to count, Ramsden had already folded instantly without asking for the amount.

Before raking in the pot, An flashed his A♣A♥ and Ramsden replied "nice hand".

Player	Chips	Progress
Sangjin An	75,000
Jacque Ramsden	62,000
Joris Michl	12,000

Tags: Jacque Ramsden Sangjin An