APPT Main Event Day 1a | 2023 APPT Manila

08-03-2023 18:20 UTC+8

Latest Batch of Day 1a Casualties

Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Lester Edoc	Busted
Moses Saquing	Busted
Christopher Mateo	Busted
Kotaro Tanaka	Busted
Joshua Tan	Busted
Bonifacio Mondalo	Busted
Andrej Nagy	Busted
James Hunter	Busted
Jinlong Hu	Busted

Shuji Maeda	Busted
Takuya Inada	Busted
Wilson Luong	Busted
Adam Shriki	Busted
Jain Shagun	Busted
Justin Geronimo	Busted

08-03-2023 18:16 UTC+8

Wu Beats Ward in Showdown

Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

On the 10♦8♣7♦J♠Q♥ river, Thomas Ward bet 13,000 into a pot of around two times as much and Yuanning Wu was sent into a brief tank. One minute passed and Wu then called to get shown the 6♦6♠ by Ward. Wu had that beat with the A♥A♦ to win a healthy pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yuanning Wu	75,000 20,000	20,000
Thomas Ward	18,600 -31,400	-31,400

Tags: Thomas Ward Yuanning Wu

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

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 18:00 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 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

Level: 7

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

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.

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 17:16 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.