APPT Main Event Day 1a | 2023 APPT Manila

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 17:03 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 17:01 UTC+8

More Pictures From Day 1a

Christian Zetzsche

08-03-2023 16:54 UTC+8

Cheung Doubles Through Chargualaf

Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

David Chargualaf was left with one big blind when his 10♥10♠ was no match to the K♠K♥ of Sparrow Cheung. On a board of A♠4♥3♥8♥6♥, Cheung's king-high flush was the best hand while Chargualaf departed shortly after. Joseph Magnotti also headed to the rail as well after he ran out of chips one table over.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sparrow Cheung	65,000 33,000	33,000
David Chargualaf	Busted
Joseph Magnotti	Busted

Tags: David Chargualaf Joseph Magnotti Sparrow Cheung

08-03-2023 16:45 UTC+8

Recent Eliminations on Day 1a

Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Evgeny Belinskiy	Busted
Seungyeop Kang	Busted
Jose Padilla	Busted
Wooram Cho	Busted
In Hwa Jo	Busted
Qiang Xu	Busted

Ryosuke Yamazaki	Busted
Changbum Jeon	Busted
Eijiro Kaneko	Busted
Johnson Tan	Busted
Nathan Haresh	Busted

Level: 6

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

08-03-2023 16:37 UTC+8

Teoh Eliminated by Campomanes

Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

With a rather small pot brewing to the 7♠5♥5♦ flop, William Teoh raised it up to 10,000. Florencio Campomanes then went over the top with a reraise to 22,700 and Teoh reluctantly called all-in.

William Teoh: K♥Q♣
Florencio Campomanes: 7♥4♥

The 2♦ turn and 2♥ river changed nothing whatsoever and Teoh was sent to the rail.

While Campomanes stacked the chips, he grinned and said "that's Asia".

Player	Chips	Progress
Florencio Campomanes	60,000 60,000	60,000

William Teoh	Busted

Tags: Florencio Campomanes William Teoh

08-03-2023 16:28 UTC+8

Drobin Joins the Big Stacks After Busting Sugimoto

Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Within quick succession, several players from Japan were sent to the rail. Among them was Satoshi Sugimoto, who got it in preflop with A♠K♥ against the A♥A♣ of Ilia Drobin.

There was no miracle on the 7♦4♠2♦J♥9♥ runout and Drobin neared seven figures after the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ilia Drobin	95,000
Satoshi Sugimoto	Busted
Kazuto Takeuchi	Busted
Yugi Yanagisawa	Busted
Tetsuya Tsujisaka	Busted

Tags: Ilia Drobin Satoshi Sugimoto

08-03-2023 16:20 UTC+8

Assorted Counts and Casualties

Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Sze Ngai Kao	105,000 105,000	105,000
Hisashi Yamanouchi	100,000 70,000	70,000
Kit Lai Chun	90,000 90,000	90,000
Feridoun Farboud	80,000 17,000	17,000
Hazel Timonera	75,000 75,000	75,000
Miyoung Cho	70,000 -20,000	-20,000
Kenny Shih	70,000 40,000	40,000
Florian Schropp	65,000 9,000	9,000
Lijun Zhang	45,000 45,000	45,000
Firat Basbaydar	40,000 5,000	5,000
Laury Vanlerberghe	40,000 10,000	10,000
Nicolas Cardyn	34,000 4,000	4,000
Sparrow Cheung	32,000 10,000	10,000
Ashish Ghosh	28,000 28,000	28,000
Moses Saquing	28,000 28,000	28,000
Nick Hozjan	25,000 -5,000	-5,000
Joseph Magnotti	20,000 -12,000	-12,000
Andrej Nagy	14,000 -16,000	-16,000
Max Menzel	Busted
Renniel Galvez	Busted
Yuki Nakada	Busted
Hal Rotholz	Busted

Zhao Feng	Busted
Po Hsiun Liao	Busted
Jaeseok Lee	Busted

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08-03-2023 16:11 UTC+8

Ferrafiat Takes a Pot on the River

Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Vincent Ferrafiat needed a second barrel worth 5,200 on the A♥A♣8♣Q♠J♦ river when he was up against Wilson Luong. The latter had called a turn bet but folded reluctantly thereafter.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vincent Ferrafiat	46,000 46,000	46,000
Wilson Luong	41,000 41,000	41,000
Louis Bilodeau	35,000 5,000	5,000
Noel Regencia	25,000 25,000	25,000

Tags: Vincent Ferrafiat Wilson Luong