APPT Main Event Day 1bc | 2023 APPT Manila

08-04-2023 14:16 UTC+8

Eum Wins Massive Three-Way All-In

Christian Zetzsche

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

The action escalated on a three-way flop of 8♦6♥5♥ on which Dmitriy Tymoshenko eventually pushed all-in. Louis Bilodeau went all-in over the top and Joong Hoon Eum opted to call it off for the 27,500 he had behind.

Dmitriy Tymoshenko: A♥A♦
Joong Hoon Eum: 6♦6♣
Louis Bilodeau: 9♣7♣

The 8♠ turn improved Eum to a full house and that didn't change anymore on the 5♣ river. Tymoshenko was eliminated and Eum nearly tripled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joong Hoon Eum	95,000 95,000	95,000
Louis Bilodeau	3,000 -27,000	-27,000
Dmitriy Tymoshenko	Busted

Tags: Dmitriy Tymoshenko Louis Bilodeau

08-04-2023 14:11 UTC+8

Kang Wins big Pot Off Yan

Christian Zetzsche

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

On a heads-up turn of K♣6♥5♦Q♣, Ke Yan bet 3,000 and called a raise to 8,000 by Hyunyeong Kang on the button. That led to the 8♥ river on which Yan checked and snap-called a bet of 16,000 by Kang. He was shown the Q♠Q♥ for a set of queens and mucked his 6♣6♠ with disgust.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hyunyeong Kang	58,000 58,000	58,000
Ke Yan	19,000 -13,000	-13,000
Jun Obara	14,000 -11,000	-11,000

Tags: Hyunyeong Kang Ke Yan

08-04-2023 14:00 UTC+8

Rotholz Gets Value From Crisostomo

Christian Zetzsche

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Three ways to the Q♦7♦3♦J♦ turn, Tracy Crisostomo checked and Hal Rotholz bet 400. Ashish Ghosh folded but Crisostomo came along to then check-call the J♠ river for another 600. Rotholz tabled the K♦5♠ for a king-high flush and earned the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hal Rotholz	42,000 42,000	42,000

Ashish Ghosh	32,000 2,000	2,000
Tracy Crisostomo	22,000

Tags: Ashish Ghosh Hal Rotholz Tracy Crisostomo

08-04-2023 13:57 UTC+8

Three Casualties so Far on Day 1b

Christian Zetzsche

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

The field size for Day 1b has already climbed to 265 entries of which 262 players remain. A trio of hopefuls saw their stack decimated to zero and that also included Spain's Guillem Segarra Lopez.

Player	Chips	Progress
Haruna Fujita	Busted
Juyeol Lee	Busted
Guillem Segarra Lopez	Busted

Tags: Guillem Segarra Lopez

08-04-2023 13:51 UTC+8

Obara Chops With Yan

Christian Zetzsche

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Jun Obara arrived in Manila two days ago and jumped right into a side event without cashing. He then took down Event# 35 -High Roller Knockout [₱50K Bounty] last night while Day 1a of the Main Event took place.

Just now, Obara tangled with Ke Yan when they checked the 9♥8♥5♦2♥ turn and Yan bet the 7♣ river for 1,600. Obara called with the K♠Q♣ and chopped versus K♥Q♦.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ke Yan	32,000 32,000	32,000
Jun Obara	25,000 -5,000	-5,000

Tags: Jun Obara Ke Yan

08-04-2023 13:43 UTC+8

Elnatsha Chips Up Against Hibi

Christian Zetzsche

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Picking up the action on the J♠8♥4♠J♦ turn, Feras Elnatsha bet 600. Toshihiro Hibi raised to 2,000 and Elnatsha called. Both opted to check the K♣ river and Elnatsha held the winning hand with the 10♦10♥.

Player	Chips	Progress
Feras Elnatsha	35,000 35,000	35,000
Toshihiro Hibi	22,000 22,000	22,000

Tags: Feras Elnatsha Toshihiro Hibi

Level: 2

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 200

08-04-2023 13:38 UTC+8

More Notable Entries

Christian Zetzsche

Level 1 : Blinds 100/100, 100 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Feridoun Farboud	31,000 31,000	31,000
Andrej Nagy	30,000 30,000	30,000
Po Hsun Liao	30,000
John Beveridge	30,000
Louis Bilodeau	30,000 30,000	30,000
Benigno Ledina Jr	30,000
Kevin Bortfeld	30,000 30,000	30,000
John Costiniano	30,000
Maxwell Curtis	30,000
Yukishige Doi	30,000 30,000	30,000
Feng Zhao	30,000
Ashish Ghosh	30,000 30,000	30,000
Takeshi Goto	30,000 30,000	30,000
Kil Soo Kim	30,000
Hirotoshi Yamada	29,500

08-04-2023 13:25 UTC+8

Bochukov Off to a Good Start

Christian Zetzsche

Level 1 : Blinds 100/100, 100 ante

On the tail end of a 8♥7♣5♣9♣A♠ board, Joshua Lebowitz paid off Nikolay Bochukov and then mucked when he was shown the A♣6♣ for the nut flush by his opponent. The encounter cost Lebowitz nearly a fifth of his starting stack and propelled Bochukow near the top in the first level of the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nikolay Bochukov	36,000 36,000	36,000
Joshua Lebowitz	24,500 24,500	24,500

Tags: Joshua Lebowitz Nikolay Bochukov

08-04-2023 13:18 UTC+8

Bennett Back in the Mix

Christian Zetzsche

Level 1 : Blinds 100/100, 100 ante

In a single-raised pot to the J♦8♥3♥ flop, Peter Bennett and Ngoc Khanh Le both checked. That brought them to the Q♣ turn on which Bennett bet 400 and won the pot.

The same table also features Anthony Abram and Alex Tan as well. Bennett came close to bagging chips on Day 1a but bowed out in the final level of last night.

Player	Chips	Progress
Peter Bennett	30,500 30,500	30,500
Anthony Abram	30,000 30,000	30,000
Alex Tan	30,000 30,000	30,000
Ngoc Khanh Le	29,500 29,500	29,500

Tags: Alex Tan Anthony Abram Ngoc Khanh Le Peter Bennett