APPT Main Event Day 1bc | 2023 APPT Manila

08-04-2023 17:05 UTC+8

Liow Among Latest Casualties

Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Marcuss Liow had dropped to a short stack after losing a big pot early on during which he mentioned to have had pocket aces cracked. He managed to spin it back up only to get short again and then "took a gamble" in three-way action with 8♠7♠ before the flop. Yosuke Takagi scored the knockout on a king-high runout with the A♦A♥.

Soon after, Takagi sent another opponent to the rail and joined six figures.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yosuke Takagi	100,000
Marcuss Liow	Busted

Tags: Marcuss Liow Yosuke Takagi

08-04-2023 17:01 UTC+8

Big Names Join the Fray

Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Yasuhiro Waki entered recently after chatting with Jun Obara and then greeted a familiar face on his table, as Florencio Campomanes took a seat. Another of the up and coming Pinoy poker pros had also jumped in with newly minted content creator David Erquiaga.

Day 1b continues to grow with up to 558 entries of which around 415 players still in contention.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yasuhiro Waki	45,000 45,000	45,000
Jun Obara	35,000 21,000	21,000
Florencio Campomanes	30,000 30,000	30,000

David Erquiaga	30,000 30,000	30,000

Tags: David Erquiaga Florencio Campomanes Jun Obara Yasuhiro Waki

08-04-2023 16:53 UTC+8

Kang Gets a Shove Through

Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

With a big pot of already 34,000 brewing to the Q♣10♥6♣9♥ turn, Yoo Sin Kang from South Korea moved all-in for the last 10,700. Chierro De Leon pondered about it for half a minute and asked for an exact count. He had the bigger stack by some margin but eventually folded to drop back near the starting stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yoo Sin Kang	45,000 45,000	45,000
Chierro De Leon	34,000 34,000	34,000

Tags: Chierro De Leon Yoo Sin Kang

08-04-2023 16:48 UTC+8

Miyazaki Scores a Knockout

Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Woojong Ha asked for a king when he was on the verge of elimination and the wish wasn't granted as his cards were instantly mucked. Seigo Miyazaki claimed the chips with his K♥7♥ which made the best hand on the J♣9♦2♣2♠7♦ runout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Seigo Miyazaki	60,000 60,000	60,000
Woojong Ha	Busted

Tags: Sheigo Miyazaki Woojong Ha

08-04-2023 16:41 UTC+8

Dela Cruz Takes a Hit

Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

On the tail end of a Q♥8♦3♣9♥2♠ river, Edwin Dela Cruz paid off a bet worth 6,000 by Japan's Atsutoshi Iwasaki but couldn't beat the J♣10♦ for the turned queen-high straight.

Player	Chips	Progress
Atsutoshi Iwasaki	70,000
John Beveridge	50,000 20,000	20,000
Kuan Wei Wang	32,000
Jonathan Looi	32,000
Edwin Dela Cruz	22,000 -13,000	-13,000

Tags: Edwin Dela Cruz Atsutoshi Iwasaki

Level: 6

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

08-04-2023 16:31 UTC+8

Perez Bell Doubles Through Alkhamisi

Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Rebel Magdagasang squeezed to 4,300 preflop on the button and earned callers in John Perez Bell and Sam Alkhamisi. They headed to the A♦7♦4♦ flop on which it checked to the three-bettor. Magdagasang continued for 5,500 only for Perez Bell to check-shove. Alkhamisi reluctantly moved all-in and Magdagasang folded the A♣K♥ face-up with a smirk on the face.

John Perez Bell: 9♦5♦
Sam Alkhamisi: 4♥4♠

The 2♣ turn and 10♣ river were blanks as Perez Bell doubled for 26,300, leaving Alkhamisi very short.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Perez Bell	72,000 72,000	72,000
Rebel Magdagasang	35,000 35,000	35,000
Sam Alkhamisi	1,100 1,100	1,100

Tags: John Perez Bell Rebel Magdagasang Sam Alkhamisi

08-04-2023 16:26 UTC+8

Latest Batch of Bustouts

Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Tracy Crisostomo	Busted
Hiroaki Manabe	Busted
Daisuke Aoki	Busted
Po Hsun Liao	Busted
Bernard Vu	Busted
Naoki Tasaka	Busted
Adrian Yeap	Busted
Daiki Shingae	Busted
Taro Ando	Busted
Dong Zhilian	Busted
Ricardo Singapan	Busted
Moses Saquing	Busted
Marc Rivera	Busted
Yukishige Doi	Busted
Daniel Benor	Busted
David Howard	Busted
Cezar Quiambao	Busted
Patrick Wahlquist	Busted
Haruna Fujita	Busted
Tung Wing Wong	Busted
Kevin Bortfeld	Busted
Czardy Rivera	Busted
Alex Tan	Busted

08-04-2023 16:15 UTC+8

More Than 500 Entries on Day 1b

Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Hyun Hong Lim raised to 1,000 and Richard Marquez was among the three callers. Andrew Nguyen then popped it up to 7,000in his very first hand out of the big blind. "I like it," Marquez grinned. There was no call as Nguyen raked in the pot.

One table over appears to be the current chip leader as South Korea's Siyoung Lee already increased his stack five-fold.

Day 1b has already attracted a staggering 517 entries to push the overall field size to more than 900 and the second flight is only in level five.

Player	Chips	Progress
Siyoung Lee	155,000
Richard Marquez	65,000 35,000	35,000
Mark Dela Cruz	35,000 5,000	5,000
Andrew Nguyen	34,000 34,000	34,000

Tags: Andrew Nguyen Hyun Hong Lim Richard Marquez

08-04-2023 16:10 UTC+8

Colada Doubles Through Kim

Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

With some 15,200 in the middle to the 8♠4♥2♦ flop, Jaejung Kim bet 5,000 and Jose Colada called after some consideration. The 5♦ fell on the turn and Kim pushed all-in near instantly. Colada called after a few seconds for 20,400 and was ahead.

Jose Colada: 9♦9♠
Jaejung Kim: A♣K♣

The 6♣ river was a brick and Kim was left short.