2023 APPT Manila
Level: 16
Blinds: 2,000/5,000
Ante: 5,000
The field is down to just 212 players upon completion of level 15 and the first 10-minute break is underway, during which the T-500 chips are raced will be raced off.
On the tail end of a heads-up pot to the Q♦Q♠6♣Q♣10♣ river, Chase Cokaliong bet 150,000. Luan Haitao talked through the possible hands that beat him and he then called.
Cokaliong tabled the Q♥J♦ for quads and further cemented his status as one of the chip leaders.
Three ways to the K♦K♥4♠ flop, Dasreen Muhammad checked and Hiroshi Irimajiri bet 15,000. Christopher Pasion called, as did Muhammad. That led them to the 3♠ turn on which Muhammad checked again. Irimajiri bet 60,000 for Pasion to fold and Muhammad used two time banks before coming to the same conclusion.
Mac Mantos pushed all-in for 40,500 on the button and Akiro Kawamata did so from the small blind for 100,500. Chierro De Leon looked up both out of the big blind with the covering stack.
Mac Mantos: J♦9♦
Akiro Kawamata: A♥10♥
Chierro De Leon: A♣Q♣
The board ran out A♦4♥2♥J♠8♦ and the queen-kicker ensured a double knockout.
Satoshi Sugimoto moved all-in for 43,000 on the button and Alejandro Rottier called all-in for 40,500 in the small blind.
Alejandro Rottier: A♦10♣
Satoshi Sugimoto: A♠4♦
The board came A♣K♣6♦Q♦7♠ and Rottier doubled.
Sugimoto had 2,500 chips left and escaped once thereafter before bowing out.
Sebastian Wong raised it up and Norimune Gomi then pushed all-in for a shorter stack to get called by the initial raiser.
Norimune Gomi: Q♠10♥
Sebastian Wong: A♦K♦
The board ran out A♥6♥2♠9♠J♥ and Gomi was drawing dead on the turn.
Bonifacio Mondalo raised and called a three-bet by Yuta Tanabe. The two players checked down the J♦4♦4♠J♥6♥ board and Tanabe tabled his A♥10♥, which won the pot. Having started among the shorter stacks, Tanabe is one of the chip leaders in the field after one and a half levels.