PokerStars.net APPT Season 8 Manila

Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

PokerStars.net APPT Season 8 Manila

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
73
Prize
3,472,000 PHP
Event Info
Buy-in
45,000 PHP
Prize Pool
11,349,000 PHP
Entries
260
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000

Level: 5

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

Chang Triples

Level 4 : 150/300, 25 ante

Carlos Chang shipped it in for a little under 7,500 on the turn of a {10-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}{6-Spades} board and got called not once, but twice.

He didn't look worried at all as both his opponents checked the {6-Spades} river. In fact, he'd hit the flop pretty hard, turning over {10-Hearts}{J-Hearts} for the boat to scoop the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Carlos Chang tw
Carlos Chang
45,100
WSOP 1X Winner

The Royal Ten-Of-Clubs

Level 4 : 150/300, 25 ante

Early chip leader Yen Han Chen joined one other limper in a pot and the big blind checked his option.

The flop fell {10-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{k-Clubs} and after two checks, Chen fired out 700. His two opponents folded and Chen showed {q-Clubs}{J-Clubs} having flopped a rather big draw.

Player Chips Progress
Yen Han Chen tw
Yen Han Chen
60,000
5,000
5,000

Duck, Duck, Goose

Level 4 : 150/300, 25 ante
Vivian Im
Vivian Im

A rather small pot was brewing until Damian Gonzales Cid bet 600 on the turn of a {k-Hearts}{2-Spades}{3-Hearts}{10-Diamonds} board.

That's when Team PokerStars Pro Vivian Im made it 1,000 more. Cid called, then checked the {8-Hearts} river. Im fired 2,500 at it this time and after a minute or two in the tank, Cid threw out a call.

Im turned over {2-Hearts}{2-Diamonds} having flopped a set that was still good after the river.

Player Chips Progress
Vivian Im kr
Vivian Im
34,000
7,500
7,500

Tags: Vivian Im

Duong Pushes

Level 4 : 150/300, 25 ante

Martin Gonzalez made it 700 from late position only to have Thanh Ha Duong bump it up to 1,150 from the small blind.

Gonzalez made the call and they went heads-up to the {10-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{9-Spades} flop. Duong checked, but when Gonzalex led for 2,000, he check-raised, making it 5,500. Gonzalez called, but missed the memo, because when Duong checked again on the {2-Hearts} turn, he led out again for 3,500.

Duong check-raised all in this time, for 12,500 more and Gonzalez mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Thanh Ha Duong cn
Thanh Ha Duong
38,000
Martin Gonzalez
Martin Gonzalez
36,000
-14,000
-14,000

Level: 4

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 25

Lin Comes Back To Life

Level 3 : 150/300, 0 ante

Team PokerStars Pro Celina Lin has found new life here in Manila.

She's now back up and over the starting stack after getting paid off on a river bet holding pocket aces on a king-high board.

Player Chips Progress
Celina Lin cn
Celina Lin
23,000
6,000
6,000

A Slow Boat To China

Level 3 : 150/300, 0 ante

Japanese PokerStars Qualifier Tomochika Kamiya was wielding a rather large early stack when he joined another player in flat calling a 600-chip middle position raise from China's Weiduo Wu.

The flop came down {8-Clubs}{6-Hearts}{4-Diamonds} and Kamiya was the only one to call Wu's 1,000-chip c-bet. The {q-Spades} turn went check-check, but Wu fired again on the board pairing {4-Clubs} river, making it 3,000.

Kamiya made the call, but mucked when Wu showed {6-Clubs}{6-Spades} having flopped a set that filled up on the river.

Player Chips Progress
Tomochika Kamiya
Tomochika Kamiya
35,000
Weiduo Wu
Weiduo Wu
21,500