PokerStars.net APPT Season 8 Manila

Main Event
Day: 2
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

Main Event

Day 2 Completed

The Manila Eleven

Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Chip Leader Michael Guzzardi
Chip Leader Michael Guzzardi

Day 2 of the PokerStars.net APPT Season 8 Manila main event was action packed as they whittled the field down from 95 to just 11 players.

The money bubble burst midway through the day when Renato Villanueva ran queens into Daniel Giang aces to finish 29th. Team PokerStars Pro Celina Lin and defending APPT Philippines champ Jaekyung 'Simba' Sim finished short of the money, as did start-of-day chip leader Seung Soo Jeon.

The day truly belonged to 2008 World Series of Poker $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha final table participant Michael Guzzardi, who took the chip lead in the event's 13th level and didn't really look back, busting player after player on the way to building a 1.512 million chip stack and massive lead heading into Monday's final day.

But with PHP 3,472,000 on the line for first, no one expects the other ten players coming back with stacks to give up without a fight.

The closest player to Guzzardi is Thanh Ha Duong, sitting on some 762,000, while bubble buster Giang holds 528,000.

The rest of the list includes Day 1a chip Leader Daniel Belov, Sameer Rattonsey, Mike Takayama, Andreas Rauh, Rajeev Kanjani, Hiroshi Naito, Bernardo Angeles and last woman standing Maria Bernadette Lina.

Play will resume at 2 p.m. Monday and play down to an APPT 8 Manila champion and of course, the PokerNews Live Reporting team will be on hand for all the action from beginning to end.

Tags: Michael Guzzardi

Final 11 Table Draw

Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

TABLE 15:

SeatPlayer
1Rajeev Kanjani
2Daniel Giang
3Hiroshi Naito
4Maria Bernadette Lina
5Tanh Ha Duong

TABLE 16:

SeatPlayer
1Andreas Rauh
2Sameer Rattonsey
3Mike Takayama
4Daniel Belov
5Bernardo Angeles
6Michael Guzzardi

End of Day 2 Chip Counts (full)

Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Michael Guzzardi us
Michael Guzzardi
1,512,000 512,000
Thanh Ha Duong cn
Thanh Ha Duong
762,000 332,000
Daniel Giang
Daniel Giang
528,000 -152,000
Sameer Rattonsey in
Sameer Rattonsey
480,000 40,000
Daniel Belov ee
Daniel Belov
437,000 -73,000
Andreas Rauh
Andreas Rauh
336,000 -24,000
Mike Takayama ph
Mike Takayama
WSOP 1X Winner
309,000 -81,000
Rajeev Kanjani in
Rajeev Kanjani
237,000 57,000
Bernardo Angeles
Bernardo Angeles
102,000 2,000
Hiroshi Naito jp
Hiroshi Naito
94,000 -56,000
Maria Bernadette Lina
Maria Bernadette Lina
92,000 -118,000

Rivera Rivered

Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Czardy Rivera looked good to double up or at least survive with a chop getting it in with {a-Diamonds}{6-Clubs} versus Thanh Ha Duong's {a-Spades}{2-Hearts}.

However, the {k-Spades}{9-Spades}{j-Spades} flop gave Duong a flush draw and although the {8-Hearts} turn was a brick, the {8-Spades} river completed it, knocking Rivera to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Czardy Rivera ph
Czardy Rivera
Busted

Chong Goes Down

Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Victor Chong open shoved his last 50,000 with {k-Spades}{j-Spades} and Andreas Rauh re-shipped with {j-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}. Michael Guzzardi thought for a while in the big blind, but folded and after an {8-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{9-Spades} was revealed, Chong busted 14th.

Player Chips Progress
Andreas Rauh
Andreas Rauh
360,000 30,000
Victor Chong my
Victor Chong
Busted

Haggart Hung

Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Christian Haggart
Christian Haggart

Christan Haggart open shoved {a-Spades}{8-Hearts} and got the call from Victor Chong on {a-Clubs}{10-Spades}. He doubled up on the {k-Spades}{j-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{k-Clubs}{8-Clubs} run out leaving Chong short.

But Haggart shoved again the very next hand with {j-Clubs}{j-Hearts} and got looked up by chip leader Michael Guzzardi with {a-Diamonds}{a-Clubs}. He was eliminated on the {10-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds} run out that made Guzzardi a flush and pushed him up to one million in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Michael Guzzardi us
Michael Guzzardi
1,000,000 240,000
Victor Chong my
Victor Chong
50,000 -125,000
Christian Haggart
Christian Haggart
Busted

Tags: Christian HaggartMichael Guzzardi

Final 18 Updated Chip Counts (full)

Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Michael Guzzardi us
Michael Guzzardi
760,000 80,000
Daniel Giang
Daniel Giang
680,000 170,000
Daniel Belov ee
Daniel Belov
510,000 -30,000
Sameer Rattonsey in
Sameer Rattonsey
440,000 100,000
Thanh Ha Duong cn
Thanh Ha Duong
430,000 210,000
Mike Takayama ph
Mike Takayama
WSOP 1X Winner
390,000 -70,000
Andreas Rauh
Andreas Rauh
330,000 330,000
Maria Bernadette Lina
Maria Bernadette Lina
210,000 -90,000
Rajeev Kanjani in
Rajeev Kanjani
180,000 -130,000
Victor Chong my
Victor Chong
175,000 -15,000
Alan Barreto
Alan Barreto
160,000
Hiroshi Naito jp
Hiroshi Naito
150,000 150,000
Czardy Rivera ph
Czardy Rivera
130,000 -50,000
Christian Haggart
Christian Haggart
120,000 -100,000
Bernardo Angeles
Bernardo Angeles
100,000
Jose Medina
Jose Medina
65,000 65,000

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Level: 18

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 1,000