Kick Off

APPT Manila Kick-Off – Live Updates – Day 1B and Day 1C

Buy in: PHP 20,000 (~USD 365) Guarantee: PHP 3,000,000 (~USD 55,000) Starting stack: 30,000 Level intervals: 30 minutes Reg close: 6:20pm Bagging time: ITM of 15% of the field Day 1A: 183 (148 unique, 35 re-entry) / 28 advanced Day 1B: 226 entries / 34 advanced Day 1C: 180 entries / 27 advanced

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Several hands prior to the bubble round, Duhan Lee lost a majority of his stack to Euryd Rivera to drop to 10,000. During the bubble round he proceeded to lose the rest of it to Rivera who shoved with K♥ K♦ . Big blind Lee turned over T♦ 9♦ . When the flop ran 8♥ J♥ A♦ there was hope for a double with an open ended but it fizzled out on the turn 2♦ and river 2♥ .

The final entry flight of APPT Manila Kick-Off also drew a sizable field with 180 hitting the felt and 27 players advancing to the next round. The fast paced turbo edition was an easy haul for decorated local player Rommel Angeles who bagged up an astounding 720,000 stack. This was well beyond the previous flight front runners to seize the top spot entering Day 2. To get Angeles there, just before the bubble round he banked a double knockout with K♥ K♣ dusting J♠ J♥ and 7♦ 7♥ .

Entries: 226 Chips in play: 6,780,000 End of day: 34 players (ITM)

Day 1B of APPT Manila’s Kick-Off event wrapped up with the 226 entry field down to 34 ITM players led by Filipino cash game player Euryd Rivera with 418,000 (52 bb).

35 players remaining, it is bubble time. First all in call during the bubble round is Edwin Dela Cruz A♦ K♦ putting Liao Po Hsun J♥ J♣ at risk. With the board running 2♥ 4♠ 3♠ 9♥ Q♣ , Liao survives for a double up.

Action folds to the small blind who raises to 30,000, big blind Edwin Dela Cruz three-bet jams, small blind calls and is ahead K♥ J♥ against Dela Cruz’s K♦ 4♦ . With the board felting T♦ K♣ 9♥ 4♣ 3♣ , Dela Cruz improves to two pair to win the pot and send one out.

By the turn A♠ 7♠ [3d} 4♦ , a huge pot of 160,000 was already in the middle, lojack Chulwoo Park bet 100,000, button Valeriy Pak tank-folded.

Action opens with utg limping in, lojack raises to 21,000, hijack Tom Lamb three-bet jams, utg folds, lojack calls and shows A♠ A♣ . Lamb is behind with T♣ T♠ however with the board running 8♠ 6♠ 3♦ T♦ J♥ , Lamb spikes the two-outer to skyrocket while lojack’s rockets plunge.

Heavy betting preflop leads to two players all in, Yoshiki Maru is way ahead with A♥ A♠ against a player with K♠ K♥ . The board runs ten-high for a double up to Yoshiki.

Under the gun Park Chulwoo raises to 11,000 and is called by the blinds. The flop is K♣ 3♥ Q♦ , Park c-bets 20,000, blinds both check-call. On the turn 4♣ , Park shoves, small blind folds, big blind Rodrigo Medina calls. Park has A♠ A♦ and is far behind Medina’s 3♠ 3♦ set. To everyone’s shock, the river comes A♥ for a higher set to Park and a double up.

Duhan Lee three-bet jams with K♠ K♥ and finds one caller with K♣ J♣ . The board runs 9♣ J♦ A♦ 5♣ 2♥ for kings to stand firm.

Li Oleg and John Tech vie for a pot of 36,000 with a board that completed to K♠ 7♥ A♦ 6♥ 8♥ . Big blind Tech check-raised from 18,000 to make it 62,000 to go, lojack Oleg three-bet shoved. Tech called and showed 5♥ 3♥ flush. Oleg had the better flush J♥ T♥ .

That’s it! Day 1B registration closed with 226 entries. The total entries is 406 with one more flight to go. The remaining players of Day 1B now race for a spot in Day 2 which also guarantees a piece of the bloated pot. 34 players will advance in this flight.

On a flop 2♠ 7♠ 5♣ and 16,000 in the middle, small blind Lloyd Locsin bets 6500 and John Niko Costiniano calls. On the turn A♣ , Locsin sends out 11,900, this time Costiniano responds with a shove, Locsin opts to fold.

All in preflop, John Philip Baider with A♦ Q♠ dominates Q♦ J♥ . With the board running A♠ 9♦ K♥ J♠ 6♦ , it’s a double up for Baider to 21,000.

On a turn board A♦ 6♥ 2♦ 3♠ with 29,000 in the pot, big blind Pangsrivinji Matupho and Hoshi Yuya are all in. Pangsrivinji dominates with A♠ K♣ , Yuya with A♣ Q♠ , the river comes Q♣ for a lucky pair to Yuya to survive and double up.

Four players in on a raised pot preflop, the cards come 2♠ 6♦ 4♠ . David Erquiaga bets 10,000 then faces a shove, two players fold, Erquiaga calls and is ahead 4♥ 4♦ set against A♠ 3♠ flush draw. The turn T♠ grants the flush but the river 6♣ bounces the best spread back to Erquiaga to send one packing.

Back to back hands for Hongo Kanata. The first sees a flop 3♥ 5♣ 8♣ and 7800 in the pot, utg Moo Suk bets 4500, big blind Hongo Kanata check-raises to 13,000, Suk calls. More bets land on the turn K♠ with Hongo betting 8000 then calling Suk’s raise to 16,000. On the river K♣ , Hongo bets 26,000, Suk calls, Hongo has 8♥ 9♠ and loses to Suk’s A♣ 7♣ flush.

The next hand, Hongo recovers some chips by railing a player. Hongo’s Q♥ Q♣ improves to a full house on a board 8♠ 8♥ 7♠ Q♦ 3♦ to oust A♣ [8c} trips.

All in preflop, Mark Almusajin 9♥ T♦ , Hoshi Yuya A♠ [10c}, the board runs J♦ 7♣ 5♣ 2♦ 4♦ . No hits for either, Yuya doubles up.

211 entries so far for Day 1B with two levels of late reg yet to complete. Closing in one hour.

Mark Almusajin raises frum utg to 2500, hijack three-bets to 5000, big blind calls and Almusajin joins for a three-way to the flop 8♥ Q♠ 9♣ . All check, the turn comes 9♦ . Big blind leads out 10,000, Almusajin calls, hijack folds, river is 2♠ . Both players opt to check. Big blind has T♥ T♦ , Almusajin claims the pot with Q♥ J♥ higher pair.

Two players boost the pot to 19,000 and see the cards fan out 3♥ 5♦ 6♦ . Small blind Hanna Azimai check-raises all in, big blind Kubota Takuya tank-folds, giving up the pot and 10,000 bet.

Under the gun shoves, cutoff Iso Takuma calls and dominates A♦ Q♥ over A♥ 5♣ . The board runs out 4♠ T♦ 8♠ 9♠ 8♥ . Takuma ships it and sends one packing.

Day 1B has breached 200 with 206 entries confirmed.

Ko Taekbeom calls a player’s preflop shove with A♠ J♠ . At risk player has T♣ T♦ . The board runs 5♦ [4c} 5♠ J♦ Q♠ for a higher pair spiked by Ko.

On a turn board 7♦ J♠ T♥ K♦ and 16,000 in the pot, big blind Pangsrivinji Matupho bets half pot and is called. On the river 8♥ , Pangsrivinji bet a larger 14,000 and is called once more. Pangsrivinji shows K♥ 9♠ straight.

All in preflop by a cutoff short stack with 6♦ 8♠ , big blnd Roque Lima calls with A♠ 9♣ . Already ahead, Lima improves further when both his cards pair up to score a knockout.

On a flop 6♣ 2♠ 8♠ with 8000 in the middle, John Clyde Tan bets 3000 then calls a raise to 6000. The turn 9♣ is checked, Tan shoves on the 5♠ river, no challenge to win the pot.

Day 1B has officially surpassed Day 1A’s 183 entries with 194 up on the screens. There is still four levels of late reg to complete, closing at 6:20 pm.

With 15,000 in the pot and a flop Q♦ Q♣ 3♦ , big blind goes all in with J♣ J♥ and lojack Michael Concepcion calls with K♦ J♦ draw. The turn 5♦ grants the flush, and with the river A♥ , Concepcion eliminates a player.

All in on the river 5♠ K♥ 8♦ 4♣ Q♣ and 50,000 in the pot, Edilberto Gopez has a strong 8♣ 8♠ set but still pays Chierro De Leon’s 6♠ 7♠ straigbt.

Preflop action opens with a cutofff 2000 raise, small blind Danilo Ola three bets all in, big blind and cutoff call. The callers check down the board 5♥ Q♦ 9♣ 5♦ 6♠ . Ola opens A♥ A♣ and scores a triple.

Louis Bilodeau wakes up wih A♣ A♦ and eliminates a player with A♠ K♥ . All in preflop, the board runs out 3♣ Q♠ 6♠ 9♣ T♠ .

Three way shove, utg Robin Gomes A♣ Q♥ , hijack A♥ K♠ , small blind K♥ J♦ . The board runs Q♦ 2♠ 5♠ 6♣ 5♣ , Gomes sweeps.

On a board 9♣ J♥ Q♣ J♠ 2♥ and 30,000 in the pot, small blind bets 17,000, hijack Kang Byeong Hoon calls. Sb has K♣ Q♦ two pair, Kang wins it with K♠ J♣ trips.

More entries at the previous level to bring the tally to 170. Registration stays open until the end of Level 10 which is at 6:20pm.

Hijack Chin Li Lok stares down a flop J♦ 5♠ T♣ with 4000 in the pot and bets 1800, big blind player check-raises all in. Ching calls and has open-ended Q♦ 9♦ , big blind with J♣ T♦ two pair. The turn 8♥ grants Ching the straight, and with A♠ on the river, Ching ships and boots one.

On a board 9♦ 5♣ K♥ 6♥ and 12,000 in the pot, no bets land for a free river card 7♥ . Lloyd Locsin leads out 1600 and wins the pot.

Hijack Jonathan Sia Hao limps, cutoff limps, small blind shoves, Sia three-bet shoves, cutoff folds for a heads up battle. Hao has A♦ T♣ , sb with J♦ J♥ , the board grants the Ace on the flop and holds to the end.

With 7000 in the pot and a board Q♣ 8♦ 2♥ 5♦ , blinds check to button who bets 5,000, small blind calls, big blind Nuestro June Brix answer with a raise to 9500, button folds, small blind calls, the river comes 3♣ . Again sb checks, Nuestro jams, no call to drag in the pot.

All in preflop, big blind with K♥ K♦ , cutoff Ko Taekbeom with A♠ A♥ . The board runs out 3♠ 2♠ A♣ 7♠ T♠ for Ko to improve further and ship it.

Blinds are rising fast as players enter Level 5. Another 19 entered for 148 entries flashing on the screens. Registration stays open until the end of Level 10 which is at 6:20pm.

Takagi Sakae raises to 1500, hijack three-bets to 4500, Takagi four-bets to 12,000 which is good enough to claim the pot.

Kimura Masafumi raises to 12,000 from utg and is called by the small blind, both see a flop K♣ 7♣ [2c}. Kimura c-bets all in, sb check-calls. Kimura is ahead A♥ A♠ over 9♠ 9♣ . No change on the turn 3♦ and river Q♠ for Kimura to ship it and boot out a player.

By the river board Q♣ 8♦ A♦ 8♠ 2♦ with 36,000 in the pot, Chen Kang goes all in and Petrov Vladimir folds.

129 entries at the start of Level 4. Registration stays open until the end of Level 10 which is at 6:20pm.

Cutoff Ching Li Lok raises to 1000, button calls, big blind Ting Yen Huang three-bets to 4500, Ching calls and button call for a three-way to the flop K♣ 6♦ 5♣ . All check, the turn is 4♣ . Ching sends out a 7700 that finds both opponents calling. On the river 4♥ , all three go back to checking. Huang shows A♠ A♥ and wins the pot.

Heavy action preflop starts with lojack raising to 1000, hijack Tom Lamb three-bets to 3600, small blind David Boyd four-bet jams, back to lojack who folds while Lamb makes the call. Lamb has A♥ Q♦ , Boyd K♠ J♦ , the board runs 6♥ 5♣ 2♠ 9♦ 3♣ , Lamb ships it as Boyd busts.

Two players stare down at premium hands then build a 10,000 pot then sees a flop A♠ 8♣ Q♥ . Button player bets 3800, small blind Ko Taekbeom check-raises to 15,000, is answered with a three-bet shove, snap-call by Ko who opens Q♠ Q♦ set. Button has A♦ K♥ top pair. The turn T♥ and river 2♠ seals the big win and the takedown for Ko.

Under the gun raises to 1200, lojack Kubota Takuya three-bets to 2500, utg calls, the flop is Q♥ 9♣ J♠ . Kubota c-bets 3,500 and is check-called. On the Q♣ turn, Kubota sends out 10,000, this time utg check-folds.

On a board 5♥ 3♦ 6♥ A♠ and 4,000 in the pot, big blind Moses Saquing check-raises from 2800 to 8000, cutoff Ching Li Lok calls. On the river 2♦ , Saquing sends out 20,000, well covering Ching’s stack,who then folds.

By the turn 7♣ J♥ 6♥ T♠ , two players are battling for the 16,000 pot. Big blind Ryuhei Nakagawa bets 8,000, cutoff Hanna Azimai shoves, Nakagawa folds.

Players are pouring in with 100 entries now flashing on the screens. With this pace, it should easily surpass the Day 1A tally of 183 entries. Registration stays open until the end of Level 10 which is at 6:20pm.

Day 1B of APPT Kick-Off is underway with 34 players at the tables by the starting buzzer. Registration stays open until the end of Level 10 which is at 6:20pm.