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Final Day
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7/29/2023, 3:32:00 PM
Florencio Campomanes gets the boost
Level 19: 5,000 / 10,000 ante: 10,000
Day 1A
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7/27/2023, 11:30:00 PM
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Action folds to small blind Florencio Campomanes who shoves his 8 bb stack, big blind Park Chulwoo calls. Campomanes is ahead A♥ 3♦ , Park has live cards Q♠ J♣ . The board runs 3♣ A♦ 8♠ 9♥ 6♠ for a double up to Campomanes.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 360,000(36 BB) | 160,000 | |
| 180,000(18 BB) | 54,000 |
APPT Manila Kick-Off ran for 8.5 hours at Okada Manila with 28 players out of 183 entries surviving Day 1A. Filipino James Moriles and Canada’s Kiril Alex Gelev bagged the largest stacks of 470,000 and 460,000 which were equivalent to over 90 bb each.
The APPT Manila Kick-Off event has always been a magnet for early birds, and this year’s edition proved no different. A♠ the cards were dealt and the chips flew, notable players graced the tables such as 2019 APPT Manila Main Event champion Florencio Campomanes, 2019 APPT Manila Kick-Off champion Jinlong Hu, WSOP bracelet winner Henrieto Acain, 2023 PSPC Main Event runner up Max Menzel, Henrik Tollefsen, Norbert Koh, John Tech, Mattias Schell, and Jenam Yu.
At the end of registration, 148 signed up with an added 35 re-entries for 183 entries in total. A further three hours later, the bubble burst with Xu Qiang outdrawing Albert Muir.
Emerging as chip leader was Filipino James Moriles who charged up the ranks during the last two levels of play. Canada’s Kiril Alex Gelev was at his heels, just 2 bb behind. One of Gelev’s biggest pots was quads Fives just before the close of day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 470,000 | 30,000 | |
| 460,000 | ||
XQ | 438,000 | 158,000 |
| 267,000 | 67,000 | |
| 256,000 | 86,000 | |
| 241,000 | 241,000 | |
| 237,000 | 237,000 | |
| 230,000 | 230,000 | |
| 230,000 | -90,000 | |
| 227,000 | 162,000 | |
| 220,000 | 220,000 | |
| 191,000 | 191,000 | |
| 185,000 | 185,000 | |
| 172,000 | 172,000 | |
| 162,000 | 162,000 | |
| 162,000 | 162,000 | |
| 155,000 | 55,000 | |
| 152,000 | 152,000 | |
| 136,000 | 136,000 | |
| 134,000 | 134,000 | |
| 128,000 | -2,000 | |
| 126,000 | 126,000 | |
| 125,000 | 15,000 | |
| 81,000 | 81,000 | |
| 81,000 | 81,000 | |
| 79,000 | 79,000 | |
| 76,000 | 31,000 | |
| 62,000 | 62,000 |