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Philippines, Okada Manila
Final Day
Kenzo Mendoza triple barrels
From utg+1, Kenzo Mendoza raises to 55,000, button James Moriles calls. The board completes J♦ 9♥ 5♠ 9♣ 4♦ , Mendoza bets on every street 40,000, 105,000, and 225,000. Moriles folds on the river.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 2,000,000(80 BB) | 400,000 | |
| 380,000(15 BB) | -220,000 |
Jimmy Suico doubles up through Moriles
Cutoff Jimmy Suico raises to 100,000, James Moriles three-bets to 200,000, back to Suico with a four-bet shove, Moriles makes the call and shows A♦ K♦ . Suico is ahead with K♣ K♠ . The board runs Q♠ 6♦ 7♣ 9♥ 7♦ , Moriles misses for a double up to Suico.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 600,000(24 BB) | -400,000 | |
| 500,000(20 BB) | 500,000 |
Jinlong Hu drops to 5 bb, Moriles doubles up
Heavy preflop betting leads to Jinlong Hu flipping with A♠ K♦ against James Moriles’ Q♠ Q♦ . The board offers no help to Hu running T♣ 6♠ 3♣ 8♠ 5♦ .
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 1,000,000(83 BB) | 600,000 | |
| 60,000(5 BB) | -200,000 |
Jinlong Hu doubles up through Moriles
Jinlong Hu and James Moriles build a pot of 68,000 by the turn board K♣ 4♠ 6♣ 2♥ . Big blind Hu bets 25,000, lojack Moriles calls, the river is 6♥ . Hu goes all in, Moriles calls and shows A♦ Q♣ for ace-high, Hu doubles up with Q♠ 6♠ trips.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 400,000(40 BB) | -170,000 | |
| 260,000(26 BB) | 90,000 |
James Moriles versus Jinlong Hu
Lojack Jinlong Hu raises to 12,000, butto James Moriles three-bets to 27,000, Hu calls. At the flop 9♣ 9♠ 8♠ , Moriles c-bets 11,000, Hu check-raises to 35,000, Moriles flats. On the turn 2♣ , check again by Hu, Moriles fires 70,000, Hu folds.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 570,000(114 BB) | 100,000 | |
| 170,000(34 BB) | -50,000 |
Day 1A
APPT Manila Kick-Off Day 1A ends with 28 players led by James Moriles and Kiril Alex Gelev
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.
Chip Counts
| 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 |
Big stacks bump heads, Gelev with quads
On a board that completed 8♥ 9♠ 5♠ T♦ 5♦ and 60,000 brewed, under the gun big stack Kiril Alex Gelev bets 15,000, lojack James Moriles raises to 80,000, Gelev three-bets to 180,000, Moriles flats. Gelev shows 5♣ 5♥ quads.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 460,000(92 BB) | 110,000 | |
| 440,000(88 BB) | -140,000 |
James Moriles continues to climb
From cutoff, Raymundo Gomez is all in with J♠ T♠ , small blind James Moriles dominates with Q♠ Q♦ , the board runs 5♦ T♥ 9♥ Q♣ 2♥ . Moriles stays ahead and cleans out Gomez.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 580,000(145 BB) | 120,000 | |
busted | -70,000 |
James Moriles soars high, rails Low
Teck Guan Low ran strong throughout the day but one hand sent him straight out. He was all in with A♠ K♠ against James Moriles with {8} 8♦ . The board ran 5♥ J♠ 4♥ 6♥ 2♦ .
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 460,000(115 BB) | 460,000 | |
busted | -110,000 |