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Philippines, Okada Manila
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Final Day
Johnson Tan doubles up, Jinlong Hu down to 3.5 bb
Johnson Tan shoves with K♠ T♠ , big blind Jinlong Hu calls with 6♥ 7♣ , the board runs A♦ J♠ 3♥ 7♦ Q♠ for a double up to Tan.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 170,000(14 BB) | 8,000 | |
| 40,000(3 BB) | -20,000 |
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 |