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Philippines, Okada Manila
Final Day
Jung Yonghwa survives
Roh Hyunseb raises to 150,000, Jung Yonghwa three-bet shoves, Hyunseb calls and is ahead K♦ K♥ against A♣ Q♠ . With the board running 6♥ 7♥ T♥ A♦ J♣ , Jung spikes the much need Ace on the turn to survive.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 4,300,000(54 BB) | -900,000 | |
| 1,900,000(24 BB) | 1,220,000 |
Final 9 players
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 2,915,000 | 15,000 | |
| 2,600,000 | ||
| 2,430,000 | 230,000 | |
| 2,385,000 | -315,000 | |
| 2,375,000 | -125,000 | |
| 1,890,000 | 190,000 | |
| 1,495,000 | 795,000 | |
| 915,000 | 215,000 | |
| 680,000 | 30,000 |
Jonathan Jia Hao falls in 11th place
Jung Yonghwa raises all in and Jonathan Jia Hao does the same. Jung has K♣ Q♣ , Hao has A♦ 8♦ , the board runs out 7♠ A♥ K♦ J♣ T♥ .
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 650,000(16 BB) | 170,000 |
Ashley Patterson doubles up to a big lead
Button Ashley Patterson goes all in holding Q♣ 6♥ , big blind Jung Yonghwa calls with A♠ 7♥ , the board runs T♥ 6♦ 8♥ 8♦ 6♣ for a full house to Patterson to take the lead.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 12,800,000(32 BB) | 6,300,000 | |
| 480,000(1 BB) | -10,520,000 |
JungYonghwa widens lead
Button Jung Yonghwa limps, big blind Ashley Patterson raises to 800,000, Yonghwa three-bet shoves, Patterson folds.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 11,000,000(37 BB) | 4,600,000 | |
| 6,500,000(22 BB) | -1,500,000 |
Jung Yonghwa doubles up through Hyunseb
Small blind Jung Yonghwa shoves holding Q♦ 5♥ , big blind Roh Hyunseb calls with K♣ J♣ , the board runs 2♥ J♠ 4♦ A♦ Q♠ . Yonghwa doubles up, Hyunseb down to 7 bb.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 6,400,000(32 BB) | 6,338,000 | |
| 1,400,000(7 BB) | -4,300,000 |
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 |