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Philippines, Okada Manila
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Final Day
Xu Qiang improves to quads, rails one
Button player Park Sangyong shoves with 9♠ 9♥ then runs into big blind Xi Qiang’s Q♦ Q♣ . The board favors Qiang as it runs 5♠ K♥ Q♠ 5♣ Q♥ for quads.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
XQ | 580,000(39 BB) | -20,000 |
busted | -125,000 |
Xu Qiang rivers Tollefsen
Henrik Tollefsen four-bet shoves with A♥ Q♦ and is called by Xu Qiang with A♦ 6♣ . The board looked good for Tollefsen until the river J♣ J♠ 8♥ J♦ 6♠ to send the Norwegian pro packing early.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
XQ | 600,000(120 BB) | 262,000 |
busted | -134,000 |
Day 1A
Albert Muir falls on the bubble to Xu Qiang
Albert Mui Jr shoves from utg with 3♥ 3♦ , he is called by small blind Xu Qiang with A♦ J♣ , the board favors the big cards A♠ A♣ Q♥ 9♠ 5♠ to end Muir’s run on the bubble.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
XQ | 338,000(68 BB) | -100,000 |
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 |
Nakagawa Ryuhei’s jacks hold against overcards
Utg+1 all in with A♦ Q♠ , cutoff player Xu Qiang calls with K♦ Q♥ , small blind Ryuhei Nakagawa three bet shoves J♠ J♦ , Xu calls for a three-way. With the board running 5♥ J♥ 7♥ 4♠ 8♣ Nakagawa triples up.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
XQ | 280,000(140 BB) | 280,000 |
| 150,000(75 BB) | 150,000 | |
busted |