APPT High Roller (250,000 PHILIPPINE PESO)

With a pot of 64,000 brewed Youhyun Kim bets 15,000 on a flop 7♣ 5♠ 6♠ , Liao Po Hsun calls. On the turn Q♥ and river A♠ , Kim continues for 30,000 and a large 140,000, Liao calls the turn bet then tanks for three time-banks before calling. Kim has J♠ 8♠ flush, Liao mucks.

Oliver Krefeldt raises 10,000, button Youhyun Kim and big blind Gary Thompson call. They all check to the turn 3♦ Q♠ 4♦ K♥ , check-check to Kim who lays out 18,000, called by both . The river A♣ , Krefeldt bets 45,000, no callers.

On a board showing 8♠ 9♠ K♠ and 29,000 in the pot, small blind Youhyun Kim bets 7000, big blind Gary Thompson calls, both check the turn 2♦ to bring the river 5♠ . Kim bets 12,000, Thompson uses a time-bank then raises 57,000, Kim folds.

Gary Thompson raises 6000 from utg and the blinds Youhyun Kim and Im Heesoo call. On a flop 6♠ 3♣ 7♠ , Kim checks, Im Heesoo jams 126,500, Thompson and Kim call for the turn Q♥ . Thompson kicks off the side pot with a 38,000 bet, Kim calls, but on the river 6♦ , Kim folds to the 88,000 bet.

Day 1 is a wrap with 25 players out of the 46 entries bagging up. Up top is Youhyun Kim with 240,500. Registration is still open for two levels in Day 2.

Two hands for Seitaro Aso, the first opens with 2500 from Finn Penderak, small blind Aso three-bets, big blind Natalie Teh four-bets all in for 38,200, Penderak folds, Aso calls.

Aso A♥ A♦

Teh 8♦ 8♠

The board runs 7♠ A♣ 4♣ 3♣ K♦ , Teh is eliminated.

One orbit later, from utg Rishi Mehra opens 2500, cutoff Youhyun Kim calls, small blind Aso three-bets 10,000. Mehra and Kim call then they all check to the turn J♥ Q♦ 5♥ T♠ . Aso leads out 8,000. only Mehra calls. The river A♠ Aso bets a large 70,000, Mehra uses up a time bank then folds.

Youhyun Kim raises 2600 then calls James Mendoza's 9600 re-raise. When the flop runs 4♦ 3♥ 6♣ Mendoza bets 5500 that's called then shoves 22,500 on the turn A♠ . Kim calls that too and is ahead 8♠ 8♥ against Mendoza's K♠ Q♦ . The river 4♠ doesn't improve Mendoza to lose all of his chips.

Youhyun Kim opens then calls Shinya Maeda's 1600 re-raise. Flop comes 6♥ A♠ 9♥ , Maeda c-bets 1600, Kim check-calls. On the turn 4♦ , Maeda shoves 8300, Kim well covers and check- calls.

The river 2♣ doesn't improve Maeda to go bust.