APPT Manila Main Event (80,000 PHILIPPINE PESO)

Aldous Formanes's roller coaster day ends at the hands of Jongbea Jang with K♣ J♠ unable to crack Jang's 4♦ 4♠ . Formanes exits in 38th place for a decent PHP 305,000 at no cost to enter.

Van Tung Nguyen opens from the button, big blind Aldous Formanes defends and continues to do so on a flop 7♠ 2♥ T♠ by check-calling Nguyen's 8000 c-bet. Both check the turn J♣ . The river 5♥ sees Nguyen bet 16,000, Formanes check-raises 36,000, Nguyen calls and wins the pot.

Looks like the day's entering chip leader Aldous Formanes continues to dominate the action at his table dragging in multiple pots to rise to 900,000. Formanes is free-rolling the tournament having won the PokerStars Special Event that was free to play. In addition to the cash prize Formanes won a ticket to the Main Event.

After 15 rounds, Main Event Day 1A bags up with 42 players remaining out of the 243 entries. In command of the top spot is Aldous Formanes with a towering 781,000 stack this is equivalent to 156 bb entering the next round.

Players may recognize Formanes as just the previous night, he championed the PokerStars Special Event for PHP 52,000 which included a seat to the Main Event.

Stay tuned for the recap.

Small blind Aldous Formanes opens 9000, Bernard Vu three-bets 27,500, called by Formanes. Both check the flop 8♣ K♦ 5♥ for a free turn 6♠ . Formanes bets 15,000, Vu pushes121,500, Formanes calls and covers.

Formanes 5♣ 5♠

Vu A♦ K♠

Vu is drawing dead and busts.

Next big pot, Formanes opens then calls Matthew Holley's 18,000 re-raise. When the board completes K♦ 8♣ 9♥ Q♦ J♥ , Formanes check-calls 8000 and 14,000 then both check the river. Formanes flips over J♣ T♣ straight and wins the pot.