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2024.08.01 - 2024.08.05Add to Calendar

Asia Pacific Poker Tour

Aldous Formanes

Philippines

Re-Entries

Place

38th

Prize

$5,232

Prize (PHP)

₱305,000

Blind level

Level 26: 25,000 / 50,000 ante: 50,000

Entries

20/1,304

Total Chips

39,120,000

Average

1,956,000

Day 2

TriciaTricia

8/4/2024, 3:29:15 PM

Aldous Formanes Stopped In 38th Place

Level 24: 15,000 / 30,000 ante: 30,000

Aldous Formanes

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.

Player	Chips
JJ Jongbea JangSouth Korea	2,100,000(70 BB)
AF Aldous FormanesPhilippines	busted

TriciaTricia

8/4/2024, 12:43:29 PM

Random Chip Counts

Level 21: 8,000 / 16,000 ante: 16,000

Player	Chips
AF Aldous FormanesPhilippines	1,800,000(113 BB)
HD Huu Dung NguyenViet Nam	1,650,000(103 BB)
JT John Tech (2)Philippines	1,500,000(94 BB)
DB Daniel BenorIsrael	1,470,000(92 BB)
SO Shobu OdaJapan	1,240,000(78 BB)
TH Tran Huy HoangViet Nam	1,050,000(66 BB)
FZ Feng ZhaoSingapore	1,000,000(63 BB)
IH Im HeesooSouth Korea	965,000(60 BB)
JM John MatsudaJapan	955,000(60 BB)
MT Mike TakayamaPhilippines	950,000(59 BB)
JC Jeremy CataligPhilippines	825,000(52 BB)
MU Motokatsu UharaJapan	800,000(50 BB)
SH Seokchul HwangSouth Korea	798,000(50 BB)
HK Hyunyeong KangSouth Korea	754,000(47 BB)
BK Beng KerSingapore	740,000(46 BB)
ZL Zhiqiang Liu	740,000(46 BB)
VC Victor ChongMalaysia	715,000(45 BB)
ES Emmanuel SegismundoPhilippines	640,000(40 BB)
PC Park ChongminSouth Korea	638,000(40 BB)
TM Takuya MoritaJapan	630,000(39 BB)
KU Keiju UtsuJapan	610,000(38 BB)
ED Edwin Dela CruzPhilippines	590,000(37 BB)
GS George SaludPhilippines	575,000(36 BB)
JJ Jongbea JangSouth Korea	530,000(33 BB)
EA Edgar AsehanPhilippines	520,000(33 BB)
RG Raymundo GomezPhilippines	510,000(32 BB)
KK Kim KiyoungSouth Korea	490,000(31 BB)
JM Joris MichlNetherlands	460,000(29 BB)
MN Maiki NishiJapan	426,000(27 BB)
MR Maxwell RosetePhilippines	409,000(26 BB)
JD James Dela Cruz	400,000(25 BB)
MS Michael SoyzaMalaysia	56,000(4 BB)

TriciaTricia

8/4/2024, 12:00:06 PM

Another Takedown By Aldous Formanes

Level 21: 8,000 / 16,000 ante: 16,000

Aldous Formanes

Having just railed Lifu Hwang, Aldous Formanes raises then calls Nicolas Cardyn's s 255,000 shove and proceeds to win the flip to ship it.

Player	Hand	Chips
AF Aldous FormanesPhilippines	7♥7♦	1,770,000(111 BB)
NC Nicolas CardynFrance	K♥J♥	busted

Board:6♣T♦5♥2♦Q♣

TriciaTricia

8/4/2024, 11:57:14 AM

Aldous Formanes Pairs The Kicker To Oust One

Level 21: 8,000 / 16,000 ante: 16,000

Aldous Formanes

Raising from hijack, Aldous Formanes calls Lifu Hwang's three-bet shove of 228,000 then pairs his kicker card to boot Hwang.

Player	Hand	Chips
AF Aldous FormanesPhilippines	A♣5♣ HJ	1,490,000(93 BB)
LH Lifu HwangChina	A♠8♠ SB	busted

Board:Q♠7♥5♦7♦J♠

TriciaTricia

8/4/2024, 7:46:33 AM

Aldous Formanes Doubles Up

Level 18: 4,000 / 8,000 ante: 8,000

Aldous Formanes

Aldous Formanes has dropped significantly since the start and is down to 103,000 when hijack John Dela Cruz opens 16,000 that sees a caller in Richard Marquez. From the big blind Formanes shoves, Cruz snap-calls and Marquez bows out.

Player	Hand	Chips
AF Aldous FormanesPhilippines	A♣A♥	230,000(29 BB)
JD John Dela CruzPhilippines	7♥7♠	32,000(4 BB)
RM Richard MarquezPhilippines		88,000(11 BB)

Board:Q♦9♠5♣A♠3♦

TriciaTricia

8/4/2024, 7:16:02 AM

Big Stack Update

Level 18: 4,000 / 8,000 ante: 8,000

Player	Chips
MT Mike TakayamaPhilippines	1,160,000(145 BB)
BK Benjamin Kim JacobsUnited States of America	737,000(92 BB)
SB Scott BlackUnited States of America	715,000(89 BB)
AP Ashley PattersonUnited Kingdom	710,000(89 BB)
SO Shobu OdaJapan	620,000(78 BB)
CM Christopher MateoPhilippines	530,000(66 BB)
TQ Trung Quan NguyenViet Nam	480,000(60 BB)
JD James Dela Cruz	460,000(58 BB)
CC Chase CokaliongPhilippines	455,000(57 BB)
II Irvan IliadiSingapore	445,000(56 BB)
WT William TeohMalaysia	403,000(50 BB)
AF Aldous FormanesPhilippines	370,000(46 BB)

TriciaTricia

8/4/2024, 7:00:24 AM

Big Double For Yano Yoshitaka Off Formanes

Level 17: 3,000 / 6,000 ante: 6,000

Yano Yoshitaka

Big stacked Aldous Formanes opens 12,000 from hijack, button Yano Yoshitaka three-bets 41,000, Formanes four-bets all in, Yano uses one time bank then calls for everything. At the runout, Yano doubles up taking a third of Formanes' stack.

Player	Hand	Chips
YY Yano YoshitakaJapan	A♠Q♥	511,000(85 BB)
AF Aldous FormanesPhilippines	Q♦J♣	854,000(142 BB)

Board:A♣8♦5♦A♥4♣

TriciaTricia

8/4/2024, 5:51:45 AM

Aldous Formanes Takes A Small Hit

Level 17: 3,000 / 6,000 ante: 6,000

Aldous Formanes

Player	Hand	Chips
AF Aldous FormanesPhilippines	A♦7♦	854,000(142 BB)
VT Van Tung NguyenViet Nam	9♦9♣	230,000(38 BB)

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.

TriciaTricia

8/4/2024, 5:48:40 AM

Chip Leader Update

Level 16: 2,000 / 5,000 ante: 5,000

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.

TriciaTricia

8/1/2024, 5:30:08 PM

End Of Day 1A Chip Counts

Level 15: 2,000 / 4,000 ante: 4,000

Player	Chips
AF Aldous FormanesPhilippines	670,000(168 BB)
MH Matthew HolleyNorthern Mariana Islands	502,000(126 BB)
NM Nichols ManaloPhilippines	469,000(117 BB)
PS Park SeonghunSouth Korea	400,000(100 BB)
DB Daniel BenorIsrael	389,000(97 BB)
FC Florencio CampomanesPhilippines	270,000(68 BB)
AP Ashley PattersonUnited Kingdom	270,000(68 BB)
MD Michael De LeonPhilippines	265,000(66 BB)
RJ Rintalahti JussiFinland	253,000(63 BB)
CM Christopher MateoPhilippines	196,000(49 BB)
SC Sungil ChoiSouth Korea	189,000(47 BB)
EG Edilberto GopezPhilippines	183,000(46 BB)
PC Patrick CrivellCanada	182,000(46 BB)
TW Thomas Ward (3)New Zealand	178,000(45 BB)
XZ Xiangyu ZhaoChina	173,000(43 BB)
MU Motokatsu UharaJapan	160,000(40 BB)
CR Czardy RiveraPhilippines	157,000(39 BB)
JL Julius LagmanPhilippines	149,000(37 BB)
JC John CostinianoPhilippines	140,000(35 BB)
TH Tom Henricus VerbruggenNetherlands	140,000(35 BB)
FM Fen MaiHong Kong	137,000(34 BB)
IH Im HeesooSouth Korea	136,000(34 BB)
VT Victorino TorresUnited States of America	130,000(33 BB)
AF Aitor FernandezSpain	128,000(32 BB)
HM Hyun Min KimSouth Korea	124,000(31 BB)
KM Kevin Mateo	120,000(30 BB)
NC Nicolas CardynFrance	113,000(28 BB)
SK Shih King Lun	113,000(28 BB)
DM Dhaval MudgalIndia	109,000(27 BB)
DH Diwei HuangSingapore	87,000(22 BB)
SM Satoshi MizunoJapan	85,000(21 BB)
JA Jinsung AhnSouth Korea	79,000(20 BB)
TK Tan Keng YongSingapore	78,000(20 BB)
XC Xiong Cheng	61,000(15 BB)
MD Minh Duc VuViet Nam	57,000(14 BB)
PK Pyeongkang KimSouth Korea	57,000(14 BB)
HJ Hyunjoon JooSouth Korea	54,000(14 BB)
OJ Ong JingxiangSingapore	52,000(13 BB)
VB Vineet BaglaIndia	44,000(11 BB)
AH Antonio HenriquezSpain	35,000(9 BB)
DN Darius NassGermany	33,000(8 BB)
RB Raphael BulaongPhilippines	7,000(2 BB)

Blind level

Level 15: 2,000 / 4,000 ante: 4,000

Entries

42/243

Total Chips

7,290,000

Average

173,571

Day 1A

TriciaTricia

8/1/2024, 5:30:08 PM

End Of Day 1A Chip Counts

Level 15: 2,000 / 4,000 ante: 4,000

Player	Chips
AF Aldous FormanesPhilippines	670,000(168 BB)
MH Matthew HolleyNorthern Mariana Islands	502,000(126 BB)
NM Nichols ManaloPhilippines	469,000(117 BB)
PS Park SeonghunSouth Korea	400,000(100 BB)
DB Daniel BenorIsrael	389,000(97 BB)
FC Florencio CampomanesPhilippines	270,000(68 BB)
AP Ashley PattersonUnited Kingdom	270,000(68 BB)
MD Michael De LeonPhilippines	265,000(66 BB)
RJ Rintalahti JussiFinland	253,000(63 BB)
CM Christopher MateoPhilippines	196,000(49 BB)
SC Sungil ChoiSouth Korea	189,000(47 BB)
EG Edilberto GopezPhilippines	183,000(46 BB)
PC Patrick CrivellCanada	182,000(46 BB)
TW Thomas Ward (3)New Zealand	178,000(45 BB)
XZ Xiangyu ZhaoChina	173,000(43 BB)
MU Motokatsu UharaJapan	160,000(40 BB)
CR Czardy RiveraPhilippines	157,000(39 BB)
JL Julius LagmanPhilippines	149,000(37 BB)
JC John CostinianoPhilippines	140,000(35 BB)
TH Tom Henricus VerbruggenNetherlands	140,000(35 BB)
FM Fen MaiHong Kong	137,000(34 BB)
IH Im HeesooSouth Korea	136,000(34 BB)
VT Victorino TorresUnited States of America	130,000(33 BB)
AF Aitor FernandezSpain	128,000(32 BB)
HM Hyun Min KimSouth Korea	124,000(31 BB)
KM Kevin Mateo	120,000(30 BB)
NC Nicolas CardynFrance	113,000(28 BB)
SK Shih King Lun	113,000(28 BB)
DM Dhaval MudgalIndia	109,000(27 BB)
DH Diwei HuangSingapore	87,000(22 BB)
SM Satoshi MizunoJapan	85,000(21 BB)
JA Jinsung AhnSouth Korea	79,000(20 BB)
TK Tan Keng YongSingapore	78,000(20 BB)
XC Xiong Cheng	61,000(15 BB)
MD Minh Duc VuViet Nam	57,000(14 BB)
PK Pyeongkang KimSouth Korea	57,000(14 BB)
HJ Hyunjoon JooSouth Korea	54,000(14 BB)
OJ Ong JingxiangSingapore	52,000(13 BB)
VB Vineet BaglaIndia	44,000(11 BB)
AH Antonio HenriquezSpain	35,000(9 BB)
DN Darius NassGermany	33,000(8 BB)
RB Raphael BulaongPhilippines	7,000(2 BB)

TriciaTricia

8/1/2024, 4:44:11 PM

Aldous Formanes Bags Big At Day 1A; 42 Advance

Level 15: 2,000 / 4,000 ante: 4,000

Aldous Formanes

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.

TriciaTricia

8/1/2024, 3:15:58 PM

Aldous Formanes Rails Lee Suk Hun

Level 15: 2,000 / 4,000 ante: 4,000

Aldous Formanes

Suk Han Lee open jams and bangs into the leader Aldous Formanes's cowboys.

Player	Hand	Chips
AF Aldous FormanesPhilippines	K♠K♦	781,000(195 BB)
SH Suk Hun LeeSouth Korea	K♣Q♦	busted

Board:8♣T♦5♣4♣J♦

TriciaTricia

8/1/2024, 3:05:45 PM

Aldous Formanes Rails Scott Black

Level 15: 2,000 / 4,000 ante: 4,000

Big blind Scott Black three-bets all in then falls to chip leader Aldous Formanes.

Player	Hand	Chips
AF Aldous FormanesPhilippines	A♣T♦	670,000(168 BB)
SB Scott BlackUnited States of America	K♣J♦	busted

Board:T♠9♣3♥8♥6♦

TriciaTricia

8/1/2024, 2:17:24 PM

Aldous Formanes Rising

Level 14: 1,500 / 3,000 ante: 3,000

Aldous Formanes

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.

Player	Chips
AF Aldous FormanesPhilippines	596,500(199 BB)
MH Matthew HolleyNorthern Mariana Islands	273,000(91 BB)
BV Bernard VuFrance	busted

TriciaTricia

8/1/2024, 1:48:49 PM

Another Takedown By Nichols Manalo

Level 13: 1,000 / 2,500 ante: 2,500

Nichols Manalo

Aldous Formanes opens 5000, small blind Nichols Manalo three-bets 14,000, big blind Taeyang Joo four-bets all in for 82,500, Formanes gets out of the way and Manalo calls. When the card are revealed, it's a flip.

Player	Hand	Chips
AF Aldous FormanesPhilippines		290,000(116 BB)
NM Nichols ManaloPhilippines	3♦3♠	556,000(222 BB)
TJ Taeyang JooSouth Korea	K♥Q♥	busted

Board:7♠7♥6♠3♣6♦

TriciaTricia

8/1/2024, 12:17:38 PM

Random Chip Counts

Level 11: 1,000 / 1,500 ante: 1,500

Player	Chips
NM Nichols ManaloPhilippines	290,000(193 BB)
AF Aldous FormanesPhilippines	220,000(147 BB)
DB Daniel BenorIsrael	220,000(147 BB)
PK Pyeongkang KimSouth Korea	200,000(133 BB)
HM Hyun Min KimSouth Korea	190,000(127 BB)
BV Bernard VuFrance	180,000(120 BB)
AP Ashley PattersonUnited Kingdom	160,000(107 BB)
MU Motokatsu UharaJapan	145,000(97 BB)
XZ Xiangyu ZhaoChina	140,000(93 BB)
JH Jung Hyun AnSouth Korea	130,000(87 BB)
TJ Taeyang JooSouth Korea	130,000(87 BB)
DM Dhaval MudgalIndia	125,000(83 BB)
SH Suk Hun LeeSouth Korea	115,000(77 BB)
KY Kazuo YamamotoJapan	95,000(63 BB)

TriciaTricia

8/1/2024, 11:50:46 AM

Big Stacks Around The Room

Level 11: 1,000 / 1,500 ante: 1,500

Player	Chips
NM Nichols ManaloPhilippines	266,000(177 BB)
VT Victorino TorresUnited States of America	210,000(140 BB)
AF Aldous FormanesPhilippines	185,000(123 BB)
BV Bernard VuFrance	184,000(123 BB)

TriciaTricia

8/1/2024, 11:37:26 AM

Aldous Formanes Ships A Stack

Level 10: 600 / 1,200 ante: 1,200

Aldous Formanes

Aldous Formanes opens then calls Hyunyeong Kang's 24,500 shove. Formanes dominates throughout to ship it all.

Player	Hand	Chips
AF Aldous FormanesPhilippines	A♥K♥	185,000(154 BB)
HK Hyunyeong KangSouth Korea	A♣T♦	busted

Board:J♠6♠7♣9♥4♣