APPT National (40,000 PHILIPPINE PESO)

On board showing K♠ 3♥ 3♠ 4♦ K♦ , with two players on a raised pot, check to the river. Gary Thompson shoves and Alex Ward risks it. Thompson has K♥ 2♥ full house, Ward busts with 6♣ 3♦ lower full house.

Lett Lucian shoves and is called by Gary Joseph Thompson. Lucian with A♠ 2♠ , Thompson K♣ T♥ , board runs 2♦ T♠ 6♠ 3♦ K♥ , out goes Lucian.

Christopher Mateo opens 10,000 and Feras Elnatsha calls from the big blind. Flop comes Q♦ 5♣ A♥ , both check to the turn 7♣ . Mateo bets 10,000 and gets the call. Mateo bets 15,000 on the K♦ river and this time wins the pot uncontested.

Marc Rivera opens and Duy Tung Nguyen defends the big blind. The flop 5♥ 4♦ 3♣ is checked. Nguyen leads 7000 on the turn 6♦ , Rivera calls. Nguyen bets 9♣ on the river and this time takes it without challenge.

Christopher Mateo opens 8500 and big blind Joseph Talamayan defends for a flop 4♠ K♣ K♥ . Mateo c-bets 5000, called again. Both check the turn 5♣ then back to betting for Mateo with 25,000 on the river 8♦ . Talamayan calls and shows 7♥ 7♠ , Mateo has the straight 7♣ 6♣ .

Kim Kunwoo calls the preflop raise by Youngseok Baek then takes charge on the flop 7♥ 7♠ 3♠ with a 10,500 bet. Baek folds.

Four players head to a flop T♠ Q♣ Q♦ , utg Van Tran Thinh bets 4000, no callers.

Ikkei Matsutani opens 7500 and finds two callers to the flop 9♠ A♦ 4♦ . Matsutani continues 2500, only Feras Elnatsha calls for the turn 4♥ . Elnatsha leads out 5500, Matsutani calls. Both check the river J♠ . Elnatsha has K♦ 9♦ to claim the pot.

Utg Lee Yungsung opens 2500, button Marc Rivera three-bets 7000, Lee calls. Flop 4♠ 8♦ 3♥ sees Rivera c-bet 1500 that's called. Same on the turn 2♣ and river 9♥ , Rivera's 11,000 and 19,000 bets are called. Rivera shows Q♦ Q♣ and wins the pot.

Hijack Feng Zhao raises 2500 then calls Youngseok Baek's 7500 three-bet. Both players check to the river 8♣ 7♣ J♦ 8♠ T♣ . Baek shoves, Zhao folds.

Taeyoung Joo raises 2500 and big blind Song Ruiqi calls for a flop 5♦ 3♥ 4♠ . Check by both to the turn T♥ . Joo bets 4000, Song calls, river is 7♣ . Check check again. Joo shows 9♥ 9♦ and wins the pot.

Dinh Van Nguyen opens 2500 and heads to the flop T♣ J♣ A♠ with the blinds. All three check it, the turn is 8♦ . Big blind Taeyoung Joo bets 3500 and wins it unchallenged.

Ivan Dela Cruz opens 2200, small blind Liu Zhiqiang and big blind Benigno Ledina call, flop comes K♣ 9♥ K♥ . Cruz c-bets 3000, blinds fold.

On a raised pot preflop, Ikkei Matsutani continues for 2000 on the flop 4♦ 5♠ 6♠ and is met with a 6000 check-raise from Seyoon Lim. Matsutani calls for the turn 8♣ then bets 8000. Lim folds.

Martin Gonzales raises 5000 and big blind Youngseok Baek calls. At the flop 5♠ T♣ 6♣ , Baek check-raises all in for 15,500, Gonzales calls to put Baek at risk.

Jimmy Yar opens 4000 and is looked up by big blind Youngseok Baek to head to a flop A♠ A♣ T♦ . Yar continues 1500, Baek check-calls to the turn 2♥ . A higher 3900 bet from Yar and this time wins the pot.

Kentaro Saito bumps it up to 3000 and Kunal Jain defends on the big blind. At the flop 2♥ J♠ 4♠ , Saito continues 2500 and Jain calls again. Both proceed to check the turn A♦ . Saito also checks the river 5♦ then calls Jain's 4000 bet. Saito flips over T♠ T♣ , Jain mucks.

On a board showing 8♥ J♣ 8♣ 7♦ 2♦ , Taeyoung Joo doubles up with K♦ 8♦ lucking out against Nguyen Van Dinh's A♠ K♣ .

Kim Kunwoo opens 2500 and Dhaval Mudgal defends the big blind. Kim continues to bet 2500 on a flop 5♠ 2♣ 5♣ , Mudgal folds.

Button raise by Duc Vu Minh that's called by the big blind Gun Jegal. Both check the flop 2♥ 5♣ 8♥ then Minh bets 2000 on the turn A♠ . Jegal calls . On the river 8♣ , Minh bets 3000 and gets a fold.

Action folds to the button Gaurav Law who raises 1800 and big blind defends. At the flop T♥ 5♥ Q♦ , Law continues 2500 and wins it then and there.

The APPT National is halfway through Day 1A late registration with 63 entries so far closing at the end of Level 10 at 5:20pm. Plenty of time to jump in. The guarantee is PHP 10,000,000 (~USD 170,940) with buy in of PHP 40,000 (~USD 685).

Players start with a 30,000 stack with blinds increasing every 30 minutes.

More players have jumped in, among them are Feng Zhao, Tung Nguyen, Benigno Ledina, and Joseph Magnotti.

The second key event of the festival is underway with 16 players getting in on the early action. The APPT National runs from July 27 to 31 with three starting days for a chance at the PHP 10 Million (~USD 171,140) prize pool. Buy in is PHP 40,000 (~USD 685).

Among those already in action are Lester Edoc, Christian Lortie, and Beng Hong Ker.