Main Event (16,500 PHP)

After nearly nine hours of play, APPT Warm Up Main Event Flight A is done and dusted! The top14 players has been decided with Benhur Ybarsabal bagging the biggest stack of chips with 338,000.

Stay tuned for the chip counts and recap of the day.

Benhur Ybarsabal raises to 12,000 for middle position and Lortie Christian defends his BB with a call as both players see a flop of Q♠ 5♦ 3♦ . Lortie leads out 12,000, Ybarsabal raises all-in for 131,000. Lortie calls.

Ybarsabal reveals K♦ K♥ , Lortie is behind with Q♦ 2♠ then quickly improves on the turn 2♣ . Ybarsabal is on the verge of elimination. The river 3♣ says no as it give Ybarsabal the higher two pair for a huge double up.

Benhur Ybarsabal: 293,000

Christian Lortie: 150,000

Ziqiang Li raises to 16,000 from UTG +1 and only Ashley Patterson at the DB makes the call for both players to see a flop of 4♠ 7♥ 9♦ . Ziqiang c-bets 27,000, Patterson makes the call. Ziqiang then fires all-in at the turn 6♠ , Patterson makes a tight fold, showing T♠ T♥ before mucking.

Liu Ziqiang: 310,000

Ashley Patterson 182,000

Level 16 is now underway with blinds at 2,000/5,000 with an ante of 5,000. 15 players are still avoiding the bubble with only the top 14 advancing to Day 2 and assured an ITM finish.

Oleg Mordassov continues to take advantage of the bubble round. He opens 9000 and finds once caller in Seunggeon Shin. A♠ the board runs 4♦ K♠ 7♦ 8♦ 6♦ , Mordassov bets 11,000, 23,000, 44,000, Shin check-calls, Mordassov reveals A♦ 5♥ straight, Shin mucks.

Ashley Patterson raises to 9,000 from UTG+1 and Ronato Alcano calls on the button. Both players see a flop of A♦ A♠ 9♠. Patterson check calls 5,000. Both players check the turn J♣ . The river 9♣ sees Patterson fire 50,000 and Alcano calls. Patterson shows A♥ 7♥ for an Ace-high full house while Alcano throws another hand into the muck.

Ronato Alcano: 47,000

Ashley Patterson: 270,000

Button player Fukunaga Masashi raise 9,000, Oleg Mordassov three-bets 35,000 from the big blind. Masashi calls and both players see a flop of 9♦ 9♥ Q♣ . Mordassov c-bets 15,000, Masashi calls to see a turn K♠ . Mordassov fires it all-in, Masashi tanks and eventually folds.

After nearly eight hours of play, Flight A has reached the bubble round with 15 players remaining. One bust left before bagging time. The final two tables are now hand-for-hand

Fukunaga Masashi makes it 8,000 from UTG and Kim Kunwoo defends on the BB for both players to see a flop of A♣ 9♦ K♥ . Kunwoo check calls a 7,000 bet. Both players check the 6♥ turn and Q♥ river. Kim Kunwoo shows a K♣ T♠ for a pair, Masashi mucks.

Fukunaga Masashi: 145,000

Kim Kunwoo: 150,000

Ashley Patterson raises to 9,000 from UTG and gets Ronato Alcano to call from the hijack Both players check the flop of A♥ 7♥ 8♠. On the turn 5♦, Patterson leads with 10,000 and gets a call from Alcano. Both check the river J♥. Patterson shows A♣ Q♥ for top pair and Alcano's cards hit the muck.

Benhur Ybarsabal makes it 8,000 at cut-off only to face a 24,000 three-bet by big blind Lortie Christian. Ybarsabal calls and they go to a flop A♦ K♥ 7♠ . Lortie bets out 20,000 and Ybarsabal calls. Both players check the turn 7♣ on the turn and river T♣ . Ybarsabal shows J♥ J♦ , Lortie shows A♠ 4♥ with the pair of aces enough to take down the pot.

Ashley Patterson raises the minimum from UTG and Ronato Alcano calls from hijack. Both players check the flop A♥ 8♠ 7♥ . Patterson bets out 10,000 on the turn 5♦ , Alcano calls. Both then return to checking the river J♥ . Patterson shows A♣ Q♥ for a pair of aces, Alcano throws his cards in the muck.

Ashley Patterson: 190,000

Ronato Alcano: 180,000

Guillermo Ricarte opens 7,000 from under the gun, button Mark Almusajin re-raises to 21,000. Guillermo makes the call and both players see a flop of K♥ K♠ 6♥ . Guillermo check calls a 15,000 bet. On the turn 2♦ , Guillermo checks again, Almusjin bets out 37,000, Guillermo raises all-in for 90,000 to push out Almusajin.

Kitamura Keita raises to 6,000 from UTG and gets three callers to see a flop of Q♥ 2♥ 3♥ . Kitamura c-bets 11,500 and gets one caller before Oleg Mordassov raises to 35,000 at the button. Big blind calls then Kitamura re-raises all-in for 70,000 to isolate the play with the other two players folding.

Kitamura Keita K♠ K♣

Oleg Mordassov 10h 9♥

Kitamura is drawing dead on the turn J♣ against Mordassov's flush and is eliminated.

Ashley Patterson makes it 8,000 from under the gun and Benhur Ybarsabal defends the big blind. Both check the flop of 9♣ 2♥ 5♥ . Yrasabal leads for 10,000 on the turn 6♣ , Patterson calls. Both check the river 8♥ . Yrasabal show A♠ 2♣ bottom pair which is good enough for the win as Patterson mucks the hand.

Ashley Patterson: 150,000

Benhur Ybarsabal: 170,000

Christian Lortie raises 6000 from the button then calls small blind Oleg Mordassov's re-raise of 18,000. At the flop of 5♥ 4♦ 6♣ , Mordassov check-calls a 21,000 bet then check folds the 36,000 bet on the turn 7♣ .

Adrianto Tan raises to 6,000 from under the gun and gets two callers to see a flop of 6♦ 7♦ 9♠ .

Tan c-bets 7,000 with only Ashely Patterson making the call. Tan checks the 4♣ turn, Patterson pushes all-in, Tan folds.

Level 14 begins with 20 players still in it. Six more eliminations are needed before the top 14 survivors move on to Day 2. Blinds are now at 1,500/3,000 with an ante of 3,000.

Christian Lortie raises to 6,000 from the button and Hun An defends his big blind. Hun An check calls a 5,000 bet on a flop of 4♦ 4♠ 7♣ , then again check calls a 17,500 bet on the 5♦ turn. By the river 7♦, Lortie shoves, Hun An check calls for his tournament life.

Utg Ashley Patterson raises to 6,500, small blind Liao Pu Hsun calls to see a flop 5♠ 9♠ 4♥ . Liao leads out 7,000, Patterson calls. Liao continues with a 25,000 bet on the turn 6♥ turn, this time Patterson folds.

Ashley Patterson: 110,000

Liao Pu Hsun: 150,000

Mark Almusjin raises 6,500 and gets 3 callers to see the flop 5♣ 5♦ 4♣ . Big blind Shinya Fukuhara leads out 5,000, Almusjin raises to 17,000 turning away all other players except Fukuhara who re-raises all-in for 80,000. Almusjin snap-calls and flips over A♠ 5♥ to show trips. Shinya needs help with 8♠ 8♥. The turn 3♥ and river T♦ complete the board. Shinya misses and is eliminated. Almusjin jumps to the top of the chip leader rankings.

Hun An raises to 5,000 from UTG and gets both blinds to call. Christian Lortie and Oleg Mordassov check call the 6,000 bet from Hun An on the A♦ 3♦ K♣ flop. The turn falls T♣ and small blind Lortie leads out 32,500. Big blind Mordassov calls as Hun An avoids. Both players check the J♦ on the river.

Lortie shows Q♦ J♣ and Mordassov shows Q♣ J♥, both hitting the nut straight and halving the pot.

Level 13 continues with 24 players remaining to play down to 14 survivors. Blinds are at 1,000/2,500 with an ante of 2,500.

Park Seunghoon opens 4000 from UTG to 4,000 with two players calling to see a flop of T♣ T♦ 5♦ . Mark Almusajin checks to the pre-flop raiser Seonghun Park who c-bets for 5,000. Ziqiang Li calls, Almusajin moves in for a check-raise to 15,000. Seonghun folds, Li calls to see the turn K♥ . Almusajin fires out 26,000 and takes it down uncontested.

From cutoff, Ricarte Guillermo makes it 5,000 gets three callers to see a flop of 4♦ Q♠ 7♠ . Guillermo c-bets for 12,000 and is called only by Fukihara Shinya. Guillermo fires again 19,000 at the 9♣ turn, Shinya opts to fold.

Gilson Chan makes it 4,000 from UTG and Benhur Ybarsabal defends from the BB. Both players check the 6♣ 9♣ K♣ flop. Ybarsabal check-calls for 2,500 on the 2♦ turn, and both check the J♥ river.

Ybarsabal show 6♠ 8♥ ,Chan can't beat the pair and mucks.

Gilson Chan: 56,000

Benhur Ybarsabal: 110,000

On a board showing 9♦ 2♣ 3♣ 6♠ T♠ with 53,000 in the pot, Ashley Patterson doubles up with 9♠ 2♠ two pair over Fukunaga Masashi's 7♣ 7♦ .

Ashley Patterson: 151,000

Fukunaga Masashi: 60,000

Ronato Alcano opens 4,000 from hijack and goes to the flop 7♥ 3♠ 8 with two callers. Alcano c-bets 10,000 only Ziqiang Li calls. Alcano fires another 10,000 on the turn 8♣ turn and gets called. On the river 2♦ , Alcano sends out 20,000 , Li raises all-in, Alcano folds. Li shows 3♣ 3♦ set.

Karlsson Magnus raises to 4,000 from UTG+1 and gets two callers to the flop 4♠ Q♦ 3♠ . Karlsson c-bets 6000 and only Lim Jae Geun calls. Both players check the turn 2♣ leading to the river K♦ . Lim fires 35,000 covering Karlsson who risks it. Lim shows 6♥ 5♦ straight, Karlsson mucks before exiting the playing area.

Christian Lortie opens 4500 from utg and big blind Lee Han Sic defends. Both check the flop 6♣ 8♣ 4♥ then Lee bets 5000 on the turn 3♥ . Lortie answers with a huge 80,000 raise, Lee folds and shows 2♣ 2♦ which was ahead of Lortie's Q♥ J♥ bluff.

Action folds to the small blind Mark Almusajin who limps and big blind Kim Kunwoo checks. At the flop 7♦ 9♦ 6♣ flop, Almusajin bets 2k, gets raised to 4,500, Almusajin re-raises to 6, Kim ends the round with a call. Both go see the turn 4♠ , Almusajin leads for 22,000, Kim re-raises all-in for 52,500, Almusajin makes the call.

Mark Almusajin 8♣ 7♥

Kunwoo Kim T♦ 8♠

Kim looks good with a flopped straight, but Almusajin spikes a T♠ on the river to get a lucky split on the pot.

Level 12 begins with blinds at 1000/2000 and 2000 antes. 29 players remain from the 88 registered for today's flight. Play will continue until 14 remain to make ITM and advance to the next day.

From utg+1 Park Seonghun raises to 3,000 and gets called by button player Shinya Fukuhara. Both players see a flop 2♥ 9♠ 6♦ . Park leads for 3,000 and Shinya calls. On the turn 8♦ , Shinya bets 3,000, Park check-calls. Same action on the river 5♥ with Park check-calling 6,000. Shinya shows 2♦ 2♣ set, Park mucks.

Level 11 is underway and with 37 players out of 88 entries remaing. Blinds are now at 1,000/1,500 with 1,500 antes. Flight A bags up at ITM of 14 players.

Badrudin Ampatuan makes it 2,800 from the hijack and Jason Cruz calls from the small blind. At the flop 10d 3♠ 3♥ , Cruz check-raises Ampatuan's 3600 bet to make it 7,600, Ampatuan re-raises to 22,000. Cruz then goes over-the-top and pushes all-in for 52,000 to which Ampatuan folds.

On a friendly family pot, five limpers join the big blind to see a flop of K♦ J♥ 4♠. Action checks to the button Hun An who bets 2,500. This finds two callers to the turn 5♠. Both players check to Hun An again, Hun fires 8000 and did not encounter any resistance.

From utg, Jason Cruz opens 2600 and gets action from two callers. On the flop 2♥ 2♠ 3♠ , Cruz c-bets 2200, button Badrudin Ampatuan raises 8000, small blind Guillermo Ricarte folds, Cruz calls. Both players check the turn A♥ . Cruz fires 5700 on the river, gets a call from Ampatuan, Cruz shows A♠ 3♦ for two pair and Ampatuan mucks his hand.

Jason Cruz: 53,000

Badrudin Ampatuan: 67,000

Ricarte Guillermo: 33,000

Fukuhara Shinya opens 3600 from under the gun, Kitamura Keita pumps it to 17,000, Shinya makes the call. The flop comes 2♦ 6♦ 8♠ , Shinya check calls 4,700 c-bet of Kitamura. The turn 9♣ sees a 22,500 bet by Kitamura, Shinya folds.

Level 10 is underway and so far there are 82 registered players with more expected before registration closes for this flight at the end of this level. Blinds are now at 600/1,200 with 1,200 antes.

Kim Doo Jin raises to 2,800 from UTG+1, Oleg Mordasssov re-raises all-in, Kim commits his lesser stack. Kim has T♠ T♣ , Mordassov A♣ 9♦ , board runs 9♣ 9♥ 6♦ 4♠ 2♠ , Mordassov trips up and finishes off Kim.

Button Badrudin Ampatuan raises to 2,600 and gets re-raised all-in for 13,100 by big blind Jose Ruzzel. Amaptuan calls and shows his A♠ 7♦ versus the Q♠ Q♥ of Ruzzel. An Ace finds the board A♦ T♦ 2♥ T♠ K♠ to send Ruzzel to the exit.

Utg+1 Kim Kunwoo DK opens 2600, cutoff Guillermo Ricarte calls, button Liao Po Hsun three-bets 10,500, Kim folds, Ricarte four-bet jams and Liao takes the risk for less chips.

Guillermo Ricarte A♣ Q♣

Liao Po Hsun 9♣ 9♠

The board runs Q♣ 4♠ 9♦ A♠ 2♦, giving some hope for Ricarte heading to the river, but not enough to defeat Liao's set.

Utg player opens 2,500, three players call to see a flop of A♥ J♥ 9♦ . Action checks to utg+1 Sakito Ishimra who bets 3500, small blind Mark Almusajin check-raises 10,000, the other players get out of the way, Sakito shoves for his remaining 21,500, easy call for the big stacked Almusajin.

Mark Almusajin A♣ J♦

Sakito Ishimural A♠ 4♠

The 4♥ on the turn offers Ishimura a glimmer of hope but the river 6♣ is no help to get sent to the rail.

Level 9 kicks off with blinds at 600/1,200 with 1,200 antes. 78 players are registered with more expected to join before the registration deadline at Level 11.

Benigno Ledina limps in for the minimum, Kevin Mendoza raises 2500, and Ledina takes him up on the action. On the flop of Q♦ J♥ 9♠ , Ledina bets 2,000 and Mendoza calls. Another 5000 bet by Ledina on the turn 3♠ that's called again. Ledina slows to a check on the river 8♣ , Mendoza bets 15,000, Ledina commits his last 13,100.

Kevin Mendoza T♣ 9♥

Benigno Ledina T♥ T♠

Both players hit a straight and split the pot.

Wang Kwun Man raises from UTG to 2,200, buttong Kim Jaejoong and small blind Ishimura Sakito both call. Wang c-bets 3000 on the flop 3♣ 3♠ 7♦ , both players stick with Wang. They all check the turn 9♠ and river A♠ . Ishimura is first to show J♣ 7♣ and wins the pot with Wang and Kim mucking.

Moon Young Chan raises to 2,200 from UTG+1 and gets both blinds to call as three players see a flop of 3♥ K♣ 8♦. The blinds check to Chan who c-bets 5,000, no callers.

Hwang Yoontae raises to 2,000 from cutoff, button Kitamura Keita re-raises to 6,000, Hwang calls and both head to the flop 10h A♥ 4♠ . Kitamura c-bets 3800, Hwang check-raises all-in for 14,000, Kitamura calls with a gutsy 10s 5♠ mid pair while Hwang shows 6♥ 7♥ flush draw. Hwang lands his flush on the turn 4♥ , Kitamura has outs for the full house. The river 10c is one of Kitamura's outs to rail Hwang.

We're at Level 8, playing 500/1000 blinds with 1000 antes. 77 players have entered so far with more expected as registration is still open until Level 11.

From cutoff Renniel Galvez opens 1600, small blind Shin Seunggeon calls, big blind Ahn Jee Hoon re-raises to 6100, Galvez jams, Seunggeon opts out while Ahn Jee Hoon risks his tournament life for his remaining 16,100.

Renniel Galvez K♦ K♣

Ahn Jee Hoon A♣ J♥

The board of 2♣ 5♠ 6♣ 8♣ 5♠ knocks out Ahn Jee Hoon from the tournament.

Setoguchi Masataka raises to 1,900 from under the gun and finds two callers, big blind Motomura Akamichi shoves a short 6700, Masataka re-raises all-in to isolate the action.

Setoguchi Masataka J♥ J♠

Motomura Akamichi K♦ K♣

The board runs 4♦ 2♥ 6♥ 9♥ 4♥ giving Masataka a flush to bad beat Motomura's cowboys.

Poyu Chen raises to 1,700 at UTG+1, gets a call from Adrianto Tan on the button, big blind Jason Cruz re-raises to 4,800, Chen folds while Tan continues. Cruz c-bets 3000 at the flop A♣ A♦ 3♣ , Tan folds.

Oleg Mordassov makes it 1,700 from cut-off and Fukunaga Masashi defends the big blind. Mordassov c-bets 1600 the flop Q♠ 2♠ 6♠ . Masashi folds.

Seonghun Park raises to 1,600 and both blinds call to head to the flop K♥ 9♠ 4♥ . Blinds check Park who c-bets 3,500 and finds one caller in big blind Liao Po Hsun. On the turn 8♦ , Park bets 9000 and wins then and there.

Two players limped, cutoff John Dela Cruz pushed 13,800, small blind Seo Jinyoung calls and the limpers fold.

Seo Jinyoung A♣ K♣

John Dela Cruz T♥ T♦

The board runs 9♦ 4♦ 7♥ A♠ 8♠ , Jinyoung spikes the Ace to eliminate Cruz.

Level 7 is underway with the blinds at 400/800 and 800 antes. 68 players have registered so far with more expected as registration is still open until Level 11

Brian Mok opens 1,600 from under the gun, cutoff Fukuhara Shinya three-bets 3,200, small blind Kevin Mendoza is all in for his last 5,100, and is called by both players. When the board runs K♠ 6♦ 9♥ 2♣ 5♣ , Mok calls down Fukuhara's bets 5000, 10,000, 15,000 . Fukuhara has A♦ K♣ and wins the side pot against Mok's K♥ J♠ . Mendoza has A♥ 2♥ and busts.

Plenty of preflop action opens with Utg+1 Lim Jaegeun raising 1300, button Brian Mok re-raises to 3,300, big blind Gilson Chan four-bets 6,600, Lim and Mok calls and the flop lands 4♥ 8♠ 6♠ . Wasting no time, Lim Jae Geun pushes for 23,400, Mok calls and Gilson gets out of the way.

Lim Jae Geun K♠ J♠

Brian Mok A♣ 8♦

The turn comes 9♠ giving Lim Jae Geun a flush to double-up and some as Mok draws dead.

Kevin Mateo raises to 1,400 from under the gun and is joined by three callers to the flop A♣ 5♣ J♦ . Everyone checks to bring the turn K♠ . Mateo c-bets 6000 and wins with no one interested.

Kevin Mateo: 40,000

Moon Young Chan: 85,000

Renato Alcano: 40,000

Benigno Ledina: 41,000

Chip leader Mark Almusajin raises to 1,400 from under the gun, hijack Liao Po Hsun re-raises to 5,200, Almusajin calls, and both players see a flop Q♠ 8♣ 5♣ . Almusajin check-calls the 3,500 bet then both players check the 7♣ turn and river 5♠ . Almusajin shows 9♦ 8♦ pair, Liao mucks.

From hijack, Bengino Ledina raises to 1,300, cutoff Seo Jin Young re-raises to 3,500, Ledina calls and both players see a flop 7♠ 6♦ A♥ . Ledina check-calls a 1,500 bet then both players check the turn 5♠ . On the river A♠ , Ledina leads out 3,500, get the calls and shows A♣ 10s trips for the pot.

Benigno Ledina: 35,000

Seo Jin Young: 30,000

Ivan De La Cruz enters and immediately gets in the action. Hand opens with utg Kitamura Keita raising to 1,200, Cruz re-raises to 3,000, Kitamura calls and both players see a flop 8♥ 6♠ 5♣ . Dela Cruz c-bets 3,000 and is called. On the J♥ turn, he fires 5,400 and Kitamura quickly folds.

Level 6 is underway with 61 players registered so far. Blinds are now at 300/600 with 600 ante. Registration is still open until Level 11.

After 5 levels played, we are on a short break. Here are the top 5 in chips.

Heavy preflop action opens with Brian Mok limping from under the gun, Diven Gosai in the next seat raises to 2,000, button Jason Marhen Simbre calls, big blind Lortie Cloutier Christian pushes all-in for 18,500, no callers.

Under the gun opens 1000 and finds four callers to the flop 4♦ 6♠ J♣ . Utg+1 Ishimura Sakito bets 2400 and is joined by three callers to the turn 4♥ . Everyone checks to bring the river 8♠ . Big blind Diven Gosai leads out 6,000, only Ishimura calls. Diven has Q♥ J♥ , Ishimura mucks.

Two players limp in before cutoff player raises to 2,200. Gilson Chan shoves for 14,400 at the small blind, only utg Brian Mok calls. Chan has K♦ Q♦ , Mok behind with Q♣ J♠ , however with the board running J♥ 7♦ 6♠ 5♦ Q♥ , Mok improves to two pair to end Chan.

Brian Mok: 77,000

Gilson Chan: Out

From hijack, Adriatico Tan opens 1000, Meneleo Gloria defends from the big blind. Both players see a flop 2♦ 8♥ 6♥, Gloria check-raises Tan's 1200 bet to make it 3600 to go. Tan replies with a shove and wins it with no challenge.

Hwang Yoon Tae opens 1000 then calls button player Badrudin Ampatuan's re-raise of 2,300. On the flop A♠ 4♣ 7♠ Ampatuan continues the hard-bets laying out 2,500, Hwang calls. Both check the turn K♥ , then on the river 5♠ ,Yoon Tae leads out 6000, Ampatuan shoves 20,800 and takes the pot without further challenge.

We're moving up to Level 5. So far, 45 players have signed up with more expected as registration is open until Level 11. Blinds are now at 200/500 with 500 ante.

Button player Meneleo Gloria opens 1200 and Seo Jin Young defends his big blind. At the flop J♦ T♣ 7♣ , Gloria bets 1200 that's called then follows it up with a 2700 bet on the turn T♥ . This time Jinyoung folds.

Leo Meneleo Gloria: 22,000

Seo Jin Young: 45,000

From utg+1, Mark Almusajin raises 900 and gets 3 callers before big blind Akamichi Motomura re-raises all-in for 19,900. Only Almusajin calls.

Mark Almusajin T♣ T♥

Motomura Akamichi Q♣ Q♥

The board runs 4♥ 9♠ 9♣ 8♥ J♦ , Motomura's Queens grant a double-up.