Day 2
Benhur Ybarsabal Pushes Out Genji Koga

Big blind Benhur Ybarsabal calls a raise by Genji Koga then check-raises all in on a flop 2♦ T♣ 2♠ . Koga opts to fold.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
GK Genji Koga | 410,000(41 BB) |
190,000(19 BB) |
Pot For Genji Koga

Flight A leader Benhur Ybarsabal opens then calls Genji Koga's 37,000 re-raise. Koga c-bets 40,000 on the 3♥ 3♣ Q♠ board and takes it down.
This hand comes shortly after Koga rails Jharome Pena with Kings over Queens.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
GK Genji Koga | 540,000(90 BB) |
220,000(37 BB) |
Flight A
Benhur Ybarsabal Bags Flight A Chip Lead

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.
Bubble Bursts!

Adrianto Tan pushes his remaining 33,000 chips all-in and Benhur Ybarsabal calls.
Player | Hand | Chips |
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T♥T♠ | 338,000(68 BB) | |
Q♣J♠ | busted |
Benhur Ybarsabal Sweats It

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
Player | Chips |
---|---|
CL Christian Lortie | 293,000(59 BB) |
150,000(30 BB) |
Christian Lortie Connects On The Borad

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.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
CL Christian Lortie | 310,000(78 BB) |
140,000(35 BB) |
Bottom Pair Good For Benhur Ybarsabal

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
Player | Chips |
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170,000(57 BB) | |
AP Ashley Patterson | 150,000(50 BB) |
Benhur Ysarbal Rails Cheng Yu Liao

From utg, Liao Chengyu raises to 5,000 from small blind Benhur Ybarsabal three-bets to 21,000, Chengyu pushes all-in for 50,000 and Ybarsabal makes the call.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
J♥J♠ | 160,000(64 BB) | |
CY Cheng Yu Liao | 0 | busted |
Gilson Chan Earns Some For The Small Pair

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
Player | Chips |
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110,000(55 BB) | |
GC Gilson Chan | 56,000(28 BB) |