APPT Manila Championship (165,000 PHP)

Ajay Abrol min-raised to 6,000 at the cut-off. Kim Kiyoung then three-bet to 17,500 when action came to him at the small blind. Big blind Edilberto Gopez made the call and Ajay Abrol also completed to build a juicy pot entering a flop of 8♦ J♠ 9♥ . Kiyoung made a 15,000 c-bet and was called by both players to see a 9♠ on the turn. Kiyoung pushed another 40,000. Gopez stayed out of the way and Abrol tanked before finally giving up the pot to Kiyoung.

The stormy weather hasn't slowed down the action in Flight B of the APPT Manila Championship here at Okada Manila. So far, there have been 94 entries making the buy-in of PHP 165,000 (~US$ 2,850) to compete for the guaranteed prize pool of at least PHP 55,000,000 (~US$ 960,850). 85 players are still on their seats, hoping to advance to Day 2 tomorrow. Leading the Flight is Japan's Frd Aso Seitaro with a chip stack of 160,000. Not that far behind is Jian Hui Giam with 136,000 chips and Seonghun Jeong with 124,000.

Date/s: October 23 to 27, 2024

Buy in: PHP 165,000 (~US$ 2,850)

Guarantee: PHP 55,000,000 (~US$ 960,850)

Entries: 85/94

Starting Stack: 50,000

Ajay Abrol made it 800 to play from the cutoff. Junsik Choi three-bet to 2,400 at the small blind. Stevan Chew turned the notch up to to 6,000 from the big blind. Abrol and Choi decided to fight another day. Chew took down a decent-sized pre-flop pot.