APPT Manila Championship (165,000 PHP)

Chip leader John Edward Perry of Australia has the action folded to him on the D and raises to 25,000. In the BB, Canada's Benjamin LeBlond declares he is all-in for his remaining stack of 185,000. Perry makes the call.

Perry adds to his already massive chip stack as LeBlond bows out in 35th place.

Filipino pro William Ysmael raises from the +2 position and gets one customer in the SB as Benjamin LeBlond makes the call.

The flop is K♥ 6♥ 3♣ as LeBlond checks and Ysmael CBets to 15,000. The Canadian calls. The turn is the 4♦ and this time it's LeBlond who comes out firing for 35,000. Ysmael now makes the call. The river is the J♦ as now LeBlond checks. Ysmael puts in a smallish bet of 45,000 to which LeBlond folds his hand.

Korea's Kim Gab Yong makes an early position raise from the +2 position for 10,000 and gets re-raised on the the D of Canadian Benjamin LeBlond to 30,000. In the BB, another Korean in Kim Namhyung 4-bets to 85,000. Gab folds and LeBlond 5-bet shoves for 272,000. Kim makes the call to put the Canadian at risk.

LeBlond shows K♠ K♥ while Kim has one over card with A♠ K♦.

The runout goes: 7♥ 2♦ 8♠ 6♦ J♠ as LeBlond's cowboys allow hm to see more action, Kim, who was once contending for the chip lead, plummets even further down.

The action is getting more tense at the PokerStars poker room at Okada Manila with the action of Day 2 at the APPT Manila Championship about to reach the bubble. 16 one-hour levels have been played so far and 75 players of 416 entries are still competing for a chance to take a chunk from the PHP 59,922,720 (~US$ 1,027,000) prize pool. 63 players will be guaranteed a payout, and there is still a lot of poker to go.

Australian John Edward Perry currently stands out as the chip leader from the 75 players that remain with 963,000 chips. Korean Kim Kiyoung has been consistent and ranks second with 700,000. Irishman Patrick Clarke holds the third spot with 630,000 so far.

APPT Manila Championship (Day 2, October 25)

Date/s: October 23 to 27, 2024

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

Prize Pool: PHP 59,922,720 (~US$ 1,027,000)

Entries: 416

Starting Stack: 50,000

Average Stack: 277,300

Blinds: 2,000/5,000 Ante 5,000

Remaining players: 75

ITM: 63

Chan Truong raised to 7,500 from UTG+1 and was called by Benjamin LeBlond the next seat over at UTG+2. When action reached small blind Julian Warhurst, he declared "all-in" for 117,000. Both players folded with the pot healthy enough to make decent improvements to the chip wall.

Flight A of the APPT Manila Championship wrapped up after 11 levels and nearly 12 hours of tournament poker. 59 hopefuls out of 165 total entries will be moving on to Day 2, inching their way closer to a payout from the guaranteed prize pool of PHP 55,000,000 (~US$ 960,850). Flight B will play tomorrow with the survivors of those joining the "Flight A Fifty-Nine" for Day 2.

Date/s: October 23 to 27, 2024

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

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

Entries: 165

Starting Stack: 50,000

Average Stack: 139,831

Blinds: 1,000/1,500 Ante 1,500

Remaining players: 59

Here's a look at the Flight A chip counts:

Flight A of the APPT Manila Championship has played through 7 levels. 83 players still remain out of 133 total entries, who paid the PHP 165,000 (~US$ 2,850) buy-in for a chance to win a share from the PHP 55,000,000 (~US$ 960,850) guaranteed prize pool.

Georgis Skarparis is the current chip leader with 186,000. Former chip leader Rishi Mehra dropped to second in chips with a healthy stack of 164,400. Edilberto Gopez rounds up the top three with 152,200.

Date/s: October 23 to 27, 2024

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

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

Entries: 83/133

Starting Stack: 50,000