APPT Manila Championship (165,000 PHP)

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.

Chan Truong raised to 3,000 from UTG +1 and found two callers at the hi-jack and the button before small blind Khoa Anh Ngo pumped it up to 24,800 for all his chips. Truong re-raised all-in to isolate and the hi-jack and button obliged by staying away.

Chan Truong: A♥ K♦

Khoa Anh Ngo: K♠ J♠

Board 7♠ Q♣ J♦ 2♦ 3♠

Ngo was dominated, but the jack on the flop made a great overtake to double-up.

While a typhoon rages around Manila, the poker action at Okada Manila for Flight B of the APPT Manila Championship is also creating its own storm. 142 entries for Flight B have met the buy-in requirement of PHP 165,000 (~US$ 2,850) in order to compete for a share of the PHP 55,000,000 (~US$ 960,850) guaranteed prize pool. 108 players are still battling it out for a chance to advance to the Day 2 leg tomorrow.

Patrick Crivell sits with the biggest stack at 138,300 and is followed closely by Emmanuel Derecho with 138,000. Rounding up the top three is Marc Anthony Joseph with 136,500, but that's just a spit away for Seonghun Jeong with a near-identical 136,000.

Date/s: October 23 to 27, 2024

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

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

Entries: 108/142

Starting Stack: 50,000