APPT Manila Championship (165,000 PHP)

The player from under the gun raised it up to 1,200 with Chirag Shah making the call from the next seat over. However, UTG player stepped aside when Angelina Rich pumped up the flop fee to 6,000. Shah stuck around and saw a flop of 9♦ A♠ 6♥ . Both players checked to see a K♥ on the turn. Shah checked again to allow Rich to fire 3,500. Shah took a peek at his hole cards and bid them goodbye to the much, giving the pot to Rich.

Three levels have passed so far in Flight A of the APPT Manila Championship. There have been 93 entries so far who coughed up the PHP 165,000 (~US$ 2,850) buy-in to play for a guaranteed prize pool of PHP 55,000,000 (~US$ 960,650). 83 players are still in contention with Rishi Mehra leading the pack with 120,500 in chips. Not far behind is Rocky Paradise with 117,000. Marc Anthony Joseph sits with 115,800 to round out the top 3.

Date/s: October 23 to 27, 2024

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

Guarantee: PHP 55,000,000 (~US$ 950,650)

Entries: 84/93

Starting Stack: 50,000

In a battle of the blinds, Chirag Shah's small blind completes the min-raise of Rocky Paradise to 600 from the big blind. Both players see a flop of 8♠ 9♥ 4♣ . Shah check-calls the 900 bet of Paradise to enter the T♠ turn. Both players check to see a 7♠ river. Shah leads out with 1,000 and Paradise folds.

Marco Espela raised to 500 from the cut-off and Chirag Shah defended the big blind for both players to see a flop of T♣ 7♦ T♦ . Both players check to see a 5♣ turn. Shah check-calls the 1,300 bet from Espela to see a J♦ river. Both players check and Shah turns over J♣ 7♥ while Espela taps the table for a nice hand and mucks his cards.