APPT Manila Championship (165,000 PHP)

Two Day 1 flights including some last minute Day 2 registrants brought the final total entries to 416, each of whom coughed up the buy-in of PHP 165,000 (~US$ 2,850) to take part in APPT Manila Championship main event. The total entries built the prize pool to PHP 59,922,720 (~US$ 1,027,000), surpassing the PHP 55,000,000 guarantee. 102 players are still competing with 63 guaranteed a minimum payout of PHP250,000 (~US$ 4,285). Of course, all eyes are focused on the grand prize of PHP 11,610,000 (~US$ 200,000).

Of the 102 players remaining, Moses Saquing of the Philippines stands as the chip leader with 744,000 chips. Flight B chip leader Kim Kiyoung is staying on course with the second biggest stack with 711,000. Rounding up the top three is John Edward Perry with 538,000. 14 Levels have been played so far with 7 more to go before the survivors bag their chips for another leg on Day 3 tomorrow. There's still a lot more poker and anything can happen.

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: 203,900

Blinds: 1,500/3,000 Ante 3,000

Remaining players: 102

ITM: 63

Yu Chun Chen min-raised to 6,000 from the cut-off and Daniel Neilson defended the big blind with a call. Both players were presented a 3♣ 9♠ 8♣ flop. Neilson check-raised the 10,000 bet of Chen to 25,000. Chen took a moment to count chips and called to enter a 5♦ on the turn. Neilson led out with 32,000 and Chen again made the call to see a 3♥ river. Neilson checked and folded when Chen shoved his remaining 137,000 chips all-in.

After the storm in the city subsided, so did the action settle down at Okada Manila where Flight B of the APPT Manila Championship concluded for the day. 194 entries made the buy-in of PHP 165,000 (~US$ 2,850) to compete for their share of the PHP 55,000,000 (~US$ 960,850) guaranteed prize pool. 80 players were still on their seats to bag their chips at the end of 11 levels and nearly 12 hours of poker. Those 80 players will be back tomorrow to compete again in the Day 2 leg and will be joined by the 59 players who advanced from Flight A.

Among the 80 survivors of Flight B, it was Kim Youngkim of South Korea who bagged the largest stack with 452,500 chips. Moses Saquing of the Philippines was at a distant second with a very healthy 295,000. Rounding up the top three chip leaders is American John Joseph Panish who bagged 277,500 to carry onto 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: 194

Starting Stack: 50,000

Average Stack: 116,867

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

Remaining players: 80

Meanwhile here are the top 10 chip counts

Jonathan Chetty pushed his last 46,000 all-in from the button and Daniel Neilson made the call from the big blind.

Jonathan Chetty: J♣ 2♠

Daniel Neilson: A♦ 2♣

Board T♣ A♥ 4♠ 7♦ A♠

Neislon dominated from the start and had Chetty drawing dead by the turn. The ace on the river was an exclamation point given by the poker gods to add more hurt and embarassment to Chetty's bust out.

Jonathan Chetty min-raised from the hi-jack and called the 8,000 re-raise by Daniel Neilson on the button. Both players were given a flop of 3♥ 8♠ 4♣ . Chetty check-raised all in for 49,500 after Neilson's 5,000 bet. Neilson made the call for a showdown.

Jonathan Chetty: 8♥ 6♥

Daniel Neilson: A♠ K♦

Chetty flopped top pair and stayed ahead to double up as the board ran out Q♣ Q♦

Daniel Neilson put on pressure to the table from under the gun by shoving 300,000 all-in. Risking all their 53,000 chips was Edgar Antezana.

Daniel Neilson: A♥ 4♥

Edgar Antezana: J♠ J♦

Board T♣ Q♥ 4♠ 9♥ 6♣

Antezana was ahead, but Neilson's outs were improving. Luckily, Antezana's jacks held their ground and doubled up the stack.

Daniel Nielson pushed all-in from the cut-off and was called by Dk Kim Kunwoo for the last of his 80,000.

Daniel Nielson: T♣ T♥

Dk Kim Kunwoo: A♠ K♠

Board: K♥ T♠ 6♥ Q♣ T♦

Nielson hits quads and knocks out Kunwoo from the tournament.

Ashely De Guzman started the raise at 1,200 from UTG+2 then got re-popped by Itsuki Morita to 4,500 from the cut-off. Not to be outdone, Daniel Neilson raised it even more to 9,500 from the button. De Guzman stepped aside and Morita continued on to see a 2♠ A♥ 4♣ flop. Morita check-called the 2,100 bet of Neilson to see a 7♦ on the turn. Both players checked to see a 9♣ on the river. Morita bet 17,000, but folded when Neilson shoved all-in.