APPT Manila Championship (165,000 PHP)

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.

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

Uuganbayar Erdenekhu raised to 1,200 from under the gun with Dk Kunwoo Kim three-betting to 3,500 from the next seat over. Graham Cowan made the call, but Erdenekhu cranked the volume to 14,000. Dk Kunwoo Kim made the cal while Cowan got out of the way. Both players saw a flop of 6♠ 9♠ 9♥. Erdenekhu led out with 12,000 and was called by Kim to see a 4♦ on the turn. Erdenekhu shoved the remaining 19,800 to the middle and was called by Kim with his last 16,700.

Uuganbayar Erdenekhu: A♥ A♣

Dk Kunwoo Kim: J♥ J♦

Erdenekhu looked in great shape to win the pot, but then... A J♣ on the river threw down the bad beat, giving Kim an enormous pot.