APPT Manila Championship (165,000 PHP)

Ganbold Battulga made a raise to 2,500 from the hi-jack with John Tech re-popping to 8,000 at the cut-off. Battulga pushed even further to make it 20,000 and Tech made the call to see a flop of J♥ 6♠ 7♦. Battulga led out with 14,500 which was called by John Tech to see a T♦ on the turn. Battulga checked and couldn't make the call after John Tech fired 33,000 to the pot.

Despite the stormy weather, 166 poker hopefuls at Okada Manila still made the PHP 165,000 (~US$ 2,850) buy-in to participate in Flight B of the APPT Manila Champion, which is guaranteeing a prize pool of at least PHP 55,000,000 (~US$ 960,850). 112 survivors still remain and will play until the end of Level 11 where those still with chips get to bring them over for the Day 2 leg tomorrow.

Yan Li of China holds the biggest stack so far with 208,500 chips. Sanjeev Kapoor has the next big stack with 181,000 while Patrick Crivell rounds up the top three with 172,000.

Date/s: October 23 to 27, 2024

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

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

Entries: 112/166

Starting Stack: 50,000

Kevin Hasler min-raised from under the gun and called the 6,500 re-raise of Ganbold Battulga from the hi-jack along with the player from UTG+2. Three players saw a flop of Q♦ J♥ T♦. Action was checked to Battulga, who c-bet 4,700. Only Hasler made the call to see a 3♠ on the turn. Hsler led out for 11,500 with Battulga making the call to see a T♥ on the river. Both players check. Hasler opened his cards to show Q♠ T♠ for a queen boat and Battulga threw his cards to the muck.