APPT Manila Championship (165,000 PHP)

Flight A of the APPT Manila Championship wrapped up after 11 levels and nearly 12 hours of tournament poker. 59 hopefuls out of 165 total entries will be moving on to Day 2, inching their way closer to a payout from the guaranteed prize pool of PHP 55,000,000 (~US$ 960,850). Flight B will play tomorrow with the survivors of those joining the "Flight A Fifty-Nine" for 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: 165

Starting Stack: 50,000

Average Stack: 139,831

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

Remaining players: 59

Here's a look at the Flight A chip counts:

Kim Namhyung made a min-raise from the cut-off and found two callers with Dohwan Kim on the button and Gary Thompson on the small blind. The flop landed 8♥ 2♥ 3♥ and Thompson led out for 13,000. Namhyung then doubled to 24,000 with Dohwan Kim making the call and Thompson risking his remaining 17,400. Both Kim Namhyung and Dohwan Kim check down the 3♦ turn and the T♣ river.

Kim Namhyung: Q♥ Q♣

Dohwan Kim: A♥ 7♦

Gary Thompson: K♥ 4♥

Thompson's flopped flush held on to win, tripling up his stack in the process.

Gary Thompson min-raised to 3,000 from the hijack and the lone caller was Kim Namhyung, who defended the big blind. Both players saw a flop of 8♣ Q♠ 7♦. Namhyung check-raised the 4,000 bet of Thompson to 12,000, who fired back by re-raising to 28,000. Namhyung made the call to see a 4♠ on the turn. Namhyung check-raised all-in the 22,000 bet of Thompson, shoving his last 105,800 . Thmompson snap called.

Gary Thompson: Q♥ Q♦

Kim Namhyung: 5♠ 6♣

Thompson flopped a set, but Namhyung caught a straight on the turn. Thompson was hoping the board would pair or a queen would bring quads, but the river 9♠ just gave Namhyung a better straight. Thompson gets crippled while Namhyung doubles up.