APPT Manila Championship (165,000 PHP)

David Wang of Australia starts the action with a raise from UTG to 16,000 and gets Filipino Charles Ed Pansoy in the SB and Jacky Ho of China to join in.

The flop is 3♠ 2♠ 2♥ as the blinds check. Wang CBets to 15,000 and gets check-raised by the Filipino to 30,000. Ho folds. The turn is the T♥ . This time, Pansoy checks as Wang checks behind. The river is the 3♦ as Pansoy bets 50,000. Wang folds.

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:

Flight A of the APPT Manila Championshi still has 79 players standing out of 158 total entries who paid the PHP 165,000 (~US$ 2,850) buy-in to compete for a share of the PHP 55,000,000 (~US$ 960,850) guaranteed prize pool.

After 9 levels, John Edward Perry sits on the chip leader throne with a commanding stack of 330,000 chips. Not far behind is Akinobu Maeda with 270,000 while Charles Ed Pansoy is ranked 3rd with 221,000.

Date/s: October 23 to 27, 2024

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

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

Entries: 79/158

Starting Stack: 50,000

Jacky Ho raised to 1,800 from the cut-off and got 3 callers from Hyungjung Kim at the button, Charles Ed Pansoy at the small blind and Renniel Galves at the big blind. Four players move on to the flop of 5♥ J♣ 4♠ . The blinds checked their option to Jacky Ho who fired 3,000 and got Hyungjung Kim to call. Both players check the J♥ turn and the 7♠ river. Ho flips over 5♣ 4♣ for Jacks-Fives two-pair while Hyungjung Kim shows 7♦ 8♥, counterfeiting with Jacks-Sevens two-pair on the river.