APPT Manila Championship (165,000 PHP)

Mike Takayama made a min-raise to 1,200 from under the gun and got 4 callers. Five players entered a flop of K♦ 5♦ 2♥. When action was checked to Takayama, he didn't hesitate to fire 2,900. Jian Hui Giam, Juyeol Lee and Wayne Lau all folded. The only remaining caller was Jang Wongeun at the big blind. Both players saw an 8♣ turn. Wongeun then check-called by Takyama's 10,800 bet to lead to the 3♥ on the river. Wongeun check-called Takyama's all-in shove for 53,700.

Wongeun flipped over K♠ 3♠ for two-pairs while Takayama showed A♦ 4♦ for a wheel straight to take down the huge pot and double-up.

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

In a raise/re-raise tug-of-war, eventually Kenji Kuramochi pushed in his remaining 10,000 all-in while Frank Lillis put in 22,500 which was called by Jian Hui Giam. Flop came 2♦ 9♦ T♦ . Giam check-called the 7,500 bet of Lillis to see a K♦ on the turn. Giam then bet out 20,000. Lillis tanked, but eventualy folded to hand over the side pot to Giam.

Meanwhile, in the main pot.

Kenji Kuramochi: A♥ A♣

Jian Hui Giam: 8♦ 8♣

Giam showed a flush. The J♠ river didn't matter as Kuramochi was drawing dead and sent to the exits.

The stormy weather hasn't slowed down the action in Flight B of the APPT Manila Championship here at Okada Manila. So far, there have been 94 entries making the buy-in of PHP 165,000 (~US$ 2,850) to compete for the guaranteed prize pool of at least PHP 55,000,000 (~US$ 960,850). 85 players are still on their seats, hoping to advance to Day 2 tomorrow. Leading the Flight is Japan's Frd Aso Seitaro with a chip stack of 160,000. Not that far behind is Jian Hui Giam with 136,000 chips and Seonghun Jeong with 124,000.

Date/s: October 23 to 27, 2024

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

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

Entries: 85/94

Starting Stack: 50,000

Jian Hui Giam raised to 700 from under the gun with Juyeol Lee calling from the cutoff and Sung Min Woo defending from the big blind. The three players are shown a flop of 2♥ 9♣ 4♣. Action is checked around to reveal a 5♠ on the turn. Woo led out with 1,200 with both Giam and Lee calling to see a 2♦ river. Action is checked around to Lee who fires 3,500. Only Giam made the call for a heads-up showdown.

Jian Hui Giam: 9♦ 8♦

Juyeol Lee: A♥ T♥

Giam's two-pair was in great shape to take down the pot.

Juyeol Lee raised to 800 from UTG+1 and got called by Jian Hui Giam to defend the big blind. Both players saw a flop of 4♦ 2♣ 4♠ and checked it around to see an 8♣ on the turn. Giam bet out 1,100 and was matched by Lee to see a 5♠ on the river. Both players checked and revealed their cards to determine a winner.

Juyeol Lee: K♠ Q♠

Jian Hui Giam: K♥ J♣

The queen kicker of Lee is enough to provide the edge and take down the pot.