APPT Manila Championship (165,000 PHP)

William Ysmael of the Philippines raises from the CO to 60,000 and gets jammed in the BB by Joey Weissman of the United States for his remaining 225,000. Ysmael makes the call.

Weissman contended for the chip lead at one point but can't get the connection for his Big Slick when he needed it the most.

With 16 players reaming, here's where they stand:

Former overall chip leader John Edward Perry of Australia has dropped all the way to eighth place in the first leaderboard update of the day. Fellow Australian Thomas Ward now occupies the top spot as he and Filipino pro Lester Edoc are the only ones breaching the two million chip mark at the moment.

Chip counts at end of Level 22:

The 28 players remaining will reconvene on Saturday (October 26) at 12NN (UCT+8) and will play down to the Final 6 players.

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APPT Manila Championship remaining players:

Event #31 APPT Manila Championship

Date/s: October 23 to 27, 2024

Venue: Okada Manila, Parañaque City, Philippines

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

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

Prize Pool: PHP 59,922,720 (~US$1,028,270)

Entries: 416

Players ITM: 63

Total Chips in Play: 20,800,000

Average Stack: 742,857

Blinds: 8,000/16,000 (16,000)

Remaining players: 28

The action is folded to the D where Joey Weissman of the United States makes a raise to 32,000. He gets re-raised by American resident Moses Saquing on the BB to 100,000. Weissman makes the call.

The flop is 3♠ 8♥ J♥ as Saquing CBets to 55,000. The American makes the call. The turn is the 5♠ . Saquing checks and Weissman takes the betting lead by firing 100,000. Saquing moves all-in and Weissman calls for his tournament life.

Saquing shows A♠ 8♠ for top pir on the flop while Weissman flips over 5♣ 5♦ for a set on the turn.

The river card is the 3♦ as Saquing loses more than half his stack in that pot.

China's Li Xinjing raises from the D to 35,000 and gets a customer in American Joey Weissman.

The flop brings T♣ 8♦ 5♠ as Weissman checks. Li CBets to 75,000 and gets called. The turn is the 7♦ and this time, both players opt to check. The river is the 5♦ . Weissman fires 60,000 but gets raised to 135,000 by his Chinese opponent. The American ponders his decision and ends up consuming one Time Bank card before deiding to make the call.

Li flips ober 5♣ 9♣ for trips on the river as Weissman mucks his hand.

Joey Weissman from the United States makes a raise from the HJ to 20,000 and it is folded to Filipino Charles Ed Pansoy who 3-bets to 55,000 from the BB. Weissman calls.

The flop comes 4♠ 6♠ 5♥ as Pansoy unloads 75,000. Weissman makes the call. The turn is the A♠ as the Filipino bets again, this time for 113,000. Weissman then moves all-in. Pansoy burns two Time Bank cards before deciding to let the hand go. However, he did lose quite a bit in that exchange.

Here are the top ten stacks presently:

Two Day 1 flights including some last minute Day 2 registrants brought the final total entries to 416, each of whom coughed up the buy-in of PHP 165,000 (~US$ 2,850) to take part in APPT Manila Championship main event. The total entries built the prize pool to PHP 59,922,720 (~US$ 1,027,000), surpassing the PHP 55,000,000 guarantee. 102 players are still competing with 63 guaranteed a minimum payout of PHP250,000 (~US$ 4,285). Of course, all eyes are focused on the grand prize of PHP 11,610,000 (~US$ 200,000).

Of the 102 players remaining, Moses Saquing of the Philippines stands as the chip leader with 744,000 chips. Flight B chip leader Kim Kiyoung is staying on course with the second biggest stack with 711,000. Rounding up the top three is John Edward Perry with 538,000. 14 Levels have been played so far with 7 more to go before the survivors bag their chips for another leg on Day 3 tomorrow. There's still a lot more poker and anything can happen.

APPT Manila Championship (Day 2, October 25)

Date/s: October 23 to 27, 2024

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

Prize Pool: PHP 59,922,720 (~US$ 1,027,000)

Entries: 416

Starting Stack: 50,000

Average Stack: 203,900

Blinds: 1,500/3,000 Ante 3,000

Remaining players: 102

ITM: 63

Dohwan Kim min-raised to 5,000 from the hi-jack and got small blind Joey Weissman and big blind Ryan Anthony Pignatelli to join along. The three players were peeled a flop of 6♠ 4♠ Q♦. Weissman led out with 5,000 and was called by Pignatelli. Kim, however, played with his chips and three-bet 17,000 to the pot. Weissman made the call while Pignatelli stepped aside. Both players checked their action on the 2♥ turn and saw a T♥ river. Weissman fired 14,000 and Kim made the quick call. At the show-card moment, Weissman turned over K♠ 7♠ for a busted flush draw and a king high. Kim showed A♦ Q♥ for a top pair of queens.

With the action folded to American Joey Weissman, he makes a raise to 4,500 but gets re-raised to 18,000 by Troy McLean of Australia. Weissman makes the call.

The flop is 3♠ J♦ 5♦ as McLean continues for another 7,000. Weissman calls. The turn is the 2♦ and this, the Australian checks. Weissman takes over the betting lead for 15,000. McLean makes the call. The river is the A♠ as McLean checks anew. Weissman bets 60,000--putting his opponent all-in. McLean calls.

Weissman turns over A♣ J♠ for top pair on the flop and two pairs on the river. McLean shows T♦ T♥ and is out, for now.