APPT Manila Championship (165,000 PHP)

Korea's Kim Gab Yong makes an early position raise from the +2 position for 10,000 and gets re-raised on the the D of Canadian Benjamin LeBlond to 30,000. In the BB, another Korean in Kim Namhyung 4-bets to 85,000. Gab folds and LeBlond 5-bet shoves for 272,000. Kim makes the call to put the Canadian at risk.

LeBlond shows K♠ K♥ while Kim has one over card with A♠ K♦.

The runout goes: 7♥ 2♦ 8♠ 6♦ J♠ as LeBlond's cowboys allow hm to see more action, Kim, who was once contending for the chip lead, plummets even further down.

Kim Namhyung of Korea raises from the D to 10,000 and gets re-raised by William Ysmael of the Philippines from the SB to 38,000. Kim calls.

The flop is 9♦ A♠ 6♣ as Ysmael fires again for 23,000. Kim makes the call. The turn is the 9♠ and this time both players check. The river is the 5♥ and no more action happens.

Ysmael shows K♥ K♠ while Kim throws his cards into the muck.

Here are the present chip leader as registration is set to close after the current break.

APPT Championship Chip Leaders:

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.

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

Flight A of the APPT Manila Championship has played through 7 levels. 83 players still remain out of 133 total entries, who paid the PHP 165,000 (~US$ 2,850) buy-in for a chance to win a share from the PHP 55,000,000 (~US$ 960,850) guaranteed prize pool.

Georgis Skarparis is the current chip leader with 186,000. Former chip leader Rishi Mehra dropped to second in chips with a healthy stack of 164,400. Edilberto Gopez rounds up the top three with 152,200.

Date/s: October 23 to 27, 2024

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

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

Entries: 83/133

Starting Stack: 50,000

5 levels have been played with a total of 114 entries making the PHP 165,000 (~US$ 2,850) buy-in for a crack at winning a share of the PHP 55,000,000 (~US$ 960,850) guaranteed prize pool. Rishi Mehra maintains the chip lead over the 83 hopefuls still remaining in Flight A with 235,000 chips, and is the only one who has made it over the 200K mark. Georgios Skarparis is at arm's length with 193,100. Completing the top three is Nang Quang Nguyen with 166,000.

Date/s: October 23 to 27, 2024

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

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

Entries: 83/114

Starting Stack: 50,000