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:

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

Kyosuke Nagami limped from the small blind, but Hyungjung Kim made it 800 from the big blind. Nagami made the call and both players saw a flop of 7♦ K♣ 3♣ . Nagami check-called the 1,000 bet to lead to a T♣ turn. Both players checked to see a 9♣ river. Nagami bet out 2,600 with Hyungjung Kim making the call. Nagami shows A♠ 2♥ and Kim mucks.

In a pre-flop raise/re-raise situation, both Kyosuke Nagami and Hyungjung Kim finally settled on 7,000 to see a T♣ K♠ T♥ flop. Nagami bet out 4,000 and didn't find any more resistance from Hyungjung Kim.