APPT Manila Championship (165,000 PHP)

Li Xinjing of China opens the action from UTG with a raise to 45,000 and it gets folded all the way around to the SB of Korea's Lee Sunghak who makes the call.

The flop comes A♠ 6♠ J♥ as Lee checks. Li continues betting for 45,000 anew and gets called. The turn is the 2♦ and this, but players check. The river is the 4♣ as this time Lee leads out for 120,000. Li goes into the tank and is forced to use one Time Bank card before deciding to make the call.

The Korean tables K♥ T♥ for a missed gutshot while Li shows A♥ 8♥ for top pair on the flop. The botched steal attempt on the river now reduces Lee's stack to less than six BBs.

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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

Korea's Lee Sunghak raises from the +2 position to 32,000 and gets called by Ngo Hieu and his monster stack on the D.

The flop comes T♥ 2♦ J♣ . Lee CBets to 30,000 and gets called by his Vietnamese opponent. The turn is the T♦ and this time, Lee opts to check. Ngo now takes the betting lead away from his Korean opponent by firing 70,000. Lee still calls. The river is the 7♣ as Ngo bets 180,000 and sends Lee into the tank. He excruciates on his decision so long that costs him two Time Bank cards. The Korean eventually folds.

Ngo is now contending for th overall chip lead with this win.

Here are the top ten stacks presently:

Lee Sunghak min-raised to 8,000 from under the gun and then called the three-bet to 24,000 by Stevan Chew on the hi-jack. Both players are peeled a flop of Q♣ T♦ 9♦. Both players checked to see a free T♥ on the turn. Sunghak check-called Chew's 36,000 bet to lead to a J♠ river Sunghak checked, then couldn't match the 124,000 all-in shove by Chew.

In a battle of the blinds, small blind Guy Taylor raised to 8,000 with Lee Sunghak defending the big blind with a call. The flop arrived K♦ 4♣ Q♦ with Lee folding to Taylor's 6,500 bet.

A♠ if still steaming from the previous hand, Jordan Westmorland of the United States makes a UTG raise for 5,000 and is called in the D by nemesis Lee Sunghak of Korea. However, local prospect Darren Yu 3-bets from the BB to 20,000. Westmorland opts to fold but Lee stays in.

It is heads up to the flop of 6♣ J♥ 4♦ as Yu continues barreling for another 20,000. The Korean makes the call. The turn is the J♠ and this time, both check. The river is the 8♣ and both players choose not to engage any further.

Yu shows A♠ Q♦ while Lee flips over 9♠ 9♣ for two pairs, surviving the Yu onslaught.

Korea's Lee Sunghak opens the action from the +1 position with a raise to 4,000 and gets a 3-bet from American Jordan Westmorland in the D. Lee makes the call.

The flop is 2♦ K♦ A♣ as Lee checks. Westmorland CBets to 9,000 and Lee check-raises to 24,000. Westmorland calls. The turn is the 6♦ as Lee bombards again, this time for 55,000. The American still makes the call. The river is the 9♥ to which Lee declares he is all-in for his remaining 67,000. Westmorland ponders for a bit before releasing his hold cards.

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:

Sunghak Lee completed and Juyeol Lee checked for both blinds to see a 3♣ 2♦ K♦ flop. Sunghak Lee led with 1,600 and was called by Juyeol Lee to see a 4♠ flop. Sunghak checked and folded when Juyeol bet out 4,200.