APPT Manila Championship (165,000 PHP)

Soyza's botched steal attempt brings his stack down to less than ten BBs.

Malaysia's Michael Soyza opens from the CO for 40,000 and gets re-raised by local pro Lester Edoc on the D for 105,000. Soyza makes the call.

The flop is 3♥ 5♠ 6♦ as Soyza checks. Edoc CBets to 70,000 and the Malaysian check-raises to 200,000. The Filipino then goes into the tank and in his pondering uses one his Time Bank cards to give him 30 seconds more thinking time. Edoc then declares he is all-in now putting the pressure back on Soyza. It takes two Time Bank cards before Soyza ultimately decides to fold.

Edoc breaches the seven figure mark in chips for the first time.

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

Lau catches running cards to stay alive on a sick beat against the Australian.

Nearing the end of his rope, Filipino pro John Tech goes all-in when the action gets folded to him on the D for 97,000. Malaysian poker icon Michael Soyza calls him from the BB.

The ensuing runout had miracle written all over it as Tech stays afloat in the competition.

With the action folded to the CO, John Matsuda of Japan makes a raise to 10,000 and gets called by South African Edgar Antezana in the SB and Malaysian high stakes specialist Michael Soyza in the BB.

The flop is Q♣ A♦ 7♦ as the blinds check. Matsuda continues for 14,000 as Antezana folds but Soyza sticks around. The turn is the 7♥ as Soyza checks and the Japanese player fires again, this time for 35,000. This time, the Malaysian unloads a check-raise to 80,000. Matsuda tanks but folds.