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Philippines, Okada ManilaEVENT

2024.10.18 - 2024.10.27Add to Calendar

Asia Pacific Poker Tour

Moon Ho Seo

South Korea

Re-Entries

Place

21st

Prize

$8,045

Prize (PHP)

₱470,000

Blind level

Level 26: 25,000 / 50,000 ante: 50,000

Entries

6/416

Total Chips

20,800,000

Average

3,466,667

Day 3

SMPSMP

10/26/2024, 5:57:18 AM

Seo busted by Ysmael on inopportune re-steal attempt

Level 22: 10,000 / 20,000 ante: 20,000

Seo Moon Ho

With the action folded to hm on the D, Filipino pro William Ysmael attempts to steal the ante and the blinds with a raise to 40,000. Folded to the BB of Seo Moon Ho, the Korean 3-bets all-in for his last 195,000. Ysmael makes the snap call.

Player	Hand	Chips
WY William YsmaelPhilippines	A♣K♦ D	1,240,000(62 BB)
MH Moon Ho SeoSouth Korea	K♠5♦ BB	busted

Ysmael is once again moving up in chips, which is bad news for the rest of his table.

SMPSMP

10/26/2024, 4:59:43 AM

Takayama uses rockets to double thru against Seo's Big Slick

Level 22: 10,000 / 20,000 ante: 20,000

Mike Takayama

The action is opened UTG by China's Wu Yuanning for 40,000 but then a re-raise comes from Korea's Seo Moon Ho from the HJ for 500,000. Suddenly, Mike Takayama of the Philippines calls for his remaining 230,000. Wu folds.

Player	Hand	Chips
MT Mike TakayamaPhilippines	A♥A♦ SB	540,000(27 BB)
SM Seo Moon HoSouth Korea	A♣K♠ CO	290,000(15 BB)
YW Yuanning WuChina	UTG	815,000(41 BB)
MH Moon Ho SeoSouth Korea		290,000(15 BB)

Takayam doubles up and Seo's stack falls below the 12 BB threshold.

Blind level

Level 21: 8,000 / 16,000 ante: 16,000

Entries

28/416

Total Chips

20,800,000

Average

742,857

Day 2

SMPSMP

10/25/2024, 6:38:27 PM

28 players remain heading into Day 3

Level 21: 8,000 / 16,000 ante: 16,000

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

Check out the Livestream that begins at 4:00PM.

APPT Manila Championship remaining players:

Player	Chips
JE John Edward PerryAustralia	1,785,000(112 BB)
HN Hieu NgoViet Nam	1,395,000(87 BB)
JW Joey WeissmanUnited States of America	1,330,000(83 BB)
CJ Chun Jun BeumSouth Korea	1,125,000(70 BB)
MS Michael SoyzaMalaysia	1,080,000(68 BB)
JC Justin Chi Jen ChuTaiwan	1,060,000(66 BB)
YW Yuanning WuChina	1,025,000(64 BB)
CJ Cho JaegeolSouth Korea	1,000,000(63 BB)
SL Seokjun LeeSouth Korea	985,000(62 BB)
XL Xinjing LiChina	885,000(55 BB)
WB Wonchul BaeSouth Korea	815,000(51 BB)
TW Thomas WardNew Zealand	800,000(50 BB)
YL Yan LiChina	705,000(44 BB)
WY William YsmaelPhilippines	675,000(42 BB)
LE Lester EdocPhilippines	640,000(40 BB)
JM Joris MichlNetherlands	625,000(39 BB)
CM Christopher MateoPhilippines	600,000(38 BB)
MH Moon Ho SeoSouth Korea	590,000(37 BB)
MG Martin GonzalesPhilippines	535,000(33 BB)
WK Wai Kit Jason LauMalaysia	535,000(33 BB)
AI Alessio IsaiaItaly	510,000(32 BB)
FC Florencio CampomanesPhilippines	445,000(28 BB)
MT Mike TakayamaPhilippines	370,000(23 BB)
LS Lee SunghakSouth Korea	365,000(23 BB)
KH Kevin HaslerSwitzerland	360,000(23 BB)
DY Darren YuPhilippines	255,000(16 BB)
WK Woojin KimSouth Korea	240,000(15 BB)
KK Kim KiyoungSouth Korea	65,000(4 BB)

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

SMPSMP

10/25/2024, 5:33:37 PM

Seo stays alive, outdraws Clarke's Big Slick

Level 21: 8,000 / 16,000 ante: 16,000

Seo Moon Ho

Down to only 118,000 in chips, Korea's Seo Moon Ho shoots for the moon and shove from the +2 position. Patrick Clarke of Ireland calls him in the SB.

Player	Hand	Chips
MH Moon Ho SeoSouth Korea	J♣9♣ MP	268,000(17 BB)
PC Patrick ClarkeIreland	A♦K♦ SB	178,000(11 BB)

Board:5♣7♠4♠J♥4♥

Seo uses his live cards to the hilt as he connects with that jack on the turn to give him a new lease on life.

SMPSMP

10/25/2024, 12:09:46 PM

Ysmael 4-bets two out of hand

Level 18: 4,000 / 8,000 ante: 8,000

William Ysmael

With action folded to him in the D, Seo Moon Ho of Korea raises to 16,000 but Victor Chong of Malaysia re-raises it to 69,000. If that wasn't enough, William Ysmael of the Philippines 4-bets to 135,000.

Both Seo and Chong don't continue in the hand.

Player	Chips
WY William YsmaelPhilippines	780,000(98 BB)
MH Moon Ho SeoSouth Korea	408,000(51 BB)
VC Victor ChongMalaysia	330,000(41 BB)

SMPSMP

10/25/2024, 11:32:01 AM

Seo takes from Saquing

Level 17: 3,000 / 6,000 ante: 6,000

Korea's Seo Moon Ho raises from the +1 position and gets two Filipinos in William Ysmael and Moses Saquing to come along.

The flop is J♣ 7♠ 6♥ as Saquing checks. Seo CBets to 25,000 as Ysmael gets out of the way. Saquing calls. The turn is the T♦ as both players now check. The river is the Q♦ . Saquing checks and Seo fires a 40,000 bet. Saquing folds.

Player	Chips
WY William YsmaelPhilippines	581,000(97 BB)
MH Moon Ho SeoSouth Korea	489,000(82 BB)
MS Moses SaquingUnited States of America	470,000(78 BB)

JJ DuqueJJ Duque

10/25/2024, 10:57:25 AM

Moon Ho Seo Earns From Edilberto Gopez

Level 16: 2,000 / 5,000 ante: 5,000

Moon Ho Seo raised to 11,000 from under the gun and was called by seatmate Edilberto Gopez at UTG+1. Both players were treated to a flop of 5♥ 4♠ J♣. Seo check-called the 10,000 bet of Gopez to lead to the 7♣ on the turn. Seo check-called the 35,000 bet of Gopez to see a 8♠ river. Seo led out with 110,000 and Gopez surrendered.

Player	Chips
MH Moon Ho SeoSouth Korea	480,000(96 BB)
EG Edilberto GopezPhilippines	320,000(64 BB)

Blind level

Level 11: 1,000 / 1,500 ante: 1,500

Entries

59/165

Total Chips

8,250,000

Average

139,831

Day 1A

JJ DuqueJJ Duque

10/23/2024, 4:34:03 PM

Patrick Clarke Sends Moon Ho Seo Home

Level 11: 1,000 / 1,500 ante: 1,500

With just around 20 big blinds remaining, Moon Ho Seo pushed his last 35,000 all-in and was called by the monster stack of Patrick Clarke.

Patrick Clarke: 8♠ 8♥

Moon Ho Seo: A♦ 4♠

Board 9♥ T♦ J♣ 2♥ 8♦

Clarke's pocket eights improve to a set on the river, ending the run of Moon Ho Seo.

Player	Chips
PC Patrick ClarkeIreland	356,000(237 BB)
MH Moon Ho SeoSouth Korea	busted

JJ DuqueJJ Duque

10/23/2024, 1:06:51 PM

Moon Ho Seo Wins Some From Georgios Skarparis

Level 8: 500 / 1,000 ante: 1,000

Renniel Galves min-raises from the cutoff with Georgios Skarparis calling from the small blind and Moon Ho Seo defending at the big blind. The flop lands 2♣ K♠ 6♣ with all three checking to see a free T♥ on the turn. Skarparis leads out with 3,500 with only Moon Ho Seo making the call to see a 3♦ o the river. Both players check it down. Skarparis shows a Q♦ J♦ for an almost straight while Moon Ho Seo turns over K♥ 9♥ for a top pair of kings.

Player	Chips
GS Georgios SkarparisGreece	161,900(162 BB)
MH Moon Ho SeoSouth Korea	70,000(70 BB)
RG Renniel GalvesPhilippines	35,500(36 BB)