APPT Manila Championship (165,000 PHP)

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.

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

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.

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

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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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.