APPT Manila Championship (165,000 PHP)

Saquing is the finally casualty of Day 2 as after this hand, it became an uneventful end to an otherwise highly eventful day of competition,

The action is folded to the D where Joey Weissman of the United States makes a raise to 32,000. He gets re-raised by American resident Moses Saquing on the BB to 100,000. Weissman makes the call.

The flop is 3♠ 8♥ J♥ as Saquing CBets to 55,000. The American makes the call. The turn is the 5♠ . Saquing checks and Weissman takes the betting lead by firing 100,000. Saquing moves all-in and Weissman calls for his tournament life.

Saquing shows A♠ 8♠ for top pir on the flop while Weissman flips over 5♣ 5♦ for a set on the turn.

The river card is the 3♦ as Saquing loses more than half his stack in that pot.

Here are the top ten stacks presently:

Folded to him in the HJ, South Africa's Edgar Antezana moves all-in for his tournament life with his remaining stack of 71,000 and gets a call from Filipino pro Moses Saquing from the United States.

Saquing goes on to outflop Antezana and eliminate the South African.

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.

The action is getting more tense at the PokerStars poker room at Okada Manila with the action of Day 2 at the APPT Manila Championship about to reach the bubble. 16 one-hour levels have been played so far and 75 players of 416 entries are still competing for a chance to take a chunk from the PHP 59,922,720 (~US$ 1,027,000) prize pool. 63 players will be guaranteed a payout, and there is still a lot of poker to go.

Australian John Edward Perry currently stands out as the chip leader from the 75 players that remain with 963,000 chips. Korean Kim Kiyoung has been consistent and ranks second with 700,000. Irishman Patrick Clarke holds the third spot with 630,000 so far.

APPT Manila Championship (Day 2, October 25)

Date/s: October 23 to 27, 2024

Buy in: PHP 165,000 (~US$ 2,850)

Prize Pool: PHP 59,922,720 (~US$ 1,027,000)

Entries: 416

Starting Stack: 50,000

Average Stack: 277,300

Blinds: 2,000/5,000 Ante 5,000

Remaining players: 75

ITM: 63

Moses Saquing raised to 27,000 from the hi-jack and called the 48,000 re=raise by Will Ysmael on the big blind to enter a flop of 9♠ 4♠ A♥ . Saquing checked then folded, unwilling to match the 27,000 bet of Ysmael.

Two Day 1 flights including some last minute Day 2 registrants brought the final total entries to 416, each of whom coughed up the buy-in of PHP 165,000 (~US$ 2,850) to take part in APPT Manila Championship main event. The total entries built the prize pool to PHP 59,922,720 (~US$ 1,027,000), surpassing the PHP 55,000,000 guarantee. 102 players are still competing with 63 guaranteed a minimum payout of PHP250,000 (~US$ 4,285). Of course, all eyes are focused on the grand prize of PHP 11,610,000 (~US$ 200,000).

Of the 102 players remaining, Moses Saquing of the Philippines stands as the chip leader with 744,000 chips. Flight B chip leader Kim Kiyoung is staying on course with the second biggest stack with 711,000. Rounding up the top three is John Edward Perry with 538,000. 14 Levels have been played so far with 7 more to go before the survivors bag their chips for another leg on Day 3 tomorrow. There's still a lot more poker and anything can happen.

APPT Manila Championship (Day 2, October 25)

Date/s: October 23 to 27, 2024

Buy in: PHP 165,000 (~US$ 2,850)

Prize Pool: PHP 59,922,720 (~US$ 1,027,000)

Entries: 416

Starting Stack: 50,000

Average Stack: 203,900

Blinds: 1,500/3,000 Ante 3,000

Remaining players: 102

ITM: 63

Will Ysmael made the min-raise to 6,000 from the hi-jack and was called by Julian Warhurst on the button. Big blind Moses Saquing pumped up the flop fee to 26,000. Ysmael folded, but Warhurst stayed on to see a 4♠ 6♥ 2♠ flop. Saquing laid out a 16,000 bet and Warhurst took a moment before making the call. A T♠ showed on the turn. Saquing checked and Warhurst fired 24,000 in the middle. Saquing surrendered and awarded the pot to Warhurst.

Will Ysmael made a raise to 5,500 from under the gun and was called by Moses Saquing on the button and the big blind player. All three enter a flop of 7♦ T♦ 6♦. The big blind and Ysmael check their option to Saquing, who makes an 11,000 bet. The big blind stayed away while Ysmael made the call to see a J♣ on the turn. Ysmael check-called the 25,000 bet of Saquing to se a 3♥ on the river. Ysmael checked again and Saquing counted out 55,000 to push into the middle. Ysmael gave it some thought and eventually made the call.

Saquing showed T♣ T♠ for a set of tens. Ysmael shrugged and threw the cards into the muck.

Here are the present chip leader as registration is set to close after the current break.

APPT Championship Chip Leaders:

After the storm in the city subsided, so did the action settle down at Okada Manila where Flight B of the APPT Manila Championship concluded for the day. 194 entries made the buy-in of PHP 165,000 (~US$ 2,850) to compete for their share of the PHP 55,000,000 (~US$ 960,850) guaranteed prize pool. 80 players were still on their seats to bag their chips at the end of 11 levels and nearly 12 hours of poker. Those 80 players will be back tomorrow to compete again in the Day 2 leg and will be joined by the 59 players who advanced from Flight A.

Among the 80 survivors of Flight B, it was Kim Youngkim of South Korea who bagged the largest stack with 452,500 chips. Moses Saquing of the Philippines was at a distant second with a very healthy 295,000. Rounding up the top three chip leaders is American John Joseph Panish who bagged 277,500 to carry onto 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: 194

Starting Stack: 50,000

Average Stack: 116,867

Blinds: 1,000/1,500 Ante 1,500

Remaining players: 80

Meanwhile here are the top 10 chip counts

Moses Saquing at UTG and seatmate Youngjun Lee at UTG+1 were flirting with raises until they finally agreed to put up 21,000 each to see a flop of 3♠ 5♠ K♣ . Saquing bet out 5,500 and was called by Lee to see a J♦ on the turn. Saquing slowed down with a check and called the 13,000 bet by Lee to see a 4♥ on the river. Saquing checked in the hopes that Lee would bet, but Lee checked behind for a show-cards moment. Saquing turned over K♥ K♦ for a set of kings. Lee chucked his cards to the muck.

In a battle of the blinds, Michael Soyza made a raise to 4,000 from the small blind with Moses Saquing making the call to defend the big blind. The flop presented 3♠ A♠ 4♣. Soyza led out with 3,000 and called Saquing's re-raise to 8,500 to see a K♥ on the turn. Soyza checked then re-raised all-in for 45,000 after Saquing bet out 15,500. Saquing snap called.

Michael Soyza: A♥ T♦

Moses Saquing: 4♥ 4♣

Soyza was drawing dead. The A♣ on the river improved Soyza to a set, but gave Saquing a four boat over aces to knock out Soyza.

Despite the stormy weather, 166 poker hopefuls at Okada Manila still made the PHP 165,000 (~US$ 2,850) buy-in to participate in Flight B of the APPT Manila Champion, which is guaranteeing a prize pool of at least PHP 55,000,000 (~US$ 960,850). 112 survivors still remain and will play until the end of Level 11 where those still with chips get to bring them over for the Day 2 leg tomorrow.

Yan Li of China holds the biggest stack so far with 208,500 chips. Sanjeev Kapoor has the next big stack with 181,000 while Patrick Crivell rounds up the top three with 172,000.

Date/s: October 23 to 27, 2024

Buy in: PHP 165,000 (~US$ 2,850)

Guarantee: PHP 55,000,000 (~US$ 960,850)

Entries: 112/166

Starting Stack: 50,000

Siddharth Karia raised to 1,400 from the hi-jack and called the 3,200 re-raise of Moses Saquing from the small blind to see a T♥ 4♠ 2♣ flop. Saquing led out with 3,300 and was called by Karia to see a 5♠ on the turn. Saquing bet out 9,000 this time and still got Karia to call to see a 4♥ on the river. Saquing fired another 60,000, but Karia didn't want to risk any more.