APPT Manila Championship (165,000 PHP)

Stevan Chew min-raised from under the gun and called the 6,000 three-bet from Seonghun Jeong at the hi-jack. Both players are given a flop of 8♣ 8♥ Q♥ . Chew check-calls the 4,500 bet of Jeong to see a 6♦ turn. Chew check-calls again for 11,000 to see an A♣ on the river. Chew check-raised the 11,000 bet of Jeong for all his chips and Jeong made the call with the last of his 25,000. Chew flipped over A♥ K♦ and Jeong just walked out without even showing his hand.

While a typhoon rages around Manila, the poker action at Okada Manila for Flight B of the APPT Manila Championship is also creating its own storm. 142 entries for Flight B have met the buy-in requirement of PHP 165,000 (~US$ 2,850) in order to compete for a share of the PHP 55,000,000 (~US$ 960,850) guaranteed prize pool. 108 players are still battling it out for a chance to advance to the Day 2 leg tomorrow.

Patrick Crivell sits with the biggest stack at 138,300 and is followed closely by Emmanuel Derecho with 138,000. Rounding up the top three is Marc Anthony Joseph with 136,500, but that's just a spit away for Seonghun Jeong with a near-identical 136,000.

Date/s: October 23 to 27, 2024

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

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

Entries: 108/142

Starting Stack: 50,000

The stormy weather hasn't slowed down the action in Flight B of the APPT Manila Championship here at Okada Manila. So far, there have been 94 entries making the buy-in of PHP 165,000 (~US$ 2,850) to compete for the guaranteed prize pool of at least PHP 55,000,000 (~US$ 960,850). 85 players are still on their seats, hoping to advance to Day 2 tomorrow. Leading the Flight is Japan's Frd Aso Seitaro with a chip stack of 160,000. Not that far behind is Jian Hui Giam with 136,000 chips and Seonghun Jeong with 124,000.

Date/s: October 23 to 27, 2024

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

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

Entries: 85/94

Starting Stack: 50,000

Tetsuya Tsujisaka three-bets to 600 from the hi-jack with Seonghun Jeong making the call from the small blind and a defender form the big blind. Three players enter a flop of 5♣ K♥ J♣ . Action is checked to Tsujisaka, who bets out 2,500 with Jeong the only one making the call to see a 3♥ turn. Both players check to see the T♣ river. The final betting option is checked by both again. Tetsuya Tsujisaka reveals A♥ J♦ and Seonghun Jeong mucks.