APPT Manila Championship (165,000 PHP)

Flight A of the APPT Manila Championship wrapped up after 11 levels and nearly 12 hours of tournament poker. 59 hopefuls out of 165 total entries will be moving on to Day 2, inching their way closer to a payout from the guaranteed prize pool of PHP 55,000,000 (~US$ 960,850). Flight B will play tomorrow with the survivors of those joining the "Flight A Fifty-Nine" for 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: 165

Starting Stack: 50,000

Average Stack: 139,831

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

Remaining players: 59

Here's a look at the Flight A chip counts:

Ting-Yi Tsai min-raised to 3,000 from under the gun and called the three-bet to 10,000 from Thijs Hilberts at the cut-off. Both players see a flop of 2♠ 5♥ 2♥. Tsai check-raises the 9,000 bet of Hilberts to 28,000 and then calls when Hilberts shoves his last 107,400 all-in.

Ting-Yi Tsai: A♥ J♥

Thijs Hilberts: K♦ K♥

Turn and river showed K♣ 6♣ . Tsai missed out on a nut-flush gamble and gets a severely impaired stack while Hilberts makes a set on the turn and holds on to make a huge double up.

Thijs Hilberts made a min-raise from under the gun with 5 players calling behind from the hi-jack all the way to the big blind. 6 players are treated to a flop of A♥ 7♥ Q♣ . Action is checked to Marco Espela at the cut-off who bets 10,000, but is re-popped to 18,500 by Hilberts while everyone else folds. Espela makes the call to see an 8♦ turn. Hilberts shoves all-in for his last 53,700 and Espela doesn't take the challenge.