APPT Manila Championship (165,000 PHP)

Tom Verbruggen min-raised to 2,400 and got called by Manish Lakhotia on the button and Terrence Jhon Dizon at the big blind. The three players were presented a flop of 4♣ A♥ T♦ . Action fell to Verbruggen who led out 3,000. Lakhotia called, but Dizon pumped it up to 9,000. Verbruggen made the call along with Lahotia to see an 8♣ on the turn. Dizon pushed 41,000 all-in and didn't find any callers to take down a handsome pot.

Tom Verbruggen raised to 2,300 from the button and Andrej Nagy defended from the big blind. Both players were shown a flop of 7♣ Q♦ A♣. Nagy check-called the 1,800 bet to see a 5♣ turn. Both players checked to see a J♣ river. Nagy check-called the 7,000 bet and mucked his cards when Verbruggen showed a Q♣ 8♥.

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

Tom Verbruggen raised to 1,600 from under the gun with Kolja Lucking defending the big blind. Both players see a flop of A♥ 7♠ 6♦. Lucking check-calls a 1,400 c-bet from Verbruggen to see a T♥ turn. Both players check to reveal a 9♥ on the river. This time Lucking pushes 4,500 and is called by Verbruggen. Kolja Lucing reveals 8♣ 5♣ for a straight while Verbruggen mucks.