APPT Manila Championship (165,000 PHP)

William Ysmael of the Philippines attains his third consecutive scalp after an All-In Preflop (AIPF) situation against the last lady standing in China's Li Yan.

Ysmael's full house on the turn sealed the deal as now only ten players remain. Li becomes the first Philippine millionaire for crashing out in 11th place.

Chinese lady player Li Yan opens from UTG for 60,000 and it gets folded all the way to the blinds where Filipino pro Christopher Mateo 3-bets all-in from the SB for 980,000. Fellow local bet William Ysmael calls from the BB. Li folds.

Mateo had a chance at a bad beat on the turn when he paired his king but Ysmael now reduces the field to just 11 players left.

Filipino pro Christopher Mateo raises from the HJ to 60,000 and gets re-raised all-in by Cho Jaegeol of Korea for 305,000. China's Li Yan makes the call from the BB as Mateo folds.

Hitting a full house on the turn assured the elimination of Cho by Li and the Chinese lady player ups her stack to over a million.

With 16 players reaming, here's where they stand:

Former overall chip leader John Edward Perry of Australia has dropped all the way to eighth place in the first leaderboard update of the day. Fellow Australian Thomas Ward now occupies the top spot as he and Filipino pro Lester Edoc are the only ones breaching the two million chip mark at the moment.

Chip counts at end of Level 22:

The 28 players remaining will reconvene on Saturday (October 26) at 12NN (UCT+8) and will play down to the Final 6 players.

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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

Here are the top ten stacks presently:

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

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

Ashley De Guzman raised 2,700 from UTG+2 and was called by Ting-Yi Tsai at the small blind and Yan Li from the big blind. The three players were unwrapped a flop of 2♠ Q♥ A♠. Action was checked to De Guzman who bet a modest 2,500. Tsai folded but Yan Li stayed on to see a J♥ turn. Li check-called a 5,500 second barrel from De Guzman to see a Q♦ on the river. Yan Li checked. De Guzman counted off 22,000 to put in the middle and Li made the call. De Guzman flipped over A♦ Q♣ for a full house queens over aces. Yan Li tapped nice hand and mucked her cards.

Chun Jun Beum min-raised to 2,000 from under the gun and was called by Yan Li on the hi-jack. Both players saw a flop of A♥ A♦ Q♣. Beum bet out 6,000 and was called by Yan Li. Yan Li also called the 15,000 bet after the 9♠ turn. After the T♠ river, Chun Jun Beum pushed all-in with Yan Li snap calling.

Chun Jun Beum showed J♦ 9♦ while Yan Li showed A♣ Q♥ for the flopped ace boat.

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

After a raise battle, both Itsuki Morita and Yan Li eventually agree to put all their chips at risk. Itsuki Morita with the last 57,000 all-in called by Yan Li.

Itsuki Morita: A♥ A♠

Yan Li: Q♥ Q♣

Board T♠ 6♣ Q♦ 2♦ 6♠

Yan Li spiked one of his two outs to win the huge pot and eliminate Itsuki Morita.

Ashley De Guzman raised to 1,500 from the button and Yan Li defended at the big blind with a call. Both players entered a flop of T♣ 2♦ J♣ . Both players checked to see a 7♦ turn. Yan Li led out with 2,500 and was called by De Guzman to see a 4♦ river. Li bet out again for 5,500 and was called by De Guzman. Li showed 8♠ 9♦ for a seven-to-jack straight while De Guzman mucked.

Shuen Shen three-bet to 1,300 from under the gun and received callers from the button, small blind and big blind for a four-way. The flop opened 4♠ 8♥ A♥ and action was checked all the way to reveal a 2♠ on the turn. Yan Li checked from the small blind and opened up a 2,500 bet from Jose Drilon on the big blind. Shuen Shen made the call, the button folded and Li also completed to reveal and 8♦ on the river. All players checked and showed their hole cards to determine the pot winner.

Shuen Shen: A♦ 3♦

Yan Li: K♥ Q♥

Jose Drilon 7♥ 5♥

The ace top pair of Shen was the only made hand as the others showed busted flush draws.