APPT Manila Championship (165,000 PHP)

Englishman Guy Taylor opens from UTG for 12,000 and gets a call from the CO from Yu Chun Chen of Taiwan.

The flop is A♣ 7♣ 9♥ as Taylor continues betting for 22,000. Yu calls. The turn is the T♣ and this time both players check. The river is the 4♣ . Taylor puts in a measly bet of 8,000 and it's enough to make the Taiwanese player throw his hole cards into the muck.

Yu Chun Chen min-raised to 6,000 from the cut-off and Daniel Neilson defended the big blind with a call. Both players were presented a 3♣ 9♠ 8♣ flop. Neilson check-raised the 10,000 bet of Chen to 25,000. Chen took a moment to count chips and called to enter a 5♦ on the turn. Neilson led out with 32,000 and Chen again made the call to see a 3♥ river. Neilson checked and folded when Chen shoved his remaining 137,000 chips all-in.

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:

Ronald Haverkamp made it 3,300 to play from under the gun. Carols Chang made the call and was also the only caller when Yu Chun Chen four-bet to 13,000 from the small blind. Chen and Chang saw a flop of Q♥ 5♦ A♣. Chen bet out 8,000 and Chang did not respond.