APPT National (60,000 PHP)

Hand #22: Brett Kennedy has it folded to him in the HJ and goes all-in for his remaining 405,000 but on the D Taiwan's Tao Wei Chang makes the call as the blinds go away.

Kennedy flips over 5♥ 5♠ while Chang crushes that hand with K♦ K♠ .

The runout ensues: 3♣ A♣ 7♦ 8♠ 7♠ .

Seven players are left with everyone now guaranteed PhP630,000 (~US$10,900).

With the action folded to him on the CO, Brett Kennedy open shoves his stack but gets a call for his tournament from Filipino pro Czardy Rivera on the D. The blinds fold.

Kennedy shows A♦ 6♥ while Rivera turns over A♠ T♥ .

The board ran: 3♦ Q♥ 8♥ 3♥ T♠ as Kennedy falls below the ten BB mark.

Hand #15: American Brett Kennedy opens from the +2 position for 125,000 and the action gets folded all the way to the BB of Joris Michl of the Netherlands who 3-bet shoves his remaining 555,000. Kennedy makes the call.

Michl shows A♣ J♠ while Kennedy flips over J♥ J♦ .

The Dutchman overtakes the American on the flop 9♣ 9♠ A♦ and stayed ahead when the last two community cards arrived: 6♦ 4♠ .

Hand #7: Brett Kennedy raises from the +2 position to 120,000 but Taiwan's Tao Wei Chang 3-bets it to 355,000. In the BB, Joris Michl of the Netherlands 4-bet shoves all-in. Kennedy gets out of the way as Chang makes the call for his remaining 640,000.

Michl tables A♦ K♣ while Chang shows T♠ T♦ .

The runout goes: Q♣ 7♠ 6♥ 9♣ 3♥ to have Chang dodge all the endangering cards and double up off the Dutchman who loses more than half his stack in the botched flip.

APPT National

Dates: October 21-24, 2024

Buy in: PHP 60,000 (~US$ 1,038)

Guarantee: PhP 15,000,000 (~US$ 262,000)

Total Prize Pool: PhP20,847,240 (~US$358,815)

Entries: 398 (206 unique)

ITM: 60 players

Players remaining: 9

Chips in play: 11,940,000

Average stack: 1,326,667

Level 26: 25,000/50,000 (50,000 BB ante)

Flight A (October 21): 63 entries, 10 qualified

Flight B (October 22): 192 entries, 29 qualified

Flight C - Turbo (October 22): 143 entries, 22 qualified

Day 2 (October 23): 60 players (all ITM)

Day 3 (October 24): 9 players remaining

Philipp Zukernik of Czechia makes a raise from UTG to 85,000 and the action gets folded all the way around to the BB of American Brett Kennedy who chooses to call and the two who tangled just a few hands ago go at it again.

The flop is Q♥ 3♥ 5♣ as Kennedy checks. The Czech player continues for 60,000and gets a call from the American. The turn is the 5♠ and this time, both check. The river is the 2♦ and once again, it goes check-check.

Kennedy tables 7♣ 7♦ . For the second time, Zukernik throws his cards into the muck.

The action is folded to Brett Kennedy of the United States and he raises to 80,000 in the CO. Czechia's Philipp Zukernik calls from the D as the blinds get out of the way.

The flop brings the 2♦ 3♠ J♦ as Kennedy CBets to 60,000 and gets called by Zukernik. The turn is the 7♣ and the American unloads 110,000. Zukernik still sticks around. The river is the 3♥ and this time Kennedy bombs the pot for 155,000. Zukernik does not call.

American Brett Kennedy raises from the HJ to 60,000 and the action is folded around to the BB of Filipino pro Flo Campomanes who defends.

The flop is A♦ 3♣ A♠ as both players check. The turn is the T♥ and Campomanes checks again. Kennedy fires 35,000 as Campomanes calls. The river card is the 4♣ . Campomanes checks a third time and the American puts in a river bet of 115,000.

The next action is a fold by the Filipino who has his stack down to 400,000.

Here's a look at the top stacks before entering the next blind level:

With the action folded to him, American Brett Kennedy raises it to 40,000 from the CO and gets 3-bet all-in by chip-leader Edgar Asehan of the host nation in the BB. Kennedy calls by shoving his last 278,000.

Asehan shows A♣ Q♦ while the American tables Q♥ Q♠ .

The flop of 5♥ K♥ T♦ gave a semblance hope to the Filipino as a gutshot striaght draw appeared. The last two cards are the 6♦ and the K♦ to drop Asehan below one million in chips for the first time in a couple of orbits and have Kennedy averting an assassination attempt.