APPT National

Hand #39: Czardy Rivera of the Philippines opens from UTG for 160,000 and gets 3-bet from the +1 position by Taiwan's Tao Wei Chang to 350,000. The action is then folded to the SB where chip leader Chen Zhen 4-bets to 660,000. Rivera folds. Chang goes into the tank and burns two Time Bank cards before making a 5-bet all-in for 1,650,000. Chen snap calls.

Chang flips over Q♦ Q♣ but to his dismay Chen shows A♣ A♠ .

The first three community cards did not help the Taiwanese player: 7♥ 6♥ 4♦ while the turn card solidified Chang's impending elimination as the A♦ appeared. The T♣ on the river made it official.

The six players remaining are now guaranteed PhP820,000 (~US$14,190).

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).

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