Day 8 - October 25, 2024
A Dominated Joseph Cheong Still Busts Kyung Ho Moon
Flight A PokerStars Red Dragon (PHP 25M GTD)
Blinds: 1,000/2,000 Ante 2,000 (Level 12)
Joseph Cheong made a min-raise to 4,000 and was called by the hi-jack and the cut-off. However, Kyung Ho Moon at the big blind made an all-in re-raise for his remaining 16,000. Cheong isolated by also pushing all-in.
Cheong's hand was dominated pre-flop and certainly wasn't the favorite, but Cheong flopped a set and killed all hope for Moon at the turn, also eliminating him from the tournament.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
JC Joseph Cheong | Q♣J♣ | 46,000 |
KH Kyung Ho Moon | A♠Q♥ | busted |
Day 6 - October 23, 2024
APPT Super High Roller - Day 2 Begins - Reg Stilll Open

Buy in: PHP 700,000 (~US$ 12,100)
Entries: 15
Prize pool: PHP 9,879,450 (~US$ S$ 170,70)
ITM: 3
Payouts
1st PHP 4,939,450
2nd PHP 2,960,000
3rd PHP 1,980,000
Chips in play: 3,500,000
Average stack: 350,000
Opening Blinds: 4000-8,000 ante 8,000
Player | Chips |
---|---|
DN Daniel Neilson | 627,000 |
WC Webster Chin Wei Lim | 496,000 |
JC Joseph Cheong | 454,500 |
MR Marc Rivera | 420,000 |
DN Dominik Nitsche | 357,000 |
EG | 341,000 |
SC Stevan Chew | 312,000 |
PP Punnat Punsri | 250,000 |
GS Georgios Skarparis | 250,000 |
LE Lester Edoc | 250,000 |
VH Vincent Huang | 131,000 |
MT Mike Takayama | 113,500 |
Day 5 - October 22, 2024
APPT Super High Roller - End of Day 1

Buy in: PHP 700,000 (~US$ 12,100)
Guarantee: PHP 15,000,000 (~US$ 262,000)
Entries: 13
ITM / Bagging time: 9 players
Chips in play: 3,250,000
Average stack: 361,111
Blinds: 1000-1500 ante 1500
Player | Chips |
---|---|
DN Daniel Neilson | 627,000 |
WC Webster Chin Wei Lim | 496,000 |
JC Joseph Cheong | 454,500 |
MR Marc Rivera | 420,000 |
DN Dominik Nitsche | 357,000 |
EG | 341,000 |
SC Stevan Chew | 312,000 |
VH Vincent Huang | 131,000 |
MT Mike Takayama | 113,500 |
APPT Super High Roller - 7 Entries At The Break

Buy in: PHP 700,000 (~US$ 12,100)
Starting stack: 250,000 (~US$ 4,320
Level increases: 45 minutes
End of Registration: start of Level 10 / 11:00pm
Current entries: 7
Chips in play: 1,750,000
Average stack: 291,667
Level 5: 1,000 / 2,500 ante 2,500
Top Stacks
Player | Chips |
---|---|
DN Daniel Neilson | 584,000 |
SC Stevan Chew | 271,000 |
DN Dominik Nitsche | 259,500 |
JC Joseph Cheong | 136,500 |
APPT Super High Roller - Early Arrivals
Player | Chips |
---|---|
JC Joseph Cheong | 250,000 |
SC Stevan Chew | 250,000 |
DN Daniel Neilson | 250,000 |
DN Dominik Nitsche | 250,000 |
EG | 250,000 |