PokerStars LIVE APPT Manila Championship 2024Philippines [PHL]Philippines, Okada ManilaEVENT
2024.10.27 - 2024.10.28
TH
Thijs Hilberts
Taiwan [TWN]Taiwan
Place
14th
Prize
$5,190
Prize (PHP)
₱300,000
Blind level
Level 34: 150,000 / 300,000 ante: 300,000
Entries
1/404
Total Chips
4,040,000
Average
4,040,000

Final Day

Noel ZarateNoel Zarate
10/27/2024, 11:50:20 AM

Thijs Hilberts out in 14th for PhP300,000 (~US$5,190)

Level 23: 10,000 / 25,000 ante: 25,000
Thijs Hilberts - 14th place - PhP300,000 (~US$5,190)

Thijs Hilberts of The Netherlands goes for it all by shoving from the +1 position for his remaining 230,000. Filipino pro Czardy Rivera calls the all-in bet from the HJ.

PlayerHandChips
CR
Czardy RiveraPhilippines [PHL]Philippines
J♣J♠
HJ
955,000(38 BB)
TH
Thijs HilbertsNetherlands [NLD]Netherlands
A♥T♦
UTG+1
busted
Board:4♦6♣Q♣K♣9♥
Czardy Rivera won the pot with Jc Js

It appeared that Hilberts was on his way to pulling off a runner-runner straight but it never got there as Rivera was blocking his outs. The Filipino now also nears the one million chip mark.

Noel ZarateNoel Zarate
10/27/2024, 11:09:19 AM

Li Zhe gets double up off Hilberts

Level 22: 10,000 / 20,000 ante: 20,000
Li Zhe

China's Li Zhe opens the action from the HJ for 40,000 and gets re-raised to 80,000 by Thijs Hilberts of The Netherlands. Li calls.


The flop is 9♥ 2♦ 6♣ as Li checks. Hilberts CBets to 60,000 and Li makes the call. The turn is the 7♣ and suddenly the Chinese player takes the betting lead by firing 50,000. the Dutchman calls. The river is the A♠ . Li checks again and Hilberts goes all-in. Li snap calls for his remaining 165,000.


Hilberts shows the bluff: K♦ T♥ while Li shows A♦ 9♣, rivering the ace and catapulting his chip stack to almost 800,000. Hilberts is down to less than 300,000.

PlayerChips
ZL
Zhe LiChina [CHN]China
760,000(38 BB)
TH
Thijs HilbertsNetherlands [NLD]Netherlands
290,000(15 BB)
Noel ZarateNoel Zarate
10/27/2024, 10:07:01 AM

Leaderboard Update

Level 21: 8,000 / 16,000 ante: 16,000

Here are the top ten so far:

PlayerChips
AB
Alfonso BajaPhilippines [PHL]Philippines
1,150,000(72 BB)
SS
Sergius SantosPhilippines [PHL]Philippines
1,080,000(68 BB)
MS
Martin SedlakGermany [DEU]Germany
832,000(52 BB)
JT
Joshua TjanMalaysia [MYS]Malaysia
830,000(52 BB)
DB
Daniel BenorIsrael [ISR]Israel
790,000(49 BB)
TH
Thijs HilbertsNetherlands [NLD]Netherlands
735,000(46 BB)
RM
Rishi MehraSingapore [SGP]Singapore
710,000(44 BB)
JC
Jose ColadaPhilippines [PHL]Philippines
657,000(41 BB)
TY
Takashi YaguraJapan [JPN]Japan
650,000(41 BB)
CC
Carlos ChangTaiwan [TWN]Taiwan
640,000(40 BB)
Noel ZarateNoel Zarate
10/27/2024, 8:30:46 AM

Thijs Hilbert's set cripples Joemark Vasay's stack

Level 20: 6,000 / 12,000 ante: 12,000
Thijs Hilbert

Thijs Hilberts of the Netherlands goes into a preflop raising battle against Filipino Joemark Vasat with the end result being all their chips going into the pot as Vasay slightly covers the Dutchman.

PlayerHandChips
TH
Thijs HilbertsNetherlands [NLD]Netherlands
8♣8♠
D
544,000(45 BB)
JV
Joemark VasayPhilippines [PHL]Philippines
A♠8♥
SB
6,000(1 BB)
Board:8♦K♣3♥5♠T♣
Thijs Hilberts won the pot with 8c 8s

By getting the case card on the flop to ensure the victory, Hilberts doubles up and all but decimates the Filipino's stack.