APPT Main Event (80,000 PHP)

Mid-way into Level 4 and the ₱58 Million guarantee has already been dusted! 253 entries and climbing.. The next target is the APPT Manila Main Event record prize pool of ₱91 Million set last year.

Hao Lin called a raise then called a three-bet from small blind Daehyung Lee to go heads up to the flop Q♦ 8♥ 3♠ . Lee continued for 2500, Lin called. Another 7000 from Lee on the turn 6♥ was called once again by Lin. When the board completed 7♠ on the river, Lee shoved 18,500 and this time Lin tanked first and assessed the action then tossed in the call.

Lee showed A♦ K♠ and busted to Lin's A♣ Q♣ to pair.

The Main Event has entered Level 4 with over 200 entries and rising. Registration stays open until the end of Level 10. There ₱58 Million guarantee will be broken so don't miss out!

Hijack Kristine Flores was among the three players that called Shun Ueda's raise preflop and was the lone caller of the 1100 c-bet on a flop 5♥ 8♦ 7♣ . With the turn 9♣ , Ueda checked but not Flores who bet 1800. Ueda called and the river came 5♦ . Check again from Ueda led to another bet from Flores of 6000. Ueda called once more and showed A♥ 7♦ . Flores had the goods with J♠ T♣ straight.

Yoong Chung Seong had 2-3 offsuit, Lok Ching Li with 5-4 offsuit. The board was 4-J-5-A-K. Li was eliminated. Then jumped back in.

At a separate table, Gyeong Tae Yoo was down to 4 bb and was easily dispatched by Anastasios Pavlou.

After a four-way look at the flop, the hand trims to two players with only Lito Quijano calling Nichols Manalo's 1000 c-bet at the flop Q♦ 3♥ T♣ . Quijano calls again on the turn 2♣ for 2200 then steps on the gas on the river 7♠ shoving 9300 after Manalo's 5500 bet. Manalo lets go of his hand.

Four players contribute 600 to the pot before the dealer spreads the flop K♥ 2♥ 7♠ . Yao Liu continues to lead for 1500 that now only has two players calling, Nazariy Fedyk and Seoha Lee.

More chips go in on the turn T♦ with Liu relentless as he bets 5000. This time Fedyk steals control raising 10,000. This gets a fold from Lee while Liu slides out the added amount. When the river comes 6♣ , Liu passes the betting to Fedyk, he jams and wins the pot without further challenge.

Andrey Cherkashin is the big stack at his table and has been using it to test the table. Three-betting from middle position, Cherkashin gets action from Yuta Sugaya. When the flop comes T♥ K♦ A♥ , Cherkashin continues for 1800 and Sugaya sticks around leading to both players checking the turn 5♣ .

Switching up, Sugaya leads out 2400, Cherkashin challenges with a 5500 raise and it's good for the scoop as Sugaya gives up his stake in the pot.

Upon revealing, Drago sees the bad news and needs some help however it doesn't arrive on the turn 6♣ and river 8♣ to plunge to 11 bb as Matsuda doubles up to 259 bb.

Flight C is poised to be the biggest turnout yet with over 100 entries already and registration open until the end of Level 10.

Looking down at A♣ A♥ , Annie Bordallo three-bets 1800 and gets called by Darius Nass and Jinsung Chung. All three proceed to check down the flop 4♦ T♥ T♠ then Nass leads out the turn 6♠ for 2600. Chung calls while Bordallo boosts it to 7000. This doesn't scare away anyone leading to another check down on the river 6♦ . Nass shows J♠ J♦ , Chung mucks, Bordallo is awarded the pot.

Sergei Korzhenko was just gifted a sweet padding courtesy of Paul Eustacio's failed bluff. Eustacio kicked off the hand with a raise from under the gun then called big blind Korzhenko's three-bet. Seeing a flop T♠ 6♠ 5♣ , Korzhenko slid out 2700 more and Eustacio met it to bring the turn 8♣ .

Again Korzhenko resumed command with bet of 8000 then Eustacio pushed his 24,500 stack. Korzhenko didn't blink and called showing K♠ K♦ overpair. Eustacio had Q♠ J♦ gutshot. With the river 5♥ , Korzhenko shipped it as Eustacio exited the floor.

Leon Steward with full on aggression in this hand raised 300 preflop then four-bet 2200. Anna Albitskaia slowed the action with a call however when the board ran T♠ 8♥ 4♠ J♠ T♦ . Steward was unstoppable, firing 1500, 3000, and 6000. Albitskaia folded to the river bet.

Getting to the table as Andrey Cherkashin is dragging in the pot and Patricio Caalim walking away as the first bust of the flight. We stuck around to see Cherkashin enter the next pot but took a slight dip against Youngsin Ko.

On a raised pot preflop, they checked it to the turn 6♠ T♦ 9♣ A♦ where Ko resumed for 400 that was check-raised by Cherkashin to 2000. Ko called and one more round of betting followed with Cherkashin laying out 3000, Ko called, Cherkashin showed A♠ 8♠ two pair, Ko had better with A♣ K♣ higher two pair on the river.

After Deepak Shekar Shetty's raise was called by two players, he continued for 600 at the flop 9♣ 4♠ J♠ only to be challenged with a raise of 2500 by Jason Ng. Big blind Annie Bordallo gets out of the heat and Shetty sticks around to see the turn A♣ .

Ng tests again with a bet of 3500 and still checker Shetty makes the call. On the river 5♠ , Shetty checks once more, Ng tames the fire and checks then mucks to Shetty's K♠ Q♠ flush.

Following that hand, Shetty defends his big blind and picks up another pot. Holding K♣ 3♦ , he called a three-bet then bet his two pair on a flop 4♦ 4♣ 3♠ . Landing a boat on the turn 3♥ , he checked and Shunsuke Matsue checked back then it was back to betting on the river J♣ for 5000. Matsue called and quickly mucked to the boat.

Xiong Cheng in action with a raise from under the gun, called by Tomoya Irie and Hernando Elmido. On a flop 5♦ K♦ 4♣ , action is checked to Elmid, he takes a stab for 700 and only Cheng wants to take it to fourth street Q♣ . Another check from Cheng brings another bet from Elmido of 1100 and it's enough to scoop it up without further work.

Just minutes after the first deal a pot had built up Table 17 started off by Shin Takahashi that was called by Jeongheon Lee then three-bet to 1100 by Akhil Bahadur. No one backed down to go hunting down the board 3♣ Q♣ 8♥ A♦ 3♦ . They all checked to the river where Takahashi resumed for 800, only Bahadur met it then mucked to Takahashi's A♥ 7♥ .

After a tough day at Flight B, reigning APPT Manila Main Event champion Xiong Cheng is back in the game. We will track his progress throughout the day as he attempts for a back to back title.

Cards now flying at Flight C! 41 players seated on the first deal with registration open for ten levels. Good luck to all!

The 2025 APPT Manila continues today, Saturday, August 2 at Okada Manila with the last two flights of the ₱58 Million (~$1M+) guaranteed Main Event kicking off at 12pm and at 7pm. The past two flights drew a combined 590 entries with 91 players booking their seat to Day 2. Among the crowd were two APPT Main Event champions Christopher Mateo and Yuanning Wu.

The tour's marquee event costs ₱80,000 to enter. This gives players a deep 30,000 stack, equivalent to 150 times the opening 100-100 blinds. For Flight C, blinds increase every 40 minutes which means registration closes at the start of Level 11 at approximately 7:10PM. The evening heat, Flight D is a turbo with blinds escalating every 20 minutes. Late registration closes at approximately 10:50PM. Players that sign up at the very last second will still have a decent 20 bb to work with.

Somuchpoker will be onsite to bring you updates on the action so check back with us from time to time.