APT Main Event (85,000 PHP)

Hand 123 Lee opened the button with K♥ 9♣ and took down the pot.

Hand 124 Antezana limped and Lee put him effectively all-in. The button folded.

Hand 125 Lee limped from the button and Antezana checked his options. Both players saw a flop of A♥ 4♠ 4♦ , the big-blind checked and Lee put out a 500,000 bet. Antezana called with 8♣ 4♣ . The T♥ on the turn went without any action. The river brought the J♣ and Lee went for a 700,000 bet. Antezana clicked it back to 1,500,000 which was enough to take down the pot.

Hand 126 Antezana completed and Lee checked his big-blind. Both players checked the Q♣ 6♣ 4♦ flop. On the 3♠ turn Lee led out for 750,000. The button called and the river was the 6♠ . Both players checked and Lee tabled Q♠ T♥ for the winning hand.

Hand 118 Edgar Antezana raised to 1,000,000 and Daniel Lee called. On the flop of 2♥ 4♣ A♠ , both checked through to see the Q♦ turn, which Lee checked to Antezana, who bet 900,000. Lee folded.

Hand 119 Lee called and Antezana checked. On the flop of 4♦ 5♥ T♦ , the two checked. The 4♣ fell on the turn, and Antezana checked to Lee, who bet 500,000. Antezana dropped in a call. The river showed T♥ , where Antezana bet 700,000. Lee folded.

Hand 120 Antezana folded and Lee collected the pot.

Hand 121 Lee called and Antezana checked. On the flop of Q♣ 6♥ A♦ , Antezana check-folded after Lee bet 500,000.

Hand 122 Antezana called and Lee checked. On a flop of Q♦ K♦ 3♣ , Lee check-folded after Antezana bet 600,000.

Hand107 Daniel Lee limped in and Edgar Antezana checked. A flop rolled of 5♥ T♣ 9♣ , and Antezana checked to Lee, who bet 500,000. Antezana called to see the 2♥ turn, where Antezana check-caled again after Lee bet 1,100,000. The river showed 4♦ , and Antezana bet 2,00,000. Lee snap-called. Lee tabled T♠ 7♠ for a flopped pair of tens to rival the pair of nines from Antezana’s 9♦ 8♥ .

Hand 108 Antezana limped in and Lee called to see a flop of T♠ K♣ 6♣ , where Lee checked to Antezana, who bet 600,000. Lee called. The Q♥ hit on the turn, and the action went check-check. The river brought the K♥ , and Lee bet 900,000. Antezana folded.

Hand 109 Lee called and Antezana checked to see the flop of 7♣ J♦ , and both checked through to see a 5♦ fall on the turn, where the action went check-check again. The river showed 7♦ , and the two decided to check to a free showdown. Lee tabled king-three for king-high against eight-deuce from Antezana.

Hand 110 Edgar Antezana called on the button and Daniel Lee checked form the big blind. On the flop of 2♦ A♠ A♥ , Lee checked to Antezana, who bet 900,000. Lee folded.

Hand 111 Lee raised to 1,000,000 and won the pot.

Hand 106 Antezana limped in with T♠ 3♠ and Lee checked with K♦ 5♦ .

On the flop of J♦ 7♦ 9♠ , bringing a flush to Lee, both players checked it through to see the 3♣ turn, where the action went check-check again.

The river brought a 3♦, completing Lee’s flush and he bet 800,000. Antezana raised to 2,000,000. Lee then three-bet to 6,000,000. Antezana four-bet shoved for 28,000,000. Lee called and collected his double up.

Hand 105 Daniel Lee limped and Edgar Antezana raised to 1,000,000. Lee called. Antezana checked the flop Q♣ 4♦ 2♠ , likewise did Lee. The turn J♣ was the turn, Antezana checked once more, and Lee went for a 700,000 bet. Antezana raised it to 2,000,000 and Lee made the fold.

Antezana will be heading with a two-to-one chip lead into the next break.

Hand 87 Daniel Lee opened T♦ T♥ on the button. Edgar Antezana three-bet his K♦ Q♣ to 1,800,000. Lee responded with a big four-bet to 6,000,000. Antezana made the call. The flop came 4♥ 4♦ 2♥ , Antezana checked, and Lee put out a 4,500,000 bet. Antezana threw his hand into the muck and Lee overtook Antezana as the chip leader.

Hand 88 Antezana completed and Lee checked. The flop came down J♠ 6♥ 3♥ and both players checked. Lee checked once more on the A♥ turn, but Antezana made a 600,000 bet. Lee called. The river brought the 2♠ and both players checked.

Edgar Antezana: J♥ 4♦

Daniel Lee: 9♥ 3♦

Hand 89 Lee opened from the button and the big blind made the call. The flop read A♣ 9♣ 7♥ and Lee continued with a 600,000 bet and took down the pot.

Hand 77 Daniel Lee raised to 770,000 on the button and won the pot.

Hand 78 Edgar Antezana raised to 750,000 and Lee called. On the flop of T♠ Q♦ 3♦ , both checked through to see the 3♠ turn, where Lee checked to Antezana, who bet 500,000. Lee called. The river came J♥ , and the action went checked. Antezana showed A♦ 6♣ for ace-high against Lee’s king-seven.

Hand 79 Lee limped in on the button and Antezana checked to see a flop of 6♣ K♥ 3♣ , which Antezana bet 500,000 and Lee put in a raise to 1,200,000. Lee then three-bet to 3,000,000. Antezana folded.

Here's the heads-up chip counts for Edgar Antezana and Daniel Lee.

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Hand 76 Edgar Antezana opened from the button and, from the small-blind, John Constiniano moved all of his 5,300,000 chips into the middle. Antezana did not waste any time and called.

John Constiniano: K♦ 9♦

Edgar Antezana: A♦ 7♣

The flop gave both players a sweat as it came out 8♥ 7♦ 6♣ . The 6♦ on the turn gave additional outs to the Filipino player, but the A♣ on the river sealed his fate.

Hand 66 Four handed Ferdinand Lu opened from the button and Daniel Lee defended his big blind. The flop came out T♥ 7♦ 6♦ and Lu continued with a 650,000 bet, to which Lee responded with a raise to 2,000,000. Lu moved all-in, totaling 6,300,000 chips. Lee made the call.

Ferdinand Lu: 5♦ 4♦

Daniel Lee: A♦ 3♦

The turn brought the 6♠ and Lu needed to hit one of his outs on the river to stay alive. He did not though, as the 2♠ hit the river.

The final six players are on their first break of the day. Action will resume in 15 minutes.

Here are the current chip counts:

Hand 31 John Costiniano opened the action to 400,000 from early-position and Renji Mao moved all-in on the button for 2,900,000. Costiniano made the call and Renji's tournament life was at risk.

Renji Mao: 5♥ 5♣

John Constiniano: J♦ J♣

The board Q♦ T♥ 3♥ 9♣ 6♦ did not bring any help to Mao, who finished the tournament in 7th place.

Hand 24 John Costiniano opened up the action in early-position. Sitting in the small-blind Vincent Huang had a stack of around 2,900,000 and decided to move all-in. Costiniano quickly made the call.

Vincent Huang: A♦ 5♦

John Costiniano: A♣ K♣

The board ran out J♠ J♣ Q♠ T♦ 7♥, busting Vincent Huang in 8th place for PHP 1,725,000.

Hand 10 From middle-position Vincent Huang opened the action with a min-raise to 240,000. Sandagdorj next to him made the call. On Q♠ 9♠ 2♥ Huang did not continue and check. Holding 7♠ 7♥ the Mongolian player put out a 250,000 to which Huang folded.

Hand 11 From early-position Antezana opened 7♥ 7♣ and it folded around to Costiniano in late-position who put out a three-bet to 720,000 with Q♣ J♣ . Antezana folded his pair.

Chip Counts:

The Final Table of the record-breaking APT Manila 2024 Main Event is set, with Daniel Lee from the United States in the lead holding 6,620,000 in chips. The final nine players have outlasted 1,081 entries—the largest field in APT tour history—to compete for a share of the biggest guaranteed prize pool of PHP 100 Million (~$1.7 million) in Philippine poker history. They will battle it out on the final day for the prestigious 24K Lion trophy and the top prize of PHP 18,060,000 ($307,020).

The day started with 48 players returning to the field, and after seven 60-minute levels of intense play, the final table was reached. Former APT Champion Mike Takayama came tantalizingly close to securing a spot at the final table and vying for a historic third APT Main Event title but ultimately fell just short, exiting in 13th place.

Other notable players who didn't make it included Alex Chong (30th), Lester Edoc (39th), Ronnie Tate (40th), Joonhee "Steve" Yea (41st), and Renniel Galvez (47th).

Lee took the lead by eliminating SJ Kim in a pivotal hand, where his king-queen offsuit managed to stay ahead, even though Kim’s queen-eight suited held multiple outs. Lee’s turn catch of a king sealed Kim’s fate and knocked him out of the tournament.

Close on Lee’s heels is South Korea’s Gab Kim, who steadily built his stack after claiming a significant pot from Edgar Antezana, hitting a broadway straight to secure his edge.

Day 3 chip leader and WSOP bracelet holder Renji Mao remains in the mix, having doubled his stack from the start of the day to enter tomorrow’s final battle with 4,660,000 chips.

The chip counts of the final nine players are listed below.

Here are the payouts for the final table.

With the biggest stack only double the shortest, it’s an open contest heading into the final day. Join us for the thrilling conclusion of the APT Manila Main Event, where a new champion will be crowned.

The action gets underway at 11am local time and live updates will be posted here. The action will also be streamed live (with a 30-minute delay) and you can tune in by clicking through the following channels.

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The final table of the APT Main Event is set!

Stay tuned for a recap of the day's action.

Edgar Antezana, being the chip leader of the outer table, had been waiting for the right time to make a move.

Sitting in the big blind, Antezana called a raise from Vincent Huang after everyone else passed the action to him. The flop came down 5♦ 9♦ 9♥ .

Antezana checked the flop, allowing Huang to lead with 175,000. Antezana calmy put 400,000 in the pot, which made Huang look at Antezana and think a bit. After a moment of thought, Huang folded.

Before releasing his hand, he showed Huang one card, the 4♥ , then said, "Is this good enough?" then mucked his hand.

Jaejoong Kim raised to 250,000 from the hijack and was called by Edgar Antezana in the cutoff.

Both players saw a flop of Q♠ A♦ 2♣ where Kim check-called the 400,000 bet of Antezana to see an A♠ on the turn. Kim presented the option to Antezana, who didn't shy away by putting another 800,000 in the middle. Kim folded and Antezana's stack improved some.

Jin Woo Choi made it 120,000 to go from the hijack and Edgar Antezana defended from the big blind.

On the Q♠ T♥ 3♠ flop, Antezana checked and Choi made a bet of 125,000. Antezana quickly called.

An A♣ landed on the turn after Antezana checked, Choi shoved for 355,000. Antezana didn't need to think for too long before he eventually flicked in the call.

Jin Woo Choi: K♥ Q♦

Edgar Antezana: Q♥ T♣

Antezana's two pair was leading at the moment, but Choi did have a number of outs that he could find to survive. However, the 2♣ wasn't one of them, and Choi was eliminated.

With the three table redraw complete, here's an up-to-date chip count along new seat assignments.

Currently, South Africa's Edgar Antezana leads with 5,105,000 chips!

Kim Enriquez opened to 80,000 from early position and Jordan Westmorland made it 225,000 from the hijack. When it got back to Enriquez, he called.

On the 5♦ K♣ 4♠ flop, Westmorland fired 150,000, which got the job done as Kim folded.

That takes Westmorland's stack to around 1,850,000, but the big stack at Table #35 is Edgar Antezana, who has almost 3,000,000 chips right now and is amongst the chip leaders with 30 players remaining.

Day 3 of the PHP 85,000 APT Manila Main Event concluded with 48 players advancing from the original 159 players that started the day. Leading the pack is former APT Single Day High Roller Champion and WSOP bracelet holder Renji Mao, who amassed 2,689,000 chips, one of only two players to exceed the two-million mark, along with Yuhang Chen, who bagged 2,472,000.

A total of 1,081 entries were recorded in the Main Event, making it the largest Main Event field in APT tour history in the Philippines, with the biggest-ever guaranteed prize pool of PHP 100 million (~$1.7 million) in the country. The eventual champion will take home the top prize of PHP 18,060,000 ($307,020).

Vincent Huang, who entered Day 3 as one of the chip leaders, still remains in contention but lost a significant portion of his chips to Chen in a hand where Huang held ace-deuce suited but missed his flush draw against Chen’s two-pair with queen-jack suited on the turn.

Four former APT Main Event champions remain in the hunt for the title and the coveted 24K Gold Lion trophy. Among them are two-time champions Mike Takayama with 977,000, and Lester Edoc, who has a stack of 888,000. Both players have a chance to make history as the first-ever player to win the Main Event three times.

SJ Kim won the Main Event in Macau back in 2016, and brought through a stack of 623,000 after a successful day on the felt. Renniel Galvez, a former APT Philippines Main Event Champion, is also in the mix with a stack of 255,000, determined to become the last player standing. However, he, along with Joonhee "Steve" Yea (252,000) and Ronnie Tate (242,000), who currently sit at the bottom of the leaderboard, will face an uphill battle to catch up to the top prize.

The start-of-day chip leader Zhen Chen came into the day with 1,094,000 chips, but ended Day 3 in the middle of the pack with 776,000.

Other notables to make it through were Gab Yong Kim (1,635,000), Rex David Clinkscales (806,000), Alex Chong (740,000).

The top ten stacks can be found below.

Play will resume at 11AM on Tuesday, November 5, with just over 37 minutes remaining in Level 23. The average stack sits at just under 900,000, which is around 38 big blinds.

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After Ferdinand Lu limped under-the-gun, Evan Barnett opened for 20,000 in middle position and got called by Edgar Antezana in late position and Lu, when action returned to him.

The flop came down K♠ 9♣ 5♠ . Action was passed to Antezana who shot out 25,000. Lu folded bu Barnett made the call. Both players checked the K♥ turn and 8♣ river. Barnett showed J♠ J♣ and Antezana scooped up the pot after flipping over K♦ Q♠ for trips.

There were already around 60,000 chips in the pot on a board of 8♥ 7♦ Q♥ 6♠ when Juns Leong checked it over to Edgar Antezana, who had around 90,000 in front of him across the betting-line. Leong then shoved for around 120,000, and Antezana called off.

Juns Leong: Q♦ 4♠

Edgar Antezana: A♥ 2♠

Leong's top pair was good right now, and he just needed to fade an ace on the river to double up. No three-outer came for Antezana, as the J♦ river earned Leong an early double-up on Day 3.

Good morning, poker fans!

The stage is set, players are ready, and Day 2 of the PHP 85,000 APT Main Event is set to kick off at 11:00 am local time. Survivors from all four opening flights will return to compete together.

After making it through the opening flights, a total of 369 players bagged up their chips and will take their seats in the Grand Ballroom for Day 2. Registration remains open until play starts at 11:00 am. Contestants will play through ten 60-miutes levels untill the bubble burst.

Shortly after registration closes, the payouts will be calculated and converted roughly to USD, then posted on the APT blog.

The top ten stacks going into Day 2 can be found below.

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A total of 249 entries showed up for Flight A of the APT Main for a chance to win their share from the guaranteed PHP100,000,000 prize pool. After ten 60-minute levels of poker action, only 82 players were able to bag up their chips and take them to Day 2 on November 3, 2024.

The Philippines' very own Edilberto Gopez Jr. was the one with the top chip count at the end of the day with a total of 338,900. Gopez Jr. just booked a runner-up cash in The Mystery Bounty Hunter -Sponsored by Natural 8 yesterday, and is in great position to earn another big cash.

South Africa's Edgar Antezana has the second largest stack with 309,700 while South Korea's Jaejoong Kim rounds up the top three with 308,300.

Some of the notable players who also bagged their chips at the end of Flight A included recent APT Manila Single Day High Roller -Freezout champion Nang Quang Nguyen (189,100) and the highly-decorated Mike Takayama (161,000).

Some of the big names that missed the cut included APT Manila Single Day High Roller-Mystery Bounty champion John Matsuda, 2018 WSOP Europe Main Event champ Jack Sinclair and Philippines All-Time Money List Number One Marc Rivera and Number three Lester Edoc.

These players may still be back with three more Day 1 flights to come. Flight B opens tomorrow on 11:00AM, November 2, 2024. On November 3, Flight C kicks off at 11:00AM with the final Flight D dealing at 6:00PM later in the day.

Meanwhile, here are the top ten chip counts of Flight A.

Joseph Cheong opened from early-position, which got answered by a three-bet to 8,000 from Benjamin Kim. Edgar Antezana on the button put in a cold four-bet to 25,000. Kim called and both players went to the flop, which came down J♣ 6♥ 3♠ . Both players elected to check.

The turn brought the K♠ and Kim checked once more. Antezana bet out 25,000, but that was not enough for Kim who raised it up to 110,000. The South African Antezana responded with a quick all-in, which Kim likewise snapped it off.

Edgar Antezana: K♥ K♣

Benjamin Kim: J♥ J♠

Kim was left with only one out, which did not arrive on the river. What a massive cooler, which probably made Antezana the chip leader of Day 1a of the Main Event.