APT Main Event (85,000 PHP)

Players are on a 15-minute break. 52 players are still playing until there are 48 qualifiers left who will advance to Day 4 of The APT Manila Main Event. All 57 players are guaranteed at least a payout of PHP 265,000 ($4,505).

Some of the recent eliminations were:

Edilberto Gopez Jr. made a 12,000 min-raise from middle position and Finn Penderak defended the big blind with a call. Both players were presented a flop of 3♠ 4♠ 2♦ Penderak check-called the 10,000 bet of Gopez Jr. to see a 5♥ turn. All checked to get a free look at the 6♠ river, making the board a straight. Penderak thought a bit, threw in a Time Bank, and pushed out 100,000. Gopez Jr. folded.

Day 2 of the PHP 85,000 APT Manila 2024 Main Event made tour history, setting a new record for the largest Philippines Main Event field in tour history with 1,081 entries.

China’s Zhen Chen topped the chip counts, amassing 1,094,000 chips and emerging as the only player to cross the million-chip mark.

The day began with 369 players, all vying for a payout spot to earn a share of the Philippines' biggest-ever guaranteed prize pool of PHP 100 Million (~$1.7 Million).

A minimum cash prize was set at PHP 167,000 ($2,840), and by the end of the day, 159 players had secured their place in the hallowed money spots.

The bubble burst quickly, wrapping up in just 15 minutes and concluding the Day 2 action with 42 minutes remaining on the clock on level 17, with Norway's Mikal Blomlie finishing as the bubble boy.

Blomlie’s all-in with pocket sevens was called by South Korea’s Jae Wook Shin, whose Ace-Ten found a pair on the flop, ending Blomlie’s tournament run.

However, Blomlie didn't leave empty-handed, receiving a PHP 20,000 ticket (~USD 340) to Event #81: Double Stack PHP 15,000,000 GTD.

By evening’s end, the remaining players had bagged their chips, all locking up a place in Day 3. With several former APT Champions still in contention, the quest for the PHP 18,060,000 ($307,020) top prize promises to be an intense battle as the tournament action unfolds.

Close behind Chen, former APT High Roller Champion Vincent Huang from New Zealand bagged the second-largest stack with 974,000, while the Philippine’s Lester Edoc followed with 777,000.

Defending APT Mini-Main Event Champion Tom Verbruggen from the Netherlands, who topped the Flight D chip counts, finished with nearly the same stack after surrendering a significant portion of his chips to Chen. Two-time Main Event champion Mike Takayama also progressed to Day 3, sitting in thirteenth with a stack of 495,000.

Other notable players advancing include Thomas Ward (357,000), David "Spade" Erquiaga (331,000), Renniel Galvez (193,000), and Richard Marquez (83,000).

The top ten stacks can be found below.

A full APT Manila Main Event Day 2 Survivor List can be found by CLICKING HERE.

A full APT Manila Main Event Day 3 Seat Draw can be found by CLICKING HERE.

Big-stacked Manh Tuan Nguyen raised to 11,000 from under the gun with action ending up to Yukako Hiroi, who pushed all-in from the small blind for 87,000. Nguyen could make the call with his stack and maybe experiencing a slight scratch, but decided to fold to award the pot to Hiroi.

In the next hand, the big-stacked Edilberto Gopez Jr. made the 10,000 min-raise from the cut-off when Hiroi three-betted to 33,000. Gopez Jr. folded and Hiroi was able to scoop up some more chips to improve her stack to a comfortable spot.

Stay tuned as Hiroi and the rest of her table will be on the APT Main Event featured table. The livestream can be watched here:

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Khoa Ngo Anh made the min-raise of 3,200 and was called by Edilberto Gopez Jr. on the button and Dohwan Kim from the big blind. The dealer presented a flop of 5♥ 9♣ 8♥ Action checked around to Gopez Jr. who put out 6,000. Kim stepped aside while Anh stayed on to see a 7♣ on the turn. Anh check-called the 10,000 bet of Gopez Jr.,. to see a A♠ river. Anh checked and Gopez Jr., checked behind for a showdown. Anh turned over A♣ 6♣ to make a straight while Gopez Jr. mucked.

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.

A full APT Main Event Day 2 Seat Draw can be found by CLICKING HERE.

There will be a feature table for live streaming (with a 30-minute delay), which you can access by clicking the links 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.

Jack Sinclair, who won the WSOP Europe Main Event back in 2018, just clashed in a pot with Edilberto Gopez, who finished second in the Mystery Bounty Hunter event here in Manila just yesterday.

On a flop of Q♦ A♠ 8♠ with around 7,000 in the pot, Sinclair in the big blind check-called a bet of 3,000 from Gopez to see the A♥ pair the board on the turn, where Sinclair went into check-call mode again when Gopez fired 10,000.

A K♦ completed the runout, and both players quickly checked it down with Sinclair showing a pair of queens with Q♥ 5♥ , but Gopez had the winner with trip aces holding A♦ 9♣ for the pot.

It's been a great day for Gopez, who is amongst the chip leaders with a stack of around 240,000 as the last level of the night closes in. Sinclair on the other hand, dropped below starting stack and has close to 35,000 now.

Zhen Chen got the ball rolling with a raise to 1,400 with Edilberto Gopez Jr. making the call from the button. Enrico De Rosa re-popped to 6,700 from the small blind with only Gopez Jr. staying on to see a flop of 8♥ K♠ T♥ De Rosa led with 3,500 and Gopez Jr. stuck around to see a 7♥ on the turn. De Rosa slowed down and gave Gopez Jr. to chance to fire 8,000. De Rosa matched to see a Q♣ on the river. Both checked. De Rosa turned K♣ J♠ and Gopez Jr. mucked.