APT Main Event (85,000 PHP)

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.

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!

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.

A full APT Main Event Day 3 Survivor List can be found by CLICKING HERE.

A full APT Main Event Day 4 Seat Draw can be found by CLICKING HERE.

The action unfolded with Ferdinand Lu and Evan Barnett in an all-in showdown, with Barnett at risk for 301,000.

Evan Barnett: 7♥ 7♣

Ferdinand Lu: 9♦ 9♣

Lu’s pocket nines stayed ahead as the dealer revealed a board of T♦ 6♦ J♣ 6♠ . The river brought the 9♠, giving Lu a full house and securing the elimination.

Ferdinand Lu opened for 32,000 in late position and got one caller in Ashby Rivera on small blind to see a flop.

Flop came down J♥ 8♣ J♦ and Rivera check-raised Lu's 20,000 bet to 80,000. Lu flat called. On the K♥ turn, Rivera shoved all-in at risk of ending his tournament journey and Lu snap-called.

Ashby Rivera: 8♣ 8♠

Ferdinand Lu: K♠ K♦

Rivera caught a eights full of jacks on the flop but Lu got kings full of jacks on the turn giving him the higher full house. Once the dealer dealt the Q♦ river, Rivera stood and left the table.

On a pre-flop all-in showdown, Ramdrick Aznar risked his remaining 100,000 chips against Ferdinand Lu.

Ferdinand Lu: A♠ K♣

Ramdrick Aznar: A♥ K♥

Both players showed big slicks, hoping to share the pot, but the 9♣ 5♣ 8♣ gave Lu a flush draw and the 6♣ on the turn completed it, sending Aznar out of the APT Manila Main Event. The 5♦ river was inconsequential.

Ferdinand Lu raised to 7,500 from the small blind and Hyeonho Shin defended from the big blind.

On the flop of 5♣ 9♠ K♦ , Lu bet 5,000 and Shin called to see an 8♣ land on the turn, where Lu checked the action to his opponent. Shin then bet 13,000 and got a call from Lu.

The river brought a board-pairing 8♠ and the action went check-check. At showdown, Lu turned over two pair with A♥ 9♣ , while Shin also flipped over two pair with 9♥ 5♥ , which was not enough to win the pot.

Pei-Hsi Lin min-raised to 5,000 from early position and was called by Ferdinand Lu on the small blind. Jun Obara raised to 17,500 from the big blind, forcing Lin out while Lu dared to keep on to see a flop of 9♦ 5♥ K♥ Lu check-called a 10,500 bet to see a J♠ Once again, Lu check-called the 20,500 bet of Obara to reveal a Q♠ on the river.

Lu took a moment before shoving all-in and Obara almost snap-called even before the dealer could count the exact count. Lu flipped over J♣ T♣ to show a straight while Obara mucked his cards. The dealer announced that Obara's stack was covered and he was on his way to exit.

A player asked, "Don't you have to show cards?" And Obara flipped over some painted cards, which not everyone caught because the dealer was too fast. There were mumblings about a set or a two pair. Whatever it was, it certainly wasn't enough to defeat Lu's straight as Lu makes a huge improvement to his chip count.

Taiki Nakano opened the button to 3,000 and received calls from Ivan Dela Cruz and Ferdinand Lu from the blinds.

Three players checked through the flop of 9♠ 3♥ 6♣ to see an 8♣ drop on the turn, where Dela Cruz bet 6,500, and only Nakano put in a call.

The river brought 2♦ , prompting a bet of 8,000 from Dela Cruz, which forced Nakano throw his cards back to the dealer.