APT Main Event (85,000 PHP)

Gerardo Lubas opened for 80,000 from the hijack and faced a three-bet from Mike Takayama in the small blind. Lifu Huang folded on the big blind, bringing the action back to Lubas, who responded with a re-raise to 600,000. Takayama then shoved all-in for 1,170,000, and Lubas snap-called, covering him.

Mike Takayama: A♣ K♥

Gerardo Lubas: J♥ J♦

The dealer revealed a flop of 5♦ 6♦ K♣ , giving Takayama top pair and putting him ahead of Lubas' jacks. The turn brought the A♦ , further strengthening Takayama’s lead and leaving Lubas needing a jack for a set.

The river 2♣ didn’t bring Lubas his out, securing the pot for Takayama and doubling him up.

Gerardo Lubas made it 65,000 from early position and Mike Takayama called from the cutoff. Kazuhiro Shirazawa then three-bet to 265,000 from the small blind. Lubas then shoved for almost 500,000, Takayama folded, and Shirazawa called.

Gerardo Lubas: K♥ K♣

Kazuhiro Shirazawa: Q♦ Q♣

Lubas was the at-risk player, but he held a huge lead with an overpair. The board of T♠ 7♣ 5♥ 3♥ J♥ never brought an upset, and Lubas doubled up.

Day 2 of the APT Manila Main Event is underway with the 369 qualifiers from Day 1 already taking their seats here at the Grand Ballroom in the City of Dreams, Manila. A few players were still able to meet the registration deadline, so expect that number of Day 2 participants to improve.

Meanwhile, there is a feature table that will be streaming at the following links:

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The players at that table are Sean Ooi, Jemar Cadangdang, Will Ysmael, Martin Gonzales, Gerardo Lubas, David Wang, Hishashi Yamanouchi and Joseph Cheong.

Joseph Cheong has the biggest stack on the table with 189,900. Cheong recently won the APT Superstar Challenge taking home an APT trophy and a champion's payout of a little over PHP 8 Million. Cheong has some stiff competition at the table.

Australian David Wang has the shortest stack in the table, but will be looking to make a strong run. Want has made 2 final table appearances already in this APT Manila series, including a runner-up finish at the ₱ 120,000 No Limit Hold'em - High Roller Double Stack,.

Martin Gonzales of the Philippines has a stack of 69,200, and will hope to improve that to add another cash to has 30 ITMs this 2024 alone.

Featured Table Starting Chip Counts

Gary Thompson opened the button to 1,200 only to be jammed by Gerardo Lubas from the big blind for around 5,200. Thompson called to put Lubas at risk.

Gary Thompson: 9♥ 8♥

Gerardo Lubas: 3♣ 3♥

The board ran out J♠ 6♥ Q♣ A♣ 6♦ , bringing no help to Thompson and shipping the pot to Lubas for a much-needed double up.

With around 45,000 in the pot on a board of J♥ 4♥ 6♣ A♠ 5♠ Both Ilia Drobin on the button and Ramos Soriano checked the river for a showdown. Both showed a lot of hearts with Drobin's A♥ 7♥ catching the top pair against the K♥ 9♥ of Soriano who missed the flush.

"Good thing I didn't flush," Soriano quipped.

On the following hand, the pot reached around 25,000 on a board of Q♠ T♠ 5♣ 9♦ 6♠ Both checked the river with Drobin flipping over a K♠ 8♠ , hoping to draw a bet from Gerardo Lubas, who sniffed something fishy and checked his 9♣ 9♥ .

Lubas beamed, "I had a feeling you were on a flush."