APT Main Event (85,000 PHP)

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.

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.

Table 29 turned to a party table as the end of Flight A was winding down. Beers and wine were flowing and lots of laughs and smiles all around.

Jordan Westmorland raised to 3,000 from under the gun with Nellie Park the next seat over making the call.

Park turned to the field reporter (ME) and asked "Are you writing down hands?" to which Westmorland replied. "He's writing down how you get schooled."

Meanwhile, Siyoung Lee also made the call from the button with small blind Gavin Flynn and big blind Joseph Magnotti folding to focus on drinking to the ire of Park.

"It's a cheap raise, you should play," noted Park.

Three players were treated to a flop of A♥ 8♥ 6♣ Westmorland bet 4,500 with Park calling behind. Lee stood down and a 6♠ came on the turn. Both checked to see a free T♣ on the river.

Westmorland fired 10,000 and warned Park not to call. Park did anyway. Westmoland flipped A♦ K♦ and Park mucked, saying "You know I hit the ace. I thought we would split."

But No. Westmorland's king kicker took down the pot.

Schooled.

The action heated up with Jordan Westmorland all-in on a completed board of 3♠ T♠ 8♠ 6♥ K♣ , while Ngo Khoa Anh faced a crucial choice with about 30,000 chips remaining.

Anh took his time considering his options, prompting the dealer to call the clock on him. With just 10 seconds left, he ultimately decided to call for his tournament life.

Ngo Khoa Anh: 5♠ 5♥

Jordan Westmorland: K♠ 6♠

Anh’s pocket fives fell short against Westmorland’s flush, which was already completed on the flop. Consequently, Anh was eliminated, and Westmorland collected the chips.