APT Main Event (85,000 PHP)

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:

YouTube

Twitch

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

Jaejoong Kim raised to 1,800 from the hi-jack and Joseph Cheong re-popped to 7,200 from the button. Kim made the call and both were shown a flop of 6♥ 3♥ 4♣ Kim check-called the 8,000 that Cheong fired to see a 9♥ on the turn. Both checked it down all the way to the 8♠ river and beyond. During show-and-tell Kim flipped a J♦ 4♦ for a pair of fours whille Cheong mucked in disgust.