Philippines, City of Dreams ManilaEVENT

2024.10.31 - 2024.11.06Add to Calendar

Asian Poker Tour

Lester Edoc

Philippines

Place

39th

Prize

$6,355

Prize (PHP)

₱371,000

Blind level

Level 30: 60,000 / 120,000 ante: 120,000

Entries

9/1,081

Total Chips

43,240,000

Average

4,804,444

Day 4

Janette BeeJanette Bee

11/5/2024, 5:00:26 AM

Costiniano's Ace High Eliminates Edoc

Level 24: 15,000 / 30,000 ante: 30,000

Lester Edoc

Soo Jo Kim opened for 65,000 and got called by John Costiniano from the small blind. Lester Edoc in the big blind jammed all-in for 754,000. Kim immediately folded his hand, while Costiniano, who covered Edoc, threw in two time banks, considering his options. He finally made the call.

Lester Edoc: K♦ Q♣

John Costiniano: A♣ 9♣

The dealer flopped 7♥ J♣ 2♣ , giving Costiniano a flush draw. The dealer continued with a 3♦ turn and a 4♥ river. Despite not getting his flush draw, Costiniano was still ahead with ace-high and scooped the pot, which stripped Edoc of the chance to potentially win his third APT Main Event title.

Player	Chips
JC John CostinianoPhilippines	2,198,000(73 BB)
LE Lester EdocPhilippines	busted

Janette BeeJanette Bee

11/5/2024, 3:55:40 AM

Constiniano Adds Damage To Edoc

Level 23: 12,000 / 24,000 ante: 24,000

John Constiniano

It started out as a friendly quarrel of the blinds with John Constiniano meeting the minimum requirement and Lester Edoc checking from the big blind to see a flop of 7♣ A♦ 6♣ .

Constiniano made a friendly bet of 25,000 and Edoc called to see a 3♠ on the turn. Constiniano turned it up a notch to 90,000, with Edoc then pumping it up to 250,000. Constiniano peeked at his cards and counted off the chips to match the raise.

Both checked after the 2♦ river with Costiano showing a pair of aces with his A♥ 4♥ . Edoc didn't bother to turn over the losing hand.

Player	Chips
JC John CostinianoPhilippines	1,850,000(77 BB)
LE Lester EdocPhilippines	480,000(20 BB)

Blind level

Level 23: 12,000 / 24,000 ante: 24,000

Entries

48/1,081

Total Chips

43,240,000

Average

900,833

Day 3

Janette BeeJanette Bee

11/4/2024, 4:58:05 AM

Chong Takes it From Edoc with River Bet

Level 18: 4,000 / 8,000 ante: 8,000

Lester Edoc

Lester Edoc opened from under the gun for 17,000 and got a call from Alex Chong, seated directly to his left. The flop came A♠ K♥ T♠ , and Edoc continued with a bet of 10,000, which Chong quickly called.

The action slowed on the K♠ turn, with both players checking. However, on the river J♠ , Edoc checked again, giving Chong the opportunity to fire a bet of 25,000. After a brief stare-down, Edoc folded, and Chong happily collected the pot.

Player	Chips
LE Lester EdocPhilippines	520,000(65 BB)
TS Tak Sin Alex ChongHong Kong	350,000(44 BB)

Blind level

Level 17: 3,000 / 6,000 ante: 6,000

Entries

159/1,081

Total Chips

43,240,000

Average

271,950

Day 2

Janette BeeJanette Bee

11/3/2024, 12:54:10 PM

China's Zhen Chen Leads Day 2 of the APT's Largest-Ever Philippines Poker Tournament

Level 17: 3,000 / 6,000 ante: 6,000

Zhen Chen

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.

Vincent Huang

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.

Player	Chips
ZC Zhen ChenChina	1,094,000(182 BB)
VH Vincent HuangAustralia	974,000(162 BB)
LE Lester EdocPhilippines	777,000(130 BB)
PI Pawanat InthuyosIndia	745,000(124 BB)
EG Edilberto GopezPhilippines	743,000(124 BB)
XF Xiaohua FuChina	690,000(115 BB)
JS Jae ShinSouth Korea	675,000(113 BB)
ML Minsung LeeSouth Korea	662,000(110 BB)
GG Gabriel Goh	646,000(108 BB)
RA Ramdrick AznarPhilippines	608,000(101 BB)

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.

Blind level

Level 10: 700 / 1,400 ante: 1,400

Entries

82/249

Total Chips

9,960,000

Average

121,463

Flight A

Janette BeeJanette Bee

10/31/2024, 2:48:34 PM

Serious Mind Games

Level 10: 700 / 1,400 ante: 1,400

Lester Edoc

Yu Yung Chou of Taiwan raised to 2,500 from early position and found three callers behind. Four players entered a flop of A♣ 8♠ 2♦ where it checked to Chou, who fired 2,500. Neel Ajit Joshi called. When the action came back to Lester Edoc in the small blind, he raised to 11,500. Lee Wee Liew on the big blind got out of the way.

Chou went into deep meditation, played with his chips and took a peek at his cards, then played with his chips again before finally making the call. Joshi stepped out of the way for two players to see the J♦ on the turn.

It was Edoc's turn for deep thought, taking a very long moment before deciding to check.

Chou's tank after the flop was no match for his double-tank after the turn. The Flash ran around the world twice when Chou finally bet out 6,000, then Edoc didn't take too long to fold.

Player	Chips
YY Yu Yung Chou	93,000(66 BB)
LE Lester EdocPhilippines	59,000(42 BB)

Janette BeeJanette Bee

10/31/2024, 2:29:19 PM

Survival Mode

Level 9: 600 / 1,200 ante: 1,200

Desperately short-stacked Kwok Chun Yip raised to 2,400 from the hi-jack with Lester Edoc calling from the big blind with a rather formidable stack. Both players saw a flop of J♣ 6♠ 3♠ . Edoc took his sweet time before checking. With not so many chips to choose from, Yip picked up a 5,000 and put it in. Edoc took a moment to make Yip nervous before folding.

Player	Chips
LE Lester EdocPhilippines	109,000(91 BB)
KY Kwok YipHong Kong	27,000(23 BB)