APT Main Event (85,000 PHP)

Action was folded to the blinds with Renji Mao making a small raise Min Sung Lee jamming all-in for his last 300,000+ chips. Mao snapped called and flipped over A♠ A♦ . Lee laughed while showing T♥ 5♦ , thinking that Mao wouldn't call his shove.

The flop came 7♦ 7♣ 3♣ and kept the aces head. Some sort of hope came Lee with a 5♥ on the turn, but one of the other two-fives didn't follow on the river and Lee just laughed off his exit from the table.

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!

Alex Chong opened to 75,000 from the hijack and faced a re-raise from Min Sung Lee in the big blind to 145,000. Chong called, and the dealer revealed the flop of Qd Ad 2♠ .

Lee led out with a bet of 40,000, only for Chong to respond with an all-in shove for 1,179,000. Lee, covered by the shove, snap-called and confidently showed his hand.

Min Sung Lee: A♣ A♠

Alex Chong: Td 8d

Lee had flopped a set of aces, while Chong was holding a flush draw. Lee anxiously awaited the turn and river, hoping to dodge any of Chong's outs.

The dealer completed the board with Tc and 2♣ , securing the win for Lee, who scooped up the pot with relief and satisfaction.

Min Sung Lee opened for 50,000 from the button, and Zhen Chen called from the big blind to see a flop of 3♠ 7♣ T♦ .

Lee continued with a bet of 36,000, which Chen called. The turn brought the 2♠ , prompting Lee to fire another 80,000, and Chen called again, staying in the hand.

On the river J♣ , Chen checked, and Lee made a bold bet of 325,000, a move that would significantly commit Chen if he called. Chen took his time, tossing in two time bank cards to consider his decision, but ultimately chose to fold. Lee raked in the pot.

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.

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.

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.

Min Sung Lee pushed around his big stack in a Button vs Big Blind against Kwok Chun Yip. When Yip checked on the flop, Lee pushed a stack to put Yip all-in. Yip folded and looked down at only 3,500 chips.

On the next hand, Yip put is 2,500 big blind, leaving a solitary 1K chip in front of him. Action fell to Jeonghoon Park at the cut-off, who raised to 11,500. When it was Yip's turn, he called his last 1,000 all-in.

Yip turned over a T♣ 2♦ against a very strong A♠ K♥ . The flop came 6♣ 8♠ J♦ with Park's big slick saying ahead. The Q♦ on the turn gave Yip 7 outs and hit one on the river when the 9♦ completed his straight. Yip had his bag in his hand and was all set to leave, but was called back to his seat again.

"Please don't mention my name.," he said to me. I pined in, "You know if you win the whole thing, this is the momemnt where it starts."

A few hands after, Yip raised 15,000 from the cut-off and stole some blinds.

Who knows - that could be the turning point.

The action was picked up when a board rolling off K♣ A♣ 5♦ T♥ T♠ with around 7,500 chips in the middle. Jeonghoon Park bet 5,500 from the small blind and Min Sung Lee snap-called from the big blind.

After Park tabled runner-runner trips with T♣ 9♣ , Lee immediately tossed his card into the muck and relinquished the pot.