APT Main Event (85,000 PHP)

On a pre-flop all-in showdown, Ramdrick Aznar risked his remaining 100,000 chips against Ferdinand Lu.

Ferdinand Lu: A♠ K♣

Ramdrick Aznar: A♥ K♥

Both players showed big slicks, hoping to share the pot, but the 9♣ 5♣ 8♣ gave Lu a flush draw and the 6♣ on the turn completed it, sending Aznar out of the APT Manila Main Event. The 5♦ river was inconsequential.

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.

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Aznar Ramdrick raised to 8,500 from early position and Andrei Vavilonskii three-bet to 25,000 from the button. Ramdrick called.

They saw a flop of 2♦ 2♣ 7♣ where Ramdrick check-called a bet of 20,000 from Vavilonskii.

A 9♣ dropped on the turn where both players checked to the 5♦ river. Ramdrick checked, and Vavilonskii fired 90,000. Ramdrick quicky called.

Vavilonskii confidently showed A♣ J♣ for the nut flush, but Ramdrick held 5♥ 5♣ for a full house to scoop the pot.

A♠ the day neared its end, Ronnie Tate found himself all-in for his tournament life against Jeong In Jang. The table atmosphere was lighthearted, with players covering Tate’s eyes and playfully calling him "Shaquille" or "Lebron" as he awaited his fate.

Ronnie Tate: A♣ A♦

Jeong In Jang: A♥ K♥

The flop came down K♣ 5♣ 8♦ , giving Jang a pair but keeping Tate’s aces in the lead. The turn J♦ and river 2♠ sealed the win for Tate, and the table cheered, jokingly declaring “Lebron” victorious. Tate laughed as he scooped up his well-earned chips.

Ramdrick Aznar opened the cutoff to 3,000 and Redentor Edoc defended from the big blind.

Both players saw a flop of 9♠ K♦ 7♦ and checked through to see a 9♦ fall on the turn, where Edoc bet 2,700. However, it didn’t deter Aznar from putting in a raise to 7,300. Edoc then shoved all in and Aznar called.

Redentor Edoc: 6♦ 8♦

Ramdrick Aznar: A♦ 3♦

Aznar picked up the lead with a turned ace-high flush, leaving Edoc a small chance to win the pot. The dealer quickly delivered a 6♣ on the river, setting the tone for Edoc’s elimination.