APT Main Event (85,000 PHP)

Hand 62 Sandagdorij Munkhbaatar raised to 800,000 and won the pot.

Hand 63 Munkhbaatar raised to 500,000 on the button and won the pot.

Hand 64 Munkhbaatar raised to 500,000 from the cutoff, and Daniel Lee three-bet to 1,300,000 from the button, which Munkhbaatar called. On the flop of 5♠ 8♣ 6♦ , Munkhbaatar bet 1,000,000 and Daniel Lee called only to be jammed by Munkhbaatar for 6,300,000, which Lee then shoved all in for 7,200,000.

Sandagdorij Munkhbaatar: A♣ T♣

Daniel Lee: K♦ K♣

The board came 6♦ 8♣ 5♣ K♥ 5♥ , improving Lee to a full house on the river, which sealed the elimination for Munkhbaatar in fifth for a payday of PHP 4,390,000 (~$74,630).

The final six players are on their first break of the day. Action will resume in 15 minutes.

Here are the current chip counts:

Hand 31 John Costiniano opened the action to 400,000 from early-position and Renji Mao moved all-in on the button for 2,900,000. Costiniano made the call and Renji's tournament life was at risk.

Renji Mao: 5♥ 5♣

John Constiniano: J♦ J♣

The board Q♦ T♥ 3♥ 9♣ 6♦ did not bring any help to Mao, who finished the tournament in 7th place.

Hand 24 John Costiniano opened up the action in early-position. Sitting in the small-blind Vincent Huang had a stack of around 2,900,000 and decided to move all-in. Costiniano quickly made the call.

Vincent Huang: A♦ 5♦

John Costiniano: A♣ K♣

The board ran out J♠ J♣ Q♠ T♦ 7♥, busting Vincent Huang in 8th place for PHP 1,725,000.

Hand 10 From middle-position Vincent Huang opened the action with a min-raise to 240,000. Sandagdorj next to him made the call. On Q♠ 9♠ 2♥ Huang did not continue and check. Holding 7♠ 7♥ the Mongolian player put out a 250,000 to which Huang folded.

Hand 11 From early-position Antezana opened 7♥ 7♣ and it folded around to Costiniano in late-position who put out a three-bet to 720,000 with Q♣ J♣ . Antezana folded his pair.

Chip Counts:

The Final Table of the record-breaking APT Manila 2024 Main Event is set, with Daniel Lee from the United States in the lead holding 6,620,000 in chips. The final nine players have outlasted 1,081 entries—the largest field in APT tour history—to compete for a share of the biggest guaranteed prize pool of PHP 100 Million (~$1.7 million) in Philippine poker history. They will battle it out on the final day for the prestigious 24K Lion trophy and the top prize of PHP 18,060,000 ($307,020).

The day started with 48 players returning to the field, and after seven 60-minute levels of intense play, the final table was reached. Former APT Champion Mike Takayama came tantalizingly close to securing a spot at the final table and vying for a historic third APT Main Event title but ultimately fell just short, exiting in 13th place.

Other notable players who didn't make it included Alex Chong (30th), Lester Edoc (39th), Ronnie Tate (40th), Joonhee "Steve" Yea (41st), and Renniel Galvez (47th).

Lee took the lead by eliminating SJ Kim in a pivotal hand, where his king-queen offsuit managed to stay ahead, even though Kim’s queen-eight suited held multiple outs. Lee’s turn catch of a king sealed Kim’s fate and knocked him out of the tournament.

Close on Lee’s heels is South Korea’s Gab Kim, who steadily built his stack after claiming a significant pot from Edgar Antezana, hitting a broadway straight to secure his edge.

Day 3 chip leader and WSOP bracelet holder Renji Mao remains in the mix, having doubled his stack from the start of the day to enter tomorrow’s final battle with 4,660,000 chips.

The chip counts of the final nine players are listed below.

Here are the payouts for the final table.

With the biggest stack only double the shortest, it’s an open contest heading into the final day. Join us for the thrilling conclusion of the APT Manila Main Event, where a new champion will be crowned.

The action gets underway at 11am local time and live updates will be posted here. The action will also be streamed live (with a 30-minute delay) and you can tune in by clicking through the following channels.

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The final table of the APT Main Event is set!

Stay tuned for a recap of the day's action.

With 10 players left and one more player to go to make a final table, there was an anxious ambiance when action folded for a battle of the blinds.

Small blind Sandagdorj Munkhbaatar peeked at his cards, liked what he saw, and raised to 350,000. Jaejoong Kim must have liked his cards better, as he announced "all-in" and risked his Main Event life for his last 2,610,000.

An excited crowd of photographers and videographers immediately flocked to the table with the golden words "all-in" were muttered. Munhkbaatar was in a bit of a shock, and perhaps the frenzy encouraged him a little to fold his hand.

Vincent Huang made the min-raise to 200,000 and called the re-raise to 450,000 by Sandagdorj Munkhbaatar.

Both saw a flop of 7♠ 3♥ T♦ and checked to see a free T♣ on the turn. Both checked down again to reveal a 7♥ on the river. With no more bets, Huang flipped over A♣ 6♦ and Maunkbaatar showed A♦ K♠ . Both players used their aces as a kicker for the board's two-pair and got their money back.

Despite managing to double up twice, Mike Takayama couldn't keep the momentum going and eventually fell in thirteenth.

Sandagdorj Munkhbaatar opened the button to 160,000 and Takayama made it 800,000 from the small blind. Munkhbaatar called.

They went to a flop of Q♥ 6♠ 8♥ where Takayama shoved his last 300,000, and Munkhbaatar called.

Mike Takayama: A♣ 8♣

Sandagdorj Munkhbaatar: A♦ A♥

Takayama shook his head when he saw the aces of his opponent, and was sent to the rail as neither the 3♥ turn or K♣ river could save him.

Edgar Antezana opened to 200,000 from early position and Paul Nattapatsiri three-bet to 650,000 from the cutoff. Munkhbaatar Sandagdorj then four-bet to 1,300,000 from the small blind, which got Antezana to fold. Nattapatsiri then shoved for around 2,500,000, and Sandagdorj called with a very similar stack.

Paul Nattapatsiri: A♠ K♠

Munkhbaatar Sandagdorj: K♦ K♣

A huge cooler that Nattapatsiri just couldn't get away from. However, the Thai player did add some outs on the 3♦ 2♥ 4♠ flop as he picked up a gutshot straight draw. The outs list kept growing for Nattapatsiri as the 3♠ turn added a flush draw, but the T♣ river was a brick, which meant he was eliminated.

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!

Munkhbaatar Sandagdorj limped from the cutoff and Rex Clinkscales shoved 585,000 from the small blind. Sandagdorj called.

Rex Clinkscales: A♣ 6♣

Munkhbaatar Sandagdorj: K♥ K♦

Clinkscales had fallen right into Sandagdorj's trap, but did still have decent equity to survive. However, the American player was drawing dead by the turn as Sandagdorj hit a set on the 9♥ 5♦ J♦ K♠ 3♥ runout.