APT Main Event (85,000 PHP)

Jin Woo Choi opened for 80,000 in middle position, only to face a re-raise from Tak Sin Chong in late position to 250,000. With everyone else folding, the action returned to Choi, who took a moment to study Chong from across the table, weighing his options.

After a brief pause, Choi moved all-in for 575,000, and Chong snap-called, covering Choi by just around 100,000.

Jin Woo Choi: K♣ K♠

Tak Sin Chong: A♦ Q♠

Choi, holding the lead, needed to dodge an ace to stay in the tournament. The dealer revealed a flop of 3♠ T♣ 9♠ , keeping Choi safe while Chong held out for an ace.

The turn 6♣ and river 7♠ brought no help to Chong, and Choi breathed a sigh of relief as the dealer pushed the pot his way.

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.

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.

Jun Li raised to 10,000 from under the gun and Tak Chong defended from the big blind.

On the flop of J♠ 7♣ J♦ , Chong checked to Li, who then bet 8,000. Chong snap-called to see the 3♥ turn, where both players checked through.

A T♠ landed on the river, where Chong checked his strategy and bet 12,000 and faced a call from his opponent. Chong tabled K♦ 8♠ for king-high while Li showed 7♠ 5♠ for a flopped pair of sevens to win the pot.

Minh Ha raised to 8,000 from under the gun, and Tak Chong three-bet to 25,000 from middle position, which Ha shoved all in. Chong dropped in a call to put his opponent at risk.

Tak Chong: A♥ Q♠

Minh Ha: A♦ K♦

Ha picked up the lead with a king at the table. The flop came 6♣ 6♥ 9♠ , improving nothing for both players and Chong was looking to spike a queen to eliminate his opponent. However, a dry runout showed 6♦ 3♥ , keeping Ha alive in the field.

Good morning, poker fans!

The stage is set, players are ready, and Day 2 of the PHP 85,000 APT Main Event is set to kick off at 11:00 am local time. Survivors from all four opening flights will return to compete together.

After making it through the opening flights, a total of 369 players bagged up their chips and will take their seats in the Grand Ballroom for Day 2. Registration remains open until play starts at 11:00 am. Contestants will play through ten 60-miutes levels untill the bubble burst.

Shortly after registration closes, the payouts will be calculated and converted roughly to USD, then posted on the APT blog.

The top ten stacks going into Day 2 can be found below.

A full APT Main Event Day 2 Seat Draw can be found by CLICKING HERE.

There will be a feature table for live streaming (with a 30-minute delay), which you can access by clicking the links below.

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A total of 249 entries showed up for Flight A of the APT Main for a chance to win their share from the guaranteed PHP100,000,000 prize pool. After ten 60-minute levels of poker action, only 82 players were able to bag up their chips and take them to Day 2 on November 3, 2024.

The Philippines' very own Edilberto Gopez Jr. was the one with the top chip count at the end of the day with a total of 338,900. Gopez Jr. just booked a runner-up cash in The Mystery Bounty Hunter -Sponsored by Natural 8 yesterday, and is in great position to earn another big cash.

South Africa's Edgar Antezana has the second largest stack with 309,700 while South Korea's Jaejoong Kim rounds up the top three with 308,300.

Some of the notable players who also bagged their chips at the end of Flight A included recent APT Manila Single Day High Roller -Freezout champion Nang Quang Nguyen (189,100) and the highly-decorated Mike Takayama (161,000).

Some of the big names that missed the cut included APT Manila Single Day High Roller-Mystery Bounty champion John Matsuda, 2018 WSOP Europe Main Event champ Jack Sinclair and Philippines All-Time Money List Number One Marc Rivera and Number three Lester Edoc.

These players may still be back with three more Day 1 flights to come. Flight B opens tomorrow on 11:00AM, November 2, 2024. On November 3, Flight C kicks off at 11:00AM with the final Flight D dealing at 6:00PM later in the day.

Meanwhile, here are the top ten chip counts of Flight A.