APT Main Event

Tom Verbruggen made a min-raise to 16,000 from the cut-off and called the 140,000 all-in shove of Tuvshintugs Batbold on the button.

Tom Verbruggen: 4♥ 4♠

Tuvshintugs Batbold: T♦ T♥

Batbold was ahead all the way on a board of J♦ A♠ 6♣ 6♥ T♣ , making a set on the river for a bit of emphasis.

With two of the biggest stacks on the table clashing, action was picked up on a completed board of 8♣ 9♠ Q♦ 8♦ Q♥ . Tom Verbruggen had bet 85,000 and sat waiting while Zhen Chen went deep into the tank before finally making the call.

Verbruggen showed 6♠ 6♣ for two pair, but Chen revealed 9♥ 9♦ for a full house. Verbruggen leaned back, visibly frustrated, as Chen scooped up the substantial pot.

Batdelgerekh Gantumur shoved all in from the small blind and called by Tom Verbruggen on the button.

Batdelgerekh Gantumur: T♥ 8♥

Tom Verbruggen: K♠ 7♦

The clean flop ran out 2♣ Q♦ 5♣ , keeping Verbruggen's lead. The turn brought a board-pairing Q♠ , which improved nothing for both players. However, the river brought a T♣ , improving Gantumur to a pair and keeping him alive.

Dylan Lim raised to 3,200 from under the gun and received three callers, Tom Verbruggen from middle position, Emmanuel Segismundo from the hijack, and Kim Enriquez from the big blind.

Four players read the flop of 4♣ Q♦ T♣ , where Enriquez and Lim checked over and Verbruggen bet 6,000, which Segismundo shoved all in for around 20,0000 and Verbruggen only dropped in a call.

Tom Verbruggen: K♣ J♣

Emmanuel Segismundo: A♦ Q♠

Verbrggen picked up a flush draw, but Segismundo got a flopped pair of queens. Soon the dealer delivered a runout of 7♣ 3♦ , which stood at Verbruggen’s side and sent Segismundo out of the tournament early.

On a flop of 5♠ 8♦ 9♣ , Tom Verbruggen, on the button, waited for Kim Enriquez to respond to his 17,000-chip bet. After some thought, Enriquez made the call.

The turn brought the 7♠ , and both players checked. On the 2♦ river, Enriquez passed the action again, prompting Verbruggen to fire a hefty bet of 90,000. This put Enriquez in a difficult spot, as calling would cut his stack in half if he lost. He carefully counted and separated chips, before finally making the call.

Verbruggen revealed K♠ K♥ , and with no answer for the kings, Enriquez mucked. Verbruggen scooped the pot, further strengthening his stack.

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.

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