APT Main Event

Day 2 of the APT Manila Main Event is underway with the 369 qualifiers from Day 1 already taking their seats here at the Grand Ballroom in the City of Dreams, Manila. A few players were still able to meet the registration deadline, so expect that number of Day 2 participants to improve.

Meanwhile, there is a feature table that will be streaming at the following links:

YouTube

Twitch

The players at that table are Sean Ooi, Jemar Cadangdang, Will Ysmael, Martin Gonzales, Gerardo Lubas, David Wang, Hishashi Yamanouchi and Joseph Cheong.

Joseph Cheong has the biggest stack on the table with 189,900. Cheong recently won the APT Superstar Challenge taking home an APT trophy and a champion's payout of a little over PHP 8 Million. Cheong has some stiff competition at the table.

Australian David Wang has the shortest stack in the table, but will be looking to make a strong run. Want has made 2 final table appearances already in this APT Manila series, including a runner-up finish at the ₱ 120,000 No Limit Hold'em - High Roller Double Stack,.

Martin Gonzales of the Philippines has a stack of 69,200, and will hope to improve that to add another cash to has 30 ITMs this 2024 alone.

Featured Table Starting Chip Counts

Benjamin Leblond opened from early-position and William Ysmael defended his big-blind. Leblond continued with a tiny bet on A♠ J♦ 2♦ , which got raised to 4,500 by Ysmael. The Filipino continued to fire 11,200 on the 7♠ turn, which Leblond called once more. Another 7♣ appeared on the river and Ysmael went for a polarizing overbet equaling 40,000 chips, leaving himself just 12,000 behind. Leblond went into the tank but eventually decided to fold.

Junichi Kato opened from middle-position and got a caller in person of Woojin Kim next to him before Hao-Shan Huang came in for a squeeze to 7,500 from the cut-off. The preflop action did not stop there, as William Ysmael on the button clicked it back to 15,500. The action went back to the original opener who decided to go all-in for around 33,000. It folded to Ysmael who was priced in and made the call.

Junichi Kato: Q♥ Q♠

William Ysmael: A♥ 8♥

The flop T♥ 6♠ 3♥ gave Ysmael a flush draw to go along with the over card, and after a brick 6♦ on the turn, the Filipino did indeed get there with the 9♥ on the river. Junichi Kato took is bust out with a laugh.