APT Main Event (85,000 PHP)

Xiaohua Fu had just 80,000 in his stack after the three-table redraw, and did manage to make a pay jump, but eventually succumbed to Yuhang Chen.

Xiaohua Fu: J♠ 5♣

Yuhang Chen: Q♥ 8♣

Chen flopped top pair and held the lead on the Q♣ 7♥ 9♠ A♠ 9♣ runout, which brought the field down to 22.

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!

Action folded to the blinds, where Taeo Lee in the small blind shoved all-in for 155,000, putting his tournament life on the line. Yuhang Chen called from the big blind.

Taeo Lee: K♦ 3♣

Yuhang Chen: Q♥ T♠

The dealer revealed a flop of 5♦ J♦ 8♥ , keeping Lee ahead with king-high. The turn A♥ gave Chen a gutshot straight draw, adding a chance to turn the tables on Lee.

The river K♠ completed Chen’s straight, knocking Lee out of the tournament.

Day 3 of the PHP 85,000 APT Manila Main Event concluded with 48 players advancing from the original 159 players that started the day. Leading the pack is former APT Single Day High Roller Champion and WSOP bracelet holder Renji Mao, who amassed 2,689,000 chips, one of only two players to exceed the two-million mark, along with Yuhang Chen, who bagged 2,472,000.

A total of 1,081 entries were recorded in the Main Event, making it the largest Main Event field in APT tour history in the Philippines, with the biggest-ever guaranteed prize pool of PHP 100 million (~$1.7 million) in the country. The eventual champion will take home the top prize of PHP 18,060,000 ($307,020).

Vincent Huang, who entered Day 3 as one of the chip leaders, still remains in contention but lost a significant portion of his chips to Chen in a hand where Huang held ace-deuce suited but missed his flush draw against Chen’s two-pair with queen-jack suited on the turn.

Four former APT Main Event champions remain in the hunt for the title and the coveted 24K Gold Lion trophy. Among them are two-time champions Mike Takayama with 977,000, and Lester Edoc, who has a stack of 888,000. Both players have a chance to make history as the first-ever player to win the Main Event three times.

SJ Kim won the Main Event in Macau back in 2016, and brought through a stack of 623,000 after a successful day on the felt. Renniel Galvez, a former APT Philippines Main Event Champion, is also in the mix with a stack of 255,000, determined to become the last player standing. However, he, along with Joonhee "Steve" Yea (252,000) and Ronnie Tate (242,000), who currently sit at the bottom of the leaderboard, will face an uphill battle to catch up to the top prize.

The start-of-day chip leader Zhen Chen came into the day with 1,094,000 chips, but ended Day 3 in the middle of the pack with 776,000.

Other notables to make it through were Gab Yong Kim (1,635,000), Rex David Clinkscales (806,000), Alex Chong (740,000).

The top ten stacks can be found below.

Play will resume at 11AM on Tuesday, November 5, with just over 37 minutes remaining in Level 23. The average stack sits at just under 900,000, which is around 38 big blinds.

A full APT Main Event Day 3 Survivor List can be found by CLICKING HERE.

A full APT Main Event Day 4 Seat Draw can be found by CLICKING HERE.

There was over 600,000 chips in the middle beside a board that read 8♠ 4♥ J♦ 6♥ Vincent Huang was at the small blind when he shoved all-in for around 950,000, putting the pressure on Yuhang Chen. Chen's remaining stack was covered and took his time to consider, using his last 2 time banks before finally making the call.

Huang flipped over Q♣ J♣ , making a top-pair with the jack. Huang showed an A♥ 2♥ , needing an ace or any heart for the nut flush. The poker gods gave a Q♠ on the river to improve Chen to two-pair and shipping the HUGE pot his way.

Chen now sits as the APT Manila Main Event chip leader, and is the first to cross the 2 Million mark.