Main Event

Main Event - Live Updates - Final Day

Date: May 29 to June 4, 2023 Buy in: PHP 15,000 (~US$ 270) Guarantee: PHP 3,000,000 (~US$ 53,320) Day 1A: 144 entries / 22 ITM Day 1B: 220 entries / 33 ITM Day 1C: 382 entries / 58 ITM Total entries: 746 Prize pool: PHP 9,551,784 (~US$ 170,918) ITM: 113 players

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1st place: inclusive of APPT Manila Main Event Package worth PHP 105,000 2nd place: inclusive of APPT Manila Main Event seat worth PHP 65,000

Button William Ysmael limps, big blind Ting Yi Chen checks. At the flop 8♣ 6♥ 7♦ , Chen checks, Ysmael bets 2,000,000, Chen shoves, Ysmael calls for the first all in showdown at heads up.

Chen 5♦ T♠ open ended Ysmael 4♣ 5♥ straight

After the turn 3♣ and river 2♦ , Ysmael doubles up.

Button Ting Yi Chen limps, big blind William Ysmael checks. Both players check the flop 5♣ 8♠ 6♠ . On the turn 3♥ , Ysmael bets 700,000, Chen folds.

Button Ting Yi Chen limps, William Ysmael checks. Both players check to the river K♦ 3♣ 9♦ J♠ Q♠ . Ysmael bets 700,000, Chen check-calls. Ysmael opens 5♣ 8♣ air, Chen has better 5♠ Q♥ .

Button Ting Yi Chen raises to 900,000 then folds to William Ysmael‘s shove. Two hands later, Chen raises to 1,700,000, Ysmael shoves again. Chen folds.

Small blind Edgar Asehan shoves with Q♠ 9♥ , big blind Ting Yi Chen calls with A♠ K♦ . The board runs out T♠ A♥ 4♣ Q♦ 6♠ , Asehan is eliminated in 3rd place.

Button Edgar Asehan shoves with A♦ 2♥ , small blind Ting Yi Chen risks it all with J♦ J♣ . The board runs out T♣ Q♠ Q♥ 7♣ 8♣ for Jacks to hold and award Chen the max.

After stealing the blinds and antes, Ting Yi Chen proceeds to shove from the big blind and button raiser William Ysmael folds, giving up his 800,000 raise.

Small blind Ting Yi Chen raises to 750,000, big blind William Ysmael shoves, Chen calls and shows J♥ J♦ , Ysmael with A♠ 6♥ . The board runs out 3♠ 6♦ T♦ A♣ K♦ , Ysmael’s spikes the Ace to double up.

Button player William Ysmael raises to 600,000, small blind Edgar Asehan three-bets all in with J♥ J♠ , big blind Ting Yi Chen four-bet shoves with 9♠ 9♦ , Ysmael opts to fold. The board runs out A♦ 4♣ 5♠ 2♠ T♦ for Jacks to hold and double up.

Small blind Ting Yi Chen limps, big blind William Ysmael checks, the flop comes A♥ 9♥ 8♦ . Chen checks, Ysmael bets 300,000, Chen calls. On the K♠ turn, Ysmael fired 500,000, this time Chen folds.

Button player William Ysmael raises to 500,000, big blind Ting Yi Chen calls. Both players check it to the river board 5♣ T♦ J♠ 9♥ 2♣ . Chen bets 800,000, Ysmael calls then mucks to Chen’s 8♥ 7♠ straight.

Button player William Ysmael raises to 400,000, big blind Ting Yi Chen three-bets to 900,000, Ysmael four-bet shoves, Chen calls for all his chips.

Ysmael Q♠ Q♥ Chen 8♥ 8♣

The board runs 6♠ T♠ 9♦ 5♥ 7♠ for a lucky straight to Chen to avoid the rail and score a massive double up.

After losing numerous blinds and antes, Takashi Shiono shoved from under the gun holding 9♠ 9♦ then ran into big blind Ting Yi Chen’s T♣ T♠ . The board runs out J♠ 7♣ A♣ 5♣ 5♥ . Shiono is eliminated in 4th place.

Under the gun William Ysmael raises to 250,000, small blind Ting Yi Chen and big blind Takashi Shiono call, the flop comes A♥ 2♠ Q♦ and all check. At the turn K♠ , Shiono bets 300,000, Ysmael calls, Chen folds. On the river 7♠ , Ysmael bets 250,000, Shiono check-calls. Ysmael has A♣ 5♠ , Shiono K♦ 2♣ two pair wins the pot.

₱169,784 (~$3,032)

Lojack Ting Yi Chen raises to 175,000, from cutoff Gerardo Lubas III three-bets all in, Chen calls and shows 8♥ 8♣ . It’s a flip with Lubas holding A♣ Q♦ . The board runs out J♦ 4♥ 5♦ T♣ 3♦ . Lubas misses to fall in 8th place.

First casualty of the final table has just been delivered. Hijack player Joven Huerto enters a preflop betting war against Ting Yi Chen that kicks off with Huerto raising to 175,000, cutoff Yun Rong Cheong calls, big blind Chen jams, back to Huerto who calls for his tournament life, Cheong opts to get out of the way.

Chen A♠ 8♠ Huerto J♦ J♣

The board runs out 3♦ K♠ 5♣ 2♣ A♣ for a higher pair on the river to Chen to eliminate Huerto.

First all in showdown of the final table opens with lojack Ting Yi Chen raising to 160,000, button player Ronny Lee three-bets all in, Chen calls.

Lee K♣ Q♣ Chen T♠ T♦

The board runs J♥ 6♣ 2♣ 6♦ K♦ for a rivered King-high pair to keep Lee in the running

Main Event - Live Updates - Day 2

Date: May 29 to June 4, 2023 Buy in: PHP 15,000 (~US$ 270) Guarantee: PHP 3,000,000 (~US$ 53,320) Day 1A: 144 entries / 22 ITM Day 1B: 220 entries / 33 ITM Day 1C: 382 entries / 58 ITM Total entries: 746 Prize pool: PHP 9,551,784 (~US$ 170,918) ITM: 113 players

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CHIPS IN PLAY: 22,380,000

Lester Timonera looked down at A♥ A♦ and was glad to get it all in. She faced Ting Yi Chen with a lesser pair 5♣ 5♠ . However with the board running 5♥ 9♠ 2♦ J♠ 5♦ , Chen improved to quads to crush Timonera’s aces out in 13th place.

All in preflop, Ting Yi Chen with A♦ K♦ , William Ysmael attempts to eliminate with A♥ Q♠ . The board runs 4♦ 8♣ 3♦ 6♥ 8♥ for a double up to Chen. Ysmael loses the chip lead.

Button player Ting Yi Chen raises to 60,000, small blind Mike Takayama tree-bets to 300,000, back to Chen who four-bet shoves, Takayama calls. Chen K♣ K♠ dominates Takayama’s 9♥ Q♠ . The board runs out 4♦ 8♥ 7♦ J♥ Q♥ for a double up to Chen.