APPT Manila Championship (165,000 PHP)

Flight A of the APPT Manila Championship wrapped up after 11 levels and nearly 12 hours of tournament poker. 59 hopefuls out of 165 total entries will be moving on to Day 2, inching their way closer to a payout from the guaranteed prize pool of PHP 55,000,000 (~US$ 960,850). Flight B will play tomorrow with the survivors of those joining the "Flight A Fifty-Nine" for Day 2.

Date/s: October 23 to 27, 2024

Buy in: PHP 165,000 (~US$ 2,850)

Guarantee: PHP 55,000,000 (~US$ 960,850)

Entries: 165

Starting Stack: 50,000

Average Stack: 139,831

Blinds: 1,000/1,500 Ante 1,500

Remaining players: 59

Here's a look at the Flight A chip counts:

Charles Ed Pansoy raised to 3,500 from under the gun and Hyeonsho Shin defended his big blind to see a flop of 5♥ K♣ 4♣. Shin check-called the 10,000 bet of Pansoy to see an 8♠ turn. Both players checked to reveal 4♠ on the river. Shin fired out 20,000 and was called by Pansoy. Shin turned over K♦ 2♦ for top pair while Pansoy sends his card to the muck.

Flight A of the APPT Manila Championship has played through 7 levels. 83 players still remain out of 133 total entries, who paid the PHP 165,000 (~US$ 2,850) buy-in for a chance to win a share from the PHP 55,000,000 (~US$ 960,850) guaranteed prize pool.

Georgis Skarparis is the current chip leader with 186,000. Former chip leader Rishi Mehra dropped to second in chips with a healthy stack of 164,400. Edilberto Gopez rounds up the top three with 152,200.

Date/s: October 23 to 27, 2024

Buy in: PHP 165,000 (~US$ 2,850)

Guarantee: PHP 55,000,000 (~US$ 960,850)

Entries: 83/133

Starting Stack: 50,000

Wonchul Bae min-raises to 1,600 from the hi-jack and calls the three-bet of Hyeonho Shin to 5,500 at the button. Both players see a flop of Q♣ 3♠ 6♦ . Bae check-calls the 3,000 bet from Shin to go to a Q♠ turn. Bae check-raises Shin's 800 bet to 8,900, but Shin sticks around to see the 4♣ river. Bae checks his option and Shin fires out 30,000 to put Bae all-in. Bae surrenders.

David Erquiaga raised from UTG+1 to 1,200 and called the 3,800 three-bet from Hyeonho Shin to see a flop of Q♠ 9♥ T♠. Erquiaga checked and Shin didn't shy away from firing 5,000, forcing Erquiaga to give up.