Final Day

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7/29/2023, 3:32:00 PM

Florencio Campomanes gets the boost

Level 19: 5,000 / 10,000 ante: 10,000

Action folds to small blind Florencio Campomanes who shoves his 8 bb stack, big blind Park Chulwoo calls. Campomanes is ahead A 3 , Park has live cards Q J . The board runs 3 A 8 9 6 for a double up to Campomanes.

Chip Counts

PlayerChipsProgress
360,000(36 BB)
160,000
180,000(18 BB)
54,000

Day 1A

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7/27/2023, 11:30:00 PM

APPT Manila Kick-Off Day 1A ends with 28 players led by James Moriles and Kiril Alex Gelev

APPT Manila Kick-Off ran for 8.5 hours at Okada Manila with 28 players out of 183 entries surviving Day 1A. Filipino James Moriles and Canada’s Kiril Alex Gelev bagged the largest stacks of 470,000 and 460,000 which were equivalent to over 90 bb each.

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James Moriles - 470,000
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Kiril Alex Gelev - 460,000
End of Day 1A - 28 ITM / survivors Day 1A recap

The APPT Manila Kick-Off event has always been a magnet for early birds, and this year’s edition proved no different. A the cards were dealt and the chips flew, notable players graced the tables such as 2019 APPT Manila Main Event champion Florencio Campomanes, 2019 APPT Manila Kick-Off champion Jinlong Hu, WSOP bracelet winner Henrieto Acain, 2023 PSPC Main Event runner up Max Menzel, Henrik Tollefsen, Norbert Koh, John Tech, Mattias Schell, and Jenam Yu.

At the end of registration, 148 signed up with an added 35 re-entries for 183 entries in total. A further three hours later, the bubble burst with Xu Qiang outdrawing Albert Muir. 

Emerging as chip leader was Filipino James Moriles who charged up the ranks during the last two levels of play. Canada’s Kiril Alex Gelev was at his heels, just 2 bb behind. One of Gelev’s biggest pots was quads Fives just before the close of day.

Chip Counts

PlayerChipsProgress
470,000
30,000
460,000
438,000
158,000
267,000
67,000
256,000
86,000
241,000
241,000
237,000
237,000
230,000
230,000
230,000
-90,000
227,000
162,000
220,000
220,000
191,000
191,000
185,000
185,000
172,000
172,000
162,000
162,000
162,000
162,000
155,000
55,000
152,000
152,000
136,000
136,000
134,000
134,000
128,000
-2,000
126,000
126,000
125,000
15,000
81,000
81,000
81,000
81,000
79,000
79,000
76,000
31,000
62,000
62,000