APPT National

Day 1C drew the largest field of 269 entries with 41 advancing led by Karou Kishimoto. We will have the official numbers for you as soon as it has been made available.

Day 2 starts 12pm on July 30 with a total of 68 players racing for the APPT National title and shard trophy.

Cutoff player Kei Takazawa three-bets all in holding A♥ Q♥ only to discover that he has run into Nikhil Kedia's pocket aces. The final board was 6♦ 3♣ 3♠ 9♣ 2♥ .

With the fall of Takazawa, 41 players bagged up led by Kaoru Kishimoto. Stay tuned for the recap.

From the big blind, Keng Yong Tan calls a raise and heads to the flop 4♠ 8♠ 2♣ . Tan opts to lead out 15,000, and Kazuma Yasuda calls. The turn 9♠ is checked. Tan jumps out with a shove on the river 3♠ . Kazuma folds.

From hijack Nikhil Kedia opens 10,000 and heads to the flop 8♠ J♠ 9♠ with big blind Tasaki Riki . Kedia continues 10,000 and wins it unchallenged.

Vivencio Nachor limps from the small blind then calls the 10,000 raise from big blind Kaoru Kishimoto. A♠ the flop spread 6♦ 7♣ 9♥ , Kishimoto bets 80,000, Nachor raises 23,000, no call.

William Ysmael opens and big blind Yasuaki Kimura defends the big blind. At the flop 5♣ J♣ 2♦ , Kimura check-calls 7000 then leads out 10,000 on the turn 6♦ . Ysmael calls. On the river K♠ , Kimura sends out 40,000 and wins the pot.

Xiangyu Zhao opens and finds two players to join to the flop 6♣ 7♣ 5♠ . Small blind checks, big blind Seokchul Hwang bets 11,000, onlu Zhao calls to the turn 6♥ . Hwang bangs out 21,000 and this time wins it without further challenge.

Vineet Bagla opens then heads to the flop with caller Ryan Platon. On a flop Q♣ K♥ 8♠ , Bagla quickly shoves that induces a fold from Platon.

Jeong misses the board for Takazawa's pocket pair to stand.

Noel Lamedo raises 5000, big blind Peejay Aratea defends for a flop J♣ 8♠ 6♥ . Aratea leads out 5000 and wins the pot that easy.

Utg Marius Zalpys opens 6500, big blind Shih King Lun defends, both head to a flop 8♥ K♥ 4♠ . Zalpys continues 7000 and another 3000 on the turn A♥ , Shih check-calls both. On the river A♣ , Zalpys shoves, Shih calls for less behind then mucks to the T♥ 9♥ flush.

Heavy preflop action opens with a 5000 raise, hijack Ashley Patterson re-raises 15,000, button John Matsuda shoves 27,500, small blind Jean Berdejo calls with less behind,

Following a raise from hijack Jean Berdejo, cutoff Danh Tuan three-bets 13,000 and heads to a flop 2♦ 3♥ 8♦ with caller Berdejo. Tuan c-bets 21,000, Berdejo check-calls. On the turn 5♠ , Berdejon shoves 34,000, Tuan calls.

Kyutae Park opens 4000, blinds call for a flop T♦ 8♠ 4♣ . Small blind Danh Tuan bets 7000 and goes to the turn Q♦ with lone caller Park. Both check for a free river K♥ . Tuan bets 14,500, Park calls, Tuan shows K♠ T♠ for the win.

Kyutae Park opens 4000, blinds call, flop runs 6♣ Q♣ 9♠ . Park continues 5000, only small blind Jean Berdejo takes interest then both check the turn 9♦ . On the river A♦ , Park bets 11,000 and wins it without challenge.

Small blind Joichi Fukui calls a raise from Anthony Kenneth then check-calls the flop 8♥ 3♠ 8♦ for 5000. The turn 4♠ is checked. Fukui leads out 7500 on the river 5♠ , Kenneth calls.

Following a raise from Seung Yoo that's called by Guo Xi Zhan, Cho Nayeon shoves and finds no callers.

Ashley Patterson opens 3500, Ngo Linh Duong calls, big blind Danh Tuan re-raises a large 30,000, no takers.

Joichi Fukui raises 3500 preflop and big blind Po Hsun Liao calls. Flop comes 7♠ T♠ 7♦ , Fukui continues for 3500 and wins the pot.

With Atsuki finding the river, it's a double up.

That's it! Registration for the APPT National has closed. The final flight drew 267 entries. They play down to ITM. We will have the official number up once it has been made available.

Last level of registration. 250 entries so far making this the biggest flight turnout. Live update begins at the close of registration.

More players have jumped in, currently 90 entries with registration open until the end of Level 10. Live updates kicks off at the end of registration.

Notable players getting in early are James Bonanno, Thomas Lee, Le Ngoc Khanh, Alexis Lim, and numerous returnees from missing the mark at yesterday's heat.

APPT National Day Day 1C kicked off at 12pm local time. Registration stays open until the end of Level 10. This is the last flight to join the tournament.

Date: July 27-30, 2024

Buy in: PHP

Guarantee: PHP 20,000,000 (~USD 342,270)

Day 1A: 80 entries / 12 ITM

Day 1B: 100 entries / 15 ITM

Day 1C gets underway on Monday, July 29, at 12pm.