APPT Open

With Pavlou missing the board, Campomanes ships it and is crowned the APPT Open champion! Campomanes lifts the APPT Open trophy and a payout of PHP 3,880,000.

For runner-up Pavlou, he walks away with PHP 2,420,000. Both players also receive a package to the APPT Championship worth PHP 200,000.

Anastasios Pavlou picks up back to back pots to trim the gap. First hand he min- raises and Florencio Campomanes calls. Both check the flop 3♦ 9♥ 3♥ then Campomanes bets 180,000 on the turn Q♠ . Pavlou flats. Switch up on the river T♠ with Pavlou betting 250,000 and Campomanes check-calling. Pavlou shows T♦ 8♣ , Campomanes mucks.

Next hand, Pavlou raises 350,000 and Campomanes limp-calls. Pavlou continues 300,000 on a flop Q♦ 2♥ 3♠ , Campomanes raises 820,000, Pavlou replies with a three-bet shove, Campomanes folds.

Anastasios Pavlou opens 200,000 and Florencio Campomanes defends. When the board completes 7♠ 4♣ J♦ 4♥ 9♦ ,Pavlou bets every street - 150,000, 350,000, 600,000, Campomanes check-calls it down. Pavlou has 6♥ 9♠ , Campomanes collects with J♣ 6♥ top pair.

Florencio Campomanes has taken a slight lead after he doubles up on this hand. He opens with a 200,000 raise and big blind Anastasios Pavlou defends. Flop comes Q♦ T♦ 7♣ , Campomanes bets 240,000 and is check-called. Turn T♠ Campomanes bets 235,000, Pavlou check-raises 700,000, Campomanes shoves 2,035,000, Pavlou calls.

The rive 4♠ doesn't help Pavlou to pay the double up.

Florencio Campomanes limps in and Anastasios Pavlou checks. When the flop runs J♦ 6♥ Q♦ , Campomanes bets 180,000, gets check-raised 440,000, Campomanes calls. Pavlou continues for 650,000 on the turn Q♠ and Campomanes calls. Both check the river 9♥ . Pavlou rakes it in with Q♣ 3♠ trips.

The ace holds up for a double up to Campomanes.

After five and a half hours, the APPT Open has reached heads up between Anastasios Pavlou and Florencio Campomanes. The top prize is PHP 3,880,000 and runner up PHP 2,420,000.

Small blind Florencio Campomanes limps then calls big blind Seonghun Jeong's 150,000 raise. On a flop A♠ 5♠ T♣ , Jeong continues for 150,000, Campomanes check-raises to 450,000, Jeong calls and the turn is 3♥ . Campomanes goes all in, Jeong surrenders his hand.

Small blind Anastasios Pavlou opens 150,000, big blind Florencio Campomanes calls. Pavlou continues for 125,000 on a flop 9♣ 9♦ Q♠ , Campomanes raises 300,000, Pavlou flats. The turn K♦ and river T♣ are checked. Pavlou flips over A♦ K♣ and wins the pot.

Anastasios Pavlou limps, big blind Florencio Campomanes checks. When the board completes 6♠ T♦ 2♥ T♠ K♥ , Pavlou bets 60,000, 80,000 and 120,000, Campomanes calls the flop and turn then folds to the river bet.

Button Seonghun Jeong raises 100,000 and big blind Florencio Campomanes defends. Both see a flop 4♣ 5♣ T♦ . Another 100,000 from Jeong , Campomanes check-calls. On the turn K♦, Jeong sends out a larger 300,000, Campomanes answers with a check-raise all in for 1,975,000, Jeong gives up his hand.

Small blind Anastasios Pavlou raises 90,000 and big blind Florencio Campomanes calls. By the turn 7♥ 2♦ 9♠ J♥ , Pavlou bets 110,000 and 140,000, both called by Campomanes. Pavlou opts to check the river 7♠ , Campomanes bets 275,000, Pavlou calls and exposes Campomanes' 5♥ 8♥ bluff. Pavlou wins the pot with Q♦ Q♥ .

Utg Seonghun Jeong opens 90,000 and heads to the flop K♣ T♥ 8♦ with three callers. Jeong c-bets 150,000, only Asehan continues to the turn 7♥ . Jeong fires again, sending out 300,000 and takes it down.

Preflop battle begins with utg Florencio Campomanes bumping it up to 90,000, cutoff Edgar Asehan three-bets 150,000, small blind John Costiniano four-bets 550,000, Campomanes five-bets 1,100,000, no takers.

Heavy preflop action opens with cutoff John Costiniano min-raising, buttton Anastasios Pavlou three-bets 140,000, small blind Florencio Campomanes four-bets 310,000, Costiniano gets out of the way while Pavlou slides out the call.

On the flop 6♣ 7♥ 6♦ , Campomanes fires 180,000, Pavlou calls, to bring the turn 2♠ .Campomanes sends out 355,000 and this time, Pavlou gives it up.

Florencio Campomanes opens 60,000, small blind Edgar Asehan makes it 180,000, Campomanes flats. At the flop 2♠ 3♥ 3♠ , Asehan c-bets 125,000 and wins the pot outright.

John Costiniano raises 60,000 from cutoff, small blind Florencio Campomanes re-raises 170,000, back to Costiniano who fires a four-bet of 450,000 and wins the pot without further challenge.

With both players missing the board, Campomanes kicker plays to end Magbanua's run in 9th place.

Hand #1: Utg+1 Seonghun Jeong opens 50,000, button Anastasios Pavlou and big blind Florencio Campomanes call. At the flop 3♦ Q♣ 6♠ , Jeong continues 40,000, Pavlou calls, Campomanes check-raises 155,000, no takers.

Utg John Costiniano opens 40,000, button Florencio Campomanes and big blind Guo Zhan Xi defend their positions. Flop comes 2♥ A♠ K♣ , Costiniano continues for another 40,000, only Campomanes joins for a turn card 4♣ . Costiniano checks it, Campomanes fires 90,000 which is enough for Costiniano to fold.

We were unable to catch the previous action where William Ysmael dropped from 440,000 to 68,000. According to Florencio Campomanes it was a cooler between them

Next hand, Ysmael is all in with pocket Twos, Campomanes calls with A♥ 9♥ , three hearts find the board to end Ysmael's run in 17th place.

Lijun Zhang bets 2000 on a flop 4♦ 8♥ 6♥ , Florencio Campomanes check-raises 6400, one player folds, Zhang calls. On the turn 9♠ , Campomanes sends out 14,000 and this time finds no challenge for the pot.

Florencio Campomanes three-bets 3100 from cutoff and initial raiser Phillip Nguyen obliges and both see a flop Q♣ Q♦ 7♠ . Campomanes continues 2200 and just like that, he wins the pot.