APPT Manila Championship

Multi-titled Australian John Edward Perry never relinquished the chip lead he picked up at the midway portion of the competition as he now leads 28 Day 2 survivors into the final stretch of the inaugural Pokers LIVE APPT Manila Championship where everyone remaining has a shot at the PhP11,610,000 (~US$199,100) top prize--one of the biggest in Philippine history.

Perry's stack of 1,785,000 is just ahead of his closes pursuer in Vietnam's Ngo Hieu who has 1,395,000 while Joey Weissman of the United States is currently in third with 1,330,000.

63 players made it to ITM and at this point, those left in the competition are now guaranteed PHP 355,000 (~US$ 6,075).

Day 3 commences later (Saturday, October 26) at 12NN (UCT+8) and will be playing down to six players who will be comprising the Final Table that will contest the title the following day (Sunday, October 27).

Event #31 APPT Manila Championship

Date/s: October 23 to 27, 2024

Venue: Okada Manila, the City of Manila, Philippines

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

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

Prize Pool: PHP 59,922,720 (~US$1,028,270)

Entries: 416

Players ITM: 63

Total Chips in Play: 20,800,000

Average Stack: 742,857

Blinds: 8,000/16,000 (16,000)

Remaining players: 28

The 28 players remaining will reconvene on Saturday (October 26) at 12NN (UCT+8) and will play down to the Final 6 players.

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APPT Manila Championship remaining players:

Event #31 APPT Manila Championship

Date/s: October 23 to 27, 2024

Venue: Okada Manila, Parañaque City, Philippines

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

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

Prize Pool: PHP 59,922,720 (~US$1,028,270)

Entries: 416

Players ITM: 63

Total Chips in Play: 20,800,000

Average Stack: 742,857

Blinds: 8,000/16,000 (16,000)

Remaining players: 28

Saquing is the finally casualty of Day 2 as after this hand, it became an uneventful end to an otherwise highly eventful day of competition,

The action is folded to the D where Joey Weissman of the United States makes a raise to 32,000. He gets re-raised by American resident Moses Saquing on the BB to 100,000. Weissman makes the call.

The flop is 3♠ 8♥ J♥ as Saquing CBets to 55,000. The American makes the call. The turn is the 5♠ . Saquing checks and Weissman takes the betting lead by firing 100,000. Saquing moves all-in and Weissman calls for his tournament life.

Saquing shows A♠ 8♠ for top pir on the flop while Weissman flips over 5♣ 5♦ for a set on the turn.

The river card is the 3♦ as Saquing loses more than half his stack in that pot.

A♠ Level 21 draws to a close, as it has been determined that seven more hands will be played before retiring for Day 3.

After nearing the one million chip mark not too long ago, Filipino pro Florencio Campomanes is looking for redemption as he raises from early position to 32,000. Vietnam's Ngo Hieu decides to join the Filipino but Korea's Cho Jaegeol has other plans as he 3-bets it to 125,000 from the D. After the blinds fold, Campomanes chooses to call while Ngo opts to fold.

It is heads up to the flop of 2♣ T♦ 4♦ as both players check. The turn is the 6♣ and this time the Filipino bets 90,000 and is called by his Korean opponent. The river is the 5♣ . Campomanes checks anew as Cho goes all-in. Cho covers Campomanes and it cost the Filipino a Time Bank card to decide to fold.

Cho now joins the seven digit club.

Korea's Lee Sunghak raises from the +2 position to 32,000 and gets called by Ngo Hieu and his monster stack on the D.

The flop comes T♥ 2♦ J♣ . Lee CBets to 30,000 and gets called by his Vietnamese opponent. The turn is the T♦ and this time, Lee opts to check. Ngo now takes the betting lead away from his Korean opponent by firing 70,000. Lee still calls. The river is the 7♣ as Ngo bets 180,000 and sends Lee into the tank. He excruciates on his decision so long that costs him two Time Bank cards. The Korean eventually folds.

Ngo is now contending for th overall chip lead with this win.

Folded to the blinds, local pro William Ysmael raises to 38,000from the SB but Taiwan's Justin Chu isn't going anywhere and chooses to defend his BB.

The flop is K♥ 8♥ 3♥ as Ysmael CBets to 24,000. Chu makes the call. The turn is the T♣ and it doesn't deter the Filipino who fires once again, this time for 85,000. But the Taiwanese player appears to also be unperturbed and still sticks around. The river is the T♠. This time, Ysmael checks and Chu decides to check behind.

Ysmael turns over K♣ 9♦ for top pair on the flop. Chu mucks his hand.

Seo uses his live cards to the hilt as he connects with that jack on the turn to give him a new lease on life.

Lau catches running cards to stay alive on a sick beat against the Australian.

China's Li Xinjing raises from the D to 35,000 and gets a customer in American Joey Weissman.

The flop brings T♣ 8♦ 5♠ as Weissman checks. Li CBets to 75,000 and gets called. The turn is the 7♦ and this time, both players opt to check. The river is the 5♦ . Weissman fires 60,000 but gets raised to 135,000 by his Chinese opponent. The American ponders his decision and ends up consuming one Time Bank card before deiding to make the call.

Li flips ober 5♣ 9♣ for trips on the river as Weissman mucks his hand.

In a rare unraised pot, Vietnam's Ngo Hieu completes his SB and Cho Jaegeol of Korea checks hs option in the BB.

The flop is 8♣ 5♣ 2♦ . Ngo checks and Cho bets 30,000. The Vietnamese player calls. The turn is the A♥ as once again Ngo opts to check. The Korean fires once again, this time for 55,000. Ngo check-raises to 210,000. Cho makes the call. The river is the 4♦ and suddenly Ngo, who covers his opponent declares he is all-in. Cho can't call.

Chip leader John Edward Perry of Australia has the action folded to him on the D and raises to 25,000. In the BB, Canada's Benjamin LeBlond declares he is all-in for his remaining stack of 185,000. Perry makes the call.

Perry adds to his already massive chip stack as LeBlond bows out in 35th place.

Chen Zhen of China opens the action from UTG and gets calls from Switzerland's Kevin Hasler in the CO and Filipino pro Christopher Mateo in the BB.

The flop is 7♥ 7♠ 8♣ as Mateo checks. Chen leads out for 25,000 and gets called by both of his opponents. The turn is the A♦ . Mateo checks again and this time Chen also slows down. Hasler is the one who leads out this time, betting 55,000. Both his opponents make the call. The river is the 5♣ as everyone decides to check.

Hasler shows A♣ Q♣ for top pair on the turn. Mateo flips over A♥ 8♠ for two pairs on the turn. Chen mucks as Mateo takes more artillery away from two dangerous players.

After a series of preflop raises, the pot between Joris Michl of The Netherlands and local hopeful Martin Gonzales comes down to a virtual coinflip.

Gonzales' boat keeps him afloat as Michl takes a moderate hit.

After Lee Seokjun of Korea opens from the HJ for 25,000, Japan's John Matsuda 3-bets it to 70,000. Lee makes the call.

The flop comes 5♠ K♥ J♥ as Lee checks. Matsuda continues for 50,000 and gets the call from his opponent. The turn is the A♠ and this time, both players decide to check. The river card is the 4♣ and Lee bets 75,000. Matsuda makes the call.

Lee turns over J♠ J♦ for a set on the flop. Matsuda mucks his hand and now is now left with a stack below 12 BBs.

The Korean actually flopped the nut straight but Campomanes had the cards necessary to reverse the situation and nailed it on the turn. Lee will now have a story to tell as he now heads to the sidelines for good.

Chip leader John Perry raises to 25,000 from the HJ and gets re-raised by Vietnam's Ngo Hieu in the CO to 75,000. The Australian calls.

The flop is T♣ 9♦ J♦ as Perry checks. Ngo CBets to 45,000 and Perry calls. The turn is the Q♠ and this time, both players check. The river is the 7♠ as Perry checks anew, opening the door for the Vietnamese player to unload 150,000. Perry goes deep into the tank and winds up spending two Time Bank cards before deciding to lay it down.

Ngo now joins the seven figure chip stack club.

William Ysmael of the host nation opens the action from the HJ with a raise to 25,000 and gets a call from Taiwan's Justin Chu in the CO. However, chip leader John Edward Perry of Australia 3-bets to 100,000. Both gentlemen decide to stick around.

The flop is K♠ J♥ Q♣ as Ysmael and Chu check to Perry who fires a second shot for 90,000. The Filipino opts to step aside, but Chu still makes the call. The turn is the 2♠ as Chu checks again. Perry now fires for 200,000 and the Taiwanese player decides that prudence is the better part of valor.

APPT National champion Chen Zhen of China opens from the HJ for 20,000 but Korea's Kim Kiyoung re-pops all-in from the D for 89,000. Another Chinese player in Wu Yuanning also shoves his remaining stack of 133,000. Chen covers both and decides to make the call.

Kim actually paired ten on the river but it was also the card that gave Wu the last piece of his runner-runner/gutshot Broadway. Kim, who was the chip leader at the conclusion of Flight B, has now been bounced from the tournament.

The action gets folded to the D where Malaysia's Victor Chong raises to 20,000. William Ysmael of the Philippines calls from the SB.

The flop is 6♣ J♠ 5♥ as Ysmael checks. Chong follows up by betting another 20,000. The Filipino makes the call. The turn is the 3♥ and this time they both decide to ski a street. The river is the 5♣ . Ysmael fires 32,000. Chong makes the call.

Ysmael is first to show as he tables 9♠ 7♠ for a missed gutshot on the turn. Chong shows A♣ 3♦ for bottom pair on the turn, enough to take down the pot.

With some newly acquired ammunition, Kim Youngjun of Korea attempts to wage war by raising from the CO to 22,000. However, Japan's John Matsuda bought out some heavy artillery of his own as he makes a 3-bet to 55,000 from the D. Kim decides to call.

The flop comes T♥ J♦ 2♦ as Kim checks. Matsuda sends an ICBM towards his Korean opponent in the form of a CBet to 35,000. Kim opts to surrender.

Filipino pro Christopher Mateo makes a raise from the +1 position and when the action is folded to Korea's Kim Woojin in the HJ, he re-raises to 60,000. Mateo makes the call.

The flop comes 7♠ 7♣ J♠ to which Mateo nnounces that he is all-in, Kim snap calls him for his remaining 104,000.

Mateo shows 6♠ 6♦ while Kim turns over A♥ A♠ . The turn brought out the 7♣ to have the Filipino drawing dead against a superior full house of his opponent. The 9♠ on the river sealed the deal as Kim doubles through.

Lee doubles up off of Li, who will be more alert about the action on the table.

With th action folded to Korea's Lee Seokjun, he opts to steal the blinds and ante by going all-in from the D. However, Charles Ed Pansoy of the Philippines makes the call for 132,000 from the BB. It is for his tournament life.

The flop worked wonderfully for the Filipino as he managed to catch a pair to put him ahead. However, the river card sent him packing.

With the action folded to Korea's Cho Jaegeol in the CO, he makes a raise to 23,000. When it gets to the SB of Englishman Guy Taylor, he 3-bets all-in for his remaining stack of 335,000. The massive raise was still met with a call from the Korean.

Filipino pro Christopher "Big Time" Mateo makes an early position raise to 20,000 and is re-raised by China's Wu Yuanning on the D to 65,000. Mateo opts to call.

The flop is 4♣ 7♦ 2♦ as Mateo open shoves from 164,000 to which the Chinese player makes a quick call.

Mateo hits his draw on the turn of the 4♦ and Wu is drawing dead. The river card of the 7♠ gives Mateo a much needed double up.

Joey Weissman from the United States makes a raise from the HJ to 20,000 and it is folded to Filipino Charles Ed Pansoy who 3-bets to 55,000 from the BB. Weissman calls.

The flop comes 4♠ 6♠ 5♥ as Pansoy unloads 75,000. Weissman makes the call. The turn is the A♠ as the Filipino bets again, this time for 113,000. Weissman then moves all-in. Pansoy burns two Time Bank cards before deciding to let the hand go. However, he did lose quite a bit in that exchange.

Here are the top ten stacks presently:

Taiwan's Justin Chu raises from the D to 16,000 and gets called by Filipino pro William Ysmael on the BB.

The flop is A♥ K♦ 2♠ . Ysmael donks for 35,000 and Chu makes the call. The turn is the 7♥ as Ysmael fires again, this time for 88,000. However, Chu raises to 180,000 as Ysmael calls. The river card is the K♠ . Ysmael bets 200,000. Chu goes into the tank and stays there so long that he consumes three Time Bank cards in the process.

Chu eventually makes the call and turns over K♣ J♦ . Ysmael chooses to muck but after taking a huge hit to his chip stack.

Nearing the end of his rope, Filipino pro John Tech goes all-in when the action gets folded to him on the D for 97,000. Malaysian poker icon Michael Soyza calls him from the BB.

The ensuing runout had miracle written all over it as Tech stays afloat in the competition.

With the action folded Patrick Clarke in the CO, the layer from Ireland raises to 16,000 and is greeted by an all-in declaration from Filipino ace Edilberto "Duroy" Gopez. Clarke decides to call.

The subsequent runout eliminates Gopez from the tournament.

Filipino Charles Ed Pansoy makes a raise from the +2 position and the action folds all the way to the BB of Korea's Lee Seokjun who defends.

The flop is 5♣ 9♣ 2♠ as Lee checks. Pansoy fires a CBet of 15,000 to which the Korean makes the call. The turn is the T♦ as Lee checks anew. Pansoy fires again, this time for 30,000. Lee now check-raises to 105,000. The Filipino decides to turn on the jets and 3-bet shove on his opponent. Lee eventually folds.

Folded to him in the HJ, South Africa's Edgar Antezana moves all-in for his tournament life with his remaining stack of 71,000 and gets a call from Filipino pro Moses Saquing from the United States.

Saquing goes on to outflop Antezana and eliminate the South African.

David Wang of Australia starts the action with a raise from UTG to 16,000 and gets Filipino Charles Ed Pansoy in the SB and Jacky Ho of China to join in.

The flop is 3♠ 2♠ 2♥ as the blinds check. Wang CBets to 15,000 and gets check-raised by the Filipino to 30,000. Ho folds. The turn is the T♥ . This time, Pansoy checks as Wang checks behind. The river is the 3♦ as Pansoy bets 50,000. Wang folds.

In a battle of the blinds, William Ysmael of the Philippines raises from the SB for 20,000 and gets a call from Denmark's Mads Andahl Arberg.

The flop is Q♥ J♠ T♣ and Ysmael continues for 22,000. Arberg calls. The turn is the 3♣ as Ysmael unloads 28,000. This time, Arberg goes all-in for his remaining 94,000. The Filipino quickly makes the call.

Ysmael tables A♣ K♣ for the nut straight on the flop while Arberg shows Q♠ T♠ . Needing any queen or ten on the river to stay in the tournament, the river card is the 3♥ sending Arberg to the sidelines for good.

Justin Chu of Taiwan opens the action from the CO for 16,000 and gets callers in Filipino pro Lester Edoc in the D and Kim Kiyoung in the BB.

The flop comes 7♣ Q♥ 4♠ as Kim checks. Chu CBets to 21,000 and gets a call from both. The turn is 6♥ as Kim checks again. This time, Chu slows down and checks as well. Edoc bets 65,000. Kim tanks and uses a Time Bank card before opting to fold. Chu follows suit.

With action folded to him in the D, Seo Moon Ho of Korea raises to 16,000 but Victor Chong of Malaysia re-raises it to 69,000. If that wasn't enough, William Ysmael of the Philippines 4-bets to 135,000.

Both Seo and Chong don't continue in the hand.

Vamerdino Magsakay of the Philippines chucks in his short stack of 27,000 from UTG and gets an immediate call from Korea's Hwang Seokchul right beside him in the +1 position and when the hands were revealed, it was a flip for the Filipino's tournament life.

Board turned out to be detrimental to Magsakay as he gets busted out.

With the money bubble looming, the action is folded to two Filipino players in the blinds. Charles Ed Pansoy raises to 16,000 in the SB and gets a call from Alvir Inocentes in the BB.

The flop comes K♣ Q♥ 5♠ as Pansoy continues unloading for 16,000. Inocentes makes the call. The turn is the 5♦ and this time Pansoy declares he is all-in and quickly gets called by his opponent.

Needing the last remaining five to force a chop, Inocentes instead sees the 4♦ arrive on the river and thus ends his stint in the tournament as the bubble boy.

Everyone still in contention are now all guaranteed PhP250,000 (~US$4,280).

With the action folded to him on the HJ, Kim Dohwan of Korea takes the opportunity to go for it all by shoving his stack of 73,000. On the D, however, Joris Michl of the Netherlands makes the call.

Kim turns over A♣ Q♠ while Michl shows 7♠ 7♥ .

The flop padded the Dutchman's lead: 7♣ K♠ 3♣ and by the time the 9♠ arrived on the turn, the Korean was drawing dead. The river card was the 2♦ as Kim is busted on Michl's set on the flop.

Korea's Seo Moon Ho raises from the +1 position and gets two Filipinos in William Ysmael and Moses Saquing to come along.

The flop is J♣ 7♠ 6♥ as Saquing checks. Seo CBets to 25,000 as Ysmael gets out of the way. Saquing calls. The turn is the T♦ as both players now check. The river is the Q♦ . Saquing checks and Seo fires a 40,000 bet. Saquing folds.

Englishman Guy Taylor opens from UTG for 12,000 and gets a call from the CO from Yu Chun Chen of Taiwan.

The flop is A♣ 7♣ 9♥ as Taylor continues betting for 22,000. Yu calls. The turn is the T♣ and this time both players check. The river is the 4♣ . Taylor puts in a measly bet of 8,000 and it's enough to make the Taiwanese player throw his hole cards into the muck.

Filipino pro William Ysmael raises from the +2 position and gets one customer in the SB as Benjamin LeBlond makes the call.

The flop is K♥ 6♥ 3♣ as LeBlond checks and Ysmael CBets to 15,000. The Canadian calls. The turn is the 4♦ and this time it's LeBlond who comes out firing for 35,000. Ysmael now makes the call. The river is the J♦ as now LeBlond checks. Ysmael puts in a smallish bet of 45,000 to which LeBlond folds his hand.

Wu Yuanning of China makes a UTG raise to 12,000 and the action gets folded to the D of Filipino ace Christopher "Big Time" Mateo who 3-bets to 32,000. Wu 4-bets to 75,000 and Mateo opts to just call.

The flop is 6♥ 4♠ 9♥ as Wu continues betting, this time for 58,000. Mateo calls. The turn is the A♠ and now Wu fires 120,000. The Filipino goes into the tank and uses one Time Bank card before deciding to fold.

Wu shows K♦ K♣ and dents Mateo for the moment.

APPT National champion Chen Zhen of China starts the action by raising from the +2 position to 12,000 and gets a phalanx of four callers in Korean Kim Woojin in the HJ, Georgios Skarparis of Cyprus in the CO, American John Joseph Panish in the D and Vietnam's Pham Bao in the BB.

The flop is 3♣ 5♥ Q♠ as Pham, Cen and Kim check. Skarparis, however, leads out for 22,000. Panish, Bao and Chen fold, but Kim makes the ccall. Heads up to the turn of the 3♦, Kim and Skaparis both decide to check. The river is the J♠ as Kim checks again. This time the Cypriot fires 32,000. Kim calls.

Skarparis shows 6♦ 6♥ while Kim tables K♦ Q♣ for top pair on the flop and takes down the pot, reducing Skaparis' stack to less than 100,000.

Korea's Kim Gab Yong makes an early position raise from the +2 position for 10,000 and gets re-raised on the the D of Canadian Benjamin LeBlond to 30,000. In the BB, another Korean in Kim Namhyung 4-bets to 85,000. Gab folds and LeBlond 5-bet shoves for 272,000. Kim makes the call to put the Canadian at risk.

LeBlond shows K♠ K♥ while Kim has one over card with A♠ K♦.

The runout goes: 7♥ 2♦ 8♠ 6♦ J♠ as LeBlond's cowboys allow hm to see more action, Kim, who was once contending for the chip lead, plummets even further down.

Former chip leader Kim Kiyoung of Korea starts the action from UTG with a raise to 12,000 and action is folded to the D where another former chip leader in Filipino vetean Lester Edoc makes the call.

The flop is 5♦ Q♥ 9♠ as Kim continues firing for 15,000. Edoc makes the call. The turn is the Q♦ . Kim unloads again, this time for 30,000 and Edoc still calls. The river is the T♥ and this time, but players check.

Kim turns over Q♦ J♠ while Edoc shows A♣ Q♣ and takes the pot with trip with a higher kicker.

The action is getting more tense at the PokerStars poker room at Okada Manila with the action of Day 2 at the APPT Manila Championship about to reach the bubble. 16 one-hour levels have been played so far and 75 players of 416 entries are still competing for a chance to take a chunk from the PHP 59,922,720 (~US$ 1,027,000) prize pool. 63 players will be guaranteed a payout, and there is still a lot of poker to go.

Australian John Edward Perry currently stands out as the chip leader from the 75 players that remain with 963,000 chips. Korean Kim Kiyoung has been consistent and ranks second with 700,000. Irishman Patrick Clarke holds the third spot with 630,000 so far.

APPT Manila Championship (Day 2, October 25)

Date/s: October 23 to 27, 2024

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

Prize Pool: PHP 59,922,720 (~US$ 1,027,000)

Entries: 416

Starting Stack: 50,000

Average Stack: 277,300

Blinds: 2,000/5,000 Ante 5,000

Remaining players: 75

ITM: 63

Making a raise from early position, Switzerland's Kevin Hasler raises to 10,000 and gets a caller in Ngo Hieu of Vietnam as everyone else folds.

The flop is 8♣ Q♦ 9♦ as both players check. The turn is the 3♣ as Hasler leads out for 30,000 and is called by Ngo. The river is the 6♦. Hasler checks and much to his dismay, Ngo checks behind as the Swiss player flips over A♦ T♦ for the nut flush and Ngo shows 7♠ 7♣.

Ngo Hieu of Vietnam open shoves for 96,000 on the HJ and Filipino pro John Tech makes the quick call from the CO.

Ngo tables 2♣ 2♦ while Tech brandishes A♠ A♦ .

The flop kept the Filipino ahead: 5♣ K♠ 3♠ but the turn card is the 2♥ to give the Vietnamese player a set. Needing one of the two remaining aces in the deck, Tech sees the T♥ on the river and also sees most of his chips going to Ngo.

Tech is left with a stack of less than six BBs after the bad beat.

With the action folded to the CO, John Matsuda of Japan makes a raise to 10,000 and gets called by South African Edgar Antezana in the SB and Malaysian high stakes specialist Michael Soyza in the BB.

The flop is Q♣ A♦ 7♦ as the blinds check. Matsuda continues for 14,000 as Antezana folds but Soyza sticks around. The turn is the 7♥ as Soyza checks and the Japanese player fires again, this time for 35,000. This time, the Malaysian unloads a check-raise to 80,000. Matsuda tanks but folds.

Seokjun Lee made the 10,000 min-raise from under the gun and was called by Brett Bader on the cut-off and Uuganbayar Erdenekhu at the big blind. The three players were shown a flop of 8♥ 3♣ J♥. All three players checked to get a free peek of K♦ on the turn. Action was checked to Bader who counted 18,000 chips and put it on the betting block. Erdenekhu folded, but Lee made the call to see an 8♠ river. Lee checked to Bader, who bet out 26,000. Lee folded and surrendered the pot to Bader.

Moses Saquing raised to 27,000 from the hi-jack and called the 48,000 re=raise by Will Ysmael on the big blind to enter a flop of 9♠ 4♠ A♥ . Saquing checked then folded, unwilling to match the 27,000 bet of Ysmael.

Moon Ho Seo raised to 11,000 from under the gun and was called by seatmate Edilberto Gopez at UTG+1. Both players were treated to a flop of 5♥ 4♠ J♣. Seo check-called the 10,000 bet of Gopez to lead to the 7♣ on the turn. Seo check-called the 35,000 bet of Gopez to see a 8♠ river. Seo led out with 110,000 and Gopez surrendered.

American Brett Bader sees the action folded to him on the D and opts to raise for 11,000. Victor Chong of Malaysia decides to defend his BB.

The flop comes 5♥ 7♥ 7♣ as Chong checks. Bader CBets to 10,000 but the Malaysian check-raises to 35,000. Bader makes the call. The turn is the K♠ and Chong continues his aggression by betting 80,000. Bader chooses to no longer continue in the hand.

Victor Chong min-raised to 8,000 from UTG+1 and was called by cut-off Thomas Ward and big blind Brett Bader. The three players were opened a flop of 6♦ K♣ 8♥. Action was checked to Thomas Ward who fired out 11,000. Chong folded, but Bader stuck around to see a 2♠ turn. Bader led out with 33,000 and was called by Ward to proceed to the 5♣ river. Bader checked and folded, unable to commit to Ward's all-in shove for 82,000.

Kim Namhyung of Korea raises from the D to 10,000 and gets re-raised by William Ysmael of the Philippines from the SB to 38,000. Kim calls.

The flop is 9♦ A♠ 6♣ as Ysmael fires again for 23,000. Kim makes the call. The turn is the 9♠ and this time both players check. The river is the 5♥ and no more action happens.

Ysmael shows K♥ K♠ while Kim throws his cards into the muck.

Heading into desperation mode with the blinds slowly catching up with him, Mongolia's Erdenekhu Uuganbayar swings for the fences and goes all-in from the D for his last 87,000. It is folded to the BB of Thomas Ward and the Aussie burns one Tme Bank card in contemplating his decision. Ward opts to finally call.

Uuganbayar tables A♦ Q♦ dominating Ward's hole cards of A♠ 2♠ .

The flop immediately put matters beyond doubt as it came 8♥ 6♣ Q♣ . The last two community cards were the T♠ 7♠ as Uuganbayar stays relevant with the rising blinds.

In a battle of the blinds, Christopher Mateo limped in and Wonchul Bae checked for a friendly entry into a flop of J♦ 7♦ 8♦. Mateo led out with a 5,000 bet which was raised by Bae to 17,000. Mateo made the call to proceed to the 6♥ turn. Mateo checked. Bae bet out 40,000, then Mateo re-raised to 110,000. Bae tanked, but eventually folded.

Lee Sunghak min-raised to 8,000 from under the gun and then called the three-bet to 24,000 by Stevan Chew on the hi-jack. Both players are peeled a flop of Q♣ T♦ 9♦. Both players checked to see a free T♥ on the turn. Sunghak check-called Chew's 36,000 bet to lead to a J♠ river Sunghak checked, then couldn't match the 124,000 all-in shove by Chew.