APPT Manila Championship

The official Final Table of the Pokerstars LIVE APPT Manila Championship is set to reconvene later (Sunday, October 27) here at Okada Manila in the City of Mnaila, Philippines where the original starting field of 416 has now been pruned to six and these individuals will be laying claim to the biggest chuck of the now PHP 59,922,720 (~US$1,028,270) with the champion earning PhP11,610,000 (~US$199,100).

28 players began the day and were all assured of at least PhP355,000 (~US$6,075) and as the day drew on, it was anyone's guess as to who would advance to the Final 6 which will be streamed on the Pokerstars Twitch and YouTube accounts.

In the end, it was Vietnam's Hieu Ngo who led the charge heading into the finale.

Hieu, who has already amassed more than a quarter of a million US dollars in his six year career, already has one cash in this festival, finishing 22nd in the APPT National for PhP237,000 (~US$4,120).

At tis point, Hieu and the rest of the finalists are assured PhP2,360,000 (~US$40,430).

Hieu carries 7,075,000 in chips while a distant second is many time Taiwanese champion Justin Chi Jen Chu who has 4,875,000. Korea Beum Chun Jun, who just won the Turbo event here last Wednesday, is in third with 3,455,000.

The action resumes at 12NN (UCT+8).

Here are the Final 6 of the inaugural APPT Championship and the action will conclude tomorrow (Sunday, October 27) still here at the Okada Manila.

Everyone at this point is guaranteed PhP2,360,000 (~US$40,430) and the eventual champion takes home PhP11,610,000 (~US$199,100).

The action is folded to the CO where Martin Gonzales of the Philippines has K♣ J♠ and decides to open shove for 680,000. Waiting on the D is Korea's Beum Chun Jun who makes the call with A♥ J♣.

While both did hit the Jack on the flop, nothing else came out that could have helped the Filipino.

The action is now paused for tomorrow (Sunday, October 27) for the official Final Table with six players remaining.

Hand #65: Hieu wins the pot on one bet on the flop aagainst Martin Gonzales

Hand #66: Beum Chun Jun gets a walk.

Hand #67: William Ysmael check-folds the turn against Justin Chu.

Hand #64: Beum Chun Jun raises to 100,000 in the +1 with K♠ J♣ then Justin Chu 3-bets from the CO for 250,000 with K♣ J♥ then Hieu Ngo 4-bets from the SB to 650,000 with K♦ Q♥. Beum and Chu folds. Hieu wins the pot.

Hand #60: Martin Gonzales in the D goes all-in against William Ysmael in the BB. Ysmael folds.

Hand #61: Folded to Korea's Beum Chun Jun on the D, he raises gets no callers.

Hand #62: Ysmael raises from the with K♠ T♥ D and gets called by Justin Chu of Taiwan in the SB with 7♦ 6♦.

The flop is T♠ 7♣ 6♣ as Chu checks his bottom two pairs. Ysmael CBets to 175,000 with his top pair with a King kicker and gets check-raised to 500,000. Ysmael calls. The turn card is the 5♣ as Chu goes all-in for 3,400,000. Ysmael folds.

Hand #63: Ysmael raise from the CO for 100,000 with A♠ 7♠ and gets called by Chu in the D with JdTc and Hieu in the BB with J♥ 7♥.

The flop is 3♠ 9♦ 8♦ to give the callers straight draws. All check. The turn is the Q♣ that gives Chu the nut straight. It goes check-fold.

Hand #59: William Ysmael raises from UTG with A♥ 8♥ and gets called on the CO by Hieu Ngo with 8♦ 7♦ .

The flop is 5♦ 5♣ 6♥ giving Hieu an open-ended straight draw. Ysmael checks and Hieu leads out on the come for 150,000. The Filipino then proceeds to check-raise it to 425,000. Hieu makes the call. The turn is the card that the Vietnamese player was looking for: 4♥ to complete his straight. Ysmael isn't stopping, though, as he fires another bet of 550,000. Hieu just makes the call. The river is the 3♣ and Ysmael puts the biggest non-shove bet of the competition: 1,000,000. Hieu calls.

Ysmael lost 2,300,000 in that pot.

Hand #57: This unraised pot between SB Hieu Ngo and BB Thomas Ward made it to the turn where the New Zealander hard bet the turn to make his opponent fold.

Hand #58: This made it to the river between Beum Chun Jun of Korea and Taiwan's Justin Chu with two strong bets by Beum taking it down.

Hand #55: Having just 3 BBs left in her stack and facing the prospect of posting the BB and the ante soon, China's Li Xinjing went all-in from the +1 position for remaining 160,000 with Q♠ J♠ . He gets calls from William Ysmael in the CO with 7♣ 7♠ , Lester Edoc in the SB with Q♥ 9♣ and on the BB of Hieu Ngo with A♣ 9♠ .

The flop comes 5♣ 6♦ A♥ as Edoc checks his miss and Hieu bets 200,000. That's enough to make the rest fold and have it out with the Chinese player. The turn is the J♦ which suddenly gives Li some hope, but the river is the 6♣ , vanquishing Li and sending the competition to seven-handed play.

Everyone is assured PhP1,810,000 (~US$31,010).

Hand #53: William Ysmael steals a small pot on a straight draw against Thomas Ward's under pair.

Hand #54: Ysmael and Chu chop a pot that goes to showdown with no significant action in a blind versus blind situation.

Hand #52: In what is perhaps the most pivotal hand in the Final 9, it starts with a raise from the +3 position from Li Xinjing of China to 100,000. Suddenly on the D, Australia's John Edward Perry 3-bets to 150,000, Martin Gonzales of the Philippines 4-bets to 450,000 and Taiwan's Justin Chu making a 5-bet all-in to 945,000.

Li folds but Perry calls all-in for his remaining 180,000. Gonzales covers everyone.

Perry managed to flop a gutshot and Gonzales got top pair, but no one improved on the last two community cards Chu scoops the pot and sends the competition into 8-handed play where everyone is now guaranteed PhP1,480,000 (~US$25,360).

Hand #49: William Ysmael of the Philippines raises from the +3 with T♠ 5♠ but gets repelled by a 3-bet from Vietnam's Hieu Ngo on the D with A♠ K♣ .

Hand #50: Hieu raises from the CO with A♦ 4♥ . It is folded to Australia's John Edward Perry who uses two Time Bank cards before folding Q♥ 9♣ .

Hand #51: Some early position action ensues as Ysmael raises from the +1 with 7♥ 7♣ and gets 3-bet in the +2 by Justin Chu of Taiwan with K♠ Q♥ . Ysmael wants to see a flop.

The flop is K♣ 4♣ 5♠ as Chu takes the lead by getting top pair. Chu begins the process of going for value by betting the flop (called by Ysmael) and the turn where the Filipino finally folds.

Hand #48: Taiwan's Justin Chu draws Q♠ Q♥ UTG and raises. He picks up two callers in Lester Edoc of the Philippines in the D with 6♠ 6♥ and Hieu Ngo in the BB on a defense with K♠ 3♦ .

The flop is 3♠ 7♠ 4♦ as Edoc picks up a gutshot while Hieu has bottom pair. Chu CBets to 100,000 and gets raised by Edoc to 275,000 as Hieu folds. Chu makes the call. The turn is the J♠ and both check while the river is the K♦ . Again, it goes check-check.

Edoc pulled the brakes just in time.

Hand #47: From UTG Thomas Ward of New Zealand raises with 8♣ 7♣ and the action is folded to th BB where Vietnam's Hieu Ngo awaits to defend with J♦ T♣.

The flop is Q♠ T♦ 5♠ as Hieu checks. Ward CBets to 125,000 and Hieu calls. The turn is the 9♣ as now Ward picks up a gutshot straight draw. Hieu checks again and the New Zealander fires again, this time for 275,000. Hieu still calls. The river is the 8♦ completing a one card straight. Hieu checks again and this time Ward bets 550,000. Hieu again makes the call.

The missed steal by Ward now has him even in chip with his Vietnamese opponent. Ward lost over a million in that hand.

Hand #45: The action is folded to Thomas Ward in the +2 position and raises to 100,000 with A♠ T♣ as he gets a call from William Ysmael in the SB with K♦ Q♦.

The flop comes Q♣ 2♠ Q♥ as the Filipino flops trips. It goes check-check. The turn is the 4♥ . Ysmael bets 175,000 and Ward folds.

Hand #46: This time the raise comes from the +1 postion where Ward has K♠ 6♠ . The New Zealander gets re-raised all-in by Korean Beum Chun Jun in the CO. Ward folds.

Beum has Q♥ Q♦ .

Hand #37: Martin Gonzales gets Q♥ Q♦ but Lester Edoc does not continue past the flop

Hand #38: Beum Chun Jun raises from the HJ with A♠ 7♠ but gets no callers.

Hand #39: Beum raises again, this time from the +3 position with A♠ J♣ and still gets no callers.

Hand #40: Thomas Ward gets A♥ K♦ folded to him on the SB and gets no action.

Hand #41: Edoc raises from the HJ with J♥ J♦ and everyone folds.

Hand #42: Gonzales sees a flop in a raised pot with K♦ J♥ and board is K♣ 9♦ 3♥. Ward folds to his 3-bet.

Hand #43: Beum gets a walk.

Hand #44: Hieu Ngo raises from the +2 position with A♠ T♥ and gets no action.

With still nine players remaining, here is where everyone stands at as the blinds go up:

Everyone is still guaranteed PhP1,237,720 (US$21,205).

Hand #36: Lester Edoc raises from UTG with 7♠ 7♦ and gets called by Hieu Ngo in the +1 position with 6♠ 6♥ .

The Vietnamese player flops middle set: 3♦ 6♣ T♠ and the Filipino continues firing for 60,000. Hieu calls. The turn is the 3♣ to give Hieu a full house. Edoc goes for 100,000 but gets raised 275,000. The Filipino tanks and eventually folds.

Hand #33: Beum Chun Jun of Korea raises from UTG with A♣ Q♠ and gets not callers.

Hand #34: William Ysmael tries a long distance steal as well and succeeds from UTG also with A♦ T♦ .

Hand #35: Hieu Ngo makes a raise from the +2 position and everybody finds a fold.

Hand #32: After Filipino pro Martin Gonzales raised from UTG with 7♥ 7♣ , he dragged in two callers in Justin Chu of Taiwan with A♠ 2♠ on the +2 position and fellow Filipino Lester Edoc with 5♥ 5♦ in the HJ.

Gonzales immediately saw good news as the flop came 4♦ 7♦ J♠ , flopping middle set. Gonzales checked and Chu tried to make a play at it with a bet of 120,000 which was initially called by Edoc. But then Gonzales came over the top and raised to 275,000 and both opponents fold.

Hand #29: Beum Chun Jun of Korea steals chips from Vietnam's Hieu Ngo on the flop of A♠ 7♠ T♥. Beum had K♥ 2♣ as Hieu folded on the turn.

Hand #30: Beum tries to the BB of Ward who chooses to defend it. This time, the Korean has an actual hands in 8♦ 8♣ but gets outflopped by the New Zealander who holds Q♦ J♣ on a board of 2♦ 6♥ J♦ and a river shove by Ward forces Beum out of the hand.

Hand #31: Lester Edoc raises from the CO with A♠ 9♥ and gets no callers.

Hand #26: This time it's the turn of chip leader Thomas Ward to make his move as he raises from the +3 position but gets a call from the red hot William Ysmael.

The flop is 8♠ 4♥ 5♠ as Ysmael outflops Ward to pair his four. They both check. The turn is the 9♥ as it once again goes check-check. The river is the 7♦ and this time Ysmael unloads 130,000. Ward tanks and uses a Time Bank card before deciding to fold.

This time, Ysmael really had the better hand.

The Filipino now takes the chip lead and earn the de facto badge as table captain.

Hand #27: Ysmael takes chips away from Beum with K♦ 2♥ on a board of 5♣ Q♦ 8♣. Beum folded A♦ T♥.

Hand #25: William Ysmael raises from UTG and get s Justin Chu of Taiwan and Korea's Beum Chun Jun to come along.

On the flop of 5♦ T♣ J♠ Beum checks and Ysmael CBets to 130,000. Chu folds but Beum with his open-ender buys one street. The turn is the 9♥ giving the Korean a pair. Beum checks. Ysmael unloads again for 275,000. Beum doesn't continue in the hand.

Ysmael is now trying to run the show.

Hand #23: Martin Gonzales 3-bets Beum's raise with A♠ K♥ making the Korean fold.

Hand #24: Li Xinjing goes all-in on the D and gets no callers.

Hand #22: Beum Chun Jun of Korea has A♠ 5♠ and gets called on his rase from the HJ by Filipino pro Lester Edoc from the CO who has K♦ Q♥ .

The flop is 3♣ J♥ 9♦ as Beum bets his miss. Edoc calls with a gutshot straight draw. The turn is the 8♦ as this time both players check. The river is the Q♣ completing a one card straight. Beum makes a bet of 250,000 on Edoc's pair on the river. The Filipino tanks a bit but chooses to fold. Great play by the Korean.

Hand #21: In a raised pot by Filipino William Ysmael with 7♠ 7♦ in the HJ against the BB of chip leader Thomas Ward T♥ 9♦ .

The flop comes 9♠ 6♣ T♠ as the New Zalander flops top two pairs against a gutshot straight draw from the Filipino. Both opt to check. The turn is the A♠ which now adds a redraw to a flush to Ysmael's arsenal. Ward bets 175,000 for his two pair and gets a call from Ysmael. The river is the K♠ completing a one card backdoor flush for Ysmael. Ward checks. Ysmael bets 175,000 on the river. Ward quickly folds.

Hand #20: The action is folded to William Ysmael of the Philippines in the CO and he raises it to 85,000 with 3♦ 3♠ . Fellow Flipino pro Lester Edoc calls him from the SB with K♣ Q♣ . The flop is 7♥ A♦ 9♥ as Edoc check-folds his miss.

Hand #19: Hieu Ngo of Vietnam gets dealt 6♦ 6♣ UTG and raises to 80,000. However, right beside him in the +1 position, chip leader THomas Ward of New Zealang 3-bets it to 230,000. Hieu makes the call.

Lo and behold the flop is 9♦ 9♣ 6♠ for a full house for Hieu. They both check the flop and on the turn of the J♣ , Hieu tries one more time to get more value, but his bet of 350,000 makes his opponent fold.

Hand #18: The action opens from the +1 position where Vietnam's Hieu Ngo to 80,000 with A♠ Q♠ while John Edward Perry of Australia re-raises to 200,000 with A♥ A♣. HIeu calls.

The flop is 6♠ K♣ 7♦ . Perry continues betting, now for 90,000. Hieu opts to float. The turn is the J♠ which now gives the Vietnamese player a multitude of outs: a gutshot and the nut flush draw. Perry's 225,000 is called anew. The river gets one of the outs that Hieu was buying as the T♦ appears. Now HIeu is value betting 325,000. Perry still makes the call and sees the bad news when the cards are turned over.

The Australian is now down to less than ten BBs. There are still nine players remaining.

Hand #13: William Ysmael of the Philippines raises from the +3 position but gets no callers for his Big Slick

Hand #14: Ysmael is perhaps thinking the the dealer didn't shuffle properly because he gets them back ( A♠ K♥ )as he raises from the +2 for 85,000. This time, though, Hieu Ngo of Vietnam 3-bets him from the CO for 250,000. Hieu has T♠ T♥ . The Filipino then takes a moment and announces that he is all-in for 3,600,000.

Hieu gos into the tank. The call will be not really be for his tournament life, but it could hurt if he calls and he is wrong. On Time Bank card later, the Vietnamese player givs in and folds.

Hand #15: Lester Edoc tries mid range steal from the +3 and gets rejected by Martin Gonzales who 3-bet shove from the BB.

Hand #16: Ysmael uses his positional power and raises from the D folded to him with 7♥ 6♥ and gets no callers.

Hand #17: This time, Ysmael has 8♠ 8♣ and raises from the the +1 position and Gonzales calls him from the BB with J♣ 5♣ .

The flop misses Gonzales completely as it comes 2♣ 4♦ 9♠ and Ysmael takes it down with one CBet.

Hand #12: The raise from Filipino pro Martin Gonzales from the +2 position is greeted with a call by chip leader Thomas Ward from the BB.

The flop is 7♦ 6♦ T♦ and Gonzales hit top pair while Ward has a queen high straight draw. It is check-call for the New Zealander and the turn gave the 3♦ , the fourth diamond on the board. Ward--now with a flush--opts to check-call again. The river is the T♣ which now gives Gonzales trips. However, both do have showdown value and opt to check down.

Hand #11: In a battle of pocket pairs, chip leader Thomas Ward of New Zealand min-raises from UTG with Q♥ Q♦ and gets called by Filipino pro Lester Edoc in the SB with 9♥ 9♣ .

The flop is T♠ 6♣ 3♣ as Edoc checks. Ward bets 120,000 and Edoc makes the call. The turn is the T♦ and this time Edoc donks in on the paired board for 225,000. It's Ward's turn this time for make the call. The river is the 7♦ and now both players check.

It was very careful execution by Ward against one the best players in the Philippines.

Hand #10: Australian John Edward Perry receives A♥ K♣ in the +3 position and raises and Filipino Lester Edoc chooses to defend his BB with J♣ 2♣ .

Edoc makes contact with the flop: Q♦ 3♠ 2♦ by pairing his deuces and proceeds to check. Perry CBets 60,000 and Edoc calls. The turn produces the 8♠ as both check. The river is the 3♦ as Edoc bets 50,000. Perry folds.

Hand #9: Chip leader Thomas Ward of New Zealand gets dealt A♠ Q♦ and raises from the +2 position for 80,000. He gets called on a BB defense by Taiwan's Justin Chu who has T♥ 7♥ .

The flop comes 3♠ 2♥ T♠ as Chu gets top pair. Chu checks and Ward fires the CBet of 75,000. Chu makes the call. The turn is the 2♦ and this time Chu grabs the betting lead for 130,000. Ward now becomes a caller. The river is the K♣ as the Taiwanese player lays out a value bet of 40,000. Ward still makes the call.

The hit doesn;t realy dent the New Zealander, but does give additional ammunition to Chu who has easily been the most active at the table thus far.

Hand #8: Australia's John Edward Perry gets Filipino Lester Edoc to fold a missed ace on the flop.

Hand #7: William Ysmael of the Philippines gets A♥ Q♦ UTG and raises to 80,000 and gets three callers.

The flop is T♥ 9♣ 8♦ representing some form of straight draw for all of Ysmael's opponents in the hand. All check. The turn is the 9♦ and when it's checked b ack Ysmael, he bets 320,000. It's enough to get everyone chasing their draw to fold.

Hand #6: Filipino pro Lester Edoc draws K♥ K♦ i the +3 and raises it to 100,000. No one calls.

Hand #5: Taiwan's Justin Chu raises from the +1 position for 80,000 with Q♦ J♦ and it is folded to the D where chip leader Thomas Ward re-pops it to 320,000 with A♦ Q♠. Chun proceeds to 4-bet to 500,000 and the New Zealander decides to just call.

The flop is 4♥ 9♠ 3♠ which misses both hands. Both check. The turn is the 6♠ and both check anew. The river is the J♣ . Chu bets 400,000 but is raised all-in by Ward. Needing to go all in to call, Chu tanks and uses up a Time Bank card before folding his top pair.

Ward using his stack and ICM pressure to his advantage.

Hand #4: John Edward Perry of Australia raises from UTG with A♥ Q♥ and gets a call in the HJ from Justin Chu who has 9♣ 9♠ .

The flop is 2♣ J♥ T♠ to give Perry a gutshot as he checks. Chu probes with a bet to 45,000 and Perry calls. The turn is the 6♣ as Perry checks again and this time Chu ups it to 75,000. Perry refuses to buy any further and folds.

Hand #2: Martin Gonzales raises from the +3 and gets two callers.

The flop is T♣ 5♥ J♥ and the Filipino gets no callers after betting out his A♦ T♦ .

Hand #3: China's Li Xinjing raises UTG with 7♠ 7♥ and gets no callers.

Hand #1: The very first hand of the Final 9 finds chip leader Thomas Ward of New Zealand making a raise from the +1 position and gets called all the way in the SB by Taiwan's Justin Chu. However, local bet Lester Edoc 3-bets to 90,000 from the BB as both make the call.

The flop is A♦ 4♠ A♠ as the blinds check. Ward fire a bet of 70,000 and gets a call from Chu, but a fold from Edoc. It is heads up to the turn of the K♠ as both players check. The river is the 2♣ as Chu fires for 30,000 and gets called by Ward.

Chu's queens hold to draw 1st blood.

Here are the last nine players who are now all guaranteed PhP1,237,720 (~US$21,205). They will play down to the last six for the official final table that will commence tomorrow (Sunday, October 27).

Australia's John Edward Perry has it folded to him on the D and raises to 65,000 as Darren Yu of the Philippines makes the call from the BB.

The fold comes 7♥ K♠ 3♦ as Yu checks. Perry CBets to 40,000 as the Filipino check-raises to 175,000. Perry calls.

The last two community cards are the 3♠ and Yu gets the K♣ to boot as he is still spotless in double ups.

The action gets folded to the D of Taiwan's Justin Chu who makes a raise to 60,000. Former chip leader John Edward Perry 3-bets it to 415,000 from the SB and gets a call from Beum Chun Jun in the BB. Chu folds.

The flop comes K♥ 6♦ A♥ as Perry checks. Beum puts the Australian all-in with a bet of 300,000. Perry chucks in his remaining 115,000 to make the call.

Beum shows T♦ T♥ while Perry tables K♣ Q♠ for second pair on the flop.

The last two community cards are the 6♠ and the J♣ as Perry doubles up and makes a strong case for final table appeanace with with still ten players remaining.

William Ysmael of the Philippines attains his third consecutive scalp after an All-In Preflop (AIPF) situation against the last lady standing in China's Li Yan.

Ysmael's full house on the turn sealed the deal as now only ten players remain. Li becomes the first Philippine millionaire for crashing out in 11th place.

Chinese lady player Li Yan opens from UTG for 60,000 and it gets folded all the way to the blinds where Filipino pro Christopher Mateo 3-bets all-in from the SB for 980,000. Fellow local bet William Ysmael calls from the BB. Li folds.

Mateo had a chance at a bad beat on the turn when he paired his king but Ysmael now reduces the field to just 11 players left.

The action is folded to the blinds where Lee Seokjun of Korea completes his SB and Filipino William Ysmael checks his option in the BB.

The flop is4d 4♠ 6♠ as Lee checks. Ysmael leads out for 30,000. Lee calls. The turn is the J♣ and Lee checks anew. The Filipino adds more sauce and fires 60,000. This time, Lee check-raises to 125,000. Ysmael makes the call. The river is the A♦ . The Korean goes into the tank and consumes one Time Bank card before going all-in for his last 225,000. It is now Ysmael's turn to think things over as he burns two Time Bank cards before making the decision to call.

Lee shows K♦ Q♠ for a missed gutshot while Ysmael is in relief that his 9♥ 6♣ held against all that pressure.

Fresh off his double up in cracking the aces of Australian John Edward Perry, Bae Wonchul of Korea faces a raise from chip leader Thomas Ward of New Zealand from UTG for 60,000. Bae 3-bets all-in from the SB for his newly acquired stack of 225,000. Ward makes the quick call.

With the elimination of Bae, Ward now solidifies his claim as the monster stack of the tournament.

After a raise to 60,000 from the D by Australia's John Edward Perry, Bae Wonchul of Korea re-raises all-in for last 90,000 from the BB. Perry makes the call.

It was a fortuitous double up for the Korean and having aces cracked on the livestream is always special.

William Ysmael of the Philippines raises from the CO to 60,000 and gets jammed in the BB by Joey Weissman of the United States for his remaining 225,000. Ysmael makes the call.

Weissman contended for the chip lead at one point but can't get the connection for his Big Slick when he needed it the most.

Filipino pro Christopher Mateo raises from the HJ to 60,000 and gets re-raised all-in by Cho Jaegeol of Korea for 305,000. China's Li Yan makes the call from the BB as Mateo folds.

Hitting a full house on the turn assured the elimination of Cho by Li and the Chinese lady player ups her stack to over a million.

With 16 players reaming, here's where they stand:

The action is folded to Bae Wonchul of Korea in the CO and he declares he is all-in and gets a call all-in from Filipino pro Martin Gonzales for his remaining 510,000.

Bae fails to hit any of his over card and is down to less than 100,000 in chips.

The action is folded to the D of Beum Chun Jun of Korea and he raises to 50,000. IN the BB, Malaysia's Jason Lau 3-bets to 175,000. Beum then 4-bets all-in and is quickly called by Lau for his remaining 450,000.

Beum's flopped set had Lau drawing dead on the turn and the Korean breaches the three million chip mark.

Local veteran Lester Edoc opens from UTG for 50,000 and gets called all the way in the HJ by Korea's Cho Jaegeol.

The flop is J♥ K♠ Q♣ as Edoc CBets for 50,000. Cho calls. The turn is the 4♦ as once again the Filipino fires, this time for 150,000. Cho still makes the call. The river is the 6♠ as Edoc now unloads 600,000. The Korean takes almost forever to act as he uses two Time Bank cards before finally making the call.

Edoc flips over K♥ K♣ for top set on the flop. Cho mucks as Edoc nears the four million chip mark. Cho now in push or fold terrirory.

In a battle of the blinds, Beum Chun Jun of Korea raises his SB to 100,000 and gets called by Filipino pro Christopher Mateo in the BB.

The flop comes 9♦ A♥ 4♥ as both players check. The turn is the 3♥ and Beum checks again. The Filipino now bets 150,000 and gets a call from his Korean opponent. The river card is the Q♦ . Mateo now unleashes a bet of 400,000. Beum tanks and males the call.

Mateo shows J♠ 8♠ for a missed gutshot while to everyone's surprise, Beum tables 6♠ 4♠ for a pair of fours that made it all the way to the end for the win for the Korean.

China's Wu Yuanning opens the action from UTG for 50,000 and gets called in the HJ by Justin Chu of Taiwan. But from the CO, Korea's Beum Chun Jun 3-bets to 175,000. Wu steps away but Chu makes the call.

The flop is Q♣ 9♣ 8♣ as both players check the monochrome board. The turn brings out the A♣ , completing a one card flush. Chu leads out for 150,000 and gets a call from his Korean opponent. The river is the J♣ completing the mono-textured board. Chu bets 250,000 as Beum goes into the tank and uses one Time Bank card in the process. The Korean then raises to 600,000. Chu decides to fold.

Yu lost the lead on the turn but hits his fortuitous two-outer on the river for yet another double up--his third straight.

Hieu's stack once again falls below the one million mark.

Isaia Alessio of Italy goes all-in for his remaining 265,000 with action folded to him on the HJ and right beside him on the CO, Filipino pro Lester Edoc makes the call as everyone else folds.

Edoc now nears the three million mark with his elimination of the Italian.

Still reeling from the earlier loss, Korea's Bae Wonchul goes all-in for his remaining 230,000 after Hieu Ngo of Vietnam raised from the HJ.

The triumph by Bae drags Hieu's stack down to below the one million mark for the first time in Day 3.

Local bet Darren Yu opens from the HJ for 140,000 and leaves one 5,000 chip behind, indicating that he is committed to the pot regardless of pending action. It is folded around to the BBof Korean Bae Wonchul who decides to flat call.

The flop is Q♦ J♦ 8♦ as Bae flicks in a 5,000 chip. Yu does the same and is officially all-in for his tournament life.

Bae shows A♠ 7♠ while Yu tables K♣ T♠ for a flush draw plus and open-ended straight draw.

The A♣ immediately shows up on the turn to give the Filipino the win and the coup de grace is the 2♦ on the river for the flush.

The victory also puts the Korean's stack in jeopardy as it is down to less than ten BBs.

Vietnam's Hieu Ngo opens from UTG for 50,000 and the action gets folded to the D of Filipino pro Martin Gonzales who 3-bets it to 140,000. Hieu makes the call.

The flop is Q♦ 7♦ 8♥ as both players check. The turn is the 6♥ as Hieu leads out for 130,000. Gonzales calls. The river is the 3♠ . Hieu checks and Gonzales bets 250,000. The Vietnamese player then goes into the tank and burns one Time Bank card before making the call.

Gonzales turns over Q♥ J♠ for top pair on the flop as Hieu mucks.

William Ysmael of the Philippines opens from the CO for 50,000 and gets a BB defense from Korea's Beum Chun Jun.

The flop is 8♥ 7♦ 6♠ . Beum donks in for 65,000 as Ysmael makes the call. The turn is the 4♥ and Beum unloads again, this time for 80,000. The Filipino still calls. The river is the 9♠ as Beum now fires 250,000. Ysmael still makes the call.

Beum turns over T♠ 8♣ for top pair on the flop and a one card straight on the river. Ysmael mucks his hand.

Beum now joins the seven figure stack club with the win.

Wu Yuanning of China opens the action from the HJ for a raise of 50,000 and gets called by Filipino pro Christopher "Big Time" Mateo in the SB.

The flop goes J♦ Q♠ 2♠ as both players skip this street. The turn is the 9♣ as Mateo checks again. This time, Wu leads out for 70,000 to which the Filipino replies with a check-raise to 175,000. The Chinese player calls. The river is the 8♠. Mateo bets 300,000. Wu makes the call.

Mateo turns over K♦ T♦ for a straight on the turn. Wu mucks and is down to less than 20 BBs.

Former overall chip leader John Edward Perry of Australia has dropped all the way to eighth place in the first leaderboard update of the day. Fellow Australian Thomas Ward now occupies the top spot as he and Filipino pro Lester Edoc are the only ones breaching the two million chip mark at the moment.

Chip counts at end of Level 22:

Chip leader John Edward Perry open from UTG for 40,000 and gets 3-bet in the CO of New Zealander Thomas Ward for 120,000. Perry calls.

The flop is 2♠ 4♥ A♥ as Perry checks. Ward CBets 80,000 and gets called. The turn is the 6♠ as Ward barrels again, this time for 325,000. Perry needs to use a Time Card to reassess the situation and eventually makes the call. The river card is the 5♣ , completing what appears to be a one card straight. Ward fires what appears to be a value bet of 400,000. Again, Perry needs to put in a Time Bank card before deciding to make the call.

Ward flips over A♦ 2♦ for two pairs on the flop. Perry mucks his hand.

The chip lead now goes to Ward as Perry relinquishes his reign for the first time since the midway mark of Day 2.

With the action folded to hm on the D, Filipino pro William Ysmael attempts to steal the ante and the blinds with a raise to 40,000. Folded to the BB of Seo Moon Ho, the Korean 3-bets all-in for his last 195,000. Ysmael makes the snap call.

Ysmael is once again moving up in chips, which is bad news for the rest of his table.

Takayama lost his lead for good on the turn and in turn enters push or fold territory.

Filipino pro Christopher "Big Time" Mateo makes a raise from the +1 position and gets re-raised by Kevin Hasler of Switzerland in the SB for 120,000. Mateo makes the call.

The flop is 9♥ 2♣ 3♣ as Hasler checks. Mateo declares he is all-in and Hasler calls for his remaining 250,000.

Mateo tables 7♠ 7♦ while the Swiss player shows A♠ K♥ . The last two community cards don't help Hasler as the 9♠ and the T♥ appear.

If it is any consolation to Hasler, he made the pay jump and his 22nd place finish nets him PhP470,000 (~US$8,045).

The action is folded to the D of Korea's Lee Seokjun who raises to 40,000. On the BB, Justin Chu of Taiwan comes back with a 3-bet to 160,000 which Lee opts to call.

The flop is J♠ 2♥ T♣ . Chu CBets to 100,000 and gets called. The turn is the 8♦ as the Taiwanese player stops and ponders, using one Time Bank card before betting 180,000. It's Lee's turn to tank and also burn one Time Bank card before deciding to call. The river card is the K♦ . Chu checks and Lee goes all-in for 235,000. Chu tanks but eventually folds.

Soyza's botched steal attempt brings his stack down to less than ten BBs.

Chip leader John Edward Perry has the action folded to him on the D and raises to 40,000. it is folded to the BB of Filipino pro Martin Gonzales who 3-bets all-in, chucking in his remaining stack of 380,000. Perry makes the call.

The loss on the river now brings Perry closer to his pursuers.

Mike Takayama of the Philippines open the action from the +1 position for 45,000 and gets a call from Switzerland's Kevin Hasler in the CO.

The flop comes Q♥ J♠ 2♣ . Takayama fires 45,000 again but gets aised all-in by Hasler for 185,000. The Filipino pro makes the call.

Hasler shows A♥ J♥ for middle pair while Takayama tables A♠ K♣ for two over cards to the board and a gutshot.

Takayama hits the K♦ on the turn and takes the lead, but the river card is the J♣ which keeps the Swiss player in the competition while Takayama is pretty much to where he started the day.

Chip leader John Edward Perry makes it a battle of Australia versus New Zealand when a preflop raising contest against Kiwi Thomas Ward ends up with all of Ward's 860,000 stack going into the pot.

Perry still remains the chip leader despite the hit.

Filipino pro Christopher "Big Time" Mateo opens the action from the +2 position for 40,000 and gets greeted with a 3-bet from China's Wu Yuanning in the SB for 160,000. Mateo then comes back with a 4-bet of his own for 300,000 forcing the Chinese player to go into the tank and in the process use two of his precious Time Bank cards. Ultimately, Wu chooses to fold.

Mateo flips over A♣ 6♥ .

The action is opened UTG by China's Wu Yuanning for 40,000 but then a re-raise comes from Korea's Seo Moon Ho from the HJ for 500,000. Suddenly, Mike Takayama of the Philippines calls for his remaining 230,000. Wu folds.

Takayam doubles up and Seo's stack falls below the 12 BB threshold.

Korea's Lee Woojin swings for the fences by shoving his remaining 220,000 from the +1 position and gets called in the HJ by Filipino pro William Ysmael.