APPT Manila Open Down To Final 9; Gary Thompson Leads National Day 1A; Michael De Leon Tops Red Dragon Day 1A

APPT Manila at Cove at Okada Manila
APPT Manila, Cove at Okada Manila

Day 4 at 2024 APPT Manila was pumping with action with several key events taking over sections of the grand venue Cove at Okada Manila. Here are the highlights.

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APPT Manila – Day 4 Highlights

APPT Open – Final 9 Players

APPT Manila Trophy
APPT Manila Trophy

The  APPT Open resumed with 64 players out of the 326 entry field returning and all eyes on the  PHP 20,000,000 (~USD 342,2800) prize pool. With the money starting at 47th place, it was action-packed from the start with short stacks shoving around the room. One of the first to bust was big stacked Joseph Magnotti whose QcQd was cracked by Benhur Ybarsabal’s 5h5c straight flush .

APPT Open bubble

At the two and a half hour mark, it was bubble time, which lasted all of one hand. Maxwell Rosete delivered a double knockout on a three-way cooler to deny Ronald Haverkamp a payout while Hyunyeong Kang became the first to cash.

With the money intact, it was a race for a Final 9 berth. Philippines’ top player Marc Rivera exited in 30th place, Hernan Villa finished 15th, and hatchet man Rosete just missed it in 11th place, falling on a failed bluff that first sent Edgar Asehan tanking before making the hard call.

Anastasios Pavlou at APPT Manila
Anastasios Pavlou

Day 2 ended with short stacked Yiu Yeung Leung in 10th place. On the opposite end was Anastasios Pavlou who bagged up the chip lead of worth 99 bb. Pavlou earned nearly half of that stack when Mike Takayama shoved pocket Tens into his pocket Aces for a huge double up.

Read up on the Day 1 action via the LIVE UPDATES.

APPT Open Final Table

Final 9 Players

Player Stack BB Table
Seat
Anastasios Pavlou 2,475,000 99 17 2
John Costiniano 2,275,000 91 17 9
Edgar Asehan 1,355,000 54 17 7
Florencio Campomanes 1,330,000 53 17 4
Seonghun Jeong 620,000 25 17 6
Mike Takayama 575,000 23 17 8
Benjamin Ebarle 570,000 23 17 1
Jason Magbanua 300,000 12 17 5
Benjamin Mangaliman 280,000 11 17 3

APPT Open – Numbers

APPT Manila at Cove at Okada Manila
APPT Manila at Cove at Okada Manila

The APPT Open drew 326 entries across three flights for an overlay to the PHP 20 Million guarantee. The final 9 players return on Sunday, July 28, 2024 to race to the title and the PHP 3,880,000 (~USD 66,324) top prize. SMP will bring you all the action via the Live Updates.

Buy in: PHP 60,000 (~USD 1,025)
Guarantee: PHP 20,000,000 (~USD 342,2800)
Entries: 326
Prize pool: PHP 20,000,000 (~USD 342,2800)
ITM: 47 places

Day 1A: 60 entries / 10 survivors
Day 1B: 189 entries / 33 survivors
Day 1C: 77 entries / 21 survivors

Remaining Payouts

Place
Payout in PHP
1 3,880,000
2 2,420,000
3 1,730,000
4 1,330,000
5 1,020,000
6 790,000
7 630,000
8 530,000
9 446,000

APPT National – Day 1A

Gary Thompson at APPT Manila
Gary Thompson

Day 1A of the featured APPT National attracted 80 runners with 12 players reaching ITM to be ensured a piece of the PHP 10,000,000 (~USD 171,140) prize pool. Many of the APPT Open fallouts were scattered in the field including new arrival Gary Thompson who closed the day as heat leader.

Thompson bagged up mountain of chips equivalent to 182 bb which was 107 bb more than his closest challenger. His biggest pot was the takedown of Alex Ward just before the bubble round with full house over full house.

Read up on the action and view the chip counts via the APPT National Day 1A Live Upates.

Two flights left to join this event with Day 1B up next on Sunday, July 28, 2024 starting at 12pm. For a buy in of PHP 40,000 (~USD 685), players receive 30,000 starting stack. Blinds increase every 30 minutes for Day 1, 40 minutes for Day 2, and 60 minutes at the Final Table.

PokerStars Red Dragon – Day 1A

PokerStars Red Dragon Trophy
PokerStars Red Dragon Trophy

PokerStars Red Dragon has returned and with it the iconic Red Dragon trophy which was last seen in Manila, Philippines in 2020. This was another hot item on the day’s menu featuring a PHP 25,000,000 (~USD 427,840) guarantee. Day 1A drew 104 entries over the ten levels of registration.

Michael De Leon at APPT manila
Michael De Leon

Among the sluggers were Joshua Chargualaf, Jayden Zalac, and Edilberto Gopez, all of them surviving. At the end of regulation play, 19 remained topped by Michael De Leon with Ionut Stochita very close behind.

One starting day left to join this event with Day 1B up next on Sunday, July 28, 2024 starting at 5pm. For a buy in of PHP 70,000 (~USD 1,200), players receive 30,000 starting stack. Blinds increase every 40 minutes.

Michael De Leon 345,000
Ionut Stochita 335,000
Edilberto Gopez Jr 304,000
Seokyeol An 290,000
Jayden Zalac 203,000
Uday Duggal 195,000
Joshua Chargualaf 191,000
Ruiqi Song 171,000
MIke Takayama 162,000
Gary Thompson 143,000
Vamerdino Magsakay 131,000
Kwak Minseung 126,000
Scott Black 103,000
Wanhao Zhao 96,000
Evgeny Strotenko 85,000
Ono Shintaro 75,000
Hyunjoon Joo 69,000
Badrudin Ampatuan 55,000
William Ysmael 35,000

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