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On a raised pot preflop and the board showing 9♦ 2♥ 5♦, big blind decorated APT major champion John Tech checked, Madhav Gupta bet 4500, Luen Hei Kwok called. back to Tech with the call. On the 7♦ turn, all checked. on the 9♠ river, Tech led for 11.5k and found no takers.
One of the decorated Championships Event player in the field is Vietnam’s own Cao Ngoc Anh. We just saw him win a couple of pots. His first one was up against the day’s entering chip leader, Eunho Kwon. On a flop 3♣ 6♣ 8♦ with a raised pot brewed prior, Anh checked, Kwon bet 5k, Anh raised to 18k, and a fold from Kwon. The next one was a an three-bet from 3500 to 11.5 that also got a fold.
Now that registration has closed, it is elimination time. Anyone who busts misses out on the juicy pot of over P10M. Within minutes, we lost an APT champion, Alecz Chan. A few more have dropped out, we are down to 44 players. Official prizepool will be up soon.
Registration has closed for the Championships Event. According to the screen, the guarantee has been met with 71 entries. We will have the official numbers for you as soon as it is up.
Among those picked up today are local superstars Lester Edoc, Czardy Rivera, and Mike Takayama. Martin Gonzales has also joined, Seongsu Kong, Luen Hei Kwok, Yuri Ishida, and Jae Wook Shin.
Good luck to all!
Day 2 Chip Counts
| Rank | Name | Country | Chips | Table | Seat |
| 1 | Kwon Eunho | Korea | 198,200 | 5 | 3 |
| 2 | Rex Clinkscales | United States | 175,800 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | Matt Ericson | Thailand | 154,700 | 5 | 4 |
| 4 | Chris Mateo | Philippines | 152,400 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Aditya Sushant | India | 147,400 | 6 | 3 |
| 6 | Anthony Thong Boon Tee | Malaysia | 130,900 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | Madhav Gupta | India | 126,400 | 3 | 1 |
| 8 | Takao Shimizu | Japan | 106,300 | 3 | 2 |
| 9 | Jin Yong | Malaysia | 104,200 | 6 | 5 |
| 10 | Linh Tran | Vietnam | 100,200 | 2 | 6 |
| 11 | Bobby Zhang | Australia | 91,800 | 6 | 4 |
| 12 | Cao Ngoc Anh | Vietnam | 89,800 | 5 | 1 |
| 13 | Masaki Fujitani | Japan | 87,900 | 6 | 2 |
| 14 | Stephen Miles | England | 80,800 | 4 | 3 |
| 15 | Jim Bonanno | Guam | 78,100 | 3 | 4 |
| 16 | Phachara Wongwichit | Thailand | 74,600 | 4 | 1 |
| 17 | Kah Boon Teh | Malaysia | 66,000 | 4 | 6 |
| 18 | Seo Dong Kyoon | Korea | 63,100 | 3 | 5 |
| 19 | Le Ngoc Khanh | Vietnam | 63,000 | 6 | 1 |
| 20 | Daniel Lim | Singapore | 62,000 | 3 | 7 |
| 21 | Junichi Nakagiri | Japan | 58,800 | 2 | 2 |
| 22 | Iori Yogo | Japan | 54,400 | 4 | 4 |
| 23 | Alecz Chan | Sinagpore | 53,800 | 4 | 7 |
| 24 | Henrik Tollefsen | Norway | 53,700 | 4 | 5 |
| 25 | Boyuan Qn | China | 51,000 | 4 | 2 |
| 26 | Lim Yo Hwan | Korea | 50,700 | 5 | 5 |
| 27 | Gary Thompson | Ireland | 50,000 | 2 | 4 |
| 28 | Roger Spets | Sweden | 47,100 | 5 | 6 |
| 29 | Andrew Nguyen | United States | 29,000 | 2 | 5 |
| 30 | Kosei Ichinose | Japan | 28,500 | 6 | 6 |
| 31 | Tamon Nakamura | Japan | 23,000 | 2 | 1 |
| 32 | Hanayama Takeo | Japan | 20,300 | 5 | 2 |
| 33 | Lin Hung-Sheng | Taiwan | 14,000 | 3 | 3 |
