APT Philippines 2 2019 Main Event


Short stacked John Paredes triples up to 100k

Level: 15 Blinds: 1200-2400 Ante: 2400

John Paredes

Three-way showdown at the flop 5 8 2 and 27k brewed. Cutoff John Tech bet 13.5k, button called, bb John Paredes check-shoved (29.6k), Tech replied with a shove, and button also joined.

Paredes K 8
Tech J 10
Button 8 9

The turn 3 and river 5 completed the board, Paredes tripled up to over 100k.


Michael Kim Falcon rails Vincent Chauve

Level: 15 Blinds: 1200-2400 Ante: 2400

Michael Kim Falcon sent the axe down on Vincent Chauve who was dominated throughout. Heavy preflop action led to a called four-bet shove. Chauve all in with A Q, Falcon with A? K?, a king showed up on the flop to further emphasize the win. Falcon up to 190k.


Seina Asagiri earns a big splash, rises to 230k

Level: 15 Blinds: 1200-2400 Ante: 2400

Seina Asagiri

Seina Asagiri raised to 5300 and found two callers – db Paolo Araneta and the big blind. On the flop Q 4 8, bb checked, Asagiri c-bet 7k, Araneta called, bb folded. On the turn 2, Asagiri c-bet 22k, Araneta folded.


Kosuke Tajima rises to 240k

Level: 15 Blinds: 1200-2400 Ante: 2400

Kosuke Tajima climbed to 240k after winning a pot against Michael Kim Falcon. Kosuke was already backed by a big stack and pumped more in when his 40k river bet was called by Falcon on a board 7 3 K J 3 and 30k pot in the middle.


Joven Huerto up to 130k

Level: 15 Blinds: 1200-2400 Ante: 2400

We’ve got several APT decorated champions surviving out there, one of them is Joven Huerto. With 25k in the middle, the board was 8 10 3 K, Huerto checked, Mai Anh bet 8k, Huerto raised to 23k, Anh folded. Huerto now at 130k.


Xiaosheng Zheng up to 330k

Level: 15 Blinds: 1200-2400 Ante: 2400

Xiaosheng Zheng

Another player sitting with a big stack here is Xiaosheng Zheng. He’s actually been backed by a big one for sometime but we missed the larger pots that got him there. We did see him ship a small one. The board completed J 7 7 6 2 with 15k in the middle. Zheng bet 330k, sb player check-called. Zheng showed J 9, sb mucked.


New level begins, 99 remaining

Level: 15 Blinds: 1200-2400 Ante: 2400

99 players remaining at the start of Level 15.

Total chips in play: 12,875,000
Average stack: 130,051


Yonghyun Yoo joins the leaders

Level: 14 Blinds: 1000-2000 Ante: 2000

Yonghyun Yoo entered the day running third in chips and has been slowly chipping up since then He recently earned a big pot against Jeonggyu Cho to climb to 280k. Both players built up a 75k pot and by the turn J 7 3 3. Cho checked, Yoo bet 35k, Cho folded.


Halfway in the level chip leader update

Level: 14 Blinds: 1000-2000 Ante: 2000

Halfway through this level, here are the current big stacks:

Robert Uy 410k

Lester Edoc 375k
Khao Kah Hock 360k
Andre Lettau 310k

Mai Anh 270k
Kosuke Tajima 230k
Xing Yu Ren 285k
Su Tianhong 210k
Jixue Yin 220k
John Costiniano 215k
Paolo Araneta 205k
Xiaosheng Zheng 270k
Taichi Yoneya 212k
David Erquiaga 224k