HomeTang Tian raised to 5k, Shyh Chyn Lim and Lester Edoc called. Flop landed 3♠ 8♣ 8♥ Tian checked, Lim bet 5k, Edoc called, Tian folds. Turn 10♠ Lim checked, Edoc bet 11.5k, Lim called. On the river K♣ Lim checked to Edoc who bet 37.5k, Lim called. Edoc showed trips A♦ 8♦, Lim mucked. Edoc climbed to 225k stack, Lim down to 100k.
Preflop war led to Yang Hsien Wan all in holding J♥ J♣ and big stacked Thomas Lee looking to send him out with A♦ Q♦ overcards. The flip went to Yang as the board felted 2♦ 7♣ 2♠ 2♣ J♠ for a crushing full house to Yang. Lee dropped to 275k, Yang at 135k.
With 17k splashed, two players stared down 6♣ 8♠ 9♥. Su Tianhong checked, Rodrigo Sequite bet 6k, Tianhong raised to 15k, Sequite jammed, and was called.
Sequite A♣ 9♣ top pair
Tianhong K♦ K♥ overpair
The turn 2♣ was good for Tianhong but with the river A♥, Sequite overtook with two pair and scooped up a double up to 109k. Tianhong dropped to starting stack of 50k
After losing a costly pot to Marvin Rettenamier, Joohyun Park found a way to double up his short stack but is still in the black with average at 126,000. The hand saw Park raise to 4500, Randie Villavicencio called, Enoki Tetsuya jammed 107k, only Park joined for his tournament life.
Park 10♥ Q♠
Enoki A♥ K♥
The board fell 4♣ 7♣ Q♦ 5♠ 3♣. With a lady showing up, Park paired to avoid the rail and climb to 71k. Enoki dropped to 75k.
Once again, a new record here with the Championships Event drawing 316 entries for a prize pool of P22,989,000 (USD 442,700). This more than eclipsed the advertised P10M guarantee and it blew past the previous record of 288 entries set at APT Taiwan.
Here are the numbers:
Day 1A: 96 entries
Day 1B: 179 entries
Day 2: 41 entries
Total: 316 entries
With 10% of the field paid, 32 players will earn a cut. The eventual winner is due to pocket a jaw-dropping P5,295,900 (~USD 102,000).
Catching the action on a board showing 6♣ 2♥ 5♣ 10♦ and 75k in the middle, Joohyun Park bet 21k, Marvin Rettenmaier called. On the river 8♥, Park fired another 25k, Rettenmaier raised to 81.5k, Park called. Rettenmaier opened 8♠ 8♣ set. Park mucks. Rettenmaier up to 270k, Park down to 33k.
Yasheel Doddanavar entered Day 2 in the upper ten but somehow dropped in chips and recently railed by Thomas Lee. His final hand saw Lee raise to 3800 and Doddanavar defend on the blinds. At the flop K♠ 4♠ 9♥, Doddanavar checked, Lee c-bet 3500, Doddanavar check-raised to 9k, Lee called. On the 10♣ turn, Doddanavar led for 18k, Lee shoved, Doddanavar called for his tournament life.
Lee K♦ 10♥ two pair
Doddanavar K♣ 6♥ top pair (drawing dead)
The river 2♣ completed the board. Doddanavar out, Lee up to 330k.
Aces may look good preflop but sometimes they also bring about the downfall of players. That took place at table 8 with Richard Marquez booted out by Ken Foo Hsien Loong. The hand began with utg Marquez raising to 3500, utg+1 Loong three-bet 13.5k, Marquez four-bet 21k, Loong called. On the flop Q♣ 8♣ 6?, Marquez checked, Loong bet 10k, Marquez jammed around 45k, called by Loong with more chips .
Marquez A♦ A♥
Loong 5♣ 6♣
The turn 8♥ kept Marquez ahead but the river 4♣ was what Loong needed to ship it and eliminate Marquez. Loong over 300k.
Two players tanked on this hand that we caught at the flop 10♦ 6♦ 2♠ with 15.5k in the middle. Sb Matt Ericsson checked, cutoff Jim Bonanno bet 7k, db Czardy Rivera called, back to Ericsson who jammed (89.5k), Bonanno tanked then folded, Rivera tanked then called.
Ericsson 10♣ 2♣
Rivera J♣ 10♠
The turn 4♣ and river 3♥ were no help to Rivera and with that, the decorated APT champion fell out of the running.