HomeIt is official! The APT Philippines 2019 set a new Main Event series record for the country with 503 entries. Each entry was P55,000 for a prize pool of P24,395,500 (~USD 468,400). Only 51 players will see a payout with the eventual winner pocketing an enormous P5,085,400 (~USD 97,500).
Having bagged a huge double on an earlier royal flush, Wilson Lim shipped another pot then lost one shortly after. The first one was another beauty hand. His opponent shoved preflop 10? 10? and Lim called with Q♠ Q♦. The board ran A♣ Q♥ A♥ 9♥ 6♣ for a crushing full house.
On the flip side, Lim bet 7200 on a flop 6♠ 7♠ A♠ and was check called by Yasutake Oka. On the turn 5♦, Oka led for 20k, Lim called. Then the river 5♠, Oka shoved his remaining 13k, Lim called. Oka had K♠ K♥ flush, LIm Q♠ 9♠ lower flush.
Catching the action on a turn board 5♦ 6♦ 3♠ 7♠ and 25k in the middle, William Ysmael checked, Seo Dong Kyoon bet 12k, Ysmael called. On the river 9♣, Ysmael took the reins and jammed his 12.4k, Dong Kyoon called.
Ysmael 8♦ 8♣ straight
Dong Kyoon Q? Q? overpair
Ysmael climbed to 75k.
Big pot of 31k already splashed in the middle preflop with heated action between the blinds. The flop came down K♠ 10♠ J♠. Sb Simon Burns and bb Wilson Lim checked it. On the turn J♦, Burns fired 11k, Lim flat-called. On the fifth street 8♥, Burns shoved, Lim called with less chips.
Burns A♣ A♦
Lim A♠ Q♠ royal flush at the flop
Lim shipped the maximum and zoomed to 120k. Burns plunged down to 3k.
With a 10k pot already brewed, the board showed 3♣ 5♥ Q♠ 10♠. Luis Perez bet 4600, raised to 11.1k by Julien Weymouth, Perez shoved his 62k stack, Weymouth folded.
Mid position player Shinhan Sid Kim raised to 2500, button Eugene Co three-bet to 8500, Kim called. On the flop Q♦ Q♠ J♣, both checked. On the turn 5♥, Kim led for 16k, called by Co. The river 5♠ saw both check, Kim showed 10♦ 10♥ but Co had better A♦ A♣ to scoop up a pot over 50k.
Current chip leaders at the start of Level 10. Still leading are the starting day chip leaders with Xiaobo Zhou now ahead of Alex Lee.
Xiaobao Zhou – 175k
Alex Lee – 160k
Robin Gorres – 155k
Christos Vlahos = 130k
Ying Lin Chua – 120k
Tamon Nakamura – 115k
That’s it! Registration has closed! The screens say a total of 74 entries jumped in before the buzzer bringing the combined entries to 503. That is a new APT Philippines series record! The previous record was 442 set two years ago. We will wait for the official prize pool and payouts. At this time, players are looking at a pot just under P25 Million.
During the first 25 minutes of the opening level 9, Kyungun Lee doubled up with quad aces against Matt Eriksson. Lee A♦ A♥, Eriksson J♥ J♣, the board J♦ 4♥ A♣ Q♠ A♠. Lee jumped to around 50k, Eriksson dropped below 20k.