APT Philippines II 2019 Championships Event


Iori Yogo doubles up through Xixiang Luo

Level: 18 Blinds: 5000-10000 Ante: 10000

All the chips were in on the flop 4 7 6, bb Iori Yogo had 6 7, mp player Xixiang Luo with 9 8, the turn K and river 8 kept Yogo ahead to double up to 650k. Luo dropped to 355k.

26 players remaining
506,915 average stack
13,250,000 chips in play


Graeme Siow rails Yi Wei Peng

Level: 18 Blinds: 5000-10000 Ante: 10000

Yi Wei Peng was the first player to collect here. He three-bet jammed his remaining 88k and iniitial raiser Graeme Siow called Peng K Q, siow A J, the board ran 8 10 2 K Q for a commanding straight to Siow.


Chip count update

Level: 18 Blinds: 5000-10000 Ante: 10000

27 remaining
13,250,000 chips in play
490,740 average stack

Je Hun Hong 1.120M
Jinm Ho Hong 1,045M
Jeinggyu Cho 1.115M
Cao Ngoc Anh 960k
Xixiang Luo 760k
Gyeong Byeong Lee 708k
En Ching Wu 675k
Benigno Ledina 680k
Jaideep Sajwan 327k
John Tech 300k
Iori Yogo 285k
Juyun Park 200k
Seungmook Jung 630k
Jingxuan Zhu 535k
Graeme Siow 230
Jae Chang 210k
Yongseok Choi 185k
Soo Jo Kim 180k
Kannapong Thannarattrakul 180k
Victor Chong 125k
yi Wei Peng 90k
Han Fei 82k


Bubble bursts! Florencio Campomanes falls to En Ching Wu

Level: 18 Blinds: 5000-10000 Ante: 10000

The bubble round didn’t last very long with Florencio Campomanes getting it all in on the fourth hand-for-hand. He had 10 10 but was outdrawn by En Ching Wu with A K. The board was Q A K 9 8.

Time for a redraw! Last three tables with 27 remaining.


Bubble time! Steve Yea doubles up

Level: 18 Blinds: 5000-10000 Ante: 10000

With 28 remaining it is now bubble time! Steve Yea quickly doubled up. Action folded to him on the small blind, he shoved with K? 6. Big blind Victor Chong matched it with A J. The board ran 10 6 Q 4 8. Chong down to 95k, Yea up to 150k


Je Hun Hong with a huge double up off SJ Kim, goes over 1M

Level: 18 Blinds: 5000-10000 Ante: 10000

Very big pot went down at table 18. Catching it on the flop 3 A Q and a heavy one in the middle, hijack Je Hun Hong checked, cutoff Soo Jo Kim bet 85k, button Kannapong Thanarattrakul called, bakc to Hong who jammed, Kim shoved as well, Thanarattrakul got out of the way.

Kim A K
Hong 3 3

The turn A improved Kim a bit but not enough to overtake Hong. The river 4 sealed the win for Hong and a double up to over a million. Kim down to 265k.


George Mateo goes before the bubble round

Level: 18 Blinds: 5000-10000 Ante: 10000

George Mateo got pummeled by two big stacks at his table, Cao Ngoc Anh took around 145k from him with a push on a board 7 3 3 5 4 that Mateo folded to. His bust out followed with Jeonggyu Cho taking the rest. All the chips were in on the flop 9 5 10, Cho checked, Mateo all in for 94k, Cho called. Mateo 10 8, Cho ahead A 10. The turn 4 and river 5 finished the board.


Seungmook Jung with the nut flush

Level: 18 Blinds: 5000-10000 Ante: 10000

We missed the action on this hand but we did see a double up headed Seungmook Jung’s direction. He had A 9 nut flush on a board 5 Q 10 5 8 and Yi Wei Peng was paying it up. Jung up to 555k, Peng down to 120k.


Jeonggyu Cho vs John Costiniano

Level: 18 Blinds: 5000-10000 Ante: 10000

From the button, Jeonggyu Cho raised to 23k, sb John Costiniano – the day’s entering chip leader – three-bet to 72k, Cho four-bet to 173k, Costiniano called. On the flop K J 4, Cho bet 200k, Costiniano check-folded.