₱65,000 APPT Main Event | 2019 PokerStars APPT Manila

08-04-2019 21:52 UTC+8

Sahil Chuttani Eliminated in 8th Place (₱1,288,000; $24,947)

Will Shillibier

Level 31 : 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Sahil Chuttani raised to 640,000 with 45,000 behind. Mike Takayama re-raised enough to put Chuttani all in, and the Indian called.

Sahil Chuttani:
Mike Takayama:

Takayama's rail was calling for a five but the flop came . The turn, however, was the and Takayama took the lead.

Chuttani needed a ten on the river to win, or a seven to chop, but the river was the and he was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Takayama	4,000,000 1,170,000	1,170,000

Sahil Chuttani	Busted

Tags: Mike Takayama Sahil Chuttani

08-04-2019 21:45 UTC+8

Wang Has to Settle For a Chop With Aces

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Will Shillibier

Level 31 : 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Xinyu Wang opened to 350,000 and Duc Trung Vu defended his big blind. Vu check-called 350,000 on the flop and the pair checked the turn.

The river was the and Vu moved all in. Wang shook his head and took his time before eventually calling.

Vu nodded and tabled for the straight that was on the board. Wang tabled and had to settle for a chop.

Player	Chips	Progress
Duc Trung Vu	5,175,000 125,000	125,000
Xinyu Wang	2,650,000 125,000	125,000

Tags: Duc Trung Vu Xinyu Wang

Level: 31

Blinds: 80,000/160,000

Ante: 160,000

08-04-2019 21:28 UTC+8

Campomanes Extends Chip Lead

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Will Shillibier

Level 30 : 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

On a board, Florencio Campomanes and Sahil Chuttani were building a pot. Campomanes had bet 700,000 and Chuttani called.

The river was the . Campomanes checked and Chuttani eventually checked behind.

Campomanes turned over for sevens and queens and that was enough to take down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Florencio Campomanes	9,000,000 1,900,000	1,900,000
Thijs Hilberts	6,550,000 -1,250,000	-1,250,000

Duc Trung Vu	5,050,000 915,000	915,000
Kei Shinagawa	3,825,000 -175,000	-175,000
Yaanning Wu	3,130,000 -1,170,000	-1,170,000
Mike Takayama	2,830,000 540,000	540,000

Xinyu Wang	2,525,000 925,000	925,000
Sahil Chuttani	1,000,000 -2,450,000	-2,450,000

Tags: Florencio Campomanes Sahil Chuttani

08-04-2019 21:00 UTC+8

Wu Chipping Up with Preflop Pots

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Ernestok

Level 30 : 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Yaanning Wu managed to win a couple of pots after the previous lost all in. All his won pots had one thing in common: they ended preflop.

He shoved twice on Thijs Hilberts' raises, which brought folds from the Dutch player.

After that, it was Duc Trung Vu who three-bet to 550,000 after Wu's raise to 250,000, but Wu shoved again, and Vu had to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yaanning Wu	4,300,000 2,100,000	2,100,000

Tags: Yaanning Wu

08-04-2019 20:34 UTC+8

Wang Doubles Up Against Wu

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Ernestok

Level 30 : 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Xinyu Wang was left with seven big blinds and he put them in the middle from the big blind, after Yaanning Wu's open. Wu called and they went to showdown.

Yaanning Wu:
Xinyu Wang:

The board ran out , and Wang found a crucial double up to stay alive.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yaanning Wu	2,200,000 -780,000	-780,000
Xinyu Wang	1,600,000 -200,000	-200,000

Tags: Yaanning Wu Xinyu Wang

Level: 30

Blinds: 60,000/120,000

Ante: 120,000

08-04-2019 20:26 UTC+8

Unstoppable Action, Chuttani Gives Half his Stack to Hilberts

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Ernestok

Level 29 : 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

The big pots come one after the other, and Sahil Chuttani just gave up the lead to Thijs Hilberts, in the exact next hand from Wang's elimination.

The board was , and Chuttani was found betting 950,000 on the turn, and shoving for 2.4 million effective in the river.

Hilberts called both times, and noded his head when asked by Chuttani if he has a flush. He opened for a rivered flush, while Chuttani had for a turned straight.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thijs Hilberts	7,800,000 3,830,000	3,830,000

Sahil Chuttani	3,450,000 -4,550,000	-4,550,000

Tags: Thijs Hilberts Sahil Chuttani

08-04-2019 20:20 UTC+8

Jingzhi Wang Eliminated in 9th Place (₱1,097,075; $21,249)

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Ernestok

Level 29 : 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

The final table started with a real rush, giving to the players some of the best combinations in Texas Hold'em. After the previous straight flush, it took only two hands, before there is another big hand, this time quads that resulted in the elimination of Jingzhi Wang.

Florencio Campomanes opened the action with a limp on the button, Jingzhi Wang completed from the small blind, and Sahil Chuttani raised to 450,000 from the big blind. Campomanes folded quickly, and Wang announced all in, with Chuttani snap-calling her.

Sahil Chuttani:
Jingzhi Wang:

The flop was catastrophic for Wang, since the gave quads to Chuttani, and left her with zero equity. The on the turn, and the on the river was a formality, with Wang being the first elimination of the final table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sahil Chuttani	8,000,000 2,750,000	2,750,000
Jingzhi Wang	Busted

Tags: Jingzhi Wang Sahil Chuttani

08-04-2019 20:06 UTC+8

Straight Flush on the First Board

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Ernestok

Level 29 : 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

The final table started with a straight flush from Kei Shinagawa, that gave him a big pot. Florencio Campomanes opened from under-the-gun, and Shinagawa defended the big blind.

The flop came , and Shinagawa check-called a c-bet for 175,000 from Campomanes.

The turn was the , and this time Shinagawa led for 325,000, a bet that his opponent called quickly.