₱500,000 APPT Super High Roller | 2019 PokerStars APPT Manila

08-01-2019 16:30 UTC+8

Wai Kiat Lee Eliminated in 8th Place

Will Shillibier

Level 16 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Xiaqing Ji opened and Mike Takayama three-bet all in for 1,225,000. Wai Kiat Lee was in the big blind and moved all in for 1,100,000. Ji folded.

Mike Takayama:
Wai Kiat Lee:

Lee had woken up with kings and the kept him in the lead. However the came on the turn and the river was not the miracle one out he needed to stay alive.

The remaining seven players are all in the money.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Takayama	2,400,000 1,450,000	1,450,000

Wai Kiat Lee	Busted

Tags: Mike Takayama Wai Kiat Lee Xiaqing Ji

08-01-2019 16:26 UTC+8

Level Up

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Will Shillibier

Level 16 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

The level has just gone up and now that we've reached the final table, the levels have increased to 60 minutes in length.

Level: 16

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 40,000

08-01-2019 16:11 UTC+8

Yilin Yang Eliminated in 9th Place

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Will Shillibier

Level 15 : 15,000/30,000, 3,000 ante

Yilin Yang was the short stack coming into the final table and finally got his last 15 big blinds in with against the of Lester Edoc.

There was a jack in the window of a board and Edoc was eliminated in ninth place.

With seven places paid, the tournament is now on the money bubble. A min-cash is worth ₱1,259,950.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lester Edoc	2,000,000 580,000	580,000
Yilin Yang	Busted

Tags: Lester Edoc Yilin Yang

08-01-2019 16:08 UTC+8

Early Final Table Action

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Will Shillibier

Level 15 : 15,000/30,000, 3,000 ante

The opening states of the APPT Manila ₱500,000 Super High Roller have been quiet. Xiaqing Ji opened to 70,000 and Mike Takayama three-bet all in for 810,000 from the button. The blinds folded and Ji used a time extension before folding.

Player	Chips	Progress
Xiaqing Ji	2,800,000 -95,000	-95,000
Mike Takayama	950,000 50,000	50,000

Tags: Mike Takayama Xiaqing Ji

08-01-2019 15:59 UTC+8

Super High Roller Final Table

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Will Shillibier

Level 15 : 15,000/30,000, 3,000 ante

The final table is set for the Super High Roller

Seat	Name	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Yilin Yang	China	540,000	18
2	Lester Edoc	Philippines	1,420,000	47
3	Wai Kiat Lee	Malaysia	1,345,000	45
4	Lifeng Yang	China	1,490,000	50
5	Xiaqing Ji	China	2,895,000	97
6	Abhinav Iyer	India	1,030,000	34
7	Mike Takayama	Philippines	900,000	30
8	Chaofei Wang	China	2,255,000	75
9	Kun Jiang	China	875,000	29

Player	Chips	Progress
Xiaqing Ji	2,895,000 -105,000	-105,000
Lifeng Yang	1,490,000 120,000	120,000
Lester Edoc	1,420,000 -140,000	-140,000
Wai Kiat Lee	1,345,000 -365,000	-365,000
Abhinav Iyer	1,030,000 -140,000	-140,000

Mike Takayama	900,000 -25,000	-25,000

Kun Jiang	875,000 85,000	85,000
Yilin Yang	540,000 45,000	45,000
Chaofei Wang	225,000 -1,655,000	-1,655,000

08-01-2019 15:44 UTC+8

Huang Eliminated by Ji

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Will Shillibier

Level 15 : 15,000/30,000, 3,000 ante

No sooner had Yiqing Huang counted his chips than he was involved in another pot with Xiaqing Ji.

Ji opened to 70,000 and Huang three-bet to 235,000. Ji then four-bet all in and Huang called.

Yiqing Huang:
Xiaqing Ji:

This time it was Huang in front but the run out gave Ji top pair and sent Huang to the rail.

The remaining nine players are redrawing around a single table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Xiaqing Ji	3,000,000 1,460,000	1,460,000
Yiqing Huang	Busted

Tags: Xiaqing Ji Yiqing Huang

08-01-2019 15:40 UTC+8

Huang Doubles Through Ji

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Will Shillibier

Level 15 : 15,000/30,000, 3,000 ante

Xiaqing Ji opened to 65,000 but folded to a three-bet shove from Yiqing Huang. Then Ji opened to 75,000 but this time called a three-bet shove from Huang for 615,000.

Xiaqing Ji:
Yiqing Huang:

Ji would need his sixes to hold and the looked good. The turn did give Huang a flush draw and he hit it on the river to double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Xiaqing Ji	1,540,000 -780,000	-780,000
Yiqing Huang	1,300,000 705,000	705,000

Tags: Xiaqing Ji Yiqing Huang

Level: 15

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 3,000

08-01-2019 15:16 UTC+8

Chip Counts at the Break

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Will Shillibier

Level 14 : 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Seat	Name	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Yiqing Huang	China	595,000	20
2	Mike Takayama	Philippines	925,000	31
3	Abhinav Iyer	India	1,170,000	39
4
5	Xiaqing Ji	China	2,320,000	77
6	Lifeng Yang	China	1,370,000	46
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Seat	Name	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Wai Kiat Lee	Malaysia	1,710,000	57
2	Kun Jiang	China	790,000	26
3
4	Chaofei Wang	China	1,880,000	63
5
6
7	Lester Edoc	Philippines	1,560,000	52
8	Yilin Yang	China	495,000	17

Player	Chips	Progress
Xiaqing Ji	2,320,000 20,000	20,000
Chaofei Wang	1,880,000 -70,000	-70,000
Wai Kiat Lee	1,710,000 80,000	80,000
Lester Edoc	1,560,000 -190,000	-190,000
Lifeng Yang	1,370,000 20,000	20,000
Abhinav Iyer	1,170,000 -230,000	-230,000

Mike Takayama	925,000 405,000	405,000

Kun Jiang	790,000 -190,000	-190,000
Yiqing Huang	595,000 -445,000	-445,000
Yilin Yang	495,000 75,000	75,000