Level 27
: 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Players are in a short ten minute break, and will return for the six-handed final table.
2019 PokerStars APPT Manila
?33,000 APPT National
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2019 PokerStars APPT Manila
Buy-in
33,000 PHP
Prize Pool
19,417,266 PHP
Entries
674
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
160,000
Level 27
: 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Benigno Jr Ledina can't be stopped in the final table, and has now grabbed a big chip lead, after a big seven-digit pot he won against Eran Shaham.
Shaham raised from the button to 130,000, Ledina three-bet from the small blind to 375,000, and Shaham continued the aggression with a four-bet to 850,000.
Ledina called and the flop came 
, with Shaham betting 500,000 after Ledina's check. The player from Philippines announced all-in, and Shaham went deep into the tank.
The break had already started, and the officials had to stop the clock, for the hand to end. Finally, Ledina asked for time in Shaham's decision, who folded after a little bit.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
6,850,000
1,350,000
|
1,350,000 |
|
800,000
-1,150,000
|
-1,150,000 |
Level 27
: 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Tetsuro Tomita was left with his last ten big blinds, and he found a good spot to push them in the middle from middle position. Benigno Jr Ledina was in the big blind, and asked for a count, calling the shove after he was informed about his opponent's stack.
Benigno Jr Ledina: 
Tetsuro Tomita: 
The board came 
, and Tomita hit the rail in seventh place, good enough for a five-digit cash.
Ledina's rail exploded to celebrations, as the local player has by far the biggest and loudest rail in the National final table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,500,000
450,000
|
450,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 27
: 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Thijs Hilberts was left with around ten big blinds, and pushed them in the middle from early position, only to get called by Lee Wang Yong from the button.
Thijs Hilberts: 
Lee Wang Yong: 
The flop was a total disaster for Hilberts, since the 
board had him already drawing dead. The 
on the turn, and the 
on the river was a formality, with Hilberts getting a consolation prize of ?437,500.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,500,000
700,000
|
700,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 27
: 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Benigno Jr Ledina opened to 140,000 from the button, and Lee Wang Yong defended from the big blind.
The flop was 
, Ledina bet 240,000, and Yong called.
The turn was the , and both players checked.
The 
completed the board on the river, and Yong checked for a third time, with Ledina betting 500,000, after one minute in the tank. This is approximately the amount of time that Yong needed to decide, and he slipped a tower of 25,000T chips to indicate the call.
Ledina opened 
, and Yong mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,050,000
2,210,000
|
2,210,000 |
|
|
2,800,000
-280,000
|
-280,000 |
Level 27
: 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Thijs Hilberts opened to 140,000 under-the-gun, and it was folded around to Eran Shaham in the big blind, who completed the bet.
The flop was 
, and Shaham check-called a bet at 150,000 from the Dutch player.
The 
paired the board on the turn, and Shaham check-called again, this time for 300,000.
The 
completed the board on the river, and Shaham open shoved with almost the same stack with Hilberts. Hilberts got into the tank for almost four minutes before releasing his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,950,000
350,000
|
350,000 |
|
|
650,000
-1,600,000
|
-1,600,000 |
Level 27
: 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Eran Shaham is very active in the final table so far, but nothing seems to be working for him. He plays many pots, either by raising preflop or by calling raises, and it looks like every time he is hitting a wall.
In his latest hand, he called Hogyun Kang's raise from the button to 130,000, and they both saw the flop coming 
. Kang was in the hijack and bet 100,000, with Shaham calling.
The turn was the , and Kang bet again, this time 200,000, with Shaham getting stuck again.
The river was the , which both players checked. Kang opened to scoop the pot, since Shaham threw his cards in the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,700,000
600,000
|
600,000 |
|
||
|
|
1,600,000
-2,700,000
|
-2,700,000 |
Level: 27
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 60,000
Level 26
: 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Hogyun Kang was left with ten big blinds and he put them in from middle position, with Jason Kyle Magbanua calling from the small blind.
Hogyun Kang: 
Jason Kyle Magbanua: 
The board ran out safe for the aces, with 
, and Magbanua was left with six big blinds.
On the next hand, he put them in the middle from the button, and got called by Si Yang Phua from the big blind.
Magbanua:
Phua: 
The board came 
, and Magbanua found some hope on the turn, but the river sent him to the rail in ninth place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,500,000
560,000
|
560,000 |
|
|
1,100,000 | |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
Level 26
: 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Thijs Hilberts won two consecutive pots without showdown, and has established himself as one of the big stacks. At first, he raised from button to 115,000, and Jason Kyle Magbanua called from the small blind. The board was 
on the turn, and Hilberts bet twice, 120,000 and 200,000 respectively, with Magbanua calling the flop and folding the turn.
On the next hand, Hilberts three-bet from the cutoff to 375,000, after Linh Tran's open to 120,000, and a call from Eran Shaham. Shamam was the only player that called preflop, but he folded on a 320,000 c-bet, when the flop came 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,300,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
2,250,000
750,000
|
750,000 |
|
|
850,000
-390,000
|
-390,000 |