2019 PokerStars APPT Manila

?33,000 APPT National
Day: 3
Event Info

2019 PokerStars APPT Manila

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aa
Prize
4,174,500 PHP
Event Info
Buy-in
33,000 PHP
Prize Pool
19,417,266 PHP
Entries
674
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
160,000

A New Champion Will Be Crowned Today in the 2019 PokerStars APPT Manila National

Linh Tran
Linh Tran

The final day of the 2019 PokerStars Asia Pacific Poker Tour Manila ?33,000 National is about to start today, Wednesday, July 31, at 2:00 p.m. local time, and there are 16 players left in the battle to become the new champion, along with the first-place prize of ?4,174,500 ($81,805).

Leading the pack is Linh Tran, the most successful player remaining to the field, with almost $1.2M in total live earnings, according to Hendon Mob. Tran won't be able to surpass his biggest live cash even if he wins this event, but he will be able to add a second APPT Manila title to his list of accomplishments, having previously won the 2016 APPT Manila Main Event for ?6,135,000 ($130,191).

Tran has accumulated more than twenty percent of the total chips in play and will start Day 3 with 4,350,000, while his closest competitor has almost half of that. Benigno Jr Ledina is the player sitting second in the chip counts, with 2,570,000, thanks mostly to one of the last hands of Day 2, where he doubled up versus Arravind Udayakumar.

Besides Tran, there is another very successful APPT player in the field, in the form of New Zealand's Tae Hoon Han. Han already has an APPT title in his possession after winning the 2017 PokerStars Festival Incheon Main Event for $72,000. Add to this a seventh-place finish in the recent 2019 PokerStars APPT Jeju Main Event , and it is obvious that there is going to be a tough battle for the National title.

The final day of the National will be multicultural with players from three continents, and 13 different countries.

When play resumes, the starting level will be Level 26: 25,000/50,000 with 50,000 big blind ante. As soon as the final table is set, the levels will go up to 60 minutes, instead of 40 minutes. The tournament will end when a new winner is crowned.

Final Day Seat Draw

SeatTable 1CountryChip CountBig Blinds
1Ting Shum KwokHong Kong255,0005
2Hogyun KangSouth Korea1,425,00029
3Linh TranVietnam4,350,00087
4Thijs HilbertsNetherlands620,00012
5Yang LiChina365,0007
6Arravind UdayakumarSingapore410,0008
7Benigno Jr LedinaPhilippines2,570,00051
8Empty   
9Jason Kyle MagbanuaPhilippines805,00016
     
SeatTable 2CountryChip CountBig Blinds
1Eran ShahamIsrael2,295,00046
2William KangUnited Kingdom895,00018
3Tetsuro TomitaJapan805,00016
4Si Yang PhuaIndonesia490,00010
5Kok Wei SimMalaysia320,0006
6Tae Hoon HanNew Zealand890,00018
7Lee Wang YongSouth Korea2,000,00040
8Jiang YongboChina1,530,00031
9Empty   

The PokerNews live reporting team will bring you updates today for the final day of the National, plus the ?500,000 APPT Super High Roller that starts at 3:00 p.m. local time, so stay here for all the action as it unfolds.

Tags: Arravind UdayakumarBenigno Jr LedinaLinh TranTae Hoon Han