APL Manila – Main Event – Final Day

15:50: ICM deal in place!
Level 27: 30,000 – 60,000 ante 60,000

With three players left, an ICM deal was agreed upon leaving aside the trophy and PHP 240,790 for the eventual champion.

ICM Payouts

Vince Nachor – PHP 3,000,000
Han Sung Jin – PHP 2,800,000
Liao Po Hsun – PHP 2,700,000

15:45: Han Sung Jin locks in a double up
Level 27: 30,000 – 60,000 ante 60,000

Small blind Vince Nachor opened to 180,000 and was met with a three bet to 500,000 from big blind Han Sung Jin. Nachor answered back with an all-in and Han called off for his tournament life.

Nachor
Han

The board delivered no bad beats with Han securing the double up shortly after.

Han Sung Jin – 3,160,000
Vince Nachor – 4,665,000

15:30: Break Time!
Level 26: 25,000 – 50,000 ante 50,000

Three players left in the Main Event games with Vince Nachor still in the lead! Blinds adjusted to 30 minute levels.

Chip Counts

Vince Nachor – 6,180,000
Liao Po Hsun – 3,100,000
Han Sung Jin – 1,610,000

15:29: Euryd Rivera crashes in 4th place – PHP 1,509,000
Level 26: 25,000 – 50,000 ante 50,000

Cutoff Euryd Rivera open shoved with and was called by big blind Liao Po Hsun with . Ahead of his opponent, Liao locked in the win after the board spared no ace.

Euryd Rivera – Eliminated

15:28: Moses Saquing knocked out in 5th place – PHP 1,183,000
Level 26: 25,000 – 50,000 ante 50,000

Cutoff Liao Po Hsun opened to 110,000 and was met with a three bet from Moses Saquing to 500,000. Liao pushed all-in and Saquing called off for his remaining chips.

Liao
Saquing

Up for a flip, the board ran in favor of Liao, knocking Saquing entirely from the running.

Liao Po Hsun – 2,980,000
Moses Saquing – Eliminated

15:26: Vince Nachor continues to dominate
Level 26: 25,000 – 50,000 ante 50,000

Vince Nachor defended his big blind vs button Liao Po Hsun’s open and went on to see flop . Both players check it through with turn showing . Nachor led for 60,000, called by Liao. River saw Nachor fire another 80,000, Liao with a final call. Nachor shows and Liao throws it in the muck.

Vince Nachor – 6,100,000
Liao Po Hsun – 1,700,000

15:23: Euryd Rivera pays off Vince Nachor
Level 26: 25,000 – 50,000 ante 50,000

Utg Euryd Rivera opened and called off a three bet to 255,000 from Vince Nachor behind. Flop came and saw Rivera check-call a 215,000 bet from Nachor. Turn was checked through to river where Rivera led out for 200,000. Nachor raised it up to 550,000, Rivera with a complete. Nachor shows for the nut flush.

Vince Nachor – 5,730,000
Euryd Rivera – 875,000

15:18: Liao Po Hsun throws in river bet
Level 26: 25,000 – 50,000 ante 50,000

Han Sung Jin defended his big blind vs utg Liao Po Hsun’s open and saw flop . Checked to Liao, he bet 115,000, called by his opponent. Turn went check check, leading to river . Han checks once more and folds after Liao sent out another 225,000.

Liao Po Hsun – 2,000,000
Han Sung Jin – 1,690,000

15:14: Moses Saquing still alive
Level 26: 25,000 – 50,000 ante 50,000

Button Euryd Rivera opened to 100,000, called by big blind Moses Saquing. Flop came and Saquing pushed all-in for 360,000. Rivera folds and Saquing survives to the next hand.

Moses Saquing – 625,000
Euryd Rivera – 1,900,000

15:10: Moses Saquing saved by the board
Level 26: 25,000 – 50,000 ante 50,000

Cutoff Moses Saquing slammed his last 445,000 in with and was called behind by Han Sung Jin with . At risk, Saquing was saved from elimination after the board offered a split pot.

Moses Saquing – 510,000
Han Sung Jin – 1,825,000

15:09: Vince Nachor shows bluff
Level 26: 25,000 – 50,000 ante 50,000

Cutoff Vince Nachor opened to 125,000 and was met with a three bet to 320,000 from Han Sung Jin on the small blind. Nachor clapped back with a raise to 525,000, called by Han. The two saw flop , Nachor continued for 600,000 and Han check-folds. Nachor shows for a pure bluff.

Vince Nachor – 4,490,000
Han Sung Jin – 1,765,000

15:04: Edgar Asehan railed in 6th place – PHP 927,000
Level 26: 25,000 – 50,000 ante 50,000

Short stacked Edgar Asehan open shoved his remaining 285,000 with and was called behind by Euryd Rivera with . Dominated, the board offered no help to Asehan, eliminating him from the Main Event games.

Euryd Rivera – 2,100,000
Edgar Asehan – Eliminated

14:57: Liao Po Hsun steals pot away from Moses Saquing
Level 26: 25,000 – 50,000 ante 50,000

Liao Po Hsun defended his big blind vs Moses Saquing’s button open and saw flop . Saquing continued for 115,000, check-called by Liao. Both players checked turn and moved on to river . Liao bet 200,000 to which Saquing folded.

Liao Po Hsun – 1,950,000
Moses Saquing – 440,000

14:53: Han Sung Jin bags another pot
Level 26: 25,000 – 50,000 ante 50,000

Button Vince Nachor opened to 115,000, joined by both players on the blinds. Flop was checked to Nachor who continued for 165,000. Small blind folds and big blind Han Sung Jin puts in a raise to 490,000. Nachor folds and Han claims the boost.

Han Sung Jin – 2,290,000
Vince Nachor – 4,040,000

14:50: Han Sung Jin recovers
Level 26: 25,000 – 50,000 ante 50,000

Utg Han Sung Jin opened to 110,000, joined by big blind Moses Saquing. Flop saw Saquing lead out for 75,000 and call a raise to 215,000 from Han. Both players checked turn through to river . Saquing threw a 50,000 bet and shortly called a raise to 300,000 from his opponent. Han shows for a flopped full house, Saquing with a muck.

Han Sung Jin – 1,850,000
Moses Saquing – 875,000

14:31: Blinds up!
Level 26: 25,000 – 50,000 ante 50,000

Six players remain in the Main Event games. All runners are now guaranteed a minimum payout of PHP 927,000!

Chip Counts

Vince Nachor – 4,150,000
Euryd Rivera – 2,000,000
Liao Po Hsun – 1,600,000
Moses Saquing – 1,325,000
Han Sung Jin – 1,050,000
Edgar Asehan – 450,000

14:30: Euryd Rivera lands trip queens
Level 25: 20,000 – 40,000 ante 40,000

Utg Moses Saquing opened to 80,000, joined by Euryd Rivera from the small blind. The two saw flop and Saquing continued for 65,000. Rivera makes the call and heads to turn . Saquing bets another 200,000, called by Rivera once more. Saquing  checked back river , revealing Rivera’s trip queens for the win.

Euryd Rivera – 1,950,000
Moses Saquing – 1,325,000

14:27: Vince Nachor collects three streets of value
Level 25: 20,000 – 40,000 ante 40,000

Utg Vince Nachor opened to 90,000, called by Han Sung Jin behind. On board , Nachor was seen betting all three streets with Han calling down to the river. Nachor shows and ships the pot after Han slips his hand in the muck.

Vince Nachor – 3,700,000
Han Sung Jin – 1,980,000

14:19: Edgar Asehan survives through
Level 25: 20,000 – 40,000 ante 40,000

Utg Liao Po Hsun opened to 90,000, called behind by Edgar Asehan. Flop came and saw Liao continue for 60,000 but shortly fold after Asehan pushed all-in for 195,000 total.

Edgar Asehan – 570,000
Liao Po Hsun – 2,920,000

14:17: Moses Saquing defends big blind
Level 25: 20,000 – 40,000 ante 40,000

Moses Saquing defended his big blind vs Euryd Rivera’s button open and tabled . Rivera continued for 60,000, check-called by Saquing. Turn pushed Rivera to send out a bigger 225,000, Saquing with another check-fold. River was checked back by both players, leaving Saquing to show . Rivera mucks and Saquing takes the pot down with top pair.

Moses Saquing – 1,500,000
Euryd Rivera – 1,540,000

14:11: Liao Po Hsun clips another from Han Sung Jin
Level 25: 20,000 – 40,000 ante 40,000

Cutoff Han Sung Jin opened to 80,000 and was called by Liao Po Hsun behind. Flop saw Han continue for 60,000 and call a 130,000 raise from his opponent. Turn was checked through to reveal river . Han pushed a final bet of 100,000, called by Liao. Han shows for top pair, no good against Liao’s set .

Liao Po Hsun – 2,500,000
Han Sung Jin – 1,570,000

14:06: Liao Po Hsun claims pot
Level 25: 20,000 – 40,000 ante 40,000

Han Sung Jin this time limped his small blind and big blind Liao Po Hsun checked back to flop . Both players check to turn where Han led for 40,000, called by Liao. River saw Han bet another 60,000, called once more by Liao. Han shows , no good against Liao’s full house .

Liao Po Hsun – 2,180,000
Han Sung Jin – 1,740,000

14:02: Moses Saquing wins blind vs blind
Level 25: 20,000 – 40,000 ante 40,000

Moses Saquing limped his small blind and big blind Han Sung Jin checked it through to flop . Saquing led out for 40,000, called by Han. Turn saw Saquing fire another 150,000 and collected a fold from his opponent.

Moses Saquing – 1,150,000
Han Sung Jin – 1,920,000

13:58: Han Sung Jin double barrels
Level 25: 20,000 – 40,000 ante 40,000

Edgar Asehan defended his big blind vs Han Sung Jin’s open from the cutoff and revealed flop . Han continued for 65,000, check-called by Asehan. Turn saw Han fire another 200,000, Asehan with a check-fold.

Han Sung Jin – 2,055,000
Edgar Asehan – 465,000

13:54: Han Sung Jin’s squeeze pulls through
Level 25: 20,000 – 40,000 ante 40,000

Utg Edgar Asehan opened to 90,000 and was called by two players behind. Action on small Han Sung Jin, he threw in a raise to 400,000. All three opponents fold and Han picks up the dead money.

Han Sung Jin – 1,850,000

13:49: Edgar Asehan tables aces
Level 25: 20,000 – 40,000 ante 40,000

Utg Moses Saquing opened to 80,000 and shortly folded to Edgar Asehan’s three bet to 200,000. Asehan reveals with no callers to show for.

Edgar Asehan – 740,000
Moses Saquing – 1,180,000

13:43: Ong Jingxiang eliminated in 7th place – PHP 697,000
Level 25: 20,000 – 40,000 ante 40,000

With a short stack, Ong Jingxiang pushed his remaining 295,000 in with and was called by button Moses Saquing with . Up for a flip, Saquing instantly flopped top pair on to beat Ong’s pocket nines for the elimination.

Moses Saquing – 1,150,000
Ong Jingxiang – Eliminated

13:41: Michael Concepcion bows out in 8th place – PHP 495,000
Level 25: 20,000 – 40,000 ante 40,000

Crippled down, Michael Concepcion flicked in his remaining 85,000 with and was called by chip leader Vince Nachor with . The board ran , and left Concepcion drawing slim all throughout.

Vince Nachor – 3,710,000
Michael Concepcion – Eliminated

13:24: Break Time!
Level 25: 20,000 – 40,000 ante 40,000

8 players remain in contention for the Main Event title. All remaining players are guaranteed a minimum payout of PHP 495,000 and a chance to claim the PHP 4.1M (~USD 75K) first prize listed up top!

Chip Counts

Vince Nachor – 3,535,000
Euryd Rivera – 2,100,000
Liao Po Hsun – 2,100,000
Han Sung Jin – 1,750,000
Moses Saquing – 900,000
Edgar Asehan – 600,000
Ong Jingxiang – 395,000
Michael Concepcion – 225,000

13:21: Moses Saquing gives up the fight
Level 24: 15,000 – 30,000 ante 30,000

Cutoff Euryd Rivera opened and called off a three bet to 200,000 from small blind Moses Saquing. Saquing continued for 150,000 on flop , Rivera with a call. Turn saw Saquing send out another 325,000 yet shortly fold after Rivera pushed all-in for the rest of his chips.

Euryd Rivera – 2,100,000
Moses Saquing – 900,000

13:15: Michael Concepcion chips down
Level 24: 15,000 – 30,000 ante 30,000

Moses Saquing defended his big blind vs Michael Concepcion’s open from mid position. Flop came and saw Concepcion continue for 110,000, check-called by Saquing. Turn saw Concepcion fire another 150,000, leaving himself with 225,000 behind. Saquing raised all-in and Concepcion throws in the towel.

Moses Saquing – 1,550,000
Michael Concepcion – 225,000

13:10: Euryd Rivera outflops Vince Nachor
Level 24: 15,000 – 30,000 ante 30,000

Euryd Rivera defended his big blind vs Vince Nachor’s open and went on to flop . Checked to Nachor, he fired a 55,000 continuation bet, called by Rivera. Turn and river saw no more bets from either two with Rivera showing for the win.

Euryd Rivera – 1,225,000
Vince Nachor – 3,450,000

12:52: Euryd Rivera turns a straight
Level 24: 15,000 – 30,000 ante 30,000

Euryd Rivera defended his big blind vs Moses Saquing open and saw a flop of . Rivera then proceeded to check call two streets – 60,000 on flop and 130,000 on turn . River went check check, Rivera shows for a straight, and Saquing mucks.

Euryd Rivera – 2,410,000
Moses Saquing – 2,415,000

12:46: Rick Jason Ambata gets aces cracked in 9th place – PHP 395,000
Level 24: 15,000 – 30,000 ante 30,000

Hijack Vince Nachor opened to 65,000 and called off big blind Rick Jason Ambata’s all-in. Ambata shows , way ahead of Nachor’s . The board however, ran a straight for Nachor to crack Ambata’s aces and knock him out.

Vince Nachor – 3,675,000
Rick Jason Ambata – Eliminated

12:39: Han Sung Jin claims pot
Level 24: 15,000 – 30,000 ante 30,000

Button Moses Saquing opened to 60,000, joined by both players on the blinds. Flop came , checked to Saquing, he bet 55,000. Small blind Han Sung Jin continues and sees turn . Han leads out for 85,000 and Saquing folds.

Han Sung Jin – 2,680,000
Moses Saquing – 2,580,000

12:30: Vince Nachor continues to dominate
Level 24: 15,000 – 30,000 ante 30,000

Utg+2 Vince Nachor opened to 60,000, called by Liao Po Hsun behind. Flop saw Nachor continue for 75,000, Liao with a call. Turn didn’t stop Nachor as he fired another 150,000. Liao bumped it up to 325,000 and Nachor pushed back another raise to 725,000. Liao gives up the fight and throws in a fold. Nachor shows and takes down the pot.

Vince Nachor – 3,415,000
Liao Po Hsun – 2,070,000

12:20: Blinds up!
Level 24: 15,000 – 30,000 ante 30,000

Nine players remain in the Main Event games. All players are guaranteed a minimum payout of PHP 395,000 (~USD 7,140)!

12:19: Vince Nachor rivers the nuts
Level 23: 10,000 – 25,000 ante 25,000

Folded to small blind Vince Nachor, he opened to 65,000, joined by big blind Moses Saquing. Nachor continued to bet 30,000 on flop and another 150,000 on turn . Saquing with a call on both streets headed to river where action checked through. Nachor shows for the nut straight, Saquing with a muck.

Vince Nachor – 2,675,000
Moses Saquing – 1,700,000

12:17: Han Sung Jin wins preflop battle
Level 23: 10,000 – 25,000 ante 25,000

Utg+1 Han Sung Jin opened to 55,000 and met a three bet from big blind Vince Nachor to 175,000. Han clapped back with a raise to 500,000, to which Nachor folded.

Han Sung Jin – 1,630,000
Vince Nachor – 2,375,000

12:12: Liao Po Hsun hits the river
Level 23: 10,000 – 25,000 ante 25,000

Hijack Moses Saquing opened to 50,000, called by Liao Po Hsun behind. Flop came and Saquing continued for 30,000, Liao with a call. Turn saw Saquing this time check-call a 150,000 bet from his opponent. Both players check down river and Saquing shows , no good against Liao’s rivered top pair.

Liao Po Hsun – 2,000,000
Moses Saquing – 2,180,000

12:04: Moses Saquing takes it down
Level 23: 10,000 – 25,000 ante 25,000

Utg+1 Edgar Asehan opened to 55,000, called by Vince Nachor behind. Moses Saquing from the cutoff pushed a three bet to 200,000 and merited folds from both his opponents.

Moses Saquing – 2,180,000
Vince Nachor – 2,605,000
Edgar Asehan – 435,000

12:00: Shuffle Up & Deal!
Level 23: 10,000 – 25,000 ante 25,000

Main Event action resumes, good luck to the Final nine!

The Ace Poker League festivities at 2Ace Poker Manila, Philippines is coming down to an end with the headlining Main Event set to crown a champion today, December 3rd. The final day sees nine players returning to the felt led by local runner Vince Nachor. All remaining players are guaranteed a minimum payout of PHP 395,000 (~USD 7,140) and a chance to claim the PHP 4.1M (~USD 75K) first prize listed up top!

Action will resume at 12 noon on Level 23: 10,000 – 25,000 ante 25,000, running 60 minute blind levels all the way through.

Chip Counts

Remaining Payouts

APL Main Event Review

Date/s: November 29 – December 3, 2023
Buy-in: PHP 60,000 (~USD 1,080)
Guarantee: PHP 20,000,000 (~USD 361,280)
Prize pool: PHP 21,249,790 (~USD 384,400)
Entries: 366
ITM: 58 players

Pre-Event 1: 21 entries, 2 qualified
Pre-Event 2: 13 entries, 1 qualified

Day 1A – 57 entries, 9 qualified
Day 1B – 126 entries, 19 qualified
Day 1C – 53 entries, 13 qualified
Day 1D Turbo – 96 entries, 14 qualified