The penultimate day of this APPT Manila Main Event is officially a wrap. 39 entered but now only nine remain with our final table ready for tomorrow's exciting conclusion.
At the start of play the role of chip leader was shared between Alex Lee and Seongsu Kong but one fared better than the opposite here on Day 3. In fact, it was Kong who ended up knocking Lee out just a few shy of the overall table.
Lee moved all in on a flop of 9♣9♥8♦ with 8♠6♦ but bumped into the T♠T♣ of Kong, who held to send Lee packing. Kong will start tomorrow 4th in chips with 990,000.
Seongsu Kong
Leading the best way into tomorrow can be last season's APPT Manila 3rd place finisher Jessie Leonarez. He rampaged his strategy to the highest within the early stages of play and refused to relinquish the title of chip leader throughout. Within the final level of the night he extended that chip lead even further with an enormous bluff against Kong.
The hand saw Kong bring it in for a raise before Leonarez defended his big blind and the flop fell K♦8♦5♦. Kong fired for 120,000 but Leonarez raised it to 250,000. Kong called and the T♥ turn arrived. Leonarez quickly bet 500,000 which was met by a good quicker call before the T♣ completed the board. Leonarez made it 650,000 at the river which was around two thirds of Kong's stack. The latter tanked for several minutes but ultimately gave it up.
Leonarez added salt to the wound by tabling 6♥3♥ for absolutely nothing. It was plays like that person who brought Leonarez to this spot within the tournament and he'll return tomorrow with greater than double the chips of his closest rival. We'll see if Leonarez can finish on his 3rd place finish from last year!
Jessie Leonarez (standing; right) returns with a commanding chip lead tomorrow
Perhaps probably the most bitter sweet finish of the day was for our final table bubble boy Rommel Angeles. His final hand saw reigning Asia Player of the Year Alan King Lun Lau move all in from the small unaware of cover Angeles's short stack within the big blind. Angeles called it off and went to the races for a possible spot on the final table.
Angeles: 2♥2♣Lau: K♣T♣
The 4♥9♥3♥ was an excellent one for Angeles as he also picked up a flush draw. Angeles faded danger at the 4♣ turn however the off suit T♦ landed at the river to finish his run in 10th place. He collected ₱430,400 while Lau locked up his spot at the final table with 1,015,000 and play concluded.
Alan King Lun Lau (pictured left) eliminates Rommel Angeles (pictured right) at the bubble
Here's how our final table stacks up before they battle it out come tomorrow:
| 1 | Linh Tran | 1,870,000 |
| 2 | Mike Takayama | 670,000 |
| 3 | Sam Razavi | 500,000 |
| 4 | Seongsu Kong | 970,000 |
| 5 | Joven Huer | 355,000 |
| 6 | Alan King Lun Lau | 1,015,000 |
| 7 | Jessie Leonardez | 4,595,000 |
| 8 | Bruno Tzu Chieh Lo | 860,000 |
| 9 | Sangyong Lee | 795,000 |
That's all from us here tonight. Play will recommence back here at 2pm where our final nine could be chasing the APPT Main Event title, a ₱6,135,000 payday and the distinguished APPT trophy. Be sure you join us on the PokerStars Blog!
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