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10pm: LEVEL UP The seventh level of the night begins with blinds at 40,000-80,000 with no ante. For coverage of level 27 and 28 click here. 9.55pm: Putting out the feelers Most pots so far have been limped pots with little action on the streets. Continuation bets are getting...more

6.47pm: Break time That's the end of the level. Players are now on a 15 minutes break. 6.45pm: Got there on the river Terrence Chan raised from the button and was called by Gordon Huntly in the small blind. It was checked to the river where the board read 2♥A♣T♣4♦3♥....more

3.40pm: Break time Players are taking the first break of the day for 30 minutes. Time to go buy a slot machine at the expo. Play resumes at 4.10pm. Check out the official chip count page for the latest scores. 3.35pm: Huntly doubles house Gordon Huntly has doubled up to...more

We've just about worked out the formula to this tournament. Written down it might involve brackets, squiggly lines and X=something, but it goes something like this: turn up, sit down and play like hell until someone tells you to stop. Don't get up and down from your table, don't...more

7.10pm: Day three done Day three of the PAGCOR Chairman's Cup is over and just a final table of nine players remain. It came after an all-in move by Jae Sin with Q♦T♣ for 131,000 who was then called by Gordon Huntly with K♠7♣. The board came 4♠5♠8♠4♥6♦. With that...more

5.03pm: BREAK TIME Back in ten minutes. 5pm: New poker term coined Bin Nguyen and Terrence Chan have coined a new poker term between them. Nguyen noticed that Chan had a 5,000 chip mixed in with a stack of 1,000 chips and informed him of his dirty stack. "It's a...more

11.10pm: Binh Nguyen wins PAGOR Chairman's Cup and $260,700 A pre-flop all-in show-down has resulted in Binh Nguyen eliminating Scotsman Gordon Huntly to be crowned champion. The action started with a 250,000 raise from Nguyen on the button before Huntly three-bet to 600,000. Nguyen then moved all-in and after some...more

In the last few minutes today this was not a poker tournament, it was a survival story, one of life and death and only a few would survive. It was not a matter of cards, it was like the sighting of a ship in the distance to a bunch...more

9.20pm: Double elimination bursts bubble and ends play for today The bubble just burst here amid scenes of pure pandemonium. Mishel Anunu was the first player to move all in for 47,000 from mid-position and he was flat called by Yong-suk Chang on the button before Mikael Rosen moved all...more

The old adage the final flight of day one is often the toughest is certainly something we've seen at poker tour's around the world. It turns out the PAGCOR Chairman's Cup is no different. After two previous editions of day one featured a combined 208 players, day 1C attracted...more

9pm: Play concludes The last of our day ones has come to an end. After a late surge our overnight but not overall chip leader is Victor Chang with 174,300. The official chip counts will appear here shortly and it won't be long too long before you can re-live the...more

5.05pm: Break time The second break of the day. When players return blinds will be up to 200-400 with a 50 ante. 5pm: Board doesn't reach the Rivera On a flop of 2♥K♣7♥ Mark Benasa in the big blind checked to Tony Rivera who bet 6,500 from the button. Benasa...more

After yesterday's performance of tinderbox poker, a day that reduced 99 players to 44, it was always a long shot to expect the same level of attrition today. But we weren't far off. With ten more players starting today, 109 were whittled down to 59 just without much of...more

9pm: Play concludes for day 1b The last six hands came and went with lots of shouts and screams (normal period of play then!) and all remaining players counted and bagged up their chips ready for play on Tuesday. 59 players made it through the day's mahem poker. Official chip...more

5.10pm: Break time Players are on the next ten minute break. When they return blinds will be 200-400 with a 50 ante. 5.05pm: The Bold Mundai On a flop of 9♣A♦6♥ Wilfredo Maliski checked to Bold Mundai from Mongolia on the button who made it 1,500. Mundai is a colourful...more

Those of us who had never been to an APPT event before today didn't really know what to expect in the Coral Ballroom of the Manila Pavilion Hotel. We anticipated difficulties with names, directions, maybe even the stuffed fish for lunch, but what we didn't expect was a fuel-injected...more

9.45pm: Play concluded The last seven hands have come and gone and Day 1a has finished for today. Mark Takayama is runaway chip leader on 197,375. Official chip counts will appear here in an hour or so and a full wrap of the day's play will be up shortly. 9.30pm:...more

5.50pm: Break time Players are on another ten minute break at the end of level four. 5.40pm: Charlie finds his angels Don Carmona opened the pot with a limp before Chung Ng raised to 1,000. Charlie Co then moved all in for his last 2,200 and was called by Andrew...more