Welcome to Day 2 of the APT Poker Weekend Series Manila Main Event at Casino Filipino, Waterfront Hotel and Casino where 53 players will be returning at 1pm for another day at the felt. Their goal? To bag one of those coveted 8 final table seats. Leading the pack is Day 1a chip leader, Calvin Tan (Singapore), with 197,900 chips. Running second is Day 1b chip leader, Ha Duong (Australia), with 146,300 chips. Alex Lee (Singapore) is in third position with 133,800 chips.
Notables to mention in the field today are, Samad Razavi from the UK (APT Player of the Year 2012-2014), Gerard Bringley (Japan), Kim Enriquez (Philippines), Akira Ohyama (888Poker Pro), Julian Hasse (Germany), and John Tech (Philippines), to mention a few. Players will start seeing the money at 18th place so keep tabs on some of the action at the Main Event felt in the Live Reporting section of the website.
At the WeLoveSport.com Deep Stack Turbo, Terence Yiin from Malaysia overcame a field of 80 entries to claim the 105,700 first place cash prize plus the event trophy.
WeLoveSport.com Deep Stack Turbo (Event 5)
Buy-in: PHP5,500
Entries: 80
Prize Pool: PHP388,000
Payouts (in PHP):
1st Terence Yiin (Malaysia) 105,700
2nd– Calvin Ong (Singapore) 64,500
3rd– Jacson Francisco (Philippines) 46,600
4th– Joh Riad (Denmark) 35,800
5th– Sam Razavi (UK) 30,700
6th– John Melchor (Philippines) 26,500
7th– Domingo Ylanan (Philippines) 23,000
8th Kristian Faering (Denmark) 20,300
9th Brian McAllister (Australia) 18,300
10th– Gerry Flores (Philippines) 16,600
Congratulations to Terence Yew for his triumph at the felt!
There will also be a Monster Stack NLH Day 1 (Event 6) at 3pm. Buy-in is PHP22,000, and at 6pm, the MSW Deep Stack Turbo (Event 7) with a buy-in of PHP5,500. Cash games are also up and running at the APT Poker Room.
Good luck to all the players at the Main Event!