HomeWe’ve got a lot happening today at the APT Philippines Championships II 2018! If you aren’t one of the 43 runners of the MAIN EVENT, then we still have you covered. At 2PM is the CoinPoker Super High Rollers event. Buy-in is PHP107,500. This is a scheduled two-day event. There will also be a Pot Limit Omaha Hi event at 3PM. Buy-in is PHP16,500. All that will be taking place at partner and host venue Resorts World Manila.
MAIN EVENT Day 3 action kicks off with blinds at 2000 – 4000 ante 4000. Average stack is 177,302 with 7,624,000 total chips in play. Everyone is in the money with eight players already paid last night. The agenda for today is to capture one of the Final 8 seats and be one step closer to the coveted championship title. Live Updates here.
Leading today’s race is Rehg Delos Reyes with 451,500 followed by defending champion Metro Team Pro Lester Edoc with 438,000. These two have a substantial lead against the rest of the pack. Other notable players in contention are multi-WPT champion Marvin Rettenmaier, APT Main Event champion Alexis Lim, Lim Yohwan, Metro Team Pro Marc Rivera, and the starting days leaders, Joseph Talamayan and Edison Marzan.
If you haven’t seen the payout structure, the prize pool amounted to a massive PHP14,841,000 with a total of 306 entries at PHP55,000 each. 51 players in-the-money. First place is due to earn the lion’s share PHP2,849,600. Official payout structure here.
Also returning to the felt are the final 8 players of the No Limit Hold’em event. 105 players jumped in that event yesterday for a prize pool of PHP1,527,700. You can watch the race to the top via APT Twitch and APT YouTube. That streams starting at 130pm.
CHAMPIONSHIPS EVENT – PHP 8 Million guaranteed
Once the Main Event crowns a winner, the CHAMPIONSHIPS EVENT takes off. This second APT featured tournament runs from September 20 to September 24. Buy-in is PHP82,500.
Once again, the APT provides you with the best structure in the region. Players begin with a 50,000 stack. Opening blinds are 100-200, gradually increasing every 60 minutes. Registration closes at the start of Level 10. See schedule below.
Day 1A – Thursday, September 20 @1pm (play 8 levels)
Day 1B – Friday, September 21 @1pm (play 8 levels)
Day 2 – Saturday, September 22 @1pm (play 8 levels)
Day 3 – Sunday, September 23 @1pm (play to the Final 8 players)
Final 8 – Monday, September 24 @130pm
*Bubble protection in effect