HomeA pair of side events and two satellite tournaments opened the APT Philippines 2014 at the Resorts World Manila on Wednesday. A respectable field for all events kicked things off for the eight-day poker festivities set from April 30 to May 7.
Among the luminaries who took the felt on opening day are Japan’s Tetsuya Tsuchikawa, Tatsuya Ikeda and Iori Yogo; the Philippines’ Ian Marcos, Martin Corpuz, Mike Takayama, Richard Marquez and Euryd Rivera. Also present were Ben Abrahams (Thailand), Alistair Duff (Australia), Kristian Faering (Denmark), Bryan Huang (Singapore) and SJ Kim (South Korea) among many other popular pros in the Asian scene.
It was Huang who beat the field of 86 entries in the NLHE Event #1 which produced a $20,660 prize pool after re-buys and add-ons. The Singaporean, who outplayed Rivera in the heads-up round, won the first side event title of this APT stop for $4,950 and all-important APT points for the APT Player of the Year race.
APT Philippines 2014 NLH Re-Buy Champion, Bryan Huang
Meanwhile, Tsuchikawa won the Ante Up for Charity Event for $1,840. More importantly the 46-player field generated a $2,300 donation to the RCMN Feed a Child, Build a Nation Program.
In the same side event, APT Chief Executive Officer Jeff Mann finished in 5th place for a nice win of $410, an amount he donated in full to the same charity organization.
APT Philippines 2014 Ante Up For Charity Champion, Tetsuya Tsuchikawa
The poker festivities continue on Thursday (May 1) with two more side events—the Mix Game PLH-PLO at 1:00 pm and the High Rollers at 2:00 p.m. with $300 and $5,000 buy-ins, respectively. Two more satellite tourneys to the main event are on tap at 3:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. Check the APT Philippines 2014 Event Schedule for full details.