HomeThree more winners were crowned as APT side event champions on Friday in the continuing action of the APT-RWM Poker Finale 2014 at Resorts World Manila (RWM) in Pasay City, Philippines. Filipinos Jojo Tech and Martin Gonzales ruled the High Rollers and OFC Pineapple events, respectively, while Malaysian Sun Tan conquered the Head Hunter tournament.
Tech entered the final table as one of the chip leaders with 196,500— second to Swedish Douglas Olsson who had 207,000 in chips. While Olsson busted out in 4th place, Tech went all the way to the high-stakes title.
High Roller King, Jojo Tech
When play was three-handed — against the Japanese pair of Katsuhiro Muto and Yo Doi — Tech had a the chip lead with over 450,000 to Muto’s and Doi’s roughly 200,000 each.
Tech first busted out Muto when the Filipino flopped a straight holding 5♣ 9♠ on a board of 8♦ 6♠ 7♣ K♠ J♣ moving all-in on the river and got a quick call from Muto who had the big slick.
The heads-up round was quicker than expected finishing just under an hour after the final two was set . Doi shoved with A♣ 2♠ but Tech made the call with A♦ 9♠ for what would be the final hand of the High Rollers event. The dealer boarded the flop 2♣ J♥ 8♥ to give the lead to Doi but the turn 9♥ gave it right back to Tech. The river 5♦ arrived to officially give the win to the Filipino and the roughly PHP 1.32M champion’s purse.
APT-RWM Poker Finale 2014 High Rollers Payout:
Champion – Jojo Tech (Philippines) – PHP 1,319,000
2nd place – Yo Doi (Japan) – PHP 825,000
3rd place – Katsuhiro Muto (Japan) – PHP 495,000
4th place – Douglas Olsson (Sweden) – PHP 363,000
5th place – Eemil Tuominen (Finland) – PHP 296,000
Meanwhile, Tan won PHP 439,700 for his efforts in the bounty-flavored Head Hunter event, which attracted a total of 149 runners. For his part, Gonzalez won PHP 86,000 for his first place finish in the OFC Pineapple side event.
Head Hunter Champion, Sun Tan
Open Face Chinese Pineapple Champion, Martin Gonzalez
Earlier in the day, the winners of yesterday’s side events were also awarded their respective trophies including two-time APT Player of the Year Sam Razavi, who bagged the Ante Up for Charity event. PHP 120,000, or a third of the prize pool in that charity tourney, will be donated to The Philippine Christian Foundation, an organization whose mission is to improve the quality of life of impoverished Filipino communities.
Big check worth Php120,000 will be donated to The Philippine Christian Foundation
The APT-RWM Poker Finale Main Event begins Saturday (December 6) with Day 1A scheduled to start at 1:00 PM. One side event, the NLHE event with PHP 16,500 buy-in is set at 3:00 PM. For as low as PHP 550, players can also qualify to the main event with the “One HAND” Satellite Step 1s starting at 1:00 PM until 10:00 PM. A “One Hand” Satellite Final Step with PHP 5,500 buy-in is at 10:00 PM. For full details check the Event Schedule page.