HomeWe are back at the Asian Poker Tour Philippines 2016 II with the third day of side event selections already underway at Resorts World Manila in Newport City, Philippines. The doors opened with one of the crowd favorites, the Head Hunter US$100/Bounty which drew in a solid field of 123 players. Among those seen hunting for heads to scalp were Canadian pro Linh Tran, Australia’s Piyush Gupta, Hong Kong player Kit Kwan Kwok, and Malaysia’s Victor Chong.
Running alongside was the Ladies of Poker event with cards flipping at one table followed by the High Roller Open Face Chinese Pineapple Shootout 12 Max. The Battle of the Nations event also returned from yesterday’s break with three remaining teams vying for the trophy.
Today marked the first official awarding of trophies with several event champions getting a photo op with the lovely ladies of the APT against the festival backdrop. Here are our first few happy winners.
Lolita Gelle, Executive Director of Foundation for These-Abled Persons Inc. receives the charity check worth PHP 80,000 from Lloyd Fontillas, Executive Tournament Director of APT
Richard “Hotsauce” Marquez receives the Opening Event trophy and APT Card Protector
The PLO High Rollers trophy claimed by champion Choi Sungil
The APT girls award the Ante Up for Charity trophy to Yoon Hyun Joon of Korea
For those tuning in to the APT Philippines 2016 II online, you can check out some of the highlights of the past two days of the festival at APT Youtube account. You can also view the final action of the Battle of the Nations on APT Twitch.tv right now.