HomeThe past two days at APT Philippines 2022 side events saw three players emerge as first time APT winners. The newly crowned were Japanese players Tetsunori Saito, Takahiro Kidokoro, and Filipino player Federick Cruz. Congratulations to the champions! Just a reminder, players that reached the money at any of the events (satellites not included) earned points towards the APT Player of the Series race. Make sure to check your standings.
Event review
Tetsunori Saito wins the No Limit Hold’em Single Day
It was the rise of the short stacks at the No Limit Hold’em Single Day event with the top three finishers starting out the final 8 as the bottom three backed by 11 BB and less. Japan’s Tetsunori Saito bagged the win for his first ever APT title and pocketed a cool Php 328,000. Coming in runner up was the newly crowned APT Main Event champion Renniel Galvez whose luck ran out with K♥ 2♣ totally crushed by Saito’s J♦ J♥ 9♦ 5♠ 2♥. You can relive the final 8 action via APT YouTube and APT Twitch.
Buy in: Php 16,500 (~US$ 314)
Entries: 83
Prize pool: Php 1,207,600 (~US$ 22,992)
ITM: 14 places
Payouts
1st Tetsunori Saito – Japan – Php 328,000
2nd Renniel Galvez – Philippines – Php 218,700
3rd Manuel Mascunana III – Philippines – Php 152,000
4th Michael Kerr – USA – Php 109,800
5th Lee Won Jae – Korea – Php 82,100
6th Hiroaki Murayama – Japan – Php 63,400
7th Joseroy Jeremias – Philippines – Php 50,300
8th Ken Chung Lau – Hong Kong – Php 41,000
9th Duy Ho – Vietnam – Php 34,200
10th Ronald Tan – Philippines – Php 28,500
11th Takahiro Kidokoro – Japan – Php 28,500
12th Richard Marquez – Philippines – Php 23,700
13th Rafael Chan – Philippines – Php 23,700
14th Renato Villanueva – Philippines – Php 23,700
Takahiro Kidokoro wins the Super Deepstack Turbo, zooms to upper tier
After two prior cashes, Japanese player Takahiro Kidokoro clinched the Super Deepstack Turbo for his first ever APT win. Kidokoro eliminated Malaysia’s Neil Lawrence at heads up to lift the trophy and the Php 133,600 first prize. This also awarded him a sizable amount of points to zoom within the top 10 of the APT Player of the Series race. The final hand Lawrence pushed K♠ 10♠, Kidokoro eliminated him with A♠ 8♦ when the board ran 7♣ 4♦ 4♣ 9♣ 2♣. You can relive the final 8 action via APT YouTube and APT Twitch.
Buy in: Php 16,500 (~US$ 314)
Entries: 61
Prize pool: Php 887,500 (~US$ 16,900)
ITM: 11 places
Payouts
1st Takahiro Kidokoro – Japan – Php
2nd Neil Lawrence – Malaysia – Php
3rd Yoichi Uesugi – Japan – Php
4th Mike Takayama – Philippines – Php
5th Edwin Dela Cruz – Philippines – Php
6th Joven Huerto – Philippines – Php
7th Manuel Mascunana III – Philippines – Php
8th Joshua Chargualaf – Guam – Php
9th Henrik Tollefsen – Norway – Php
10th Duhan Lee – Korea – Php
11th Christopher Mateo – Philippines – Php
Federick Cruz overcomes Soriano at the Hyper Deepstack Turbo
First ever APT win for Filipino player Federick Cruz after taking down the Hyper Deepstack Turbo. Cruz faced fellow countryman Sonny Soriano at heads up. With stacks at an average of 5 BB, it was a crapshoot for the trophy. About even at the final hand by one small chip, Cruz pushed with K♥ 4♥, Soriano called with Q♣ 9♣, the board was 5♠ J♥ K♠ 5♥ 5♣ full house. Relive the final 8 action via APT YouTube and APT Twitch.
Buy in: Php 5,500 (~US$ 105)
Entries: 108
Prize pool: Php 523,800 (~US$ 9,973)
ITM: 18 places
Payouts
1st Federick Cruz – Philippines – Php 133,600
2nd Sonny Soriano – Philippines – Php 89,000
3rd Hiroki Yokoyama – Japan – Php 61,900
4th Lee Chang Hwan – Korea – Php 44,700
5th Kelvin Foo Yong Kwang – Singapore – Php 33,400
6th Ryan Thomas White – USA – Php 25,800
7th Vicente Pena – Philippines – Php 20,500
8th Julian Lagman – Philippines – Php 16,700
9th Takash Shimada – Japan – Php 13,900
10th David Erquiaga – Philippines – Php 11,600
11th Joel Leong – Malaysia – Php 11,600
12th Thung Sing – Php 9,700
13th Tetsunori Saito – Japan – Php 9,700
14th Duy Ho – Vietnam – Php 9,700
15th Kentaro Hayashi – Japan – Php 8,000
16th Kong Khai Kent – Malaysia – Php 8,000
17th Mamerto Reyes – Philippines – Php 8,000
18th Ricky Gonzales – Philippines – Php 8,000