HomeWe have reached the final table of the APT Philippines Championships Event II 2018 – CHAMPIONSHIPS EVENT! Once again it was Korea’s Lim Yohwan in the driver’s seat having impressively dominated in Day 3. Yohwan delivered not one but two double knockouts to close with a massive 2,626,000 stack.
Double KO #1: Terence Kwang and Walken Li
Double KO #2: Sun Tan and Bobby Zhang
Only once throughout the day was Yohwan behind in the count. Germany’s Steffen Endres was also the bane of several players including big stacks Marc Rivera and Feng Zhao. Both players were railed simultaneously to bring the field down to the unofficial final table of nine. Endres’s stack catapulted to the top to briefly usurp the lead. He bagged up the second largest stack of 2,265,000.
Double KO: Marc River and Feng Zhao
Finishing third-in-chips was Korea’s Jae Hyun Lim. Lim also bagged up in the million range but it wasn’t devoid of scares. His stack swung wildly and upon eliminating German pro Marvin Rettenmaier and scoring a big pot off Endres with aces, he charged back up to seven digits to close with 1,450,000.
Marvin Rettenmaier elimination
The rest of the pack are below the average stack of 1,242,857 with 8,700,000 total chips in play.
Guam’s Joshua Chargualaf steadily rose all day, grinding for chips among the hungry pack of aggressive players. He bagged up 857,000.
From the get-go, Singapore’s Si Yang Phua was on attack mode often seen beefing up the pot. His stack rose fast but it also dipped heavily. He closed with 782,000.
The last local hope is Richard Marquez. He bagged up 557,000.
Japan’s Masatoshi Tanaka will have his work cut out on the final day with his stack at 165,000, roughly 7 big blinds.
Marquez and Tanaka struggled with their short stacks practically the whole day but managed to stay in contention as double knockouts were quite popular with the leaders.
Congratulations to all the final tableists!
Read up on the thrilling Day 2 and Day 3 action in our Live Updates.
Final day action takes place on Monday, September 24, at 130pm. We will stream live (60-minute delay) on APT Twitch and APT YouTube. Of course, you can also hang on the rail and witness the emergence of the next APT champion.
The Championships Event drew in 174 entries for a prizepool of PHP12,658,500. What the Final 7 will be gunning for is the PHP 2,819,900 first place cash. The eventual champion will also be awarded the APT Championship Ring. Here are the remaining payouts:
1st PHP 2,819,900
2nd PHP 1,879,500
3rd PHP 1,312,200
4th PHP 955,200
5th PHP 721,900
6th PHP 564,200
7th PHP 454,400
*8th to 29th paid at Day 3
Day 1A recap
Day 1B recap
Day 2 recap