HomeThe APT Championships Philippines 2017 has now entered Day 2 of the APT Championships with 104 players returning to the felt at Resorts World Manila. There were a total of 189 entries for a prize pool of USD 366,660. With the payouts now posted on the screens, the eventual winner will be shipping in USD 91,670 and an APT Championship Ring.
Charging in with the largest stack overall is Korea’s SJ Kim who bagged up 263,500 in chips at Day 1B. Joining him with the second biggest stack is fellow compatriot Kim Gab Yong with 262,000 in chips, and in third rank is Filipino Victor Miranda with 223,700 in chips.
Today will see the players back at the felt for another eight rounds. Cards will be in the air at 1pm. We will be posting live updates in the Live Reporting page so be on the lookout for those.
Japan’s Shinichiro Tone wins the Pot Limit Omaha
PLO Champion, Shinichiro Tone
Among the many tables running on the tournament floor, the Pot Limit Omaha was the lone side event that ran past the midnight hour on Wednesday night. There were 117 entries with 18 of them seeing the money. Yesterday afternoon, the Final 8 resumed and after several hours, Shinichiro “Johnny” Tone defeated fellow countryman Toyoda Masahiro to win the event trophy and USD 8,700.
Prior to Tone’s victory, one of his biggest challenges was the three-handed round where In Chul Sin was sporting a very large stack after having eliminated Inage Fuyuki. After many hands, Tone landed that money hand to usurp the chip lead. With blinds at 8K/16K, Sin opened with 41K, Tone three-bet to 139K, and Sin called. The flop dropped 7♦ 2♦ 5♠, Sin bet 200K, Tone shoved, and Sin folded. From there, Sin swung up and down until Tone finished him off in 3rd place with nut flush over three-of-a-kind.
The heads up round had a couple of exciting hands with Masahiro overtaking Tone but he was immediately crippled down to 3 big blinds. Tone had A♠ 10♣ 8♥ 5♦ and Masahiro A♥ Q♦ J♥ 8♦ on a board of 10♦ 6♥ A♦ 10♥ J♦. The next hand it was all over, Masahiro was eliminated and Tone topped the event.
Final 8 payouts
1st Shinichiro Tone – Japan – USD 8,700
2nd Toyoda Masahiro – Japan – USD 5,080
3rd In Chul Sin – Korea – USD 3,520
4th Inage Fuyuki – Japan – USD 2,570
5th Lam Quoc Thanh – Germany – USD 2,130
6th Woon Yoke Wei – Malaysia – USD 1,750
7th Euryd Rivera – Philippines – USD 1,450
8th James Doble – UK- USD 1,210
You can watch the Final 8 action in the APT Twitch channel and in the APT YouTube channel.
Japan’s Satoshi Nishibun owns the Super Deep Stack Turbo
Super Deep Stack Turbo Champion, Satoshi Nishibun
The Super Deep Stack Turbo saw a large turnout of players with the alternate list reaching to over 30 players. After everyone was accommodated, there were a total of 164 entries. The event wrapped up with Japanese player Satoshi Nishibun defeating his own fellow countryman Junichi Nakagiri to own the title and USD 8,120 first place purse of the event.
Final 8 payouts
1st Satoshi Nishibun – Japan – USD 8,120
2nd Junichi Nakagiri – Japan USD 4,760
3rd Jason Ng – Singapore – USD 3,290
4th Nao Toyoda – Japan – USD 2,400
5th JC Sayo – Philippines – USD 1,990
6th Jacque Ramsden – UK – USD 1,640
7th Aisushi Fukuhara – Japan – USD 1,350
8th Lee Kwang Woo – Korea – USD 1,130
You can watch the Final 8 action in the APT Twitch channel and in the APT YouTube channel.
Guam’s Joshua Chargualaf claims the WeLoveSport.com Deep Stack Turbo
WLS Deep Stack Turbo Champion, Joshua Chargualaf
Another big field event joined the floor last night, the WeLoveSport.com Deep Stack Turbo with 111 entries. The prize pool amounted to USD 16,150 with 18 players in the money. Guam’s Joshua Chargualaf denied a Japanese sweep, defeating Tadashi Ogawa at the heads up round. Chargualaf earned the USD 4,120 first place purse and the event trophy.
Final 8 payouts
1st Joshua Chargualaf – Guam – USD 4,120
2nd Tadashi Ogawa – Japan – USD 2,410
3rd Ryo Kitagawa – Japan – USD 1,670
4th Joven Huerto – Philippines – USD 1,220
5th Bernard Chua – Philippines – USD 1,010
6th Kai Paulsen – Norway – USD 830
7th Almomar Adam – Philippines – USD 690
8th Keiichiro Sugimoto – Japan – USD 570
You can watch the Final 8 action in the APT Twitch channel and in the APT YouTube channel.
Side Events Today
There are also a couple of side events running today, both are highly popular events. At 3pm is the No Limit Hold’em 2 event. Several days ago the first NLH event saw 204 entries. This event will have the same entry fee of USD 440 with the same structure. Players start with a 10,000 stack (200x the starting big blind) and blinds go up every 30 minutes.
At 6pm is one of the most fast paced events in the lineup, the MegaSportsWorld Deep Stack Turbo with an entry fee of USD 165. Players start with a 10,000 stack (400x the starting big blind).There are no antes but the jumps between levels are quite fast at 20 minute intervals.
For the full schedule and tournament structures, click here.