HomeRecord-breaking field at APT Philippines II 2019 with a total of 515 entries at the MAIN EVENT. This is officially the largest field gathered by the Asian Poker Tour in the country breaking its previous record of 503 set last April. With each buy-in at PHP 55 millon (~USD 1,100), the prize pool ballooned to an enormous PHP 24,977,500 (~USD 480,000). They have yet to reach the money which starts at 52nd place. The eventual winner is due to become PHP 5,185,500 (~USD 99,700) richer.
Main Event Day 2 recap
Day 2 rolled in with 219 players returning from the starting day heats. With registration open one final hour, another 54 signed on filling the poker area of Resorts World Manila‘s new Grand Wing to capacity.
Day 1A: 148 entries
Day 1B: 313 entries
Day 2: 54 entries
Total entries: 515 entries
At the end of the heat’s scheduled eight rounds, only 66 players remained. Bringing his stack to the top was Korea’s Sim Jae Kyung aka Simba with 522k bagged. Simba was the only player to amass over half a million in chips.
Sim Jae Kyung aka Simba
The pot that sent Simba’s stack soaring was a three-way showdown that shaved off a chunk from Seina Asigiri and sent fellow countryman Jeonggy Cho out of contention. You can read up on the details here. On a raised pot preflop, heavy betting followed at the flop K♠ 6♠ 5♥ leading to all three players pushing their stacks out front. Asigiri 5♣ 6♣ two pair, Cho A♥ A♦, Simba A♠ 5♠ nut flush draw. The turn 3♠ immediately granted the flush and with the river 4♠ he tripled up.
Top 10 players
| 2 | Simba “J.K Sim” | Korea | 522,000 | 18 | 7 |
| 3 | Xiao Sheng Zheng | China | 437,500 | 16 | 8 |
| 4 | Gavin Flynn | Ireland | 397,500 | 8 | 8 |
| 5 | Daiki Horikawa (BP) | Japan | 379,000 | 16 | 3 |
| 6 | Dang Mai Anh | Vietnam | 376,500 | 7 | 6 |
| 7 | Tetsuya Enoki | Japan | 375,500 | 6 | 1 |
| 8 | Yonghyun Yoo | Korea | 368,000 | 6 | 3 |
| 9 | Khoo Kah Hook | Malaysia | 344,000 | 7 | 7 |
| 10 | Heng Li | China | 329,500 | 7 | 2 |
| 11 | Yip Wai Shing | Hong Kong | 308,000 | 17 | 1 |
You can view the chip counts via this link —-> Day 3 chip counts and seat draw
Main Event Day 3 info
Date: Monday, September 16 at 1pm
Remaining: 66 players
ITM: 52 places
Opening blinds: 2500 – 5000 ante 5000 (Level 18)
Total chips in play: 12,875,000
Average stack: 195,075
Bagging time: Final 8 players
APT major title-holders
There are two more stages before a winner is crowned. APT major title-holders still in the running are:
Lester Edoc 264,500
Yo Hwan Lim 202,500
John Tech 154,500
Iori Yogo 53,000
We will continue to post Live Updates in Day 3 starting at 1pm.