HomeCHAMPIONSHIPS EVENT Day 2 of APT Philippines 2019 saw the return of 147 players out of the 275 entries of the starting flights. With registration open for one more level, another 41 ponied up the P82,500 buy-in. This brought the overall total entries to 316 to set a new tour record and prize pool of P22,989,000 (~USD442,700).
At the end of the scheduled 8 rounds, 50 remained which meant ITM of 32 places wasn’t reached. Bagging up the chip lead was China’s Yuanchao Li with an enormous stack of 874k.
In addition to the leader, several decorated APT major titleholders survived the day: Lester Edoc (288,000), John Tech (270,000), Gyeong Byeong Lee (207,000), Paul Hockin (207,000), Iori Yogo (122,000), Soo Jo Kim (116,000), Linh Tran (111,000), and Alexis Lim (106,000).
Also finishing very strong was reigning APT Main Event champion, Christopher Mateo with 454,000. With that sizable stack, Mateo is in fine shape for a back-to-back.
You can read up on the Day 2 action via our Live Updates. Action resumes tomorrow, Saturday, May 4 at 1pm here at Resorts World Manila. The final 50 players will race to the money and ultimately a Final 8 seat. Live updates will be running throughout to keep everyone abreast of the action.
Day 3: 50 players
Total chips in play: 15,732,800
Average stack: 314,656
Opening blinds: 4000-8000 ante 8000
Bagging time: upon reaching the Final 8 players
Here’s a look again at the payouts.
