HomeAfter eight hours of nonstop poker action, APT Philippines II 2019 CHAMPIONSHIPS EVENT concluded with 40 players remaining. Stealing the chip lead during the last hands called was Filipino player John Niko Costiniano with 1,070,000. He was the only player to bag up in the seven-digit range.
Costiniano was already one of the biggest stacks when chip leader Vietnamese pro Cao Ngoc Anh was moved to his table. Earlier in the day, Anh was the first player to reach a million in chips and stayed within range giver or take a little until his bout with Costiniano. The hand saw a full board 8♥ 10♥ 10♣ 7♣ 2♦ and over 500k built up in the middle. Costiniano claimed it for his 8♠ 8♦ full house to rise to 1M.
Among the survivors were decorated APT champions: Cao Ngoc Anh (746,000), Kannapong Thanarattrakul (691,000), Gyeong Byeong Lee (431,000), Soo Jo Kim (361,000), Iori Yogo (357,000), Graeme Siow (255,000), Lester Edoc (188,000), John Tech (151,000), and Alexis Lim (67,000).
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Day 2 ending players by chip counts
| Rank | Name | Country | Chips | Table | Seat |
| 1 | John Niko Costiniano ** (SB) | Philippines | 1,070,000 | 17 | 1 |
| 2 | Jeonggyu Cho | Korea | 910,000 | 13 | 3 |
| 3 | Cao Ngoc Anh | Vietnam | 746,000 | 17 | 6 |
| 4 | Kannapong Thanarattrakul | Thailand | 691,000 | 18 | 5 |
| 5 | Zhu, Jingxuan (DB) | China | 677,000 | 13 | 4 |
| 6 | Benigno Ledina Jr. | Philippines | 671,000 | 13 | 2 |
| 7 | Xixiang Luo (SB) | China | 595,000 | 18 | 1 |
| 8 | Hong Jin Ho | Korea | 590,000 | 16 | 6 |
| 9 | En Ching Wu | Taiwan | 546,000 | 16 | 9 |
| 10 | Gyeong Byeong Lee | Korea | 431,000 | 18 | 6 |
| 11 | Alex Lee (SB) | Singapore | 418,000 | 15 | 6 |
| 12 | Je Hun Hong (BB) | Korea | 389,000 | 18 | 2 |
| 13 | William Kang ** (BB) | United Kingdom | 365,000 | 15 | 8 |
| 14 | Soo Jo Kim | Korea | 361,000 | 18 | 3 |
| 15 | Iori Yogo ** (DB) | Japan | 357,000 | 16 | 2 |
| 16 | Frederick Hernandez | Philippines | 344,000 | 13 | 8 |
| 17 | Yi-Wei Peng | Taiwan | 337,000 | 16 | 5 |
| 18 | Julien Weymouth (BB) | Guam | 316,000 | 17 | 2 |
| 19 | Yongseok Choi ** (BB) | Korea | 309,000 | 16 | 4 |
| 20 | Ji Young Kim (BB) | Korea | 307,000 | 13 | 6 |
| 21 | Jaideep Sajwan | India | 290,000 | 16 | 7 |
| 22 | Graeme Siow (DB) | Singapore | 255,000 | 15 | 5 |
| 23 | Jae Chang | Korea | 215,000 | 13 | 7 |
| 24 | Gary Thompson | Ireland | 193,000 | 16 | 8 |
| 25 | Juyun Park | Korea | 191,000 | 15 | 1 |
| 26 | Lester Edoc | Philippines | 188,000 | 17 | 7 |
| 27 | Victorry Chong | Malaysia | 172,000 | 17 | 5 |
| 28 | Florencio C. Campomanes IV (SB) | Philippines | 170,000 | 16 | 3 |
| 29 | Han Fei | China | 160,000 | 15 | 2 |
| 30 | George Mateo | Guam | 156,000 | 17 | 3 |
| 31 | John Tech | Philippines | 151,000 | 15 | 9 |
| 32 | Steve Yea | Korea | 138,000 | 17 | 4 |
| 33 | Anthony Abram “Ozy” ** | Australia | 103,000 | 18 | 4 |
| 34 | Diego | Dubai | 97,000 | 18 | 7 |
| 35 | Allan Hon | Malaysia | 93,000 | 13 | 9 |
| 36 | Marco Almerez | Philippines | 72,000 | 15 | 4 |
| 37 | Gregory Benjamins (DB) | Netherlands | 68,000 | 18 | 9 |
| 38 | Alexis Lim (DB) | Philippines | 67,000 | 17 | 9 |
| 39 | Jung Seung Mook (SB) | Korea | 61,000 | 13 | 5 |
| 40 | Johnson T. Tan | Philippines | 39,000 | 15 | 3 |
Day 2 kicked off with 127 players out of the 235 entries returning. With registration open for one final hour, another 30 registered to bring the total entries to 265. Here are the official numbers:
Buy-in: PHP 82,500 (~USD 1,600)
Entries: 265
Prize pool: PHP 19,278,700 (~USD 370,000)
ITM: 27 places
1st prize: PHP 4,594,800 (~USD 88,000)
Day 3 info
Opening blinds: 4000 – 8000 ante 8000 (Level 17)
Starting time: 1pm
Chips in play: 13,250,000
Average stack: 331,250
Bagging time: Final 8 players
