HomeFamiliar faces and a few unknowns dominated Day 1B of the APT Asian Poker Series Cebu 2015 Main Event at the All In Poker Sports Club in Waterfront Hotel & Casino in Cebu City, Philippines. Leading the pack is unheralded Korean Lim Jin Wook with 58,550 in chips and he’s joined by three popular pros— John Tech (Philippines) with 57,500, Simba (Korea) with 50,050 and Bryan Huang (Singapore) with 49,750 atop the chip rankings in the second starting day of the highlight tournament of the first Asian Poker Tour (APT) stop this year.
Among the Day 1B chip leaders are Jojo Tech, Simba and Bryan Huang
After 28 qualified from Friday’s Day 1A, 29 survivors from Day 1B followed suit to up the total qualifiers for Day 2 to 57 players. More will join them after Day 1C scheduled on Sunday (February 1st). All the qualifiers from the three different starting days will return for Day 2 set on Monday (February 2nd).
While the first four have roughly over or roughly 50K in chips a slew others are within striking distance with a eight other players having over 42,00—- a mark of how balanced the chip distribution was after eight levels of play. This includes Robert Browning (Philippines) with 48.550, Gordon Black (Korea) with 47,700, Christian Haggart (Canada) with 47,050 and three-time APT Player of the Year Sam Razavi (United Kingdom) with 47,025.
Other notable pros who advanced to the next round are Kai Paulsen (Norway) with 38,450, Martin Gonzales (Philippines) with 31,400, Ryan Yu (Canada) with 28,900, Jun Saito (Japan) with 22,300, Kimmo Soronen (Finland) with 14,400 and Iori Yogo (Japan), the shortest stack with 6,750.
APT Asian Poker Series Cebu 2015 Main Event Day 1B – Chip Counts:
1. Lim Jin Wook (Korea) – 58,550
2. John Tech (Philippines) – 57,500
3. Simba (Korea) – 50,050
4. Bryan Huang Diwei (Singapore) – 49,750
5. Robert Browning (Philippines) – 48,550
6. Ben Loo (Malaysia) – 48,400
7. Gordon Black (Korea) – 47,700
8. Christian Haggart (Canada) – 47,050
9. Samad Razavi (United Kingdom) – 47,025
10. Keiji Okada (Japan) – 45,925
11. Kevin Ang (Malaysia)- 42,975
12. Jun Funabashi (Japan) – 42,275
13. Tom Alner (United Kingdom) – 39,250
14. Gwak Junseop (Korea) – 38,950
15. Kai Paulsen (Norway) – 38,450
16. Martin Gonzales (Philippines) – 31,400
17. Ryan Yu (Canada) – 28,900
18. Tony Chang (Hong Kong) – 28,750
19. Junichi Nakagiri (Japan) – 28,275
20. Jun Saito (Japan) – 22,300
21. Charalampos Lappas (Greece) – 19,225
22. Laurynas Vainius (Lithuania) – 18,275
23. Arvin Jason Palmero (Philippines) – 14,775
24. Tony Ritchie (USA) – 14,725
25. Kimmo Soronen (Finland) – 14,400
26. Sung Jin Park (Korea) – 11,050
27. Choong Kon Kim (Korea) – 10,600
28. Romeo Catayas (Philippines) – 8,000
29. Iori Yogo (Japan) – 6,750
Overall, Chinese Anyang Xu, who topped Day 1A with 85,275 is still the overall chip leader. Eight others from Day 1A also have a better haul than the Day 1B chip leader.
Action continues Sunday with Day 1C of the main event at 1:00 PM and two side events— the Pot Limit Omaha Hi (PHP 11,000) and Deep Stack Turbo (PHP 5,500) set at 3:00 PM and 7:00 PM, respectively. For full details, check Events and Schedule page.