HomePASAY CITY, Philippines – Day 3 of the APT Philippines II Main Event kicked off with 57 players returning to partner venue Resorts World Manila for the next stage of the race. After a lengthy nine levels of play the Final 8 emerged with half of the pack dominated by Filipinos, namely Marc Rivera, David Erquiaga, Hernan Villa, and Bonifacio Mondalo. The other half was made up of Koreans Jung Ho Young and Hwany Lee, France’s Jacques Le Guennec, and Sweden’s Sofia Lovgren Fullmer.
The Final 8 players return to the felt on Tuesday, September 13 Each one is now guaranteed Php 630,800 (~US$ 11,100) however all eyes will be on the jaw dropping Php 5,046,000 (~US$ 88,800) first prize. The eventual champion will also win an APT Champion’s Ring and APT Main Event Trophy.
The player in the best position to bring it home is the lone lady in the running, Fullmer, who crushed her tablemates all day. She amassed 3,120,000 in chips and was the only player that bagged up over 100 BB. You can read up on the day’s action via the Live Updates or you can also watch the recorded stream on APT YouTube and APT Twitch.
Sofia Lovgren Fullmer
Final 8 players
| Seat | Name | Flag | Chips | BB |
| 1 | Jung Ho Young | Korea | 2,475,000 | 82 |
| 2 | Jacques Le Guennec | France | 735,000 | 24 |
| 3 | David Erquiaga | Philippines | 1,835,000 | 61 |
| 4 | Sofia Lovgren Fullmer | Sweden | 3,120,000 | 104 |
| 5 | Hwany Lee | Korea | 1,680,000 | 56 |
| 6 | Marc Rivera | Philippines | 480,000 | 16 |
| 7 | Bonifacio Mondalo | Philippines | 555,000 | 18 |
| 8 | Hernan Villa | Philippines | 1,130,000 | 37 |
Chips in play: 12,425,000
Average stack: 1,553,125
Resuming blinds: 15k-30k-30k BB Ante (2:47 time remaining)
Payouts
| 1st | Php 5,046,000 |
| 2nd | Php 3,364,000 |
| 3rd | Php 2,338,000 |
| 4th | Php1,689,000 |
| 5th | Php 1,263,000 |
| 6th | Php 975,000 |
| 7th | Php 774,000 |
| 8th | Php 630,800 |
Day 3 recap
The Main Event drew 497 entries for a prize pool of Php 24,104,500 (~US$ 434,225). Day 3 opened with 57 hopefuls looking to reach the money round which was just seven spots away. An hour and a half in, the bubble burst on Samuel Deering who shoved with second pair only to fall to Hernan Villa’s top pair.
Buy in: Php 55,000
Guarantee: Php 15,000,000
Entries: 497 (Day 1 – 412, Day 2- 85)
Prize pool: Php 24,104,500
ITM: 50 places
Bubble bursts
Once the money flowed, among the first to the cage was Richard Marquez who crashed out on a three-way. Another local falling in agony was Richard Castillo on a set over set against Kim Jun Hee. At the featured table, Fullmer enjoyed a consistent rise in chips courtesy of nearly every player that joined the felt such as Marc Rivera, day’s entering chip leader Ong Dingxiang, and Tomohiro Tsuchiya who busted to Fullmer.
By the fourth hour, decorated APT Main Event champion Abhinav Iyer suffered a bad beat when his pocket Jacks were outdrawn by You Jun Hong‘s pocket Eights set. This sent Iyer down to just 1 BB which he impressively rebuilt back over 20 BB however was stopped by Neo Zhi Han in 34th place.
Kai Tse Lee
Down to two tables, satellite winner Kai Tse Lee ran out of gas in 16th place to turn his Php 12,000 buy in into a sizable Php 253,500; Fullmer scored a big pot against Bonifacio Mondalo to boost her up to nearly 3M then picked up more by railing Aron Dermer in 10th place. From what started as 9 tables, it was down to just one. Players didn’t have to wait much longer for the end of the day. On the first showdown, Rivera doubled through Mondalo then three hands after, Rivera cleaned out Morocco’s Soufiane Bakas with A♠ K♣ dominating A♦ Q♠ to form the final 8.
Payouts 9th to 50th
| 9th | Denis Pisarev | Russia | Php 525,700 |
| 10th | Aron Dermer | USA | Php 438,100 |
| 11th | Ryota Oda | Japan | Php 365,100 |
| 12th | Kim Jun Hee | Korea | Php 365,100 |
| 13th | Denis Pisarev | Russia | Php 304,200 |
| 14th | Jung Ho Young | Korea | Php 304,200 |
| 15th | Joseroy Jeremias | Philippines | Php 304,200 |
| 16th | Kai Tse Lee | Hong Kong | Php 253,500 |
| 17th | David Rodwell | Australia | Php 253,500 |
| 18th | In Ho Song | Korea | Php 253,500 |
| 19th | An Jae Young | Korea | Php 211,300 |
| 20th | Masatoshi Ezawa | Japan | Php 211,300 |
| 21st | You Jun Hong | Malaysia | Php 211,300 |
| 22nd | Carlo Manalastas | Philippines | Php 211,300 |
| 23rd | Mike Allen | UK | Php 176,000 |
| 24th | Jan Jason Leoncio | Philippines | Php 176,000 |
| 25th | Joshua Chargualaf | Guam | Php 176,000 |
| 26th | Federick Cruz | Philippines | Php 176,000 |
| 27th | Clyde Troy Morales | Philippines | Php 176,000 |
| 28th | Ashley De Guzman | Philippines | Php 146,700 |
| 29th | Vladimir Mefodichev | Russia | Php 146,700 |
| 30th | Ong Dingxiang | Singapore | Php 146,700 |
| 31st | Nicola Montalbano | Italy | Php 146,700 |
| 32nd | Soongheon Kwon | Korea | Php 146,700 |
| 33rd | Justin Geronimo | Philippines | Php 146,700 |
| 34th | Abhinav Iyer | India | Php 146,700 |
| 35th | Qi Xia | China | Php 146,700 |
| 36th | Weon Jae Yoon | Korea | Php 146,700 |
| 37th | Bich Nguyen | Vietnam | Php 122,300 |
| 38th | Mark Dela Cruz | Philippines | Php 122,300 |
| 39th | Ryan Gebow | USA | Php 122,300 |
| 40th | Laksh Pal Singh | India | Php 122,300 |
| 41st | Tomohiro Kuchiya | Japan | Php 122,300 |
| 42nd | Jason Magbanua | Philippines | Php 122,300 |
| 43rd | Darren Yu | Philippines | Php 122,300 |
| 44th | Richard Magaro | Philippines | Php 122,300 |
| 45th | John Costiniano | Philippines | Php 122,300 |
| 46th | Mr Willy | Indonesia | Php 101,900 |
| 47th | Jaemin Song | Korea | Php 101,900 |
| 48th | Richard Castillo | Philippines | Php 101,900 |
| 49th | Ji Yang | China | Php 101,900 |
| 50th | Richard Marquez | Philippines | Php 101,900 |