HomeWelcome back to the Asian Poker Tour Finale for the final day of its nine-day end of the year festival. Today will be filled with two exciting events, plus a slew of trophies to be awarded. Kicking off at 1pm is the 6-handed Turbo w/ antes. This has a P11,000 buy-in fee. Then at 4pm is the Deep Stack Hyper Turbo with a P5,500 buy-in fee.
Yesterday was a big day at the APT Finale with many trophies awarded throughout the day and in the late hours of the evening. The most coveted award, the APT Finale Main Event trophy, was captured by Filipino player Joven Huerto plus P1,927,000 in winnings.
Side Event Winners
Running alongside the Main Event was the final day of the Monster Stack event. A total of 80 entries were recorded with ten places getting a payout. In the end, it was Korea’s SJ Kim who claimed the trophy and the P465,500 first place cash prize.
Monster Stack Champion, SJ Kim
The return of Greed NLH saw 22 entries generate a prize pool of P256,100. Coming out on top was Japan’s Gerard Bringley who defeated Vietnam’s Nguyen Van Sang at heads up to claim the P118,100 cash prize.
Greed NLH Champion, Gerard Bringley
The High Rollers event also finished off last night with Japan’s Hajime Iwakura reigning victorious over a tough field. Although there were only 12 players registered, he had to fend off well-met pros including fellow countrymen Azusa Maeda and Tetsuya Tsuchikawa to claim the P582,000 first place purse.
High Rollers Champion, Hajime Iwakura
At 10pm tonight the Crowning of the APT Player of the Year 2015 will take place. UK’s Sam Razavi, the triple crown APT POY champion from 2012-2014, may just be claiming his fourth in a row. Coming into the APT Finale, Razavi was running first in the rankings and has extended his lead further from second-ranked Japan’s Iori Yogo after cashing in three point-generating side events. There is also a close race for third place with Filipino pro John Tech leading against Norway’s Kai Paulsen. Today’s events will determine who will be claiming those APT POY 2015 big prizes.
Have a fantastic final day and congratulations to all the winners!