HomeAfter two smokin’ starting heats, we now head to MAIN EVENT Day 2 of APT Philippines 2019 underway at Resorts World Manila. With a monster 429 total entries at P55,000 each, the P10 Million guarantee was crushed to bits. We will have the official prize pool for you once registration closes at the start of Level 10. It is currently in the ballpark of P21 Million.
Today is the last chance to join the action so make sure to head to the venue early. It is highly probable we will be at full capacity which means alternates. For those entering, you have one hour to do so. Your buy-in gets you a 25,000 starting stack worth 41 opening big blinds.
The Main Event began two days ago, April 26th, and is scheduled to run until a winner is declared on April 30th. Here’s a look at the numbers and all the info as we kick off Day 2.
Day 1A: 56 advance out of 124 entries
Day 1B: 167 advance out of 305 entries
Day 2: 223 players
Day 2 Chip Counts and Seat Draw
Opening Blinds: 300-600 ante 600
Total chips in play: 10,725,000
Average stack: 48,094
Top 5 players
1. Alex Lee – Singapore – 152,600 (Day 1B chip leader)
2. Xiaobo Zhou – China – 145,900 (Day 1A chip leader)
3. Richard Nakila – Philippines – 128,300
4. Tamon Nakamura – Japan – 127,400
5. Jiego Erquiaga – Philippines – 126,800
Day 2 will run another eight rounds. Players bag up at the end of Level 16. Live updates will run as soon as registration closes so make sure to follow us for some of the action.
NLH Single Day Event #1 (Shot Clock)
The NLH Single Day Event #1 was the lone side event on the floor running alongside Day 1B of the Main Event. It drew 106 entries at P16,500 each for a prize pool of P1,542,300 (~USD 29,600). Of that pot, 18 players got paid. Japan’s Junya Kubo claimed the largest cut of P393,400 for his victory.
The final showdown was between Kubo and Korea’s Kim Jungnam. Kubo held the lead entering heads up; Jungnam stole it once but that was the highest the Korean would go. The more aggressive Kubo applied constant pressure until the lead switched back his way and from there he held it to the end. The final hand saw a board Q♠ 6♦ J♥ A♣ 5♦ with Kubo holding a winning K♦ J♦ over Jungnam’s 5♥ 4♣.
Final 8 Payouts
1st Junya Kubo – Japan – P393,400
2nd Kim Jungnam – Korea – P262,100
3rd Kim Jitae – Korea – P182,200
4th Ernesto Ouano – Philippines – P131,600
5th Henry Ng – Singapore – P98,400
6th Rory John MacDonald – UK – P76,000
7th Benjamin Gonzva – France – P60,300
8th Jose marie Cinco – Philipines – P49,100