HomeJapan’s Iori Yogo is chasing Sam Razavi, the four-time APT Player of the Year, in this year’s race.
(Latest posted APT POY Standings)
| RANK | NAME | COUNTRY | TITLES | ITM | POY |
| 1 | SAMAD RAZAVI | ENGLAND | 7 | 20 | 2,411.50 |
| 2 | Iori Yogo | Japan | 5 | 16 | 2,156.80 |
| 3 | John Tech | Philippines | 2 | 7 | 1,553.40 |
| 4 | Lester Edoc | Philippines | 3 | 11 | 1,514.50 |
| 5 | Adrian Brion | Philippines | 2 | 9 | 1,332.40 |
Eyes (or specifically, just Sam Razavi’s) will be on Yogo today if he can survive Day 2 and enter the money round, which means huge APT POY points.
Curiously, it’s only Razavi who did not qualify for Day among the Top 5 in the APT POY race with Yogo, John Tech, Lester Edoc and Ian Brion all playing today.
Quick rundown of the top players entering Day 2 (Top 5 from each Day 1):
Day 1A
| Rank | Player Name | Chip counts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Noel Araniel |
106,900 |
| 2 |  SJ Kim |
95,550 |
| 3 | I.F. Javalera |
90,000 |
| 4 |  Ruth Graham |
81,225 |
| 5 | Nicholas Gorman |
76,000 |
Day 1B
| Rank | Player Name | Chip counts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Linh Tran |
111,300 |
| 2 | Simba |
109,100 |
| 3 | Jojo Allado |
103,050 |
| 4 |  Hu Bao Qiang |
92,650 |
| 5 | Jae Chang |
92,175 |
Day 1C
| Rank | Player Name | Chip counts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yah Loon |
89,850 |
| 2 |  Charles Lesmana |
77,700 |
| 3 |  Raghan Bansal |
75,425 |
| 4 | Yao Hui |
70,925 |
| 5 | Claudia Yum |
70,650 |
Can they sustain their good run from their respective Day 1 stints? Who will fall off early and lose their big stacks?
181 of 341 remains in the running for the APT main event title.
We expect action to pick up very early today as a bunch of short-stacked players would want to double-up right on the first level today.