Day 3 begins! Race to the Final 8


Good afternoon everyone and welcome back to the APT Philippines Championships 2018 here at Resorts World Manila. The Championships Event has just kicked off with the final 17 players gunning for a final table berth. Only 8 players will advance to tomorrow’s race to the title.

Last night closed with the money reached. Here are all the important info for all of you followers out there.

– Players begin at Level 17, blinds at 4000-8000 ante 1000 with 27 minutes remaining
– Average stack is 294,118.
– Total chips in play is 5,000,000
– Lowest payout at Php188,200

The chip leader coming into today’s round is none other than the recently crowned APT Main Event champion, Lester Edoc. He sits with a towering 1,162,000 in chips. On the clear opposite end of the totem pole is Yun Bong with 77,000. These two players have met before with Yun also at the main finishing in 5th place.

Good luck to all!

We’ll have live updates here so keep checking back for all the action.