APT Finale Philippines 2018 Main Event


Anton Del Rosario out in 32nd place

Level: 19 Blinds: 3K/6K Ante: 6K

Anton Del Rosario

Three-way look at the flop Q 4 J and a raised pot brewed preflop, big blind Chang Jae Lee checked, Junichi Nakagiri bet 16k, button Anton Del Rosario all in for 38k, called by both players.

The turn 9 Lee checked, Nakagiri shoved, Lee folded.

Del Rosario 4 4 set
Nakagiri K 10 straight

The river K was not one of the outs to improve Del Rosario and he exited in 32nd place. Nakagiri up to 380k.


Eliminations: 37th – 45th – PHP 91,500

Level: 18 Blinds: 2500/5000 Ante: 5000

Eliminations 37th – 45th – PHP 91,500

37th Francois Castillo
38th Jack En Ching Wu
39th Heung Park
40th Julius Gaduang
41st Julius Lagman
42nd Goh Chong Teck
43rd Park Jung Woong
44th Li Lu
45th Li Rongshan


Le Ngock Khanh rails David Tai

Level: 18 Blinds: 2500/5000 Ante: 5000

Le Ngoc Khanh sent another short stack packing, this time it was David Tai. Tai risked it with A 3 but couldn’t get past Q Q with the board running 9 K 3 7 8.


Stephen Miles doubled up by Nakagiri

Level: 18 Blinds: 2500/5000 Ante: 5000

Stephen Miles and Junichi Nakagiri

Stephen Miles was all in with 80k and was able to double up through Junichi Nakagiri. Miles A K, Nakagiri A Q. The board bricked. Miles at 170K.


Jack Wu falls in 39th place

Level: 18 Blinds: 2500/5000 Ante: 5000

Jack Wu sat with a healthy stack at the start of Day 3 and built on it but one hand sent him to below 60k with overpair falling Zheng Xi Yong’s flush. with only 55k behind, Wu found a spot to push holding A 10. Unfortunately for him, initial raiser Le Ngoc Khanh had A A. No bad beat on the board and Wu fell in 39th place. He earned PH 91,500.


Squeeze play by Victor Chong, Koichi Morita doubles up

Level: 18 Blinds: 2500/5000 Ante: 5000

Koichi Morita

Wild hand just went down at table 4 with three players in a heated battle for a pot. Utg Le Ngoc Khanh raised preflop, button Koichi Morita called, big blind Victor Chong three-bet to 55k, Khanh called, Morita shoved, Chong tanked then shoved, back to Khanh who tanked for some time. Khanh couldn’t pull the trigger and folded.

Chong 6 5
Morita 7 7

The board ran 3 10 5 10 2 for a double up and more to Morita to 279k. Chong dropped to 158k.

Le Ngoc Khanh upon seeing the hands


Eliminations: 46th – 52nd

Level: 17 Blinds: 2K/4K Ante: 4K

Since the bubble round, players have fallen fast. Here are the eliminations from 46th to 52nd. They each earned PHP78,200.

46th Benedict Koh
47th Fu Bang Huang
48th Sebastian Wong
49th Keita Minaguchi
50th Marius Zalpys
51st Alexis Lim
52nd Ryuichi Ustonomiya


Bubble bursts! Francois Castillo cracks Pamela Li’s aces

Level: 17 Blinds: 2K/4K Ante: 4K

Painful departure for Pamela Ang Chai Li. She three-bet shoved her short stack (38.5k) and initial raiser Francois Castillo tank-called.

Li A A
Castillo K Q

The board came down K 3 2 K K for a roaring quads to Castillo. The room erupted both in shock and joy at reaching the money.

Francois Castillo

The race to a Final 8 berth begins!


Bubble round: David Tai earns a double off Linh Tran

Level: 17 Blinds: 2K/4K Ante: 4K

Daivd Tai

It was David Tai’s turn to collect and Linh Tran paid him off. On a completed board 2 10 5 K 3 with betting at every stage, Tai doubled up with J 10 flush over Tran’s A 10 pair. Tai is back over 100k.