APT Philippines 2022 Championships Event

Taking a glance at the big stacks around the room, here they are per table.

Table 2
Janno Alvarez – 130k

Table 3
Henrik Tollefsen – 292k
Aleksandr Merzhvinskii – 222k

Table 4
Moses Saquing – 440k (chip leader)

Table 5
John Matsuda – 270k

Table 6
Lee Chang Hwan = 310k
Bell John Perez – 275k

Table 7
Nick – 150k
Sasaki Seiji – 190k

Table 26
Ryan Jerico Platon – 220k
Dan Trett – 180k

Table 27
Jeorge Lagatuz – 180k

Table 28
William Fasano – 155k

On a board of 4♠ Q♠ K♣ 6♥ 2♦, Neo Zhi Han was seen with all of his remaining chips of 37k in the middle. Edgar Asehan Jr tank called his river all-in and loses to Han’s flopped set of fours.

Han 4♥ 4♣
Asehan J♦ K♥

Neo Zhi Han gets a full double up and is now at 115k.

Aden Ang Kok Sin is back in action having busted two spots before the money at the Main Event. He is running well here with two pots claimed back to back. The first one sent short stacked Joris Michl packing with 8♦ 7♦ falling to Aden’s 8♠ 8♥. On the next hand, Enrico De Rosa raised and the blinds called. The flop Q♦ Q♥ 4♦, utg+1 De Rosa c-bet 3k, sb Aden called, bb Edgar Asehan folded. The turn 5♠ saw no bets for a free look at the river 3♣. Aden led for 13.5k, De Rosa tank-called then mucked when Aden turned over Q♠ J♦ trips.

Aden is up to 147k. The chip leader at his table is Henrik Tollefsen with 292k.

Edgar Asehan Jr opened to 3.5k from mid position and Henrik Tollefsen defended his small blind. The flop showed J♠ 7♣ Q♦ and Tollefsen check-called Asehan’s 3k continuation bet revealed 2♦ for the turn. Tollefsen checked again and Asehan continued with another bet of 4.5k, only to be raised by his opponent to 18k total Asehan calls and both players checked it down when the 5♠ completed the board.

Asehan A♦ J♣
Tollefsen 8♦ 9♦

Pair of jacks is good and Asehan takes down the 50k pot.

After one hour of play, registration to the Championships Event has closed! This added another 31 for a total of 162 entries and a guarantee smashing prize pool of Php 11,785,500. We will have the payouts once it is up on the screens.

Among the players that jumped in were Lester Edoc, Czardy Rivera, Manish Lakhotia, and Niroshan Loganathan. Newly crowned APT Main Event champion Renniel Galvez busted during the hour and re-entered. Currently leading the chase is Korea’s Lee Chang Hwan with 355k. The players have another 7 hours of scheduled play before bagging time. Good luck to all!

Championships Event Day 1B is underway! Registration is still open until 215pm. Good luck to all! Live updates once registration closes.

Day 2 of the Championships Event will see cards in the air at 1pm. Stay tuned for our live updates which begins once registration closes at 215pm.