HomeShuffle up and deal! Cards are in the air for Day 3 of the Main Event. Good luck to all!
Welcome to Day 3 of APT Philippines II Main Event! 57 players return to the felt today with the aim of securing a share of the juicy Php 24,104,500 (~US$ 434,225) prize pool. The money is just seven spots away. From there, they race for a seat to the Final 8. Blinds open at 2500-5000-5000 BB Ante. To catch some of the action, check out the live stream on APT YouTube and APT Twitch, or read up on the Live Updates.
Hwany Lee
Bringing in stacks well over 100 BB are Singapore’s Ong Dingxiang (589,000) and Korea’s Hwany Lee (572,000). Impressively, both players were Day 2 entries. Lee is joined by three other countrymen in the top 10, namely Kim Jun Hee (493,500), In Ho Song (483,000), and An Jae Young (398,000). For the host country, Bonifacio Mondalo Jr carries in the biggest (470,000) which puts him in the top 5, and a few spots down is Marc Rivera (402,500). Two ladies also advanced, Sweden’s Sofia Lovgren Fullmer with a healthy 432,000 stack while Japan’s Yukiko Fujiki will have her work cut out with only 13,500 (2.5 BB) to battle with. Only one satellite winner made the cut today, lone Hong Kong player remaining Kai Tse Lee (209,000) who entered at just Php 12,000.
Other players to watch for are Russian players Vladimir Mefodichev and Denis Pisarev (401,000), Morocco’s Soufiane Bakas (381,000), decorated APT champion Abhinav Iyer (152,500), heat leader Laksh Pal Singh, WPT champion David Erquiaga (242,000). Cards in the air at 1pm.
Buy in: Php 55,000
Guarantee: Php 15,000,000
Entries: 497 (Day 1 – 412, Day 2- 85)
Prize pool: Php 24,104,500
ITM: 50 places
Day 3 players
| Rank | Name | Flag | Chips | Table | Seat |
| 1 | Ong Dingxiang | Singapore | 589,000 | 31 | 4 |
| 2 | Hwany Lee | Korea | 572,000 | 32 | 5 |
| 3 | Kim Jun Hee | Korea | 493,500 | 28 | 3 |
| 4 | In Ho Song | Korea | 483,000 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Bonifacio Mondalo Jr. | Philippines | 470,000 | 30 | 5 |
| 6 | Sofia Lovgren Fullmer | Sweden | 432,000 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | David Rodwell | Australia | 423,500 | 28 | 6 |
| 8 | Marc Rivera | Philippines | 402,500 | 3 | 1 |
| 9 | Denis Pisarev | Russia | 401,000 | 32 | 4 |
| 10 | An Jae Young | Korea | 398,000 | 29 | 1 |
| 11 | Soufiane Bakas | Morocco | 381,000 | 30 | 1 |
| 12 | Aron Dermer | United States | 361,000 | 30 | 7 |
| 13 | Jason Kyle Magbanua | Philippines | 355,000 | 29 | 6 |
| 14 | Masatoshi Ezawa | Japan | 353,500 | 34 | 4 |
| 15 | Dek Cruz | Philippines | 315,000 | 31 | 1 |
| 16 | Hernan Villa | Philippines | 308,000 | 2 | 7 |
| 17 | Neo Zhi Han | Singapore | 287,500 | 29 | 7 |
| 18 | Vladimir Mefodichev | Russia | 273,500 | 3 | 2 |
| 19 | Lim Sangbeom | Korea | 253,000 | 30 | 4 |
| 20 | Justin Geronimo | Philippines | 249,000 | 28 | 5 |
| 21 | David Erquiaga | Philippines | 242,000 | 28 | 1 |
| 22 | Mike Allen | United Kingdom | 232,000 | 32 | 6 |
| 23 | Ashley De Guzman | Philippines | 228,500 | 28 | 2 |
| 24 | Kwon Soon Gueon | Korea | 214,500 | 32 | 7 |
| 25 | Kai Lee Tse | Hong Kong | 209,000 | 34 | 6 |
| 26 | Sam Deering | Australia | 208,500 | 2 | 5 |
| 27 | John Costiniano | Philippines | 185,000 | 28 | 4 |
| 28 | Joshua Chargualaf | Guam | 180,500 | 34 | 7 |
| 29 | Mark Dela Cruz | Philippines | 180,000 | 2 | 2 |
| 30 | You Jun Hong | Malaysia | 168,000 | 29 | 3 |
| 31 | William Fasano | United Kingdom | 165,000 | 2 | 6 |
| 32 | Abhinav Iyer | India | 152,500 | 31 | 5 |
| 33 | Xiu Qi | China | 150,000 | 30 | 2 |
| 34 | Jung Ho Young | Korea | 138,500 | 32 | 3 |
| 35 | Laksh Pal Singh | India | 129,500 | 34 | 2 |
| 36 | Richard Castillo | Philippines | 124,500 | 28 | 7 |
| 37 | Ji Yang | China | 124,500 | 31 | 3 |
| 38 | Jan Jason Leoncio | Philippines | 113,000 | 2 | 4 |
| 39 | Troy Morales | Philippines | 106,000 | 34 | 3 |
| 40 | Carlo T. Manalastas | Philippines | 103,000 | 31 | 7 |
| 41 | Tomohiro Tsuchiya | Japan | 103,000 | 3 | 5 |
| 42 | Joseroy Jeremias | Philippines | 100,000 | 34 | 5 |
| 43 | Le Guennec Jacques-Edouard | France | 100,000 | 32 | 2 |
| 44 | Richard Magaro | Philippines | 94,000 | 32 | 1 |
| 45 | Ryan Gebow | United States | 93,000 | 2 | 3 |
| 46 | Richard Marquez | Philippines | 75,000 | 31 | 6 |
| 47 | Nicola Montalbano | Italy | 68,500 | 3 | 7 |
| 48 | Ryota Oda | Japan | 64,500 | 29 | 4 |
| 49 | Darren Yu | Philippines | 64,500 | 29 | 5 |
| 50 | Song Jae Min | Korea | 62,000 | 34 | 1 |
| 51 | Katsu | Japan | 60,000 | 30 | 3 |
| 52 | Willy | Indonesia | 59,500 | 3 | 3 |
| 53 | Bich Nguyen | Vietnam | 51,000 | 2 | 8 |
| 54 | Rodrigo Sequite Jr. | Philippines | 51,000 | 29 | 2 |
| 55 | Joel Justin Singam | Malaysia | 48,500 | 2 | 1 |
| 56 | Weon Jae Yoon | Korea | 36,000 | 30 | 6 |
| 57 | Yukiko Fujiki | Japan | 13,500 | 31 | 2 |
Chips in play: 12,425,000
Average stack: 218,000
Opening blinds: 2500-5000-5000 BB Ante (43 BB)
Payouts
| 1st | Php 5,046,000 |
| 2nd | Php 3,364,000 |
| 3rd | Php 2,338,000 |
| 4th | Php1,689,000 |
| 5th | Php 1,263,000 |
| 6th | Php 975,000 |
| 7th | Php 774,000 |
| 8th | Php 630,800 |
| 9th | Php 525,700 |
| 10th | Php 438,100 |
| 11th-12th | Php 365,100 |
| 13th-15h | Php 304,200 |
| 16th-18th | Php 253,500 |
| 19th-22nd | Php 211,300 |
| 23rd-27th | Php 176,000 |
| 28th-36th | Php 146,700 |
| 37th-45th | Php 122,300 |
| 46th-50th | Php 101,900 |