HomeVladimir Mefodichev – 390k
Laksh Pal Singh – 210k
You Jun Hong – 200k
Dek Cruz – 160k
Richard Marquez – 160k
Justin Geronimo – 150k
Denis Pisarev – 140k
Registration is closed! The official count is 497 entries for a handsome prize pool of Php 24,104,500 (~US$ 424,225). We will the breakdown of payouts for you shortly. From here on, no more entries allowed. Players have another six levels to complete before bagging up. Currently in the lead is Vladimir Mefodichev with a towering 370k.
Soujiane Bakas broke down some of Alex Merzhivinski’s towers with A♥ K♦ top pair winning the all in turn board race against 9-10 on a board J♦ 6♠ K♥ 7♥ 7♠. Bakas chipped up to 125k, Merzhivinski dipped to 60k.
Preflop raise war led to Ben Andrews all in with K♥ 10♥ to battle with and Kunal Patni giving him a sweat with J♣ J♦. When the board ran eight-high, it was the boot for Andrew as Patni chipped up to 128k.
According to players at the table 7, seat 6 had already seen two players shove and fall. Not the case for the newest occupant, Ankit Wadhawan who doubled up to 29k with 5♠ 5♥ standing firm against A♥ K♥.
Classic all in preflop wit Alfie Poetra A♣ K♦ and Hwany Lee 9♠ 9♦. The board ran low 4? 10♠ 6♠ 4♣ 10♦ for a double up to Lee to 93k. Poetra dropped to 65k.
On a turn board 10♥ 8♠ 2♦ 8♦ and 22.5k in the pot, Kim Enriquez checked, Boonil Koo bet 12.7k, Enriquez jammed an additional 14k more that was easily called by Koo.
Koo A♥ 8♣ trips
Enriquez 10♦ 9♦
The river was a 5♥ to send Enriquez up and out and Koo up to 180k.
Russia’s Vladimir Mefodichev is way ahead of the pack with roughly around 300k, that’s a monstrous 300 BB. India’s Laksh Pal Singh entered the day as overall Day 1 chip leader and continues to maintain his high rank with 180K. Here’s a look at the top five in stacks:
Vladimir Mefodichev – 300k
Laksh Pal Singh – 180k
William Fasano – 160k
Yusuke Kuwahata – 150k
Jeorge Lagatuz – 145k
An APT champion has just tumbled with Feng Zhao eliminated by Jayden Zalac. The hand opened with a raised by Zalac from utg to 2200, two spots over, Zhao and two other players called. Action on big blind David Song, he three-bet to 13.2k, Zalac 80.1k, Zhao risked it with less, the rest got out of the way, including Song who gave up his 3-bet.
Zalac K♦ K♥
Zhao Q♦ Q♣
The board ran low 9♣ 3♦ 7♣ 4♥ 5♦ for Zalac to scoop it up and rise to around 130k. Luckily for Zhao, he can jump back in with registration still open.