APT Philippines 2018 II Championships Event


Day 3 ends with the Final 7 players

Congratulations to the Final 7 players!

L-R: Joshua Chargualaf, Richard Marguez, Jae Hyun Lim, Lim Yohwan, Steffen Endres, Si Yang Phua, Masatoshi Tanaka

Lim Yohwan – 2,626,000
Steffen Endres – 2,265,000
Jae Hyun Lim – 1,450,000
Joshua Chargualaf – 857,000
Si Yang Phua – 782,000
Richard Marquez – 557,000
Masatoshi Tanaka – 165,000


Double KO! Sun Tan 8th – PHP375,900 – Bobby Zhang 9th – PHP318,400

Level: 22 Blinds: 12000-24000 Ante: 24000

Wow! What a crazy end to Day 3! Lim Yohwan delivered his second double knockout today sending Sun Tan out in 8th place and Bobby Zhang out in 9th place. From utg, Zhang shoved, Yohwan called, big blind Sun Tan also shoved with more chips than Zhang. Yohwan called.

Yohwan Q Q
Tan J J
Zhang 6 6

With a big crowd around the table, the dealer laid out the final board of the day, 10 3 7 9 2 for a winning flush to Yohwan.

That ends Day 3! We will have the official chip count for you shortly and a recap. For now, you can read up on the day’s thrilling action right here in our live reports.

Congratulations to the finalists!


Jae Hyun Lim scores a big pot off Endres

Level: 22 Blinds: 12000-24000 Ante: 24000

Jae Hyun Lim has just climbed to 1.55M. His A A got some pay off Steffen Endres. Catching the action on the turn 4 7 8 Q, Lim bet 150k and Endres called. On the river 7, Lim fired 250k, and got called again. Endres mucked upon seeing the rockets.


Double KO! Marc Rivera 10th – PHP272,100 – Feng Zhao 11th – PHP232,600

Level: 22 Blinds: 12000-24000 Ante: 24000

Another double knockout took place with Marc River and Feng Zhao falling to Steffen Endres.

Action began with button Zhao raising to 64k, sb Endres shoved his massive stack, bb Rivera tank-shoved right behind, and Zhao deliberated, eventually putting himself at risk.

Endres K Q
Rivera Q Q
Zhao A Q

The board ran 6 K 9 3 6 and Endres swept it. We are down to one table of 9 players. Endres leads with 2.75M. One more bust out to close up with the Final 8.


Si Yang Phua

Level: 22 Blinds: 12000-24000 Ante: 24000

On a board Q Q 10 4 8, Si Yang Phua bet 105k and Jae Hyun Lim called. Phua opened 10 10 for a full house. He is up to 915k, Lim dropped to 800k.


Joshua Chargualaf takes from Rivera

Level: 21 Blinds: 10000-20000 Ante: 20000

Button Marc Rivera raised to 40k and bb Joshua Chargualaf called. The flop landed 3 Q 7, both players checked. On the 9 turn, Chargualaf led for 26k and Rivera called. On the K river, Chargualaf checked, Rivera bet 45k, Chargualaf called.

Rivera Q 8
Chargualaf K 3 two pair

Rivera dropped to 600k, Chargualaf up to 760k.


Marc Rivera vs Feng Zhao

Level: 21 Blinds: 10000-20000 Ante: 20000

Feng Zhao raised to 40k and Marc Rivera defended on the big blind. At the flop 10 3 6 and turn 3, no bets were fired. On the 8 river, Rivera bet 30k, Zhao called, and Rivera won with A 8.


Joshua Chargualaf takes one

Level: 21 Blinds: 10000-20000 Ante: 20000

Button Sun Tan raised to 51k and big blind Joshua Chargualarf defended. At the flop 8 3 4, Chargualaf checked, Tan c-bet 60k, Chargualaf raised to 200k, Tan folded.


Chip leader update

Level: 21 Blinds: 10000-20000 Ante: 20000

Lim Yohwan 1.77M
Steffen Endres 1.6M