HomeThe coldest day in Tokyo didn’t stop players from making their was to Casino Stadium for the inaugural APT Tokyo Japan 2019. The highlight of the day was the Main Event on its final starting day. It drew 117 entries for a total of 234 entries combined. Running alongside was Day 2 of the High Rollers. We’ve got those results for you below along with the winner of last night’s NLH Turbo event.
Main Event numbers
Day 1A – 13 survived out of 52 entries
Day 1B – 19 survived out of 65 entries
Day 1C – 47 survived out of 117 entries
Total entries: 234
A total of 79 runners advanced to Day 2 taking place tomorrow, February 10 at 11am. You can view the chip counts in the APT Facebook page.
Here’s a look at the prizes:
1st place prize
APT Philippines I 2019 MAIN EVENT (JPY 120,000)
Championships Event (JPY 240,000)
High Rollers (JPY 240,000)
Air + Hotel
2nd place prize
APT Philippines I 2019 MAIN EVENT (JPY 120,000)
Championships Event (JPY 240,000)
Air + Hotel
3rd place prize
APT Philippines I 2019 MAIN EVENT (JPY 120,000)
Air + Hotel
4th place prize
APT Philippines I 2019 MAIN EVENT (JPY 120,000)
Air + Hotel
In Ho Song tops Main Event Day 1C, becomes overall leader
Day 1C drew in the largest attendance of all the starting day heats with 117 entrants. Coming out on top was Korean player In Ho Song bagging up 224,200 in chips. This put Song in the driver’s seat coming Day 2 with the largest stack of all the advancing players.
In Ho Song
Among those also making it through this heat were Kenji Hata, Go Mori, and decorated APT Main Event champion Takumi Samejima.
Junya Kubo wins the High Rollers
The two-day High Rollers event concluded with Junya Kubo overcoming the 28 player field. Kubo claimed the top prize: APT Philippines 2019 Main Event ticket and a High Rollers ticket, airfare, and 4-night’s hotel accommodation.
Junya Kubo
Finishing 2nd was Shigeji Kusakabe. He earned an APT Philippines 2019 High Rollers ticket.
Shigeji Kusakabe
In third was APT regular Toshiyuki Onda. Onda has two APT titles and a string of deep runs in the circuit. For his finish here, he was awarded an APT Philippines 2019 Main Event ticket.
Toshiyuki Onda
And finishing 4th was Takumi Yamamoto, he too claimed an APT Philippines 2019 Main Event ticket.
Takumi Yamamoto
Akio Kawano wins the NLH Turbo
The fourth side event of the series was the No Limit Hold’em Turbo. This event took place yesterday attracting 74 runners to the tables. The final table streamed live and has now been uploaded for your viewing pleasure. Click here.
Winning it was Akio Kawano after defeating Luis Perez at heads up. The final hand saw Kawano with A♠ 9♣ and Perez with K♦ Q♦. Both players missed the board entirely for Kawano to claim his first-ever APT golden lion trophy. Kawano was also awarded a seat to APT Philippines 2019 Main Event worth JPY 120,000.
For his runner-up finish, Luis Perez was awarded an APT Philippines 2019 Side Event ticket worth JPY 60,000.
And claiming the last prize was 3rd placer Koki Ioka. He was awarded an APT Philippines 2019 ticket worth JPY 30,000.
