Big turnout at APT Philippines 2022 with 211 pouring in Resorts World Manila for a seat at MAIN EVENT Day 1B. Combined with the 121 Day 1A entries, the event amassed 332 entries to break past the Php 15M guarantee. The pot has now swelled over Php 16.1 Million and will grow further with registration still open for one final hour in Day 2. We will have the official prize pool and payouts for you once that closes. For all you weekend warriors, rail birds, and fence-sitters, this is your last chance to get in the action. Registration closes at exactly 1:10pm on Sunday, May 1, which is at the start of Level 11. Buy in is Php 55,000. Starting stack is 25,000. Day 2 opening blinds is Level 10: 400 – 800 – 800 BB Ante.
Briefly reviewing Day 1B, nearly half the field survived with 104 players advancing to Day 2. Among the biggest stacks was 2015 APT Main Event champion John Tech putting him fourth overall. Other notable players qualifying in this heat were Christopher Mateo, Feng Zhao, Alecz Chan, Mike Takayama, Iori Yogo, and series High Roller side event winners William Teoh and Ahmed Ibrahimi. Combined with Day 1A qualifiers, a total of 162 players will return on Sunday, May 1. UK’s Dan Trett will carry in the overall lead with 167,000 bagged up in Day 1A.
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John Tech
Day 2 qualifiers = 162 players
Rank | Name | Country | Chips | Table | Seat |
1 | Dan Trett | United Kingdom | 167,000 | 13 | 5 |
2 | Heng Li | China | 153,200 | 9 | 2 |
3 | Han Se Noon | Korea | 148,300 | 7 | 6 |
4 | John Tech | Philippines | 137,200 | 33 | 6 |
5 | Ryan Jerico Platon | Philippines | 137,100 | 4 | 1 |
6 | Lee Chang Hwan | Korea | 133,900 | 33 | 8 |
7 | Janno Alvarez | Philippines | 131,500 | 10 | 4 |
8 | Jo Jung Sik | Korea | 126,700 | 27 | 8 |
9 | Niroshan Loganathan | Canada | 125,700 | 9 | 3 |
10 | Shoichi Nakashima | Japan | 124,000 | 33 | 3 |
11 | Yuta Marakni | Japan | 119,900 | 6 | 4 |
12 | Chad Fullmer | United States | 117,600 | 26 | 6 |
13 | Ng Kah Chun | Malaysia | 116,400 | 4 | 2 |
14 | Clyde Troy Morales | Philippines | 111,400 | 10 | 3 |
15 | Nico Valenton | Australia | 108,700 | 14 | 3 |
16 | Christopher Mateo | Philippines | 108,200 | 8 | 5 |
17 | Rommel Angeles | Philippines | 97,700 | 5 | 3 |
18 | Enrico De Rosa | Italy | 94,700 | 30 | 2 |
19 | Ma. Luisa B Angeles | Philippines | 92,000 | 12 | 7 |
20 | Amir Choudry | Australia | 92,000 | 6 | 3 |
21 | Kim Enriquez | Philippines | 91,300 | 31 | 3 |
22 | Jose Drilon | Philippines | 91,100 | 2 | 8 |
23 | Chang Xiang Guang | Malaysia | 89,800 | 10 | 5 |
24 | Mark Jerick Almusajin | Philippines | 89,500 | 27 | 6 |
25 | Hirokazu Kai | Japan | 86,000 | 27 | 2 |
26 | Lam Cheuk “Nam Jai” | Hong Kong | 81,400 | 28 | 3 |
27 | Thomas Lee | Canada | 80,500 | 30 | 8 |
28 | Lester Edoc | Philippines | 79,800 | 29 | 3 |
29 | Lester Timonera | Philippines | 78,000 | 30 | 3 |
30 | William Teoh | Malaysia | 77,700 | 14 | 7 |
31 | Kee Kian Sim | Singapore | 77,100 | 5 | 5 |
32 | Tim Frazen | United States | 75,200 | 9 | 7 |
33 | Calvin Tan | Singapore | 73,600 | 26 | 8 |
34 | Brandon Mifsud | Malta | 73,500 | 12 | 2 |
35 | Edilberto E Gopez Jr | Philippines | 72,900 | 12 | 4 |
36 | Fai Cheung Lui | Hong Kong | 70,800 | 11 | 5 |
37 | Vamerdino Magsakay | Philippines | 69,700 | 7 | 4 |
38 | Yoo Gyeong Tae | Korea | 69,000 | 2 | 5 |
39 | Juhyoung Lee | Korea | 69,000 | 6 | 5 |
40 | Matthew Velichkolvitch | Australia | 67,800 | 8 | 2 |
41 | Terrence John Dizon | Philippines | 67,500 | 2 | 2 |
42 | Chris Pasion | Korea | 67,000 | 8 | 8 |
43 | Haruka Yoshimura | Japan | 66,300 | 32 | 1 |
44 | Noel Araniel | Philippines | 66,000 | 29 | 6 |
45 | Oza Yukina | Japan | 65,900 | 30 | 5 |
46 | Takahiro Kidokoro | Japan | 65,000 | 14 | 1 |
47 | Sota Yamashita | Japan | 64,100 | 28 | 5 |
48 | Chen Zhi Zing | China | 63,600 | 32 | 5 |
49 | Alecz Chan | Singapore | 63,200 | 9 | 6 |
50 | Florencio Campomanes IV | Philippines | 61,100 | 29 | 7 |
51 | Kunhao Liu | China | 59,500 | 10 | 1 |
52 | Shun Poker | Japan | 59,400 | 3 | 7 |
53 | Jae Chang | Korea | 59,400 | 10 | 7 |
54 | Ellezer J Castillo | Philippines | 59,200 | 14 | 4 |
55 | Renniel Galvez | Philippines | 58,700 | 32 | 6 |
56 | Neo Zhi Han | Singapore | 58,300 | 8 | 6 |
57 | Rei Koyanagi | Japan | 58,300 | 33 | 7 |
58 | Lim Kar Hou | Malaysia | 58,000 | 6 | 7 |
59 | William Fasano | United Kingdom | 57,800 | 12 | 6 |
60 | Adones Carmona | Philippines | 57,000 | 32 | 3 |
61 | Masaharu Oyama | Japan | 56,300 | 9 | 4 |
62 | Gia Starr Guison | Philippines | 55,400 | 12 | 3 |
63 | Hiroaki Murayama | Japan | 55,400 | 27 | 3 |
64 | Joel Chan Zhan Leong | Malaysia | 54,700 | 9 | 1 |
65 | Thoam Floean | Norway | 54,600 | 13 | 1 |
66 | Joris Michl | Netherlands | 53,600 | 30 | 4 |
67 | Edmund Eng | Singapore | 53,500 | 31 | 2 |
68 | Jim Bonanno | Guam | 52,200 | 4 | 8 |
69 | Aden Ang Kok Sin | Singapore | 51,600 | 2 | 1 |
70 | Tor Welo | Norway | 50,800 | 30 | 7 |
71 | Yik Ray Chiu | Hong Kong | 49,600 | 8 | 3 |
72 | Tracy Crisostomo | Philippines | 49,400 | 14 | 6 |
73 | Ronn Ryan Mesina | Philippines | 49,400 | 6 | 8 |
74 | Da Hye Kim | Korea | 49,200 | 4 | 7 |
75 | Richard “Hotsauce” Marquez | Philippines | 49,100 | 33 | 4 |
76 | John Costiniano | Philippines | 48,100 | 13 | 6 |
77 | Alexander Merzhvinskii | Russia | 47,000 | 28 | 8 |
78 | Yohei Kitazato | Japan | 46,300 | 27 | 5 |
79 | William Kang | United Kingdom | 46,200 | 7 | 3 |
80 | David Erquiaga | Philippines | 46,000 | 26 | 1 |
81 | Won Ho Jang | Korea | 44,400 | 5 | 4 |
82 | Joseph Sia | Philippines | 44,000 | 12 | 1 |
83 | Gene Chia | Singapore | 43,800 | 28 | 7 |
84 | Braza Billy | Philippines | 43,700 | 11 | 4 |
85 | Joshua Chargualaf | Guam | 43,700 | 2 | 3 |
86 | Wen Peng Dai | China | 43,600 | 13 | 7 |
87 | Chang Huan Bin | Malaysia | 43,300 | 26 | 2 |
88 | Leo Kho | Malaysia | 42,300 | 7 | 7 |
89 | Edgar Asehan Jr | Philippines | 41,600 | 27 | 4 |
90 | Gerardo Lubas III | Philippines | 40,300 | 4 | 4 |
91 | Mac Montes | Philippines | 39,700 | 8 | 1 |
92 | Mark Ortiz | Philippines | 39,500 | 4 | 5 |
93 | Alex Giva | United States | 39,500 | 32 | 4 |
94 | John Matsuda | Japan | 38,100 | 10 | 2 |
95 | Benjamin Dimaano Jr. | Philippines | 37,500 | 27 | 1 |
96 | Masatoshi Tanaka | Japan | 36,500 | 11 | 1 |
97 | Jolo Flores | Philippines | 36,500 | 2 | 6 |
98 | Danny Wheller | United States | 36,300 | 8 | 4 |
99 | Jeremy Fernandez | Malaysia | 36,300 | 3 | 8 |
100 | Masashi Fukunaga | Japan | 35,500 | 3 | 4 |
101 | Kai Lee Tse | Hong Kong | 34,700 | 31 | 8 |
102 | Thong Kar Sing | Malaysia | 34,200 | 11 | 7 |
103 | Moe Saquing | Philippines | 34,100 | 6 | 2 |
104 | Mike Takayama | Philippines | 33,600 | 29 | 8 |
105 | Min Bo Ram | Korea | 33,000 | 8 | 7 |
106 | Hiroyuki Tana | Japan | 32,600 | 26 | 3 |
107 | Charles Lesmana | Indonesia | 32,300 | 26 | 7 |
108 | Keith Toh | Singapore | 32,100 | 4 | 3 |
109 | Karr Yutuc | Philippines | 31,700 | 5 | 7 |
110 | Khoo Eugene | Malaysia | 31,300 | 12 | 5 |
111 | Thijs Hilberts | Netherlands | 31,200 | 31 | 4 |
112 | Erkan Atmaca | Holland | 30,700 | 32 | 2 |
113 | Joseroy Jermias | Philippines | 30,700 | 14 | 2 |
114 | Chen Zhi Gang | China | 29,900 | 2 | 7 |
115 | Ahmed Ibrahimi | Morocco | 27,400 | 10 | 6 |
116 | Czar Ian Marcos | Philippines | 27,000 | 5 | 2 |
117 | Chew Xing Jie | Singapore | 26,700 | 31 | 5 |
118 | Sandro Bruni | Italy | 26,400 | 7 | 8 |
119 | Kang Seung Min | Korea | 25,800 | 7 | 2 |
120 | Keith Basso | United States | 25,700 | 29 | 2 |
121 | William Accad | United States | 25,600 | 4 | 6 |
122 | Foo Yong Kiang Kelvin | Singapore | 25,400 | 6 | 1 |
123 | Kawai Katsuhito | Japan | 25,300 | 6 | 6 |
124 | Quoc Vu Nguyen | Vietnam | 25,000 | 5 | 1 |
125 | Rodrigo Sequite Jr | Philippines | 24,400 | 7 | 1 |
126 | Jimmie Yatz Javier | Philippines | 23,900 | 13 | 4 |
127 | Robert Harris | United States | 23,100 | 26 | 4 |
128 | Terry Gonzaga | Philippines | 22,900 | 14 | 5 |
129 | Go Mori | Japan | 22,200 | 7 | 5 |
130 | Manuel A Macanara III | Colombia | 21,800 | 31 | 6 |
131 | Soong Wing Keong | Singapore | 21,100 | 26 | 5 |
132 | Alvin Sembrano | Philippines | 21,000 | 3 | 2 |
133 | Gene Chan | Canada | 20,700 | 3 | 3 |
134 | Tan Keng Yong | Singapore | 20,600 | 30 | 1 |
135 | Bell John Perez | Philippines | 20,000 | 28 | 1 |
136 | Henrik Tollefsen | Norway | 19,900 | 28 | 4 |
137 | Lim Chin Wei | Malaysia | 19,800 | 9 | 5 |
138 | Yong Ren Han | Malaysia | 19,300 | 13 | 2 |
139 | Carmen Ling | Malaysia | 18,500 | 13 | 3 |
140 | Iori Yogi | Japan | 18,200 | 33 | 1 |
141 | Yosuke Nakazawa | Japan | 18,100 | 2 | 4 |
142 | Edwin Dela Cruz | Philippines | 16,600 | 30 | 6 |
143 | Anand Bolt | Mongolia | 16,500 | 11 | 6 |
144 | Jason Lee Yun Eli | Malaysia | 16,200 | 29 | 1 |
145 | Ng Shu Yih | Malaysia | 15,600 | 31 | 7 |
146 | Feng Zhao | Singapore | 15,100 | 28 | 6 |
147 | Emmanuel Segismundo | Philippines | 15,000 | 33 | 5 |
148 | Ryan Thomas White | United States | 15,000 | 3 | 6 |
149 | Sang Won, Song | Korea | 14,200 | 27 | 7 |
150 | Kyuongmmi Kim | Korea | 13,700 | 32 | 8 |
151 | Luis Bernardo II | Philippines | 13,200 | 33 | 2 |
152 | Martin Sandiyar | Germany | 12,200 | 5 | 6 |
153 | Kelvin Lim Choon Kwang | Philippines | 11,400 | 29 | 5 |
154 | Joven Huerto | Philippines | 10,800 | 32 | 7 |
155 | Rasid Paitao | Philippines | 10,500 | 5 | 8 |
156 | Chikara Tatsuta | Japan | 8,200 | 29 | 4 |
157 | Anh Nguyen | Vietnam | 7,700 | 11 | 2 |
158 | Jefferey T Pamplona | Philippines | 7,700 | 11 | 3 |
159 | Rick Jason Ambata | Philippines | 7,200 | 3 | 5 |
160 | Samuel Lon | Malaysia | 7,200 | 3 | 1 |
161 | Buddy Boy Blue | Philippines | 5,300 | 28 | 2 |
162 | Jeorge Lagatuz | Philippines | 5,000 | 31 | 1 |
Day 1A = 121 / Day 1B = 211 / Total 332 Entries | |||||
Chips in play 8,300,000/ 51,234 Average / Day 2 opening blinds 400-800 – 800 BB Ante (Level 10) |
Main Event info
Dates: April 29 to May 3
Buy in: Php 55,000 (~US$ 1,050)
Guarantee: Php 15,000,000 (~US$ 287,139)
Cumulative entries: 332
Day 1A: 58 advanced out of 121 entries
Day 1B: 104 advanced out of 211 entries
Day 2: 162 players / registration still open for one hour
Day 3: Monday, May 2
Final 8: Tuesday, May 3
*Live updates on Day 2 and Day 3, Live stream for Final 8 on APT YouTube and APT Twitch.
Full APT Philippines 2022 schedule and Event Structures
Among the players that attended Day 1B was Hue Dang who shipped the inaugural APT Vietnam Phu Quoc Main Event. Unfortunately she didn’t get through the day but with registration still open we do expect to see her fire another bullet.
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Hue Dang – APT Vietnam Phu Quoc Main Event champion