Main Event breaches 15M guarantee; John Tech bags a big stack; registration closes one hour into Day 2; complete chip counts inside


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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. 

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. 

Hue Dang – APT Vietnam Phu Quoc Main Event champion

 


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