HomeGood morning everyone and welcome to another action packed chip shuffling poker day at the Asian Poker Tour’s ongoing festival at Resorts World Manila!
These past two days were nothing short of stellar with the APT Championships Philippines 2017 seeing a mammoth turnout at the Main Event, a record-breaking 442 total entries from the combined starting flights. This crushed the previous record of 396 entries set back in 2011. With an entry fee of USD 1,100, the prize pool climbed to a mighty USD 428,740. The eventual champion will ship in the lion share of USD 105,530.
Returning to the felt today is a field of 240 players strong with 90 of them coming from Day 1A and 150 from Day 1B. Interestingly, the top ten players in the list all represent different nations, clearly displaying the huge international attendance of the tournament.
Top 10 players entering Day 2
1 – Andre Peh – Germany – 183,625
2 – Euryd Rivera – Philippines – 137,550
3 – Asakura Yasayuki – Japan – 133,925
4 – Daryl Green – England – 131,700
5 – Haibo Jiang – China – 130,300
6 – Jeffrey Maiden (Rex) – USA – 129,775
7 – Haresh Sn – Singapore – 126,800
8 – Aditya Sushant – India – 124,750
9 – Ha Duong – Vietnam – 120,900
10 – Annie Bordallo – Guam – 115,625
The rest of the list is filled with highly decorated players, APT circuit regulars, notable pros, and past APT Main Event champions looking to secure another title under their belt. Only 45 players will see a payout which means many will be denied a piece of the massive pie. We will be posting live updates on some of the exciting action of Day 2. Cards will be in the air at 1pm.
Main Event Day 1A- 170 entries
Main Event Day 1B – 272 entries
Janno Riga wins the APT Japan Corp 8-Max event
APT Japan Corp 8-Max Event Champion, Janno Riga
Yesterday, while the Main Event was booming with players for Day 1B, the lone side event on the roster, the APT Japan Corp 8-Max event was also vying for space on the tournament floor. The event drew in 105 total entries with each one ponying up the USD 220 entry fee for a USD 20,370 prize pool. After a long and grueling battle that ran for over ten hours, Filipino player Janno Riga defeated Japan’s last hope, Yoichi Fujiya at the heads up round to claim the USD 5,200 first place purse and the event trophy. You can catch all the thrilling Final 8 action in the APT Twitch channel and the APT YouTube channel.
Other Events Today
There will be one side event running today, the No Limit Hold’em 1 starting at 4pm. Buy-in is USD 440. Later in the afternoon, there will be a rare High Rollers Mega Satellite with a USD 360 entry fee. Players looking to compete against the heavy hitters but at a cheaper cost should consider attempting for a seat via this satellite. This is the only satellite offered to the High Rollers event. One seat will be awarded per ten players. Then at 6pm there will be a Championships Mega Satellite. Buy-in is USD 240 with one seat awarded for every ten players.
Full APT Championships Philippines 2017 schedule can be viewed here.