HomeMore winners to acknowledge here at the APT Philippines Championships II 2018 at Resorts World Manila but before we do, we’d like to remind everyone that the last guaranteed event hits the felt today, the Monster Stack PHP 2M Guaranteed! This is a very popular event so head to the venue early to secure your seat. Buy-in is PHP 27,500. Cards in the air at 3pm.
Louis Watts tops the MegaSportsWorld Deep Stack Turbo
Last night, the MegaSportsWorld Deep Stack Turbo roared in with 196 entries to send the advertised 750K guarantee to dust. The final prize pool amounted to PHP 950,600 with 33 players earning a cut. After nine hours of playe, UK’s Louis Watts defeated fellow countryman Andrew Doyle to ship in the PHP 205,100 first prize and the event trophy. For your enjoyment, the Final 8 round has been uploaded in APT Twitch and APT YouTube.
1st place – Louis Watts – UK – PHP 205,100
Entries: 196
Prizepool: PHP 950,500
Buy-in: PHP 5,500
ITM: 33 places
Jeffrey Pamplona “Ship it to daddy! Skiiiiiiills!”
It’s not all about winning the big events here, winning side events are just as special as displayed by Jeffrey Pamplona at the Deep Stack Hyper Turbo event. Pamplona was heard celebrating every hand victory with a shout, “Ship it to daddy! Skiiiiiillz!” Pamplona topped the 62-entry field, defeating Amanpreet Singh at heads up. He pocketed PHP 85,500 and his first-ever APT trophy.
1st place – Jeffrey Pamplona – Philippines – PHP 85,500
Entries: 62
Prizepool: PHP 300,700
Buy-in: PHP 5,500
ITM: 11 places
Anthony Abram goes from rags to riches
At four-handed, Anthony Abram was down to just 3 chips worth 5K each with blinds at 15K – 30K at the Super Deep Stack Turbo. He shoved four times and each time, his stack grew. After railing Takayuki Sakamoto in 4th place, Abram matched up with the then chip leader Liu Zhiqiang.
Helping Abram slide into the lead was Edward Penaflorida who took a big chunk of Zhiqiang’s stack holding J♥ J♦ on a board K♥ 9♣ 5♦ 3♥ A♠ with Zhiqiang missing his draw 8♥ 6♥. With one big blind remaining, Zhiqiang was bumped out by Abram to face Penaflorida at heads up with nearly a 2:1 chip lead. The players discussed a deal but since both wanted the trophy, it was bunked and the game resumed.
Abram went on to win it in just a handful of hands and pocketed the PHP 218,000 first prize money. For runner-up, Penaflorida earned PHP 145,400.
1st place – Anthony Abram – Australia – PHP 145,400
Entries: 84
Prizepool: PHP 814,800
Buy-in: PHP 11,000
ITM: 14 places
Eric Yang Shao wins PLO Hi 2
1st place – Eric Yang Shao – Taiwan – PHP 297,600
Entries: 51
Prizepool: PHP 989,400
Buy-in: PHP 22,000
ITM: 9 places
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