HomeGood day everyone and welcome to the second day of the APT Manila 2017 with nonstop poker happening from November 6th – 14th at the Winford Hotel & Casino!
Last night, the Asian Poker Tour awarded its first trophy to Japan’s Tetsuya Tsuchikawa for his victory at the Ante Up for Charity event. Today, more trophies will be leaving the awards table with a couple of events lined up, the Ladies of Poker and the Head Hunter, along with the final day of the Main Event Warm-Up. Here’s a look at those scheduled events in detail..
Ladies of Poker (Event 3)
For all the female poker enthusiasts out there, the Ladies of Poker event is tailor-made just for you. Battle against other women and display your mad sly skills. This is the moment to seize the crown as the top female poker player of the festival. Buy-in is PHP5,500. Cards start flying at 1:30pm.
Starting stack: 10,000
Opening blinds: 25-50
Level duration: 30 minutes
Late registration / re-entry: closes at the start of round 7
Head Hunter (Event 4)
The Head Hunter event is one the most popular events of the APT festivals. It usually begins quite aggressive with players looking to take down as many opponents as possible to capture the instant PHP2,000 bounty reward. Buy-in is PHP8,800. Cards start flying at 2pm.
Starting stack: 10,000
Opening blinds: 25-50
Level duration: 30 minutes
Late registration / re-entry: closes at the start of round 7
Main Event Warm-Up (Event 1)
The Main Event Warm-Up resumes with the final 18 players back at the felt at 1pm today. There were 56 players that joined this opening event and at PHP11,000 each, the prize pool amounted to PHP 543,200. For the eventual winner, it will be a nice payday with the first place purse at PHP 150,500. The money starts flowing at 9 places which means half the field will have to scurry off empty-handed.
Last night, Malaysia’s Daniel Lim bagged up the largest stack with 303,000 in chips. Rounding out the top three are Korea’s Jeon Seung Soo with 237,000 and Japan’s Tetsuya Tsuchikawa with 235,000.
Last stop to qualify in the APT Game of Champions
If you haven’t yet heard of the APT Game of Champions, then read on. This upcoming event is the APT’s biggest player incentive of 2017 and it is definitely an event you must not miss. The GOC is an exclusive tournament for all APT 2017 trophy winners, including champions of the APT POY 2016 and APT RPOY 2016. Eligible players will have a chance at a sweetened prize pool with the APT adding USD10,000 to the pot!
To be eligible, players must win any of the trophy-bearing events in 2017 or win top three of any APT Player of the Series. For those that have already qualified, continue to rake in those qualifying points because the higher the number of qualifications earned, the bigger your starting stack will be at game time. For more information, click here.
Keep in mind the APT Manila 2017 is the last stop to qualify into the GOC. There are 21 trophies to be claimed with one of them already picked up by Tetsuya Tsuchikawa last night. Time to pick yours up and qualify into the Game of Champions!