APT Philippines 2017 II: Ram Sanati Farajash Takes Overall Lead Coming Into Day 2 of Main Event; Eugene Co, M McGray, H Mogi, S.M Oh, H Azuma, J Jarvinen & K Kawanishi Win Side Events

APT Philippines 2017 II
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The Asian Poker Tour (APT) returned to Resorts World Manila to host its latest poker festival i.e. APT Philippines 2017 II. Headlining the 9-day schedule is the $1,500 Main Event, which is also the only event on the rooster where one can win the exclusive APT Championship Ring.

The two starting flights of the Main Event are now in the books with Australian player Ram Sanati Farajash leading the 81 survivors with 222,000 in chips. The event attracted 132 entries in total with the winner set to walk away with $49,070.

Meanwhile, Eugene Co, Marcel McGray, Hajime Mogi, Sung Min Oh, Hideki Azuma, Jukka Jarvinen and Kohei Kawanishi have won side event titles.

 

Main Event Day 1A

The first starting flight i.e. Day 1A saw 50 players ponying up the $1,500 buy-in with only 27 players surviving through to Day 2. Australia’s Ram Sanati Farajash bagged the strongest stack of 222,000.

Several notables managed to make the cut including Ian Lee, Steffan Endres, Sung Ho Kim, Dhanesh Chainani, Yohn Paredes, Andy Li, Shinichiro Tone, Huu Dung Nguyen and Jeon Seung Soo.

A few weren’t as fortunate and those included the likes of Iori Yogo, Gyeong Byeong Lee, SJ Kim and Yah Loon.

 

Main Event Day 1B

The last qualifying heat of the event attracted a much bigger crowd with 82 players joining the action. The event wrapped up with 54 players making their way into Day 2. In total, the event drew 132 entries taking the total prize pool to $192,060. The eventual winner will take home the lion’s share of $49,070.

Vietnam’s Anh Nguyen finished at the top of the heap bagging 172,500 in chips and trailing right behind was Japan’s Kiyohito Takeda with 172,000.

In addition to the leaders, the qualifiers included past Main Event champion Iori Yogo and 2017 APT Player of the Year leader Tetsuya Tsuchikawa alongside John Tech, Takumi Samejima, Soo Jo Kim, Czardy Rivera, Lim Yah Loon, Gyeong Byeong Lee, Mike Takayama, Kai Paulsen, Yoichi Uesugi, JC Sayo, Hung Sheng Lin, Lester Edoc and Yuri Odagiri.

Day 2 kicked off yesterday with Day 1 chip leader Ram Sanati Farajash (222,000) riding on top of the heap followed by USA’s Ian Lee (197,400).

Notably, 14 players still in the running are bubble protected. If the insured player falls as the unfortunate bubble, then he/she will receive a consolation prize of one free seat to the next APT Main Event of the same value or the equivalent in APT tournament credits.

 

Opening Event

The Opening Event attracted 186 runners (87 in Flight A and 99 in Flight B) crushing the advertised guarantee of $40,000 and taking it to $45,100. At the end of Day 2, only 55 survived with Korea’s Sang Ho Cho bagging the overall chip lead.

Only 27 players made the money and the very first trophy of the APT Philippines 2017 II was claimed by local player Eugene Co after he defeated Japan’s Yoichi Uesugi in the heads-up match. Co pocketed the $8,190 first place prize money.

Several notables made it in the money at the event including Korea’s Jeon Seung Soo (12th place), Steffan Endres (14th place), Emmanuel Segismundo (15th place), Shinichiro Tone (16th place) and JC Sayo (17th place).

The final eight was reached with Japan’s Tetsuya Tsuchikawa exited the event in ninth place.

 

Final Table Recap

Co immediately got down to work sending out Filipino Jerick Almusajin in eighth place. Not long thereafter, Singapore’s Dhanesh Chainani punished Korea’s Doug Young Hyun and showed him the door at seventh place.

Co then scalped Japan’s Yoshihiro Inoshita in sixth place followed by Martin Corpuz. Co then went on for his third kill, knocking out Finland’s Pasi Heinanen in fourth place.

Down to three-handed play, a deal was discussed and agreed upon with each player getting $7,000. Play resumed for the additional $1,190 left in play for the eventual champion.

Yoichi Uesugi took charge after Chainani was crippled and showed him the door in third place and held the chip lead for the first time as both remaining players entered into heads-up play.

Uesugi lost a huge chunk of his chips and was severely crippled to a point where Co had a humongous 10:1 advantage. Co finally closed it out with his Qx 8x winning the title against Uesugi`s Ax 6x on the board 8x 3x Jx Kx 7x.

Eugene Co
Eugene Co

Final Table Results (USD)

1. Eugene Co – $8,190*

2. Yoichi Uesugi – $7,000*

3. Dhanesh Chainani – $7,000*

4. Pasi Heinanen – $3,160

5. Martin Corpuz – $2,570

6. Yoshiro Inoshita – $2,070

7. Doug Young Hyun – $1,670

8. Jerick Almusajin – $1,350

*denotes three-way deal

 

No Limit Hold’em Event

The NLHE event attracted a total of 66 runners and emerging on top at the end of day’s play was USA’s Marcel McGray.

McGray entered the eight-handed final table as the chip leader but it was Yuri Odagiri who changed gears quickly and went on to eliminate Yohn Paredes in eighth place.

Joseph Sia then eliminated short-stacked Lim Choon Kwang in seventh place with Jolas Guerrero hitting the rail thereafter in sixth place.

Out next was Edison Yu at fifth place followed by Joseph Sia in fourth place.

The three-handed battle between Marcel McGray, Vamerdino Magsakay, and Yuri Odagiri went on for long before Odagiri`s exit brought it down to the finale.

McGray entered the heads-up duel with a solid 2.5:1 chip lead over Magsakay and took it down conformably.

Marcel McGray
Marcel McGray

Final Table Results (USD)

1. Marcel McGray – $5,320

2. Vamerdino Magsakay – $3,280

3. Yuri Odagiri – $2,400

4. Joseph Sia – $1,860

5. Edison Yu – $1,610

6. Jolas Guerrero – $1,400

7. Lim Choon Kwang – $1,230

8. Yohn Paredes – $1,090

 

NLH One Day 1

The NLH One Day 1 event attracted 97 entries making for a total prize pool of $18,820. Japan’s Hajime Mogi was eventually crowned the champion and he took home $5,120 in prize money.

Allan Daypuyart became the unfortunate bubble boy in 11th place and the official eight-handed final table was set after the eliminations of Kenji Yamashita (10th place) and Mark Pagsuyuin (9th place).

 

Final Table Recap

Anthony Abram was the first one out followed by David Erquiaga. Elan Zak and Tetsuya Tsuchikawa followed suit shortly thereafter.

Nobukatsu Mizuma took the fourth place and Anton Del Rosario exited in third place. The eventual champion Mogi entered the heads up round against Mike Steinbacher comfortably ahead with a 7.5:1 lead and carried it all the way for an easy victory.

Hajime Mogi
Hajime Mogi

Final Table Results (USD)

1. Hajime Mogi – $5,120

2. Mike Steinbacher – $3,130

3. Anton Del Rosario – $2,260

4. Nobukatsu Mizuma – $1,740

5. Tetsuya Tsuchikawa – $1,490

6. Elan Zak – $1,290

7. David Erquiaga – $1,120

8. Anthony Abram – $980

 

NLH Two-Day Event

Running alongside Day 1A of the Main Event was the NLH Two-Day event which saw a turnout of 51 entries creating a prize pool of $49,470. After a grueling heads-up battle, Korea’s Sung Min Oh defeated Japan’s Tetsuya Tsuchikawa to take home the $15,000 top prize.

The first day of the event closed with 22 players bagging up chips. Hideaki Ohashi took the ninth place on the final day to set up the eight-handed final table.

 

Final Table Recap

Germany’s Julian Hasse (7th place), USA’s Mike Steinbacher (6th place) and Spain`s Juan Carlos Martin (5th place) all exited in quick succession.

Jim Bonanno was the next one to fall in fourth place.

The three-handed play lasted for quite some time before Liis Eri`s exit paved way for the heads-up match. The eventual champion Oh started with a 2:1 chip advantage against his rival Tetsuya Tsuchikawa and eventually went the distance to take home the title.

Sun Min Oh
Sun Min Oh

Final Table Results (USD)

1. Sung Min Oh – $15,000*

2. Tetsuya Tsuchikawa – $12,200*

3. Liis Erit – $6,430

4. Jim Bonanno – $4,950

5. Juan Carlos Martin- $3,960

6. Mike Steinbacher- $3,710

7. Julian Hasse- $3,220

*denotes heads-up deal

 

NLH One-Day 2

NLH One-Day 2 registered 108 entries with the top 18 places making it in the money. Japan’s Hideki Azuma defeated Taiichiro Yoshikawa in the heads up round and claimed the $5,350 first place purse along with his first-ever APT trophy.

When the play got down to nine-handed, Azuma had a game-changing hand that took his stack to another level. He dominated the final table and eventually won the title.

Hideki Azuma
Hideki Azuma

 

Super Deep Stack Turbo

The first fast-paced Super Deep Stack Turbo event drew 61 hopefuls creating a total $17,750 prize pool. Finland’s Jukka Jarvinen came out on top after defeating Jiego Erquiaga in the heads-up duel.

The bubble burst with Mark Pagsuyuin exiting the event in 10th place and the eventual champion took out nearly all the players on the 8-handed final table. He eliminated Elan Zak (7th place), Go Mori (6th place) Lee Seungkwan (5th place) and Hiroshi Miyoshi (3rd place) to enter the final showdown against Erquiaga that he eventually won.

Jukka Jarvinen
Jukka Jarvinen

 

WeLoveSport.com Event

The WeLoveSport.com Deep Stack Turbo attracted 75 entries and the heads-up match saw Japan’s Kohei Kawanishi up against USA’s Mike Steinbacher with the former emerging victorious to win his first APT trophy and $3,010 in prize money.

Before the winner emerged in the heads-up battle, Steinbacher was flirting with danger and was on the verge of elimination but he managed to stage a valiant comeback and even took back the chip lead back only to lose it all to Kawanishi in the end.

Kohei Kawanishi
Kohei Kawanishi

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