The first festival of the 2024 Asia Pacific Poker Tour is currently underway in the Philippines at Cove in Okada Manila with the APPT Manila setting sail on July 24 and running through August 5. The second day provided plenty of thrills with several players hoisting trophies. The first key event was also tabled, the APPT Open with Australia’s Danielle Noja bagging the chip lead at Day 1A. Here are the highlights.
2024 APPT Manila – Day 2 Results
Danielle Noja Bags APPT Open Day 1A Chip Lead
The first of three starting days scheduled to the APPT Open attracted 60 entries with only 10 players surviving the fifteen levels. Australia’s Danielle Noja experienced a late game surge that sent his stack soaring after railing Wooseok Kim. Noja is fresh from a strong performance at the recently concluded WPT Cambodia Passport festival. Second in the counts os Philippine’s leading player Marc Rivera, and to round out the top three is George Salud.
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Buy in: PHP 60,000 (~USD 1,025)
Guarantee: PHP 20,000,000 (~USD 342,280)
Day 1A: 60 entries / 10 survivors
| Daniell Noja | Australia | 277,000 |
| Marc Rivera | Philippines | 262,000 |
| George Salud | Philippines | 208,000 |
| Scott Black | USA | 190,000 |
| Yiu Yeung Leung | Hong Kong | 184,000 |
| Seonghun Jeong | Korea | 165,000 |
| Joseph Magnotti | USA | 150,000 |
| Wanhao Zhao | Australia | 147,000 |
| Hyunjoon Joo | Korea | 116,000 |
| Arthur Acero | 102,000 |
Christian Lortie Cloutier Denies The Locals At Okada Kickoff
The APPT Kickoff resumed with 50 players out of the 327 entries returning to action. Ryan Platon carried in the overall chip lead however he failed to reach the final table, instead exiting in 13th place. Flight B chip leader Junhui Lee fared better in 11th place.
In the end it was Canada’s Christian Lortie Cloutier who took it to the finish line defeating Filipino Terry Gonzaga in a roller coaster heads up. Cloutier locked up the PHP 860,000 (~USD 14,720) top prize and the coveted PokerStars spadie. He also received a seat worth PHP 80,000 to the APPT Manila Main Event.
The final table was loaded with local talent that Cloutier had to wade through. Among them was Mike Takayama in 6th place and Richard Marquez in 3rd place. Heads up opened with Gonzaga leading 40 bb to 8 bb. Cloutier won a flip with 
over pocket Sevens then a second double up with 
pairing the two on the river to survive Gonzaga’s 
.
With the counts switched, it was Gonzaga on the ropes when he doubled up with 
king on the flop to survive 
to reclaim the lead, though short-lived as Cloutier doubled up again with 
holding against . Down to crumbs, Gonzaga was ousted in 2nd place.
Date: July 24 to 25, 2024
Buy in: PHP 16,500 (~USD 280)
Guarantee: PHP 3,000,000 (~USD 51,250)
Entries: 327
Prize pool: PHP 4,605,599 (~USD 78,680)
Final Table Payouts
| Place | Player | Flag |
Payout in PHP
|
| 1 | Christian Lortie Cloutier | Canada | 860,000 |
| 2 | Terry Gonzaga | Philippines | 550,000 |
| 3 | Richard Marquez | Philippines | 390,000 |
| 4 | Marco Almerez | Philippines | 300,000 |
| 5 | Kim Michael Enriquez | Philippines | 230,000 |
| 6 | Mike Takayama | Philippines | 180,000 |
| 7 | Tonton Tan | Philippines | 145,000 |
| 8 | Arlon Carrera | Philippines | 120,000 |
| 9 | Kai Paulsen | Norway | 97,588 |
James Mendoza Wins Megastack High Roller
Light turnout at the Megastack High Roller with only 9 taking interest. Decorated pro James Mendoza defeated Gabriel Roh at heads up with 
over 
.
Buy in: PHP 165,000 (~USD 2,825)
Entries: 9
Prize pool: PHP 1,325,214 (~USD 22,680)
ITM: 3 places
| Place | Player | Flag | Payout in PHP |
| 1 | James Mendoza | Philippines | 662,214 |
| 2 | Gabriel Roh | Korea | 398,000 |
| 3 | Kanata Hongo | Japan | 265,000 |
Martin Astorga Wins Deepstack
Huge turnout at the Deepstack event with a 225 entry turnout to generate a prize pool of PHP 1,920,600 (~USD 32,870). Rising above the pack was Filipino Martin Astorga for a career high payout of PHP 388,000 (~USD 6,650) and his first ever live win. He will surely be one to watch for as the festival progresses.
Buy in: PHP 10,000 (~USD 170)
Entries: 225
Prize pool: PHP 1,920,600 (~USD 32,870)
ITM: 31 places
| Place | Player | Flag |
Payout in PHP
|
| 1 | Martin Astorga | Philippines | 388,000 |
| 2 | David Erquiaga | Philippines | 242,000 |
| 3 | Battulga Ganbold | Mongolia | 173,000 |
| 4 | Taiga Kakui | Japan | 133,000 |
| 5 | Dukkyo Kim | Korea | 102,000 |
| 6 | Joseph Talamayan | Philippines | 80,000 |
| 7 | Paul Hendee | USA | 66,000 |
| 8 | Shann Dy | Philippines | 55,000 |
| 9 | Jeffrey Pardales | Philippines | 48,000 |
Other Winners
We will have all the results up shortly in the FESTIVAL RESULTS page.
Tricia David
Tricia David has long experience as a recreational poker player and has been covering poker events since 2010 for numerous outfits in Asia. She spent one year working part time with Poker Portal Asia then became editor and lead writer for all event coverage of the Philippine Poker Tour (PPT). Under the PPT, she overlooked content for their website, and produced live updates on all their events. In addition, she served as the live and online events website content writer for the Asian Poker Tour. Currently, she does live events reporting in Asia for online news site Somuchpoker and is also one of their news contributors.
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