With the Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) Manila National tournament in the books, it’s time to turn our attention to other completed events. Among the winners crowned at Okada Manila, Filipino Mike Takayama dominated the high rollers with 1st and 2nd finishes, Henrik Tollefsen and Jester Intia topped big fields, and China’s Qiang Xu emerged as the first to win two trophies. We’ve got those results and more down below. For the updated results, head to the link provided.
APPT Manila – Festival Results
Mike Takayama wins APPT Super High Roller, runner-up at Single Day HR
The two-day APPT Super High Roller event saw 10 players cough up the hefty PHP 500,000 price tag with one player re-entering for a total of 11 entries. This generated a prize pool of PHP 5,174,950 (~USD 94,515).
Due to the light turnout, registration closed on Day 1 with Taiwan’s Ting Yi Tsai eliminated on the bubble by John Tech. Tsai’s 
was outdrawn by 
on a board 
. The final three then returned on the next day. Tech proceeded to eliminate Taiwan’s Pete Chen with 
top pair improving to a flush against 
top pair higher kicker on a board running 
.
Entering heads up, Tech was ahead in the count against Mike Takayama however, in a preflop betting war that resulted in Tech all in with 
against Takayama’s 
, an ace landed on the turn, to send Tech plunging. Tech was eliminated on the next hand to crown Takayama the champion. Takayama pocketed a cool PHP 2,587,950 (~USD 47,265).
Date: August 1 to 2, 2023
Buy in: PHP 500,000 (~USD 9,130)
Entries: 11 (10 unique, 1 re-entry)
Prize pool: PHP 5,174,950 (~USD 94,515)
ITM: 3 places
| Place | Player | Flag |
Payouts in PHP
|
| 1 | Mike Takayama | Philippines | ₱2,587,950 |
| 2 | John Tech | Philippines | ₱1,552,000 |
| 3 | Yen-Han Chen | Taiwan | ₱1,035,000 |
After claiming his trophy, Takayama jumped in the Single Day High Roller event where he raced up to 2nd place, falling only to the champion, Lester Edoc. The event drew 37 entries for a prize pool of PHP 6,603,760 (~USD 120,610). Takayama eliminated Qiang Xu on the bubble with 
dominating . From there, Edoc proceeded to clean out five players eventually facing Takayama for the title. Edoc clinched it with
spiking the King on the river to dust Takayama’s 
.
Date: August 2, 2023
Buy in: PHP 200,000 (~USD 3,650)
Entries: 37 (29 unique, 8 re-entry)
Prize pool: PHP 6,603,760 (~USD 120,610)
ITM: 6 places
| Place | Player | Flag |
Payouts in PHP
|
| 1 | Lester Edoc | Philippines | ₱2,245,760 |
| 2 | Mike Takayama | Philippines | ₱1,552,000 |
| 3 | Luan Haitao | China | ₱991,000 |
| 4 | Park Cheung | Hong Kong | ₱759,000 |
| 5 | Max Menzel | Germany | ₱594,000 |
| 6 | Thomas Ward | New Zealand | ₱462,000 |
Big fields: Henrik Tollefsen wins Super Deep and Jester Intia tops Deepstack Freezeout
The largest side event to date was the Deepstack – Freezeout with 199 players in battle gear. This created a prize pool of PHP 2,038,397 (~USD 37,230) with 27 players paid. At three-handed, a deal was struck. Joseph Antoi was guaranteed the largest cut while Jester Intia went on to win it to turn his PHP 12,000 (~USD 220) buy in into PHP 287,397 (~USD 5,250) and capture his first ever international title and PokerStars spadie.
Date: August 1, 2023
Buy in: PHP 12,000 (~USD 220)
Entries: 199
Prize pool: PHP 2,038,397 (~USD 37,230)
ITM: 27 places
Final table payouts
| Place | Player | Flag |
Payouts in PHP
|
| 1 | Jester Intia | Philippines | ₱287,397* |
| 2 | Joseph Antoi | France | ₱350,000* |
| 3 | Feridoun Farboud | United States | ₱329,000* |
| 4 | Yeung Leung | Hong Kong | ₱171,000 |
| 5 | Daijiro Tomoto | Japan | ₱136,500 |
| 6 | Lester Timonera | Philippines | ₱105,000 |
| 7 | Alex Taneo | Philippines | ₱76,000 |
| 8 | Laird Bennett | Singapore | ₱55,000 |
| 9 | Michael De Leon | Philippines | ₱45,500 |
Over at the two-day Super Deep, 144 entered plus 35 re-entries for 179 total and a prize pool of PHP 5,469,345 (~USD 99,890). The top 27 got paid with the title tugged between big stacked Firat Basbaydar and Henrik Tollefsen. After a deal was struck, Tollefsen came from behind to win it. He claimed the trophy and payout deal of PHP 971,000 (~USD 17,730).
Date: August 1 to 2, 2023
Buy in: PHP 35,000 (~USD 640)
Entries: 179 (144 unique, 35 re-entry)
Prize pool: PHP 5,469,345 (~USD 99,890)
ITM: 27 places
Final table payouts
| Place | Player | Flag |
Payouts in PHP
|
| 1 | Henrik Tollefsen | Norway | ₱971,000* |
| 2 | Firat Basbaydar | UK | ₱1,055,345* |
| 3 | Chierro De Leon | Philippines | ₱563,000 |
| 4 | Jereld Sam | Singapore | ₱459,000 |
| 5 | Vamerdino Magsakay | Philippines | ₱366,000 |
| 6 | Sebastian Wong | Singapore | ₱281,000 |
| 7 | Yakai Li | China | ₱205,000 |
| 8 | Kazuma Yasuda | Japan | ₱148,000 |
| 9 | David Boyd | New Zealand | ₱123,000 |
Qiang Xu wins two side events
China’s Qiang Xu became the first player to win two trophies. His first trophy was on Day 2 of the series, after outlasting the 17-player field of the ₱40K NLH Freezeout tournament for PHP 249,340 (~USD 4,550). Four days later, Qiang claimed a much larger payout for winning the Mini High Roller. He topped a field of 48 entries, defeating Hong Kong’s Hon Cheong Lee at heads up to pad up his winnings a large PHP 1,498,520 (~USD 27,370).
Date: July 31 to August 1, 2023
Buy in: PHP 100,000 (~USD 1,826)
Entries: 48 (37 unique, 11 re-entry)
ITM: 7 places
| Place | Player | Flag |
Payouts in PHP
|
| 1 | Qiang Xu | China | ₱1,498,520 |
| 2 | Hon Cheong Lee | China | ₱964,000 |
| 3 | Hyo Joon Ko | Canada | ₱643,000 |
| 4 | Po Hsun Liao | Taiwan | ₱428,000 |
| 5 | Rodrigo Molina Garci | Mexico | ₱321,000 |
| 6 | David Erquiaga | Philippines | ₱236,000 |
| 7 | Ting Yi Tsai | Taiwan | ₱193,000 |
Other festival winners
Event 14: PLO Knockout [₱5K Bounty] Re-entry
Date: July 30, 2023
Buy in: PHP 15,000 (~USD 275)
Entries: 90
Prize pool: PHP 1,152,360 (~USD 21,00)
Bounty pool: PHP 45,000 (~USD 8,220)
ITM: 13 places
Winner: VAGE BABAYAN – Russia – PHP 186,460 (~USD 3,405)
Event 16: ₱10,000 NLH Re-entry
Date: July 31, 2023
Buy in: PHP 10,000 (~USD 182)
Entries: 135 (107 unique, 28 re-entry)
Prize pool: PHP 1,152,360 (~USD 21,045)
ITM: 17 places
Winner: HO KUEN LI – China – PHP 290,360 (~USD 5,303)
Event 18: Megastack Freezeout
Date: July 31, 2023
Buy in: PHP 35,000 (~USD 640)
Players: 102
Prize pool: PHP 3,116,610 (~USD 56,920)
ITM: 13 places
Winner: KANG CHEN – China – PHP 828,610 (~USD 15,130)
Event 20: Turbo Re-entry
Date: July 31, 2023
Buy in: PHP 15,000 (~USD 275)
Entries: 103 (89 unique, 14 re-entry)
Prize pool: PHP 1,318,812 (~USD 24,090)
ITM: 10 places
Winner: ALEXIS LIM- Philippines – PHP 349,312 (~USD 6,380)
Event 26: Short Deck Re-Entry
Date: August 1, 2023
Buy in: PHP 15,000 (~USD 275)
Entries: 34 (29 unique, 5 re-entry)
Prize pool: PHP 422,532 (~USD 7,715)
ITM: 6 places
Winner: KONG SEONGSU – South Korea – PHP 143,632 (~USD 2,623)
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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