Asia Pacific Poker Tour

Edgar Antezana

South Africa

Blind level

Level 15: 2,000 / 4,000 ante: 4,000

Entries

24/152

Total Chips

4,560,000

Average

190,000

Day1A

SMPSMP

5/8/2025, 2:41:13 PM

Mao Nabs It on the Turn

Level 14: 1,500 / 3,000 ante: 3,000

Mao Renjie

India’s Neeraj Gajria opens from the hijack for 6,000 and gets callers in the blinds with Mao Renjie of China joining from the SB and South African Edgar Antezana in from the BB.

The flop comes K♣ J♣ 2♦ as all check. The turn is the Q♣ and that’s where Mao movies in with a bet of 6,000 to which no one calls.

Mao’s stack nears the 400,000 mark.

Player	Chips
RM Renji MaoChina	370,000(123 BB)
EA Edgar AntezanaSouth Africa	169,000(56 BB)
NG Neeraj GajriaIndia	31,000(10 BB)

SMPSMP

5/8/2025, 1:47:18 PM

Antezana Hits Matsuda

Level 12: 1,000 / 2,000 ante: 2,000

In a hand that went all-in preflop, Japan’s John Matsuda’s Pocket Kings lost out to the Ace Queen of Edgar Antezana of South Africa.

Player	Chips
EA Edgar AntezanaSouth Africa	170,000(85 BB)
JM John MatsudaJapan	70,000(35 BB)

SMPSMP

5/8/2025, 8:57:07 AM

One CBet Does It for Antezana

Level 6: 300 / 600 ante: 600

France’s Adrien Berger opens for 1,400 from utg and gets 3-bet on the cutoff by Edgar Antezana of South Africa to 4,000. Berger calls.

The flop is 2♥ 2♠ Q♦ as Berger checks. Antezana continues for 8,000 and the Frenchman bids his cards adieu.

Player	Chips
EA Edgar AntezanaSouth Africa	65,800(110 BB)
AF Adrien Franck BergerFrance	58,500(98 BB)