APPT Open (60,000 PHP)

The final flight of the APPT Open attracted many of the previous flights fallouts and some latecomers for a final tally of 75 entries. This boosted the total turnout across three flights to 362. Closing out the last of the heats was Norway's Birger Larsen with a massive arsenal of 556,000 just one small blind shy of the overall leader Maxwell Rosete at Flight B with 560,000.

The survivors now have just hours rest before they return at 12pm on Sunday, October 19, for Day 2 where a total of 53 players are secured a piece of the ₱20,000,000 prize pool.

That's it! Flight C registration has closed with 75 entries across the ten rounds. They will play down to 11 players before bagging up.

The first shard event of the 2025 APPT Manila Championship resumes with the final two flights of the APPT Open ₱20M guaranteed running today, October 18 at 12PM and 7PM. First on the plate is Flight B with blinds increasing every 40 minutes followed by Flight C in the evening with blinds at a slightly faster 25 minute pace. Buy-in is ₱60,000 (~US$ 1,030). Registration closes at the start of Level 11 for both flights. Starting stack is 30,000.

At yesterday's opening flight, 79 signed up with 11 advancing to the ITM round. The player to measure up to is chip leader Anton Iakimenko with a stack of 339,000.

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