Sandeep Mirchandani Leads APPT Open Into Day 2 at APPT Championship Manila 2026
APPT Championship Manila 2026 completed its third day on Saturday, October 10, with the final two opening flights of the PHP 15,000,000 (~USD 244,000) guaranteed APPT Open playing out at Okada Manila in the Philippines.
Flights B and C added 298 entries between them, taking the APPT Open to 403 entries across three flights and comfortably clearing the guarantee. 61 players return today at 12:00 p.m. for Day 2, led by Hong Kong’s Sandeep Mirchandani on 635,000.
Mirchandani Leads APPT Open Into Day 2
Flight B drew the biggest field of the three with 204 entries, and 31 players made it through. Mirchandani finished the flight with 635,000, the largest stack across all three flights, ahead of Japan’s Kaoru Kishimoto on 400,000 and Spain’s Bernat Carreras Moragrera on 397,000.
The faster 20-minute Flight C attracted another 94 entries, with 14 surviving. Filipino player Czardy Rivera topped the flight with 465,000, followed by Vietnam’s Tee Linh Tran on 432,000. Tran had already finished third in the Megastack Mini High Roller - Warm-up earlier in the series.
Zhiqiang Liu completed the Flight C top three with 307,000, capping a strong Saturday after he had already won the Bubble Rush earlier in the day. Thanh Cao Nguyen, who won the SuperStack - Hyper Turbo on Friday, also advanced with 240,000.
They join the 16 Flight A survivors, led by Vamerdino Magsakay on 321,000 and Tatiele Shirlei Cardozo Dos Santos on 312,000. Play continues today until the field is reduced for Monday’s final day.
APPT Open Day 2 Top 10 Chip Counts
Player | Country | Chips |
|---|---|---|
635,000 | ||
465,000 | ||
432,000 | ||
400,000 | ||
397,000 | ||
379,000 | ||
368,000 | ||
321,000 | ||
Brazil | 312,000 | |
307,000 |
Hiroki Nishikawa Wins High Roller Super Knockout
Japan’s Hiroki Nishikawa took down Event #22: High Roller Super Knockout [PHP 50K Bounty] - Turbo, topping the 13-entry field for PHP 363,792 (~USD 5,915).
The PHP 120,000 (~USD 1,951) buy-in event saw fellow Japanese player Tomoya Ishibashi finish runner-up for PHP 218,000 (~USD 3,545), while Indonesia’s Fendy Kosasih placed third for PHP 146,000 (~USD 2,374).
Zhiqiang Liu Takes Bubble Rush Title
Zhiqiang Liu won the 49-entry Event #23: Bubble Rush, collecting PHP 268,904 (~USD 4,372) from the PHP 20,000 (~USD 325) buy-in event. South Korea’s Jaeyoon Kim finished runner-up for PHP 178,000 (~USD 2,894), with Sung Jin Yun third for PHP 120,000 (~USD 1,951).
More Day 3 Winners
Russia’s Andrei Sidorov won the 169-entry Event #20: Knockout [PHP 5K Bounty], the biggest side event field of the day. Sidorov and runner-up Kiyotaka Tanaka each collected PHP 109,606 (~USD 1,782), with Jinseok Bang third for PHP 60,500 (~USD 984).
Guam’s Edwin Eclavea II topped 33 entries in Event #25: PLO Win The Button - Turbo to earn PHP 125,176 (~USD 2,035). England’s Mark John Marriott took second for PHP 113,000 (~USD 1,837), while Australia’s Adam R Ford finished third for PHP 65,000 (~USD 1,057).
South Korea’s Jeong Sangwoo closed out the night by winning the 34-entry Event #27: Super Hyper Turbo for PHP 148,348 (~USD 2,412). Dos Santos added a runner-up finish worth PHP 97,000 (~USD 1,577) to her APPT Open Day 2 seat, while Jaeyoon Kim took third for PHP 67,000 (~USD 1,089), his second podium of the day.
APPT Open Day 2 and APPT National Headline Sunday
The remaining 61 APPT Open players return at 12:00 p.m. on Sunday, October 11 to play Day 2, with the final day set for Monday.
Sunday also marks the start of the PHP 30,000 (~USD 488) APPT National, which carries a PHP 8,000,000 (~USD 130,000) guarantee across three starting flights. Flight A begins at 11:00 a.m., Flight B at 3:30 p.m., and the faster 20-minute Flight C at 8:00 p.m. Elsewhere, the PHP 100,000 (~USD 1,626) Six Handed High Roller gets underway at 1:00 p.m.
Sunday, October 11 Schedule
Start | Event | Buy-In | Starting Stack | Registration Closes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
11:00 a.m. | Event #28 APPT National - Flight A | ₱30,000 | 30,000 | 3:25 p.m. |
12:00 p.m. | Event #12 APPT Open - Day 2 | - | - | - |
1:00 p.m. | Event #29 Six Handed High Roller | ₱100,000 | 100,000 | 6:30 p.m. |
2:00 p.m. | Event #30 APPT National Qualifier Hyper - WYS@60K | ₱5,900 | 10,000 | 3:00 p.m. |
3:30 p.m. | Event #28 APPT National - Flight B | ₱30,000 | 30,000 | 7:55 p.m. |
4:00 p.m. | Event #31 Turbo | ₱15,000 | 20,000 | 5:55 p.m. |
6:00 p.m. | Event #32 APPT National Qualifier Hyper - WYS@60K | ₱5,900 | 10,000 | 7:00 p.m. |
8:00 p.m. | Event #28 APPT National - Flight C [20 min] | ₱30,000 | 30,000 | 11:20 p.m. |
9:00 p.m. | Event #33 PokerStars Red Dragon Qualifier - WYS@80K | ₱7,400 | 10,000 | 10:36 p.m. |
Stay tuned to Somuchpoker for the latest results as APPT Championship Manila 2026 continues at Okada Manila.
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