APT Manila Classic 2025 Concludes; Yohei Kitazato Wins High Roller

02/17/2025

The APT Manila Classic 2025 at the Crowne Plaza Manila Galleria has officially concluded this past Sunday, February 16, and it was a fitting end with another big turnout in the APT High Roller. Ultimately, Japan’s Yohei Kitazato came out on top to continue his hot start into the new year.

Yohei Kitazato Wins APT Manila Classic – APT High Roller

Fresh off winning a High Roller Event at Poker Dream 15 Malaysia less than a month ago, Yohei Kitazato repeated the same feat in the PHP 200,000 (~USD 3,437) APT High Roller high-stakes contest. The 127 entries included some well-known heavyweights such as Scott Margereson, Seungmook Jung, Vlada Stojanovic, John Matsuda and Thanisorn Saelor, all of which secured a portion of the PHP 21,945,600 (~$380,370) prize pool with 17 spots paid.

Other APT Manila Classic Highlights

On the final two days, it was still quite an international crowd with poker enthusiasts from the Philippines, Japan, and Thailand shining the most.

#82 Double Stack (20,000 PHP)

Aj Cris Acdal earned the most notable victory in Event #82 Double Stack, which produced a prize pool of PHP 6,459,264 (~USD 111,526) for 378 entries. Acdal defeated Denis Semerenko in heads-up and claimed a top prize of PHP 1,251,264 (~USD 21,604).

Total Prize

$111,015

Guaranteed

5,000,000

Entries

378

ITM

#	Payout	Player
1	$21,505 1,251,264 PHP	AC Aj Cris Acdal Philippines
2	$13,645 794,000 PHP	DS Denis Semerenko
3	$9,865 574,000 PHP	SK Seunghun Ko Korea (Republic of)
4	$7,975 464,000 PHP	DC Damien Collins Ireland
5	$6,325 368,000 PHP	JL Jayson Lee Cooper United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
6	$4,865 283,000 PHP	JK Jason Kyle Magbanua Philippines
7	$3,625 211,000 PHP	DG Daiki Goto Japan
8	$2,610 152,000 PHP	LE Lenart Ecarma Philippines
9	$2,115 123,000 PHP	YR Yusuf Ronald Cassidy Indonesia

Check the 55 Payouts & Results ...

Ma Arlene Rivera won the last Women’s Event of the series and Gary Guerrero came out on top of a PHP 35,000 (~USD 602) Turbo High Roller for a payday of PHP 425,120 ( ~USD 7,340). Last but not least, Eurdy Rivera had the best of it in Event #84 PL Omaha High. South Korea’s Minseok Kim took down the Mini Main Event. The very last tournament on the schedule was the PHP 25,000 (~USD 430) Hyper Turbo High Roller won by Hong Kong’s Edward Yam for his second series win.

#71 Mini Main Event (25,000 PHP)

South Korea's Minseok Kim took down the multi-day PHP 25,000 (~USD 430) Mini Main Event in a field of 608 entries to earn the biggest slice of the PHP 13,132,800 (~USD 225,000) prize pool. His top prize was worth a mighty PHP 2,525,800 (~USD 43,610). Fellow countryman and 2023 WPT Prime Taiwan champ Seong Uk Huh won a Last Chance High Roller on the final day for a payday of PHP 1,398,600 (~USD 24,148).

Total Prize

$225,710

Guaranteed

6,000,000

Entries

608

ITM

#	Payout	Player
1	$43,410 2,525,800 PHP	MK Minseok Kim Korea (Republic of)
2	$26,985 1,570,000 PHP	PR Pratik Ravindra Parte India
3	$19,320 1,124,000 PHP	YT Ying Tao China
4	$14,935 869,000 PHP	KK Kiyoung Kim
5	$11,775 685,000 PHP	MY Mc Yeldarb Mantos Philippines
6	$9,210 536,000 PHP	JC Jeffrey Calonge Philippines
7	$6,825 397,000 PHP	YN Yepeng Ni China
8	$4,690 273,000 PHP	DH Daichi Hiruma Japan
9	$3,695 215,000 PHP	JO Jihwan Oh Korea (Republic of)

Check the 86 Payouts & Results ...

#100 Hyper Turbo - High Roller (25,000 PHP)

The very last tournament on the schedule was a PHP 25,000 (~USD 430) Hyper Turbo High Roller and Hong Kong's Edward Yam became the next two-time trophy winner of the series in a field of 38 entries. Japan's Sosuke Hatano finished runner-up. Yam banked PHP 304,800 (~USD 5,263), which should cover the expenses for more hand luggage on the plane.

Total Prize

$14,105

Entries

ITM

#	Payout	Player
1	$5,240 304,800 PHP	EY Edward Yam Hong Kong
2	$3,590 209,000 PHP	SH Sosuke Hatano Japan
3	$2,285 133,000 PHP	LT Li Ta Hsu Taiwan
4	$1,650 96,000 PHP	YR Yusuf Ronald Cassidy Indonesia
5	$1,340 78,000 PHP	MG Martin Gerico Belsa

Lebanon’s Oliver Bithell, Serbia’s Danilo Radonjic and Raymi Thorn from Sweden were some of the late winners from abroad to round up a very successful series for the Asian Poker Tour with several records for the history books.

A closer look at the festival stats, big winners and record figures will be published in the next couple of days. The brand is now already focusing their efforts on the next stop, which will be APT Taipei from April 25 to May 4, 2025 in partnership with the CTP Asia Poker Arena in Taipei City.

For all of the results and live reports, be sure to head to the links provided below.

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