Wouter Beltz Wins Championship Event at APPT Championship Manila 2026 For ₱11.9 Million
APPT Championship Manila 2026 finished on Monday, October 19, with Wouter Beltz taking down the Championship Event for ₱11,902,000 at Okada Manila.
The Dutchman began the nine-handed final table with a big chip lead and eventually navigated himself heads-up against Sung Jin Yun. The pair agreed to an ICM deal before Beltz went on to claim the remaining ₱2 million and the APPT Shard Trophy.
There was plenty happening around the final table too. Seungmook Jung won the APPT High Roller for ₱4,920,000, while Marco Espela beat Daiki Miyamoto after another heads-up deal in the Mini Championship.
Wouter Beltz Wins APPT Championship
Beltz started Monday with 7,645,000, almost twice the stack of nearest rival Graham Cowan, and finished the job to become the APPT Championship Manila 2026 Main Event champion.
Sung Jin Yun made it all the way to heads-up after beginning the final table fourth in chips, while Julian Hasse finished third for ₱5,875,000.
Once heads-up, Beltz and Yun agreed to an ICM deal. Beltz locked up ₱9,902,000 and Yun secured ₱9,538,000, leaving ₱2 million and the APPT Shard Trophy on the table.
Beltz won the title from there, taking his final payout to ₱11,902,000. Yun collected the ₱9,538,000 agreed in the deal.
The Championship Event attracted 479 entries, creating a ₱68,286,240 prize pool.
APPT Championship Final Table Results
Place | Player | Country | Payout |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | ₱11,902,000 | ||
2 | ₱9,538,000 | ||
3 | ₱5,875,000 | ||
4 | ₱4,585,000 | ||
5 | ₱3,530,000 | ||
6 | ₱2,715,000 | ||
7 | ₱2,085,000 | ||
8 | ₱1,605,000 | ||
9 | ₱1,246,240 |
Seungmook Jung Wins APPT High Roller
The APPT High Roller grew from 69 entries after Day 1 to 107 entries once registration closed on Monday.
Seungmook Jung took the title and ₱4,920,000, with Dohwan Kim finishing runner-up for ₱3,170,000.
Ireland's Gary Thompson completed the top three for ₱2,270,000, while Florencio Campomanes, who had already won Saturday's High Roller Turbo, finished fourth for ₱1,745,000.
APPT High Roller Final Table Results
Place | Player | Country | Payout |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | ₱4,920,000 | ||
2 | ₱3,170,000 | ||
3 | ₱2,270,000 | ||
4 | ₱1,745,000 | ||
5 | Yen Han Chen | ₱1,345,000 | |
6 | ₱1,030,000 | ||
7 | ₱825,000 | ||
8 | ₱675,000 | ||
9 | Daniel Furnival | ₱554,940 |
Marco Espela Wins Mini Championship After Heads-Up Deal
The APPT Mini Championship also finished on Monday after 179 entries created a ₱5,412,960 prize pool.
Marco Espela and Daiki Miyamoto reached heads-up before agreeing to a deal that locked up ₱850,000 each.
That left the trophy and another ₱91,960 to play for, with Espela taking the win to finish with ₱941,960.
Miyamoto collected ₱850,000 as runner-up, while Yuta Kiumi finished third for ₱495,000. Miyamoto had entered the final day with almost twice as many chips as anyone else after bagging 1,905,000 on Sunday.
APPT Mini Championship Final Table Results
Place | Player | Country | Payout |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | ₱941,960 | ||
2 | ₱850,000 | ||
3 | Yuta Kiumi | ₱495,000 | |
4 | ₱380,000 | ||
5 | Michael Michael | ₱290,000 | |
6 | ₱225,000 | ||
7 | ₱185,000 | ||
8 | ₱155,000 | ||
9 | ₱130,000 |
Five More Winners on the Final Day
The Championship, High Roller and Mini Championship were joined by five more tournaments as the last trophies of the festival were handed out.
Haoyuan Li finished first in the 147-entry Ultrastack, while Tadamasa Mori won the 66-entry Super Knockout.
Kentaro Hori picked up one of Monday's larger side-event prizes, winning the 38-entry Last Chance High Roller Turbo for ₱1,158,160.
John Tech, who finished ninth in the Championship Event, quickly hopped into one of the last events of the series and was able to take it, coming out best in the Mix NLH/PLO Turbo before Martin Astorga won the final event of the festival, the 35-entry Last Chance Super Hyper Turbo.
Final Day Side Event Winners
Event | Entries | Winner | Country | Payout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
147 | ₱282,584 | |||
66 | ₱134,636 | |||
38 | ₱1,158,160 | |||
17 | ₱123,732 | |||
35 | ₱100,680 |
APPT Championship Manila 2026 Wraps Up
With the Last Chance Super Hyper Turbo complete, APPT Championship Manila 2026 came to an end after 12 days at Okada Manila.
Beltz leaves Manila with the festival's headline title and the APPT Shard Trophy, while Jung and Espela were among the other big winners on a busy final Monday.
The festival also produced major victories for the likes of Patrik Demus in the PokerStars Red Dragon and Rudy Edenata in the APPT Super High Roller during the run-up to the Championship finale.
About the Editor
Tim Baker is a UK-born Live Poker Reporter based in Indonesia, covering major poker tournaments across Asia and around the world since 2023. With nearly two decades of experience around live and online poker, he brings deep knowledge of the game and the international poker scene to his tournament coverage.
