03 Feb The first Asian Poker Championship winner will be crowned today! Derrick Hernandez leads the final 18 players
The Asian Poker Championship will soon be crowning its first-ever Main Event champion as the final 18 players hunt down the title today. The past three days brought in a roaring 541 entries to the Metro Card Club. At Php 22,000 each, this more than crushed the advertised 5M guarantee for a much richer Php 10,495,400 (~US$ 205,700) prize pool. Due to its huge success, the Metro is thrilled to announce the next APC festival dates. The second installment will take place from April 15 to 19. Make sure to mark those dates down now!
Also happening at Day 2 was the money grab. Payouts began at 54th place however the owner of the largest cut worth Php 3,045,400 (~US$ 59,700) and the APC Championship trophy won’t be determined until today. We’ve got all the info, structure, remaining payouts, and chip counts for you below.
Final Day info
Buy-in: Php 22,000
Total entries: 541
Prize pool: Php 10,495,400
ITM: 54 places
Final Day qualifiers: 18 players
Chips in play: 8,115,000
Average stack: 450,833
Final two tables format: Ante Big Blind
Level duration: 40 minutes
Opening blinds: 8000 – 16000 ante 16000
Game time: 11am
Live Updates: 11am until a winner is declared
Final Table Level duration: 60 minutes
Final Table format: Regular Ante
Final Day structure
| Lvl | SB | BB | Ante BB | Reg Ante |
| 23 | 8000 | 16000 | 16000 | 2000 |
| 24 | 10000 | 20000 | 20000 | 3000 |
| 25 | 12000 | 24000 | 24000 | 4000 |
| 26 | 15000 | 30000 | 30000 | 5000 |
| 27 | 20000 | 40000 | 40000 | 5000 |
| 28 | 25000 | 50000 | 50000 | 5000 |
| 29 | 30000 | 60000 | 60000 | 10000 |
| 30 | 35000 | 70000 | 70000 | 10000 |
| 31 | 40000 | 80000 | 80000 | 10000 |
| 32 | 50000 | 100000 | 10000 | 10000 |
| 33 | 60000 | 120000 | 120000 | 20000 |
| 34 | 80000 | 160000 | 160000 | 20000 |
| 35 | 100000 | 200000 | 200000 | 30000 |
| 36 | 120000 | 240000 | 240000 | 40000 |
| 37 | 150000 | 300000 | 300000 | 50000 |
Final 18 payouts
1st Php 3,045,400
2nd Php 1,550,000
3rd Php 950,000
4th Php 680,000
5th Php 500,000
6th Php 380,000
7th Php 300,000
8th Php 240,000
9th Php 200,000
10th Php 160,000
11th-12th Php 120,000
13th-15th Php 100,000
16th-18th Php 80,000
Day 2 recap
Reviewing the Day 2 results, it took only four hours for the field to trim the 102 players down to the final 18. In command were three players backed by over a million in chips. Derrick Hernandez bagged the largest of 1,454,000. This was a strong upswing for Hernandez who climbed from 10th rank. He enters the final day with 91 bbs to play with.
In second rank is the hot-running Florencio Campomanes who recently took down the coveted Red Dragon title. Campomanes enters the final day with a threatening 1,241,000 equivalent to 77 bbs. Due to the incredible consistency and performance he has displayed, Campomanes will be favored to take down this tournament.
And in third rank is Kim Sun Kyum with 1,158,000, equivalent to 72 bbs. Kim had the most impressive rise in Day 2 going from 41st rank to the top three. Kim is one of seven KMGM players that advanced to the final day.
In addition to the race leaders, the starting day chip leaders also made it through. Day 1B and overall leader Seung Min Kang remained strong closing Day 2 running 4th in chips with 712,000, Day 1A’s Joven Huerto with 163,500, and Day 1C’s Christopher Mateo with 63,500. One player to watch out for is WSOP bracelet winner Mike Takayama running 7th in chips. Players by table/seat and by rank listed below.
Final Day players by table and seat
| Rank | Name | Chipcount | Table and Seat |
| 8 | Jay Tolon | 359,000 | Table 15 Seat 1 |
| 2 | Florencio Campomanes | 1,241,000 | Table 15 Seat 2 |
| 6 | Martin Gonzales | 468,000 | Table 15 Seat 3 |
| 11 | Doctor Strange | 261,000 | Table 15 Seat 4 |
| 16 | Seungjun Kim | 94,500 | Table 15 Seat 5 |
| 9 | Hooyup Kim | 357,000 | Table 15 Seat 6 |
| 15 | Dongjin Park | 112,000 | Table 15 Seat 7 |
| 4 | Seung Min Kang | 712,000 | Table 15 Seat 8 |
| 14 | Hyungkook Shin | 142,500 | Table 15 Seat 9 |
| 10 | Noel Araniel | 266,000 | Table 21 Seat 1 |
| 1 | Derick Hernandez | 1,454,000 | Table 21 Seat 2 |
| 17 | Seokyoung Lee | 85,000 | Table 21 Seat 3 |
| 3 | Kim Sun Kyum | 1,158,000 | Table 21 Seat 4 |
| 5 | Emmanuel Segismundo | 601,000 | Table 21 Seat 5 |
| 13 | Victor Velarde Bartulaba | 151,000 | Table 21 Seat 6 |
| 7 | Mike Takayama | 460,000 | Table 21 Seat 7 |
| 12 | Joven Huerto | 163,500 | Table 21 Seat 8 |
| 18 | Christopher Vecino Mateo | 63,500 | Table 21 Seat 9 |
Final Day players by rank
| Rank | Name | Stack |
| 1 | Derick Hernandez | 1,454,000 |
| 2 | Florencio Campomanes | 1,241,000 |
| 3 | Kim Sun Kyum | 1,158,000 |
| 4 | Seung Min Kang | 712,000 |
| 5 | Emmanuel Segismundo | 601,000 |
| 6 | Martin Gonzales | 468,000 |
| 7 | Mike Takayama | 460,000 |
| 8 | Jay Tolon | 359,000 |
| 9 | Hooyup Kim | 357,000 |
| 10 | Noel Araniel | 266,000 |
| 11 | Doctor Strange | 261,000 |
| 12 | Joven Huerto | 163,500 |
| 13 | Victor Velarde Bartulaba | 151,000 |
| 14 | Hyungkook Shin | 142,500 |
| 15 | Dongjin Park | 112,000 |
| 16 | Seungjun Kim | 94,500 |
| 17 | Seokyoung Lee | 85,000 |
| 18 | Christopher Vecino Mateo | 63,500 |
Tony Abesamis
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