12 Jun Metro Team Pro’s Mike Takayama captures 2022 APC title and Php 6M top prize
The week-long Asia Poker Championship closed out with Metro’s own Team Pro member Mike Takayama as the reigning champion of the crowned Php 20,000,000 guaranteed Main Event. Takayama is no stranger to winning big field tournaments across both the local and international scene. The local player stands to be the sole Filipino carrying a WSOP bracelet under his belt along with over $1.6M in total live earnings prior to his latest victory.
After seven hours of final table gameplay, Takayama captured the APC title and Php 6,000,000 (~US$ 113,230) top prize after defeating Edgar Asehan Jr. in a heads up battle. Congratulations to all the winners and see you in Metro’s next major festival!
Final Table cash payouts
| 1st | Mike Takayama – Php 6,000,000 |
| 2nd | Edgar Asehan Jr. – Php 3,377,200 |
| 3rd | Richard Marquez – Php 2,000,000 |
| 4th | Ronn Ryan Mesina – Php 1,250,000 |
| 5th | Kim Hoo Yup – Php 850,000 |
| 6th | Clyde Troy Morales – Php 650,000 |
| 7th | Kai Shing Chong – Php 500,000 |
| 8th | Moe Jiggy – Php 400,000 |
Payouts 9th to 16th
| 9th | Maxwell Rosete – Php 300,000 |
| 10th | Ginbert De Villa – Php 300,000 |
| 11th | Chang Kwon Seo – Php 240,000 |
| 12th | Lee Seok Young – Php 240,000 |
| 13th | Hyunjin Kim – Php 240,000 |
| 14th | Joemark Vasay – Php 200,000 |
| 15th | Changsu Kim – Php 200,000 |
| 16th | Daehan Wi – Php 200,000 |
Final Day review
The final day featured the Main Event’s remaining eight players with Takayama holding the lead entering the final table. It took nearly three hours before the first casualty being APT champion Moe Jiggy, was seen. 7th placer Kai Shing Chong followed closely behind after deciding to go with pocket Twos against Takayama’s early open. With the Metro Team Pro’s better pair, Chong settled for a Php 500,000 finish while leaving behind his chances of a trophy.
APC 2022 Main Event Final Table
As the pressure of the blinds continued to increase, Takayama wielded his growing chip stack to dominate the final table, eliminating all but one of his seven opponents. Day 3 chip leader Clyde Troy Morales ultimately chipped down to three big blinds before going with Ace-King vs two players and received no help from the board, exiting in 6th. A postflop battle ensued shortly after with Kim Hoo Yup failing to hit his straight draw against original raiser Takayama’s pocket Tens. Local runner Ronn Ryan Mesina was then left drawing to two outs after running into RVS champion Richard Marquez’ premium pocket Kings, eventually succumbing to an impressive 4th place finish.
With three players left racing for the title. Takayama’s good run of cards in addition to his unrelenting skill set continued to shine. Shortest stacked Marquez pushed all-in preflop with Ace-high and was quickly eliminated by Takayama’s flopped Queen-high flush. Racking up all the chips, Takayama carried a 4:1 chip advantage against runner-up finisher Edgar Asehan Jr. The heads up duel lasted for only an hour as Takayama finished off his opponent, denying him the warranted Php 2.6 million pay jump.
Dates: June 6-12, 2022
Buy-in: Php 44,000 (~US$ 833)
Guarantee: Php 20,000,000 (~US$ 378,600)
Entries: 544
Prize pool: Php 21,107,200 (~US$ 398,324)
ITM: 54 places
For a replay of the whole final table play, the video featuring Metro’s newest RFID technology remains to be available on the card room’s official Facebook page.
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