Asia Poker Championship – August 2022 – Day 1
Publish date: August 9, 2022

Hey, Poker Players!

Today is day 1 of the Asia Poker Championship or APC that is being held at the Metro Card Club Ortigas.

On the schedule today is

1 PM – Main event Day1A

645 PM – PHP 10,000 + 5,000 (Mystery Bounty) + 1,500 Registration.

The Main event is a 20 Million PHP Guarantee with the buy-in of only PHP 44,000 (40,000 + 4,000)

Here we go.

 

Mystery Bounty – Champion

Edilberto “Duroy” Gopez

PHP 262,500 + PHP 110,000 (Bounty)

Duroy Wins is the first side event of the APC.

Other bounties will be Updated soon

Mystery Bounty – Final 8

2nd Place – Marc Rivera (Metro Team Pro) – PHP 170,000

3rd Place – Jason Sy – PHP 115,000

4th Place – Mike Takayama (Nuebe Gaming)- PHP 85,000

5th Place – Ellezer Castillo – PHP 65,000

6th Place –  Richard Marquez – PHP 50,000

7th Place –  JM San Manuel- PHP 40,000

8th Place – Christopher Mateo – PHP 35,000

Mystery Bounty – Final 8

9th Place – Christopher Pasion – PHP 30,000

10th Place – Ashby Rivera – PHP 25,000

11th Place – Duy Ho – PHP 20,000

Mystery Bounty Event – Bubble time for itm

Still In

Christopher “BIGtime”Mateo
Ellezer Castillo
Marc Rivera
Mike Takayama
Duy HO
JM
Christopher Passion
Ashby RIvera
richard Marquez
edilperto Gopez

The event is now hand per hand

Mystery Bounty Event – THe Hunt is on

Seen on the side event

Christopher “BIGtime”Mateo
Ellezer Castillo
Joseroy Jeremias

Although Players are not yet ITM. The player who Busted a player will get a chip which is a chance to draw on the Mystery Bounty.

One player has. chance to win PHP 100,000

Main event Day1A Ends – 10/48

Joe Mark Vasay

Day1A chip leader with 333,000

Other players that qualified for day 2

Raymundo Gomez
Lester Edoc
PJ Angeles

Official list will be added later

2225 HRS – Mystery Bounty – More than 80 Players

Seen on the side event

Alexis “Shoti” Lim
Ronald Morfe
Duy ho
The action is definitely at the side event as more than 80 players joined the Mystery Bounty.

2145 HRS – Level 8 -Blinds 800/1,600/1,600 Ante – 18/48 players

Will Play till Level 11

Registration is until start of day2

Currently, the Side Event is running hot. it looks like tomorrow’s event might be hot as a lot of players opt to play tomorrow.

The Undisputed IS back

Mike Takayama

Nuebe Gaming/Metro Team Pro

The king is back after his trip to the WSOP 2022 and is ready to defend his title.

He is the Last Champion of the APC.

20:30 HRS – Main event day 1A – 30 Minutes DInner break

Dinner break

30 Minutes

Players got a 30 minutes dinner break before game resumed.

17:50 HRS – Level 6 – blinds 300/600/600 ante – 26/40 players

Vamerdino magsakay

Metro Team Pro

Vam has so far been doing great this year especially in Vietnam.

He is the conqueror of Vietnam and has collected a lot of trophies from there.

But a trophy from his home turf still elludes him. will ge get it this time

17:20 HRS – Level 5 – blinds 200/400/400 ante – 27/38 players

Now at level 5

Will they hit 50?

Now that we are at level 5, More players are coming in but will they jump into the main?

There is a juicy Side event today, will players choose the side event first?

Stay tuned!

16:30 HRS – Level 4 – blinds 200/300/300 ante – 25/35 players

Seen Playing Day1A

JM

Raymundo Gomez

PJ Angeles

Will Day1A hit 50 players? Stay tuned!

16:10 HRS – first break ( 10 Minutes ) – 23/33 players

Marc Rivera

Metro Team Pro

There are already many early casualties for Day1A. Including Metro Team Pro Marc Rivera, but champions never give up. We expect him back soon on the felt but maybe not today.

15:30 HRS – Level 3 – blinds 100/200/200 ante – 20/24 players

Will play until level 11

Registration closes before beginning of level 2

There is a new format for APC, there is also 5 day 1.

But it still quite a healthy start for the APC

14:40 HRS – Level 2 – blinds 100/200 – 17/18 players

Early Runners

Bonifacio Mondalo (Mse Champion)
Paos
Edilberto Gopez
Angel “Pogi” Mejia
Rico Dela Cruz

There are many good players that are now playing Day1A including MSE 2022 Champion Mondalo and living Legend Rico Dela Cruz. The Comeback Kid Edilberto Gopez, Satty Winner Angel “Pogi” Mejia, and Aspiring players like Paos who are all gunning for the champion. 

14:00 HRS – Level 1 – blinds 100/100 – 13/13 players

Emjee

Start na!

Day1A started with 13 players. so far there are champions that are early runners for this event.

Stay tuned as we give updates on every level.

To know more about the structure. Click Here

13:00 HRS – Level 0

Side Event 1 – Mystery Bounty

PHP 11,500 + 5,000

The APC will also have a side event today happening at 1845 HRS.

The side event is the Mystery bounty which has been quite popular with the crowd lately.

APT was the first to introduce the event to the PH players and has become a popular event in Manila.

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