APT Philippines Championships 2018: Lester Edoc Wins Main Event; Dilip Menon Finishes 31st For ₹1.67 Lakhs

The Asian Poker Tour (APT) Championships 2018 that is currently underway at the Resorts World Manila is now on the home stretch with the series crowning its Main Event champion yesterday. The series began on March 21 and will close out on April 2.

The Main Event was the first featured tournament of the series and played out from March 24-28. A total of 325 entries ponied up the ₱55,000 buy-in, generating ₱15,762,500 in prize money with the top 55 places placing in the money.

On the final day of the event, the final eight survivors returned to play down to a winner and once the last hand was dealt, Filipino pro Lester Edoc (cover image) emerged as the APT Main Event champion. Edoc lifted the championship trophy, the coveted APT Championship Ring, and walked away with the ₱2,674,900 top prize.

The only Indian challenger to cash at the event was Dilip Menon, who finished 31^st for ₱134,000 (~₹1.67 Lakhs).

The only other Indian challenger to have scored at the series was Jaydeep Dawer, who finished sixth in the APT-RWM₱2 Million GTD Opening Event for ₱95,100 (~₹1.18 Lakhs).

Final Table Recap

Action was fierce from the get-go with several all-ins leading to lots of double ups. Players traded chips for sometime before Hanna Khalife, who started the day in the chip lead eventually became the first to fall. His elimination hand saw Yun Bong’s big slick crack his pocket queens.

Next to fall was Dylan Kii who walked out in seventh place after his pocket eights failed to hold up against Yun’s pocket sixes as the latter hit a full house.

The eventual champion Lester Edoc then busted Patrick Liang when the latter’s pocket eights were dominated by Edoc’s Ax 7x, as the latter rivered two pairs.

Heading out next in fifth place was Yun Bong who shoved with and got called by Flo Campomanes’s . Campomanes clipped an Ace-pair on the board and took down the pot.

Down to four-handed play, Derrick Hernandez shoved with and was snap-called by Yoshimura who tabled . The board blanked out and Hernandez finished fourth.

Campomaneswas going strong in the event but lost a huge pot to eventual runner up Yoshimura. Soon thereafter, Edoc relegated him to the rail in third place with pocket aces.

Heads up, Edoc started with a lead of just one big blind against Yoshimura and during the course of the battle, the lead was exchanged several times. Edoc eventually got very short but after numerous all in’s, Edoc finally got called and won.

Among the few standout hands from the heads-up match, Edoc`s first won with against Yoshimura’s to score a huge double up and managed another double-up to claim a chip lead of almost 6:1 over Yoshimura. Despite doubling up Yoshimura one time, it didn’t take long for Edoc to seal the deal and the final hand saw Edoc’s against Yoshimura . The board fanned out and just like that, Edoc was crowned the champion.

Final Table Results (PHP)

1. Lester Edoc – ₱2,674,900

2. Hiroyuki Yoshimura – ₱1,782,700

3. Flo Campomanes – ₱1,237,400

4. Derick Hernandez – ₱893,700

5. Yun Bong – ₱671,500

6. Patrick Liang – ₱523,300

7. Dylan Ming Teck Kii – ₱425,600

8. Hanna Khalife – ₱361,000

Other Side Event Winners At APT Philippines Championships 2018

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