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APPT Manila 2018: Sahil Chutani & Jaydeep Dawer Among Top Stacks in Saturday SuperStack; Kavin Shah, Aditya Sushant & Rathi Shashank Make Day 2 of High Roller

PG News August 12, 2018
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The 2018 Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) Manila is fast approaching its finale with 17 out of its 22 events already declaring winners. With the Main Event, Saturday SuperStack and High Roller just a day away from crowning a champion, there is still quite a bit of electrifying action left to unfold.

Out of the 22 Indian challengers who started Day 2 of the Main Event, only eight, including Sriharsha Doddapaneni (43^rd for ₱210,000~₹2.72 Lakhs) and Ravi Priya (62^nd for ₱170,000~₹2.20 Lakhs), were able to finish in the money, as the remaining 14 busted empty-handed. However, the Saturday SuperStack event saw another huge turnout by the Indian contingent with 29 players joining the action. However, only Sahil Chutani (400,000), Jaydeep Dawer (341,000) and Varun Gupta (163,000) among them made the cut for Day 2, with Chutani and Dawer placed fourth and seventh in stacks respectively.

Kavin Shah (89,500), Aditya Sushant (53,600) and Shashank Rathi (18,000) were seen in action in the High Roller and all three made Day 2.

Meanwhile, Nick Roscoe Blackburn won his second title at the ongoing series in the Hyper Turbo for ₱160,400 ($3,017) and Maxim Befus took down the ₱15,000 NLH Turbo for ₱336,000 ($6,319).

Hiroshi Naito (838,000) and Yan Li (122,100) are leading the Day 2 survivors in the Saturday SuperStack and High Roller respectively.

Event 17: Hyper Turbo

The Hyper Turbo opened to a field of 87 runners and with a buy-in of ₱8,000, the event generated a prize pool of ₱594,106. Another fast-paced event where only the top 10 spots were assured a min-cash of ₱17,906, the event was taken down by the American pro Nick Roscoe Blackburn, who pocketed ₱160,400 ($3,017) in the process, making this his second title win after his victory in the ₱5000 Knockout.

Japan’s Takuo Serita (10^th ₱17,906) bubbled the final table.

Final Table Results (PHP)

1. Nick Roscoe Blackburn – ₱160,400

2. Perry Charlie Higgins – ₱107,000

3. Ching Wei Chen – ₱71,300

4. Pete Yen Han Chen – ₱59,400

5. Unknown – ₱47,600

6. Michael Raymond – ₱41,600

7. Algerico Tabacon – ₱35,600

8. Ireneo Javalera – ₱29,600

9. Daryl Lim – ₱23,700

Event 18: Saturday SuperStack – ₱3M GTD

The fourth of the five events offering the winner a PSPC Platinum Pass at the series, the Saturday SuperStack attracted a monstrous player pool of 521 entries that resulted in a prize pool of ₱13,644,990 with the winner receiving ₱3,002,000 (₹39.01 Lakhs).

This was the second event at the series that witnessed a large Indian participation with 29 runners, starting with Romit Advani, Ashish Ahuja, Alok Birewar, Manish Boyat, Sahil Chutani, Jaydeep Dawer, Sajal Gupta, Varun Gupta, Ranganathan Hemagiri, Abhinav Iyer, Kunal Jain, Kavin Shah, Vinayak Malani, Dhaval Mudgal, Akshay Nasa, Anup Palod, Chiraag Patel, Kuldeep Pawar, Vivek Rughani, Jasven Saigal, Kanishka Samant, Vinod Raj Saundararajan, Rathi Shashank, Vidwath Shetty, Amanpreet Singh, Siddarth Singhvi, Aditya Sushant, Zarvan Tumboli and Kartik Ved.

Only three made the cut for Day 2, with Sahil Chutani (400,000), Jaydeep Dawer (341,000) bagging top stacks while Varun Gupta (163,000) bagged a workable stack at the end of the day’s play.

Several notables made it through to Day 2 with healthy stacks including Wing Kei Chan (233,000), Eugene Co (193,000), former APPT Korea Main Event winner Tae Hoon Han (150,000), Gary Joseph Thompson (146,000), and Quang Huy Pham (114,000).

Leading the 63 survivors into Day 2 is Hiroshi Naito with a massive 838,000 in chips, with Benjamin Gonzva (502,000) and Ngoc Quoc Bao Pham (404,000) rounding up the top three stacks. All the players who return for Day 2 are assured a min-cash of ₱55,000 (₹71,480).

Top 10 Stacks At The End of Day 1

1. Hiroshi Naito – 838,000

2. Benjamin Gonzva – 502,000

3. Ngoc Quoc Bao Pham – 404,000

4. Sahil Chuttani – 400,000

5. King-Chung Wang – 375,000

6. Moo Suk Sung – 373,000

7. Jaydeep Dawer – 341,000

8. Alan Findlay – 313,000

9. Po Han Huang – 263,000

10. Maxwell Curtis – 235,000

Event 19: APPT High Roller – Shot Clock & Big Blind Ante

Another action-packed event ran alongside the Main Event and the Saturday Superstack, the High Roller which drew in 46 entries (43 unique and 3 re-entries). With a buy-in of ₱200,000 and registration open till the end of level 12, the event is sure to see a nail-biting finish.

Three Indian challengers, Kavin Shah, Rathi Shashank and Aditya Sushant, jumped into the event after busting out of the Saturday Superstack. All three carried a stack through to Day 2 with Shah finishing among the tops stacks with 89,500, while Sushant and Shashank bagged 53,600 and 18,000 in chips respectively.

The 38 runners who made Day 2 were headlined by China’s Yan Li (122,100), while many top players also managed to bag health stacks including Dong Hyun Kim (76,300), Thai Loc Le (64,900), poker power couple and Team PokerStars Pros Celina Lin (50,000) and Randy Lew (16,300).

Top 10 Stacks At The End of Day 1

1. Yan Li – 122,100

2. Maxim Befus – 121,700

3. Martijn Gerrits – 112,100

4. Xin Fan – 110,400

5. Kitty Kuo – 103,000

6. Michael Soyza – 97,400

7. Wenqing Cai – 89,800

8. Kavin Shah – 89,500

9. Konstantin Pogodin – 81,900

10. Ching Hang Tang – 77,900

Event 20: ₱15,000 NLH Turbo – Big Blind Ante

The last event to play out yesterday was the ₱15,000 NLH Turbo. With only the 10 spots receiving payouts, Hong Kong’s Man Fat Luk bubbled the final table and finished 10^th for ₱37,325.

The German pro Maxim Befus topped the field to take home a handsome payday of ₱336,000 ($6,319).