Main Event Results APT Philippines 2016: Jeon Seung Soo Champion

5 min readApr 20, 2016

APT Philippines 2016

Main Event Results APT Philippines 2016: Jeon Seung Soo Champion, held at Resorts World Manila from April 13 to 21, 2016. This 9 day event was filled with different events and poker personalities from around the globe. The Main Event started last Saturday with 84 players and it solidified the number from Sunday with 96 entries. A total of 180 entries participated in the event with # who are qualified to play on Day 2. As the tournament progress on Day 2, 33 players were able to qualify on Day 3.

A total prize pool of $523,800 for the 18 In the Money players. Each personalities was able to prove their best in poker, skill and luck. The event has a buy in of $3,300 with 50,000 starting chips and levels up every 60 minutes.

Here are your winning players for this tournament:

Champion Jeon Seung Soo

A fervent player in the APT community and this year’s chip leader since the first day of APT Philippines Main Event 2016, Korea’s Seung Soo Jeon won a championship in Jan 2013 at the APT Asian Series Cebu, and placed 2nd during APT kickoff’s in January 2015.

Jeon Seung Soo

At Level 30, Blinds 80–160k, small blind to Jeon, he raise with 325k as Kah Boon Teh calls. Flop 8S 8H 3D, Boon and Jeon checks, Turn Card QS, the excitement rise as Kah Boon Teh push all in and Jeon calls.
As the cards are shown Boon Teh cards are 9 & 7 while Jeon has 8C 6D, River was 10H. Jeon covers Boon Teh by almost 8 million chips

Jeon wins $133,900

TOP 2 APTPH2016 Event

2nd Place Kah Boon Teh from Malaysia

Seasoned player and first time APT Main Event 2016 player, Kah Boon Teh. Entering as the overall chip leader on day 2, Teh came in second to Ward upon entering day 3 and earned the third spot in the chip rank of the Final 8 at APT Main Event 2016 (Final 8) eliminating Hong Kong’s Raiden Kan.

Kah Boon Teh

3rd Place Jim Bonanno from Guam

APT Final Table regular, this is Jim’s second time to reach the APT championship in Manila. This cavalier from Guam is a sight to see.

Jim Bonanno

4th Place Chris Edgar from Australia

Experienced APT Main Event Final Table player, placed 3rd at the APT Asian Series Cambodia, he also placed 10th at the Main Event of the New Caledonia Poker Open in March.

Chris Edgar

5th Place Czardy Duterte Rivera from Philippines

Filipino Czardy Rivera is a legend in the APT community. He has one APT Main Event championship title under his belt which he won at the APT Asian Series Manila in 2013. Rivera is a well-known poker player in the Philippines and he plays in many of the big tournaments held in the country and in Macau.

Czardy Duterte Rivera

Top 5 APTPH2016 Main Event

6th Place Thomas Ward from New Zealand

Thomas Ward, shipping the biggest post of day 1B and day2 at APT Main Event 2016 doubled up against Saipan’s Victorino Torres. The leader Into the Final 8, Thomas is held with a high-rank chip status. Under Thomas belt, he’s carrying prestigious ranks: 8th at the APT Asian Series Manila Main Event in 2012, 10th at the APT Asian Series Cebu Event in 2015 and 2nd at the most attended APPT 2015 ACOP Main Event, Macau.

THOMAS WARD

7th Place Zack Lazarus

Being new in the circuit, placed 3rd at the $50,000 Guaranteed Opening Event of this year’s APT Philippines 2016, Zack Lazarus has showed off and made his spot.

zack lazarus

8th Place Michael Lee from Canada

Grinding to the final table, Michael was able to win big pots from eliminating notable players during the tournament. A well deserved win from this gentleman from Canada.