APT MANILA CLASSIC 2025 SCHEDULE| OFFICIAL RESULTS | PLAYER LISTS | IMAGES | WINNERS
MANILA, PHILIPPINES, February 8, 2025 — Playing out in the Grand Ballroom at Crowne Plaza Galleria and run in partnership with the Metro Card Club, the second day of the 10-day APT Manila Classic 2025 saw 12 tournaments running, with eight of them crowning newly minted APT champions.
The most significant of these early events saw India’s Raju Jaruplavath triumphing over the 398-strong (240 unique) PHP 12,000 (~USD 200) Event #1: Philippines National Cup field to claim the gold lion silhouette trophy.
Just 58 players returned for the Final Day, all guaranteed a share of the PHP 4,034,765 (~USD 69,326) prize pool, with Singapore’s Dalvin Carvalho sitting in the box seat with the start-of-day chip lead.
The action was fast and frantic from the get-go and by the time the first break arrived—two hours and 13 minutes after play resumed—only 25 players remained in contention for the trophy, title and PHP 797,765 (~USD 13,700) top prize.
Carvalho hit the rail in 24th shortly after the action restarted while Jaruplavath—who returned for the Final Day with a top ten stack—continued to gain traction by eliminating South Korea’s Haewon Jung to climb over a million in chips and the Indian player remained near the top of the chip counts for the duration of the tournament.
Jaruplavath came into the final table joint second in chips and, despite getting pocket kings cracked by a set, was still able to power his way into pole position, railing four of the final nine players on his road to victory, coming into the heads-up confrontation against Singapore’s Zhi Xiang Png with an over a four-to-one chip lead.
The battle was a quick one, with Png moving all-in with ace-three offsuit over the top of a Jaruplavath button raise; the Indian player called with a dominating ace-jack and a clean run out saw Jaruplavath claim his maiden APT title with the PHP 797,765 (~USD 13,700) top prize representing the third largest cash of his tournament career to date.
Png—who was playing for his maiden live tournament title—had to settle for the PHP 503,000 (~USD 8,640) runner-up prize, although the Singaporean player will not be too disappointed to claim the largest cash of his live poker career.
The Philippines’ Jansen Tiu rounded out the winner's podium, claiming bronze and a payout of PHP 361,000 (~USD 6,200) for third place—also a career-best result—and fourth place finisher Sarawoot Ratanatabtim of Thailand was another to earn a career-best score.
The Philippines’ David Erquiaga—who was on the hunt for his sixth live APT title—made an impressive 27th APT final table appearance, earning PHP 132,000 (~USD 2,270) for his seventh place finish, with the final table paying out as follows:
PHILIPPINES NATIONAL CUP FINAL TABLE RESULTS
Flight C frontrunner Katsuyuki Kondo narrowly missed out on making his maiden APT final table appearance, cashing in tenth place for PHP 62,000 (~USD 1,065).
Other notables to cash included Canada’s Christian Lortie (14th for PHP 47,000), the Philippines’ Martin Gonzales (19th for PHP 38,000), start-of-day chip leader Dalvin Carvalho (24th for PHP 30,000), and Natural8 India Ambassador Kunal Patni (29th for PHP 26,000).
For Philippines National Cup Results please CLICK HERE
You can follow all the action as it played out via the APT Blog.
All tournament information can be found on the Philippines National Cup - Final Day tournament page.
Japan’s Yuki Miyakura Dominates Mystery Bounty Hunter Opening Flights with PHP 6.4M (~USD 110.6K) in Combined Prize Pool
Japan’s Yuki Miyakura will be returning in pole position in the Mystery Bounty Hunter after dominating the Flight A action
Playing out concurrently with the Philippines National Cup, the PHP 20,000 (~USD 340) Event #9: Mystery Bounty Hunter - Sponsored by Natural8 got underway at 11am local time.
The tournament drew 377 (154 unique) sleuths in total over the three starting flights, all looking to solve the riddle of the PHP 4,180,176 (~USD 71,824) prize pool, with 55 players locking up a seat for the Final Day to take a shot at the PHP 815,176 (~USD14,000) top prize.
The Final Day is also when the action ratchets up with the mystery bounties kicking in, and with PHP 2,262,000 (~USD 38,866) in the bounty pool and a top bounty of PHP 500,000 (~USD 8,590) up for grabs, the fervor with which the field fought for a place in the paying positions would have Hercule Poirot twirling his mustache in approval.
For Mystery Bounty Hunter Prize Pool & Payouts please CLICK HERE
The opening Flight A saw 147 entries (116 unique) in action battling over nineteen 25-minute levels with Japan’s Yuki Miyakura using his Sherlock Holmes powers of deduction to top the tournament chip counts, concluding play with a sizable stack of 983,000 with which to make his play for the title and trophy – which will worth be a massive 163 big blinds when play resumes.
APT Manila 2022 Main Event champion Moses Saquing bagged the second-largest stack, but sits some way behind Miyakura in the counts after concluding the action with 425,000 in chips.
Thailand’s Napart Chokejindachai came a close third in the Flight A rankings, bagging up 419,000 in chips and was the only other Flight A player to come close to the half a million mark.
Fellow Thai Wutikrai Phraikhieo (261,000) and Japan’s Yuki Natsuyama rounded out the top five stacks, with a total of 21 players making the cut for the Final Day.
All tournament information can be found on the Mystery Bounty Hunter - Flight A tournament page.
South Korea’s Sangyeol Jeon topped Flight B
Flight B attracted another 137 players (116 unique) who fought it out at the felt over twenty 20-minute levels, with South Korea’s Sangyeol Jeon topping the flight after bagging up a stack of 435,000, which puts him fourth in the overall counts.
Vietnam’s Ngoc Huyen Quach was the only other Flight B player to bag up over 400K, ending the flight with the second-largest stack of 430,000 which puts him sixth in the overall pecking order.
Japan’s Takuma Endo finished the flight with the third biggest stack of 394,000, with Vietnam’s Huu Long Nguyen (381,000) and Singapore’s Sheng Wei Liang (346,000) rounding out the top five with a total of 20 players making the Final Day and the paying positions.
All tournament information can be found on the Mystery Bounty Hunter - Flight B tournament page.
Singapore’s Xianhe Alecz Chan bagged biggest on Flight C
The turbo Flight C saw a further 137 players (116 unique) ante up and duke it out over twenty 15-minute levels, with Singapore’s Xianhe Alecz Chan finishing atop the third and final flight’s chip counts, concluding play with a stack of 552,000, putting him in second overall.
Natural8 India Ambassador Kunal Patni also bagged big, his 531,000 stack putting him third in the overall counts. Malaysia’s William Teoh and South Korea’s Zee Hyo Jung both bagged 431,000 to share the #3 Flight C spot , which will see them return joint fifth in the overall counts for the Final Day.
The remaining Flight C survivors all finished with less than 200K with 14 players in total making it to the paying positions; Japan’s Shin Watanabe (191,000) and South Korea’s Sung Jin Yun (177,000) rounded out the top five stacks of the final flight.
All tournament information can be found on the Mystery Bounty Hunter - Flight C tournament page.
All 55 survivors are guaranteed a payout of at least PHP 20,000 (~USD 345) when the tournament resumes, with the top ten Final Day stacks as follows:
MYSTERY BOUNTY HUNTER FINAL DAY TOP TEN STACKS
For Mystery Bounty Hunter Flight A Player List please CLICK HERE
For Mystery Bounty Hunter Flight A Survivors please CLICK HERE
For Mystery Bounty Hunter Flight B Player List please CLICK HERE
For Mystery Bounty Hunter Flight B Survivors please CLICK HERE
For Mystery Bounty Hunter Flight C Player List please CLICK HERE
For Mystery Bounty Hunter Flight C Survivors please CLICK HERE
For Mystery Bounty Hunter Final Day Draw please CLICK HERE
The Final Day gets underway at 11:15am local time on Sunday, February 9 with the 55 survivors returning to play down to a champion.