Ivan Govorov took down the title within the Asian Poker Tour important occasion hosted on the Crowne Plaza Manila within the Philippines on Feb. 15. He grabbed the highest prize value $188,185 for the win, and that took his profession earnings above a half million. This was the second reside event victory general for the Russian poker participant, who now has 21 recorded cashes below his belt.
The PHP 60,000 buy-in no-limit maintain’em event noticed 1,202 entries be part of the sector to construct a complete prize pool of $1,062,775. That gave the ultimate 175 gamers remaining a shot at claiming at the very least $1,635 with far more for the highest spots on the last desk.
Govorov was simply seventh in chips when playing cards bought into the air among the many last 9 gamers, and he stayed out of the best way whereas Hirota Iwamoto fell in ninth place, and Adalsteinn Karlssong hit the rail in eighth place. Jie Zhang exited subsequent in seventh place whereas Govorov saved to the aspect of the main motion. Dmitrii Belikov busted in sixth place, and after that was when Govorov scored a well-timed double to maneuver up from the shortest stack remaining within the area.
Alexander Ugay was the subsequent participant to take his depart in fifth place, and fourth place went to Or Yaqqov Nezer. Govorov saved staying out of the best way from all-in confrontations, however he saved constructing his stack on the aspect to carry the lead with three gamers remaining. The battle for third place took a while, and that’s when Govorov scored his first elimination on the last desk.
The knockout punch Govorov scored over Dylan Foster in third place gave him a virtually 4:1 chip benefit over 2023 World Series of Poker Paradise $25,000 buy-in champion Samuel Mullur in the beginning of heads-up play. Mullur did handle to double up through the match, however Govorov was in the end in a position to shut out the title.
The last hand noticed Mullur get all in with A
4
, and Govorov had him coated and dominated holding A
Ok. The last board learn Q
889Ok, and Mullur was despatched to the rail in second place for a payout value $110,619 to take his profession earnings above $5.4 million. That topped Govorov the champion of the event for the perfect money of his poker profession.
Main Event Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Payout | POY |
| 1 | Ivan Govorov | $188,185 | 960 |
| 2 | Samuel Muller | $110,619 | 800 |
| 3 | Dylan Foster | $77,809 | 640 |
| 4 | Or Yaqqov Nezer | $58,310 | 480 |
| 5 | Alexander Ugay | $44,676 | 400 |
| 6 | Dmitrii Belikov | $33,031 | 320 |
| 7 | Jie Zhang | $25,177 | 240 |
| 8 | Adalsteinn Karlssong | $17,935 | 160 |
| 9 | Hirota Iwamoto | $13,923 | 80 |
Over within the excessive curler that featured a buy-in of PHP 600,000 it was Tobias Schwecht who received the highest prize value $206,446 in a area that attracted 81 entries. The German poker participant grew his profession earnings to $3.15 million because of capturing his fifth general event title.
This was the third-largest rating of his profession. His prime payday stays the $609,600 he earned for taking down a £3,300 occasion on the 2023 WSOP International Super Circuit London.
The whole prize pool for this occasion, which price roughly $10,000 to enter when rendered in US {dollars}, ended up at $750,633, with the highest 11 gamers taking residence at the very least $18,768 in earnings. Schwecht took out Ricky Huang within the last hand, with Huang incomes $146,744 because the runner-up.
High Roller Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Payout | POY |
| 1 | Tobias Schwecht | $206,446 | 480 |
| 2 | Ricky Huang | $146,744 | 400 |
| 3 | Charlie Chiu | $96,084 | 320 |
| 4 | Scott Margerson | $73,933 | 240 |
| 5 | John Matsuda | $58,548 | 200 |
| 6 | William Tech | $36,023 | 120 |
| 7 | Punna Punsri | $28,152 | 80 |
| 8 | Victor Dai | $21,386 | 40 |
Photo Credit: Asian Poker Tour
