Daniel Lee took residence the event title within the Asian Poker Tour foremost occasion on the City of Dreams Manila Resort for a high payout value $256,020. Lee holds a handful of event titles, however this was his largest rating up to now. He additionally took residence his first 24K gold lion APT foremost occasion trophy.
“Back in college and high school I would game professionally, I always loved games, always got to the top. I also love markets, I love risk, I love betting. I love that type of stuff, so poker is like a great mix of those two. I have a deep passion for the game, it’s so fun, it’s so exhilarating. This deep run makes it so worth it,” mentioned Lee to reporters after the win.
He continued, “It feel’s so surreal, I’ll be honest, I got pretty lucky. I think heads-up I didn’t play it that well, but in the end we ground it out and persevered and came away with the victory.”
Although the primary occasion was the star of the sequence, a number of tournaments set data for the APT in each phrases of turnout and prize pool.
The 85,000 Philippine Peso buy-in foremost occasion noticed a big discipline of 8,102 entries to place the overall prize pool at $5,944,757. The high 159 gamers all made the cash together with Joey Weissman (forty fifth), Hye Park (72nd), Joseph Cheong (97th).
Lee held the chip lead in the beginning of the ultimate desk, however a rocky begin noticed him fall close to the underside of the pack. Jaejoong Kim fell in ninth place, and Vincent Huang adopted him in eighth place. Renji Mao hit the rail in seventh place, after which Lee bounced again and took over the ultimate desk by eliminating the following three gamers.
Gab Yong Kimn (sixth), Sandagdorj Munkhbaatar (fifth), and Ferdinand Lu (fourth) all fell on the ft of Lee, after which Edgar Antezana received in on the motion by busting John Costiniano in third place to set the heads-up closing. Antezana had a slight edge by simply 5 huge blinds over Lee when that closing skirmish started.
The remaining two gamers selected a chop, nevertheless it nonetheless took 53 palms between them to determine a winner. There have been three lead modifications between them earlier than the destiny of the event was determined. Lee rivered a flush in essentially the most consequential hand to finest the journey threes of Antezana, and that every one however settled the matter.
The closing hand was only a formality to crown Lee as the brand new APT champion. Antezana took residence a pleasant comfort prize value $235,450 due to his deep run within the event. This second-place end was the most important rating of the South African participant’s profession by far.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Payout | POY |
| 1 | Daniel Lee | $256,020 | 1,320 |
| 2 | Edgar Antezana | $235,450 | 1,100 |
| 3 | John Costiniano | $129,880 | 880 |
| 4 | Ferdinand Lu | $97,850 | 660 |
| 5 | Sandagdorj Munkhbaatar | $74,630 | 550 |
| 6 | Gab Yong Kim | $54,570 | 440 |
| 7 | Renji Mao | $40,970 | 330 |
| 8 | Vincent Huang | $29,325 | 220 |
| 9 | Jaejoong Kim | $22,865 | 110 |
Photo Credit: Asian Poker Tour
