Sim Wins APPT Cebu, WSOPC Runs in Philly

Jae Kyung Sim Wins APPT Cebu

The Asia Pacific Poker Tour finished its tournament stop in Cebu, Philippines over the weekend. It started with a total field of 158 players and PHP 14,099,920 prize pool. Day 2 took the field from 76 down to 25, and Day 3 took the final 20 into the money.

The last day of play was May 5 and started with Jim Collopy leading the nine-handed final table. He lost ground as Jae Kyung Sim took over, and the latter went on to win the tournament. All of the final table payouts were as follows:

1^st place: Jae Kyung Sim (PHP3,948,000)

2^nd place: Magnus Karlsson (PHP2,538,000)

3^rd place: Anthony Wright (PHP1,480,000)

4^th place: Jim Collopy (PHP1,128,000)

5^th place: Daniel Spence (PHP917,000)

6^th place: Bawod Hyunshik Yun (PHP705,000)

7^th place: Timo Kohijoki (PHP564,000)

8^th place: Michael Allmrodt (PHP458,000)

9^th place: Andrew Nguyen (PHP352,920)

WSOPC Philadelphia Main Event in Progress

In the lead-up to the World Series of Poker Circuit Main Event at Harrah’s in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a regular player on the WSOPC made history. Chris Reslock captured his sixth gold ring by winning Event 6 ($580 NLHE) for $18,200. He is now tied with Alex Masek for the record of six wins each.

The $1,675 NLHE Main Event began on May 4 with two starting flights and a total of 333 entries in all. The $300K guarantee was easily surpassed when the prize pool was set at $526,500, which was going to pay out the top 36 players. When Day 1 as a whole was complete, there were 174 players remaining and Rachel Kranz as the overall chip leader with 143,700 chips.

Day 2 thinned the field and was set to burst the money bubble late into the evening hours on May 5.