APT MANILA CLASSIC 2025 SCHEDULE| OFFICIAL RESULTS | PLAYER LISTS | IMAGES | WINNERS

MANILA, PHILIPPINES, February 7, 2025 – Welcome to the APT Manila Classic 2025, with the action-packed 10-day festival featuring 100 events (including satellites) with the series proper comprising a substantial 95 Trophy Events and boasting over PHP 143 million (~USD 2.4 million) in guaranteed prize money.

Running February 7 to 16 in partnership with the Metro Card Club, the series is playing out in the Grand Ballroom at Crowne Plaza Galleria.

This is the first festival of the APT 2025 season and the 43rd time the tour has hosted a festival in the Philippines’ capital, with the last visit resulting in the largest and richest Philippines-based poker series in tour history.

With the Main Event coming with an affordable PHP 60,000 (~USD 1,000) buy-in and sporting an enticing PHP 60 million guarantee the festival promises to deliver some thrilling top flight tournament action as Asia’s premier poker tour looks to raise the bar once again.

The tour’s other two signature Lion Trophy events—the PHP 600,000 (~USD 10,310) APT Super High Roller and the PHP 200,000 (~USD 3,440) APT High Roller—both boast eight-figure (six in USD) prize pool guarantees.

In addition to the mouth-watering guarantees and cash game action, there is also some extra value on offer for the winners of the Main Event, the APT High Roller, and the APT Super High Roller following the announcement of the tours' end of year poker extravaganza—the TWD 165 million (~USD 5 million) guaranteed APT Championship (APTC) running from November 14 to 30, 2025 in Taipei, Taiwan—with the eventual champions of all three tournaments receiving a TWD 350,000 (~USD 10,700) seat to the APTC Main Event, plus USD 500 added value to cover expenses.

The series looks primed to post some solid numbers, especially if the entries for the opening APT National Cup are anything to go by — which you can read about in more detail below.

In addition to the guaranteed marquee events, the series boasts daily High Roller tournaments and Woman’s Events, plus an eclectic selection of mixed games and assorted poker variants. Highlights include:

• Philippines National Cup: Feb 7-8, 2025 – PHP 12K/~USD 200 buy-in
• Mystery Bounty - Sponsored by Natural8: Feb 8-9 – PHP 20K/~USD 340 buy-in
• Sunday Super Stack: Feb 9 – PHP 30K/~USD 500 buy-in
• APT Super High Roller (PHP 20M/~USD 340K GTD): Feb 9-10 – PHP 600K/~USD 10.2K buy-in
• Main Event (PHP 60M/~USD 1M GTD): Feb 9-15 – PHP 60K/~USD 1,000 buy-in
• Baby Superstar: Feb 11 – PHP 300K/~USD 5,000 buy-in
• Zodiac Classic - Sponsored by Natural8 (PHP 15M/~USD 255K GTD): Feb 13-14 – PHP 90K/~USD 1.5K buy-in
• Superstar Challenge: Feb 13-14 – PHP 1.5M/~USD 25K buy-in
• Double Stack (PHP 6M/~USD 102K GTD): Feb 14-15 – PHP 20K/~USD 340 buy-in
• APT High Roller (PHP 15M/~USD 255K GTD): Feb 15-16 – PHP 200K/~USD 3.4K buy-in
• Mini Main Event (PHP 5M/~USD 85K GTD): Feb 15-16 – PHP 25K/~USD 425 buy-in
• Micro Main Event (PHP 1M/~USD 17K GTD): Feb 16 – PHP 12K/~USD 200 buy-in

Singapore’s Dalvin Carvalho Tops Flight A to Lead Philippines National Cup

Singapore’s Dalvin Carvalho leads Philippines National Cup coming into the Final Day

It was the two-day PHP 12,000 (~USD 200) Event #1: Philippines National Cup getting the series action underway with the tournament drawing 398 entries (240 unique) in total over the three starting flights.

With PHP 4,034,765 (~USD 69,326) in the prize pool, the eventual winner walking away with a PHP 797,765 (~USD 13,700) top prize, and only the top 14 percent of each three flights making the Final Day and the money, competition for a place in the paying positions was fiercely contested, with 58 players fighting their way through, guaranteeing themselves a payday of at least PHP 18,000 (~USD 309).

For APT National Cup Prize Pool & Payouts please CLICK HERE

It was Flight A kickstarting the action at 11:15am local time, drawing 144 entries (109 unique) with the action playing out over eighteen 25-minute levels and Singapore’s Dalvin Carvalho topping the counts after bagging up 601,000 in chips. Carvalho was the only player to bag up over 600K with compatriot Zhi Xiang Png the next closest competitor, closing out the Flight A action with a stack of 508,000.

Japan’s Kenta Takahashi rounded out the top three, padding out his chip bag with a stack of 478,000, with the Philippines’ David “Spade” Erquiaga (331,000) and Canada’s Christian Lortie (279,000) rounding out the top five and 21 players making through the opening flight to earn a place in the paying positions for the Final Day.

All tournament information can be found on the Philippines National Cup - Flight A tournament page.

Flight B frontrunner Nattawut Kwunsong

Flight B drew a further 139 entries (116 unique) who battled it out over twenty-one 20-minute levels to earn their place in the money spots, with Thailand’s Nattawut Kwunsong leading the charge and concluding play with 530,000 in chips.

Kwunsong was the only Flight B player to crack the half million chip mark, with Taiwan’s Cheng Yen Lo the next best finisher after bagging up 442,000 in chips.

Japan’s Atsushi Takeuchi rounded out the top three Flight B stacks with 357,000 in chips, with Natural8 India Ambassador Kunal Patni (311,000) and the Philippines’ Jansen Tiu (303,000) rounding out the top five, with 20 players making the cut for the Final Day.

All tournament information can be found on the Philippines National Cup - Flight B tournament page.

Flight C chip leader Katsuyuki Kondo

The third and final Flight C attracted a further 115 entries (93 unique), with the action playing out over nineteen 15-minute levels, with 17 players making it through to the Final Day and Japan’s Katsuyuki Kondo topping the flight with a stack of 407,000 putting him sixth in the overall pecking order.

The Philippines’ Martin Gonzales bagged the second largest Flight C stack, bagging up 372,000 in chips, with India’s Raju Jaruplavath and

Japan’s Numata Takahiro sharing the third ranked placing, both bagging 311,000. Japan’s Ryosuke Ikari (268,000) and Thailand’s Thanachai Piyanarapohn (261,000) rounded out the top five.

All tournament information can be found on the Philippines National Cup - Flight C tournament page.

PHILIPPINES NATIONAL CUP FINAL DAY TOP TEN STACKS

For Philippines National Cup Flight A Player List please CLICK HERE

For Philippines National Cup Flight A Survivors please CLICK HERE

For Philippines National Cup Flight B Player List please CLICK HERE

For Philippines National Cup Flight B Survivors please CLICK HERE

For Philippines National Cup Flight C Player List please CLICK HERE

For Philippines National Cup Flight C Survivors please CLICK HERE

For Philippines National Cup Final Day Draw please CLICK HERE

The Final Day gets underway at 11:15am local time on Saturday, February 8 with the 58 survivors returning to play down to a champion.

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