Mechanics
- This event will have PHP 630,000 withheld from the prize pool as a seat in the APT Championship Event taking place in Taipei in November 2025. This seat will be awarded to the winner of the trophy of the event.
- Day 1 Plays 10 Levels on all Flights
- Day 2 Plays to ITM
- Day 3 Plays 10 Levels or to 48 Players (whichever comes first)
- Day 4 Plays to a Final Table (TD's discretion)
- Final Day play to a Champion
- Onlive qualifers will join start of Live Day 3 ITM.
- Blind levels will not be rolled back when Onlive qualifers and Live qualifiers merge.
- Day 2 (and Onlive ITM qualifers) plays Best Stack Forward.
- Onlive qualifiers qualifying 2 stacks will be awarded a min cash for the lower stack being removed.
- Players are allowed to forfeit their stack before the close of registration in order to re-enter.
- APT reserves to the right to drop play to 8 handed at any point of the event.
- Big Blind Ante - Big blind is paid before the ante.
- 30 second shot clocks will be introduced 1 table off the money.
- Players will initially receive 2 time banks (Onlive qualifers will start with 3) and another one at each break.
- Once a deal has been made between players, levels will be reduced to 30 minutes.
- Redraws at the end of each day of play, then redraws will happen at the final 3 tables, 2 tables and the Final Table.
- A redraw at the final 3 tables will be skipped if a redraw has been done at the end of the previous day that is less than 50% of a full table to the redraw.
- A redraw at the final 2 tables will be skipped if a redraw has been done at 3 tables the previous day.
- Final Table starting level is guaranteed to be at a minimum of a 30 big blind average.
- Guarantee subject to Force Majeure including not limited to, Earthquake, Flood, Typhoon, Epidemic, and etc.