Ivan Govorov took down the title within the Asian Poker Tour predominant occasion hosted on the Crowne Plaza Manila within the Philippines on Feb. 15. He grabbed the highest prize price $188,185 for the win, and that took his profession earnings above a half million. This was the second reside match 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 match noticed 1,202 entries be a 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 a minimum of $1,635 with way more for the highest spots on the remaining desk.
Govorov was simply seventh in chips when playing cards bought into the air among the many remaining 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 stored to the facet 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 subject.
Alexander Ugay was the subsequent participant to take his go away in fifth place, and fourth place went to Or Yaqqov Nezer. Govorov stored staying out of the best way from all-in confrontations, however he stored constructing his stack on the facet 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 remaining desk.
The knockout punch Govorov scored over Dylan Foster in third place gave him an almost 4:1 chip benefit over 2023 World Sequence of Poker Paradise $25,000 buy-in champion Samuel Mullur firstly of heads-up play. Mullur did handle to double up throughout the match, however Govorov was finally capable of shut out the title.
The ultimate hand noticed Mullur get all in with A
4
, and Govorov had him coated and dominated holding A
Ok. The ultimate board learn Q
889Ok, and Mullur was despatched to the rail in second place for a payout price $110,619 to take his profession earnings above $5.4 million. That topped Govorov the champion of the match for the most effective money of his poker profession.
Fundamental Occasion Ultimate Desk Outcomes
Place
Participant
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 price $206,446 in a subject that attracted 81 entries. The German poker participant grew his profession earnings to $3.15 million because of capturing his fifth general match 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 Worldwide Tremendous Circuit London.
The overall prize pool for this occasion, which value roughly $10,000 to enter when rendered in US {dollars}, ended up at $750,633, with the highest 11 gamers taking residence a minimum of $18,768 in earnings. Schwecht took out Ricky Huang within the remaining hand, with Huang incomes $146,744 because the runner-up.
Excessive Curler Ultimate Desk Outcomes
Place
Participant
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
Photograph Credit score: Asian Poker Tour
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