The inaugural World Series of Poker Asia Pacific (WSOP APAC) has seen its share of highs and lows, and it appears the tournament series will end on a fairly high-note.
The WSOPC APAC Main Event drew a field of over 400 players over Day 1 and into Day 2’s late registration, and will award a first-place prize of over $1,000,000 to the winner.
While not a jaw-dropping the figure, the final tally for the Main Event should ease Caesars Management’s mind regarding the WSOP APAC experiment after some very poorly attended events leading up to the $10,000 buy-in Main Event.
Of the 405 entrants, roughly 104 will be returning to the Crown Casino on Saturday for Day 3 of the WSOP APAC Main Event. Leading the way will be Super-High-Roller regular Winifred Yu who bagged-up 432,700 chips, the only player to pass the 400k mark. In second-place on the leader-board is poker pro Rupert Elder, while Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu ended the day in 5th place with 338,100 chips.
Another poker superstar that was cruising along throughout Day 1 and Day 2 was Phil Ivey, but at the end of Day 2 the wheels came off for Ivey (who recently picked-up his 9th career WSOP bracelet), eventually busting when his AQ ran into Pocket Kings.
Other big names still in the mix include Jim Collopy, Benny Spindler, Jonathan Karamilikis, Olekssi Kovalchuk, David Gorr, Dan Shak, Jonathan Duhamel, Erik Seidel, Russell Thomas, Sam Holden, Antonio Esfandiari, Jeff Lisandro, Joe Cheong, Ben Wilinofsky, Mike Watson, Barry Greenstein, Mel Judah, and Steve Gee.
Here is a look at the unofficial chip counts from the WSOP APAC Main Event:
1. Winfred Yu — 432,700
2. Rupert Elder — 373,400
3. George Tsatsis — 365,800
4. Guden Yasar — 350,300
5. Daniel Negreanu — 338,100
6. Martin Dimitrov — 252,000
7. Mark Betts — 238,300
8. Kahle Burns — 231,200
9. David Yan — 230,700
10. Balleur Gaetan — 213,900
On Friday the WSOP APAC also released the payout schedule for the event: 40 players will make the money, with the winner receiving just over $1 million, as well as the coveted Gold Bracelet.
Here is a look at the full payout schedule for the Main event:
• 1st place: $1,038,825
• 2nd place: $637,911
• 3rd place: $423,225
• 4th place: $284,715
• 5th place: $201,994
• 6th place: $146,205
• 7th place: $107,730
• 8th place: $82,721
• 9th and 10th place: $65,408
• 11th and 12th place: $51,941
• 13th and 14th place: $39,245
• 15th and 16th place: $31,549
• 17th – 24th place: $25,778
• 25th – 32nd place: $22,316
• 33rd – 40th place: $20,392
Day 3 of the Main E vent will kick-off at noon local time (changed from 2 PM to insure the final table will be reached by Sunday), while the $50k buy-in High-Roller tournament will also kick-off on Saturday.
Resources: www.wsop.com
