{"id":8199,"date":"2018-08-13T15:05:10","date_gmt":"2018-08-13T19:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onlinepokeramerica.com\/news\/?p=8199"},"modified":"2018-08-13T15:05:10","modified_gmt":"2018-08-13T19:05:10","slug":"hon-cheong-wins-appt-high-rolling-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onlinepokeramerica.com\/news\/hon-cheong-wins-appt-high-rolling-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Hon Cheong Wins APPT High Rolling Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onlinepokeramerica.com\/news\/wilson-lim-manages-victory-at-appt-main-event\/?preview=true\">The Asian Pacific Poker Tour (APPT)<\/a> has had more than one winner. Even though the regular event may have come with a $243,000, the High Roller event was definitely one of the shiniest jewels of the overall competition. Throwing together as many as 124 entrants, the event was a far greater success than the previous edition taking place in Korea.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"of-events-past-and-new\">Of Events Past and New<\/h2>\n<p>The high rolling event had <a href=\"http:\/\/pokerdb.thehendonmob.com\/player.php?a=r&amp;n=291543\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Yan Li compete alongside the other challengers<\/a>. Li managed to rough it against 60-odd players in 2016, fetching herself the total cash prize of $74,000. In this week\u2019s iteration though, it was Hon Cheong Lee nabbing the first place and adding $87,504 to his bankroll.<\/p>\n<p>And if we mention the name of Li, it\u2019s just because to remind you that she had a pretty decent chance of winning the event yet again, but she ran into strong competition and was ultimately left out of the top 9 players to clinch a piece of the prize pool. The high-roller event was quite the diverse affair. Players flocked from all over the world and the final 9 came from a variety of places, including China, Korea, India, Russia, Hong Kong, Germany, and the United States.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sriharsha Doddapaneni<\/strong> from India finished last, bringing home $10,401. The US representative, Randy Lew managed to clinch 5th spot with $30,714 and he was shortly behind Maxim Befus from Germany with $38,087. Both were outpaced by Konstantin Pogodin from Russia at $46,006.<\/p>\n<p>Second place went to Lee\u2019s most serious challenger <strong>Sahil Agarwal<\/strong> from India who left the race with a bite into the prize as substantial as Lee\u2019s. He managed to clinch over <strong>87,000<\/strong> but shortly below Lee\u2019s own prize. <\/p>\n<p>It wouldn\u2019t be difficult to argue that the event saw quite the hefty competition even though players were less likely to join in droves. But it\u2019s quite typical of a high roller event to end up with a rather shorter number of people. However, one distinct feature of the APPT is that it hasn\u2019t been the top-heavy affair some poker tournaments turn out to be.<\/p>\n<p>For the most part, there has been an equal distribution of the cash prizes and poker players weren\u2019t asked to wager an arm and a leg to participate. Even by high rolling standards, the APPT High Roller has been a mild affair, which places it on the map as one of the most-desirable high-rolling gigs out there.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"a-future-for-the-appt\">A Future for the APPT<\/h2>\n<p>The APPT has been treading carefully. Prize pools have been generously divvied up between individual players allowing everyone to have a crack at the very pot. This format has been gaining traction for a while now. The East has a better evened-out prize pools, which is more encouraging for the average gamer to continue trying to participate.<\/p>\n<p>With a low entry-fee, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pokerstarslive.com\/appt\/manila\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">it\u2019s understandable why the interest in the event, whilst still modest, will be significantly better<\/a> than exclusive pow-wows such as the Triton Series in Jeju and Moscow. Asia has something to say about how events should be held.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Asian Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) has had more than one winner. Even though the regular event may have come with a $243,000, the High Roller event was definitely one of the shiniest jewels of the overall competition. 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