The APT-RWM Iron Man Poker Challenge Main Event kicked off in Manila today with 115 entrants and at the time of going to press, this record attempting tournament had 21 survivors. The target of these poker pros is beating the current Guinness Record of 36 hours, 34 minutes and 41 seconds set at the Delaware Iron Man Poker Challenge last year. Czech Peter Konas had won this event.
For the record to be set atleast 2 players have to be playing till Sunday, December 15th at 8:34:41 a.m, Philippines Time. and the tournament is now seeing half asleep folds and calls. A prize pool of $71,400 has been created for this $700 entry event with the winner getting $18,240.
Some of the larger stacks according to APT Website are:
Dexter Salmingo – 630K
Edwin Hernandez – 245 K
Lester Edoc – 460K
Byung Kyoo Choi – 385K
Sam Razavi – 340K
Liam Anderson – 320K
Jojo Tech – 660K
Florencio Campomanes – 435K