Who Will be Crowned Champion of the 2020 WPTDeepStacks Philippines Main Event?
Feb 16, 2020
The lion’s share of the PHP 22,523,400 ($445,513) prize pool will be up for grabs when the final nine players out of a 344-entry strong field return to their seats at the final table in The Coral Room at 1 p.m. local time, and Australia’s Christos Vlahos is in the driver’s seat with a stack of 2,105,000.
Kunwoo Kim, one of two South Koreans that reached the final table, sits in second place with 1,695,000 while three local players aim to keep the trophy on home soil: David Erquiaga (1,440,000), Rogel Del Rosario (1,385,000), and Mark Dela Cruz (1,200,000). For Erquiaga, there is also another huge incentive to finish as high as possible, as a second place would net him the lead in the Season 18 WPT Asia-Pacific leaderboard.
All further finalists have fewer than one million in chips at their disposal including Dimitar Blazhev (850,000), Ryo Naito (600,000), Vikaash Shah (595,000) and Jongjun Park (450,000).
Final Table Seat Assignments:
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
| 1 | Christos Vlahos | Australia | 2,105,000 | 84 |
| 2 | Vikaash Shah | India | 595,000 | 24 |
| 3 | Ryo Naito | Japan | 600,000 | 24 |
| 4 | Mark Dela Cruz | Philippines | 1,200,000 | 48 |
| 5 | Kunwoo Kim | South Korea | 1,695,000 | 68 |
| 6 | Rogel Del Rosario | Philippines | 1,385,000 | 55 |
| 7 | Jongjun Park | South Korea | 450,000 | 18 |
| 8 | Dimitar Blazhev | Bulgaria | 850,000 | 34 |
| 9 | David Erquiaga | Philippines | 1,440,000 | 58 |
There are 11:20 minutes remaining at blinds of 15,000-25,000 with a big blind ante of 25,000, and the levels will continue with a duration of 60 minutes each until the heads-up stage has been reached. Stay tuned to find out who will be crowned the champion right here on WPT.com.
Remaining Payouts:
| Place | Prize (in PHP) | Prize (in USD) |
| 1st | PHP 4,812,000 | $95,181 |
| 2nd | PHP 3,372,000 | $66,698 |
| 3rd | PHP 2,168,000 | $42,883 |
| 4th | PHP 1,397,000 | $27,633 |
| 5th | PHP 1,077,000 | $21,303 |
| 6th | PHP 891,000 | $17,624 |
| 7th | PHP 748,000 | $14,795 |
| 8th | PHP 613,400 | $12,133 |
| 9th | PHP 481,000 | $9,514 |
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