Fast hätte es auch noch mit dem österreichischen Sieg beim Main Event der Asian Poker Tour (APT) im Crowne Plaza Manila geklappt. Nach einem langen Dreikampf konnte sich schließlich Ivan Govorov durchsetzen, Samuel Mullur wurde Runner-up.
Die deutschsprachigen Spieler konnten bei der APT Manila eine hervorragende Bilanz ziehen und fast wären die Erfolge noch mit einem Sieg im PHP 60.000 Main Event (rund € 1.000) gekrönt worden. 1.202 Entries waren verzeichnet worden, einige deutschsprachige Spieler hatten es in die 175 bezahlten Plätze geschafft. Umgerechnet $1.615 gab es als Min-Cash, den unter anderem Jakub Wojtas mitnahm. Auf dem Weg zum Final Table erwischte es dann aber auch Martin Finger und Darius Maximilian Nass (je $2.268) sowie Daniel Smiljkovic ($2.698), Matthias Lipp ($3-265) und Lars Kamphues ($7.302), der sich nach den Starttagen unter den Chipleadern mitmischte. Niklas Warlich schrammte am Final Table vorbei, er musste sich mit $10.481 für Rang 10 begnügen.
Damit ruhten dann die Hoffnungen auf Samuel Mullur. Der junge Österreicher konnte sich gut am Final Table behaupten und zwischendurch lag er auch mehrfach in Führung. Vor allem zu dritt ging es gefühlt eine Ewigkeit mit vielen Ups and Downs. Schließlich musste Dylan Foster mit 
gegen 
von Ivan Govorov die Segel steichen, der Flop 
war schon eindeutig.
Heads-up:
Ivan Govorov 38.000.000
Samuel Mullur 10.00.000
Samu startete mit einem Double-up, doch die Freude wehrte nur eine Hand. Mit 
war Samuel Mullur gleich wieder all-in, Ivan Govorov hielt 
und auch das Board 
brachte keine Hilfe mehr. Damit war Ivan Govorov der Sieger des bislang größten APT Manila Main Events und kassierte PHP 11.069.680 ($190.201), für Samu blieben umgerechnet rund $111.804.
APT Manila Classic 2025
Datum: 7. bis 16. Februar
Ort: Crowne Plaza Manila
Events: 100
Buy-Ins: PHP 3.000 (€50) bis PHP 1.500.000 (€25.025)
APT Main Event
Buy-In: PHP 54.000 + 6.000 (€ 1.000)
Entries: 1.202
Preisgeld: PHP 62.311.680 ( € 109.400)
Bezahlte Plätze: 175
Payouts
| Rang | Name | Nation | Preisgeld PHP | in $ |
| 1 | Ivan Govorov | Russia | 11.069.680 | 190.201 |
| 2 | Samuel Sabu Mullur | Austria | 6.507.000 | 111.804 |
| 3 | Dylan Wayne Foster | Australia | 4.577.000 | 78.643 |
| 4 | Or Yaaqov Nezer | Israel | 3.430.000 | 58.935 |
| 5 | Alexander Ugay | Russia | 2.628.000 | 45.155 |
| 6 | Dmitrii Belikov | Russia | 1.943.000 | 33.385 |
| 7 | Jie Zhang | Hong Kong | 1.481.000 | 25.447 |
| 8 | Adalsteinn Petur Karlsson | Iceland | 1.055.000 | 18.127 |
| 9 | Hiroya Iwamoto | Japan | 819.000 | 14.072 |
| 10 | Michihiko Matsuda | Japan | 679.000 | 11.667 |
| 11 | Jeoffrey Sibal | Philippines | 679.000 | 11.667 |
| 12 | Niklas Marcus Warlich | Germany | 610.000 | 10.481 |
| 13 | Egidijus Digrys | Lithuania | 610.000 | 10.481 |
| 14 | Tetsuya Tsujisaka | Japan | 548.000 | 9.416 |
| 15 | Ngoc Huyen Quach | Vietnam | 548.000 | 9.416 |
| 16 | Sangbum Kim | South Korea | 487.000 | 8.368 |
| 17 | Shinya Matsuda | Japan | 487.000 | 8.368 |
| 18 | Donavan Chu | Hong Kong | 425.000 | 7.302 |
| 19 | Lars Kamphues | Germany | 425.000 | 7.302 |
| 20 | Po-Shuo Huang | Taiwan | 425.000 | 7.302 |
| 21 | Vlada Stojanovic | Serbia | 363.000 | 6.237 |
| 22 | Noppon Taengruen | Thailand | 363.000 | 6.237 |
| 23 | Chuning Tan | China | 363.000 | 6.237 |
| 24 | Jayden Zalac | Australia | 305.000 | 5.241 |
| 25 | Nobuaki Sasaki | Japan | 305.000 | 5.241 |
| 26 | Hyundong Lee | South Korea | 305.000 | 5.241 |
| 27 | Siddharth Karia | India | 305.000 | 5.241 |
| 28 | Nopparut Piyatassakorn | Thailand | 257.000 | 4.416 |
| 29 | Jiaqi He | China | 257.000 | 4.416 |
| 30 | Cheng Zhou | China | 257.000 | 4.416 |
| 31 | Bonifacio Mondalo Jr | Philippines | 257.000 | 4.416 |
| 32 | Geno Gendrano | Philippines | 223.000 | 3.832 |
| 33 | Rishi Mehra | India | 223.000 | 3.832 |
| 34 | PADIPAN PHOTHA | Thailand | 223.000 | 3.832 |
| 35 | Daehyung Lee | South Korea | 223.000 | 3.832 |
| 36 | Cheli Lin | Taiwan | 223.000 | 3.832 |
| 37 | Xuan Huy Dinh | Vietnam | 223.000 | 3.832 |
| 38 | Anusorn Asiralertsiri | Thailand | 223.000 | 3.832 |
| 39 | Terry Gonzaga | Philippines | 223.000 | 3.832 |
| 40 | Luke Dainton | United Kingdom | 190.000 | 3.265 |
| 41 | Weslian Jase Alvaran | Philippines | 190.000 | 3.265 |
| 42 | Yu-Chien Kung | Taiwan | 190.000 | 3.265 |
| 43 | Yi-Feng Hsieh | Taiwan | 190.000 | 3.265 |
| 44 | Seungmook Jung | South Korea | 190.000 | 3.265 |
| 45 | Javier Zarco | Spain | 190.000 | 3.265 |
| 46 | Hayama Miei | Japan | 190.000 | 3.265 |
| 47 | Emmanuel Segismundo | Philippines | 190.000 | 3.265 |
| 48 | Tirajad Sirimueanphong | Thailand | 190.000 | 3.265 |
| 49 | Senan Inoue | Japan | 190.000 | 3.265 |
| 50 | Stephen Sc Lai | Hong Kong | 190.000 | 3.265 |
| 51 | Matthias Lipp | Austria | 190.000 | 3.265 |
| 52 | Marc Richelieu Rivera | Philippines | 190.000 | 3.265 |
| 53 | Takumi Monden | Japan | 190.000 | 3.265 |
| 54 | Suya Lee | South Korea | 190.000 | 3.265 |
| 55 | David Erquiaga | Philippines | 190.000 | 3.265 |
| 56 | Mark Almusajin | Philippines | 157.000 | 2.698 |
| 57 | Sho Katsura | Japan | 157.000 | 2.698 |
| 58 | Abraham Abdulla Ceesvin | Singapore | 157.000 | 2.698 |
| 59 | Cheng Yen Lo | Taiwan | 157.000 | 2.698 |
| 60 | Frederick Hernandez | Philippines | 157.000 | 2.698 |
| 61 | Joshua McCully | Australia | 157.000 | 2.698 |
| 62 | Vytautas Laurinaitis | Lithuania | 157.000 | 2.698 |
| 63 | Shyh Chyn Lim | Malaysia | 157.000 | 2.698 |
| 64 | Kam Fung Lee | Hong Kong | 157.000 | 2.698 |
| 65 | Sita Divari | Thailand | 157.000 | 2.698 |
| 66 | Florencio Iv Campomanes | Philippines | 157.000 | 2.698 |
| 67 | Marco Almerez | Philippines | 157.000 | 2.698 |
| 68 | Thijs Hilberts | Netherlands | 157.000 | 2.698 |
| 69 | Leonidas Panagiotopoulos | Greece | 157.000 | 2.698 |
| 70 | Olivier Serrie | France | 157.000 | 2.698 |
| 71 | Daniel Smiljkovic | Germany | 157.000 | 2.698 |
| 72 | Jacques Le Guennec | France | 132.000 | 2.268 |
| 73 | Darius Maximilian Nass | Germany | 132.000 | 2.268 |
| 74 | Rex Hunt Ai | Australia | 132.000 | 2.268 |
| 75 | Yousuke Ino | Japan | 132.000 | 2.268 |
| 76 | Isaac Chern Chze Phua | Malaysia | 132.000 | 2.268 |
| 77 | Andrew Nguyen | United States | 132.000 | 2.268 |
| 78 | Moses Saquing | Philippines | 132.000 | 2.268 |
| 79 | Benhur Velez Ybarsabal | Philippines | 132.000 | 2.268 |
| 80 | Javier Martinez | Spain | 132.000 | 2.268 |
| 81 | Edwin Marzan | Philippines | 132.000 | 2.268 |
| 82 | Martin Finger | Germany | 132.000 | 2.268 |
| 83 | Tsz Him Chan | Hong Kong | 132.000 | 2.268 |
| 84 | Hua-Wei Lin | Taiwan | 132.000 | 2.268 |
| 85 | Mike Takayama | Philippines | 132.000 | 2.268 |
| 86 | Jesse Rivera | United States | 132.000 | 2.268 |
| 87 | Shengwei Liang | Singapore | 132.000 | 2.268 |
| 88 | Bao Qiang Ho | Singapore | 132.000 | 2.268 |
| 89 | Yoshizazu Endo | Japan | 132.000 | 2.268 |
| 90 | Zhifan Ye | China | 132.000 | 2.268 |
| 91 | Kazuma Maekawa | Japan | 132.000 | 2.268 |
| 92 | Pattanan Sriwichain | Thailand | 132.000 | 2.268 |
| 93 | Alexis Dioniso Cruz | Philippines | 132.000 | 2.268 |
| 94 | Patayut Hiranprueck | Thailand | 132.000 | 2.268 |
| 95 | Marc Antoine Gagne | Canada | 132.000 | 2.268 |
| 96 | Yu Tang Wang | Taiwan | 119.000 | 2.045 |
| 97 | Jihwan Oh | South Korea | 119.000 | 2.045 |
| 98 | Somasekhar Sanampuri | India | 119.000 | 2.045 |
| 99 | Ken Ochiai | Japan | 119.000 | 2.045 |
| 100 | Byeongjin Kim | South Korea | 119.000 | 2.045 |
| 101 | Jaejoong Kim | South Korea | 119.000 | 2.045 |
| 102 | Geronimo Manuel | Philippines | 119.000 | 2.045 |
| 103 | Bharath Jayaram | India | 119.000 | 2.045 |
| 104 | Yuya Asakawa | Japan | 119.000 | 2.045 |
| 105 | Kaga Tam | Hong Kong | 119.000 | 2.045 |
| 106 | Ramana Epparla | United States | 119.000 | 2.045 |
| 107 | Yohn Paredes | Perù | 119.000 | 2.045 |
| 108 | Rundulf Martin Gonzales | Philippines | 119.000 | 2.045 |
| 109 | Tomoki Terashima | Japan | 119.000 | 2.045 |
| 110 | Zhen Chen | China | 119.000 | 2.045 |
| 111 | Lok Ching Li | Australia | 119.000 | 2.045 |
| 112 | Rokas Asipauskas | Lithuania | 119.000 | 2.045 |
| 113 | Alari Kunnapuu | Estonia | 119.000 | 2.045 |
| 114 | Stephen Andrew Freestone | United Kingdom | 119.000 | 2.045 |
| 115 | Dale Andrew Townsend | Australia | 119.000 | 2.045 |
| 116 | Wanhao Zhao | China | 119.000 | 2.045 |
| 117 | Jason Park Lun Wong | United Kingdom | 119.000 | 2.045 |
| 118 | Lawrence Wong | Singapore | 119.000 | 2.045 |
| 119 | Collin Gentner | Canada | 119.000 | 2.045 |
| 120 | Jimmy Gin Wee Yar | Singapore | 106.000 | 1.821 |
| 121 | Richard Marquez | Philippines | 106.000 | 1.821 |
| 122 | Thomas Lee | Canada | 106.000 | 1.821 |
| 123 | Joshua Chargualaf | Guam | 106.000 | 1.821 |
| 124 | Liam O Donoghue | Thailand | 106.000 | 1.821 |
| 125 | Junghyun Lee | South Korea | 106.000 | 1.821 |
| 126 | Oliver Thomas Bithell | France | 106.000 | 1.821 |
| 127 | Yuji Tsuboi | Japan | 106.000 | 1.821 |
| 128 | Alex Tchong | Australia | 106.000 | 1.821 |
| 129 | Masayuki Murata | Japan | 106.000 | 1.821 |
| 130 | Joshua Hamilton Duce | Australia | 106.000 | 1.821 |
| 131 | Anthony Gabitan | Philippines | 106.000 | 1.821 |
| 132 | David Thomson Moore | United States | 106.000 | 1.821 |
| 133 | Runch Pornraksamanee | Thailand | 106.000 | 1.821 |
| 134 | James Arnan Moriles | Philippines | 106.000 | 1.821 |
| 135 | Sithanh Deuansavanh | Laos | 106.000 | 1.821 |
| 136 | Won You | South Korea | 106.000 | 1.821 |
| 137 | Rahul Rajendra Darak | India | 106.000 | 1.821 |
| 138 | Aaron Richard Valencia | United States | 106.000 | 1.821 |
| 139 | Seina Asagiri | Japan | 106.000 | 1.821 |
| 140 | Tsz Chung Yip | Hong Kong | 106.000 | 1.821 |
| 141 | Nattawut Kwunsong | Thailand | 106.000 | 1.821 |
| 142 | Joshua Darnel Figuerres | Philippines | 106.000 | 1.821 |
| 143 | Dominik Nitsche | United Kingdom | 106.000 | 1.821 |
| 144 | Asa Gregory Smith | United Kingdom | 94.000 | 1.615 |
| 145 | Raju Jaruplavath | India | 94.000 | 1.615 |
| 146 | Nattamon Kaweesorasak | Thailand | 94.000 | 1.615 |
| 147 | Czardy Earldale Rivera | Philippines | 94.000 | 1.615 |
| 148 | Yohei Kitazato | Japan | 94.000 | 1.615 |
| 149 | Prommin Talordpong | Thailand | 94.000 | 1.615 |
| 150 | Gregory Liow | Canada | 94.000 | 1.615 |
| 151 | Beng Key Teoh | Malaysia | 94.000 | 1.615 |
| 152 | Battulga Ganbold | Mongolia | 94.000 | 1.615 |
| 153 | Kaito Hashimoto | Japan | 94.000 | 1.615 |
| 154 | Edward Chun Ho Yam | Hong Kong | 94.000 | 1.615 |
| 155 | Beng Hong Ker | Singapore | 94.000 | 1.615 |
| 156 | Cai Xin Wong | China | 94.000 | 1.615 |
| 157 | Ronn Mesina | Philippines | 94.000 | 1.615 |
| 158 | Benjamin Ebarle | Philippines | 94.000 | 1.615 |
| 159 | Daichi Hiruma | Japan | 94.000 | 1.615 |
| 160 | Yusuke Arima | Japan | 94.000 | 1.615 |
| 161 | Edgaras Kausinis | Lithuania | 94.000 | 1.615 |
| 162 | Joonhee Yea | South Korea | 94.000 | 1.615 |
| 163 | Muneyuki Tanimura | Japan | 94.000 | 1.615 |
| 164 | Jason Kyle Magbanua | Philippines | 94.000 | 1.615 |
| 165 | Wipawadee Kanaraksapong | Thailand | 94.000 | 1.615 |
| 166 | Ish Agarwal | India | 94.000 | 1.615 |
| 167 | Craig Landry | Australia | 94.000 | 1.615 |
| 168 | Akihiro Kawaguchi | Japan | 94.000 | 1.615 |
| 169 | Kaito Mori | Japan | 94.000 | 1.615 |
| 170 | Jakub Wojtas | Germany | 94.000 | 1.615 |
| 171 | Renniel Galvez | Philippines | 94.000 | 1.615 |
| 172 | I-Chun Chiu | Taiwan | 94.000 | 1.615 |
| 173 | Finn Ove Penderak | Thailand | 94.000 | 1.615 |
| 174 | Anthony Kastelic | United States | 94.000 | 1.615 |
| 175 | Xiang Qian Ran | Singapore | 94.000 | 1.615 |