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2015 PokerStars.net APPT Manila: Aaron Lim Wins Unprecedented Second APPT Title

The third and final day of the PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour at the City of Dreams — a tournament that attracted 585 entrants and created a prize pool of u20b125,535,250 (USD $558,000) — saw 23 hopefuls return to the tables with Iona Finkenrath in the lead, while Aaron Lim was the only former APPT champion still in, having taken down APPT7 Seoul in March 2013.

Nearly 12 hours later, Finkenrath was gone, and Lim emerged victorious in heads-up play against Day 1a chip leader Douglas Olsson for a payday of PHP 6,016,250 (USD $131,271.