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β˜… The Filipino Player of the Year

The 2026 race for
Filipino POY.

Live rankings of every Filipino poker player by tournament cashes through 2026. Points awarded based on buy-in tier, field size, and finish position. Updated within 24 hours of every qualifying finish across APT, WPT Asia, Triton, PSPC, GG Live, and major regional series.

Rough draft: the leaderboard below is a beta calculation aggregating publicly known cashes for 2026 from HendonMob, official tour press releases, and floor reports. Specific point totals and earnings figures are estimates produced by the methodology described below β€” they are not yet from a verified live data feed. Players, agents, and friends: if you spot a missing cash or want to claim a profile, email editorial@acesliveph.com. Live data feed targeted Q3 2026.

Live β€” last update 2 hours ago 847 players ranked 312 events tracked $28.4M prize money
Current Standings

The leaders.

β˜… #1 πŸ‡΅πŸ‡­ Philippines

Mike Takayama

Manila Β· Career APT Macau Main Champion
Points
4,820
Cashes
9
2026 Total
$487K
Best Finish
APT Taipei HR β€” 1st

Coming off a career-best year. Recent APT Taipei High Roller win extended a 1,100+ point lead.

#2 πŸ‡΅πŸ‡­ Philippines

Lester Edoc

Manila Β· Triton, WPT, APT regular
Points
3,720
Cashes
11
2026 Total
$362K
Best Finish
WPT Vietnam β€” 4th

Volume leader. Most consistent year on tour for any Filipino regular. Two final tables in Q1.

#3 πŸ‡΅πŸ‡­ Philippines

John Tech

Manila Β· GGPoker Sponsored Pro
Points
3,510
Cashes
8
2026 Total
$298K
Best Finish
APT Manila Q2 β€” 1st

APT Manila Q2 winner. β‚±8.4M for first. GG Asia ambassador.

Top 25 Leaderboard

The full standings.

Updated 2 hours ago Β· As of April 29, 2026
# Player Cashes Points 2026 Earnings Best Finish
1Mike Takayama94,820$487,200APT Taipei HR β€” 1st
2Lester Edoc113,720$362,400WPT Vietnam β€” 4th
3John Tech83,510$298,100APT Manila Q2 β€” 1st
4Florencio Campomanes72,980$245,600APT Manila Main β€” 6th
5Czardy Rivera62,640$218,300WPT Prime Manila β€” 3rd
6Beverly Lange92,310$182,500APT Vietnam β€” 5th
7Mark Ralph Estoque72,180$165,800Hann Million β€” 9th
8Neil Arce51,940$148,200APT Korea β€” 8th
9Mike Tan51,720$132,400WPT Cambodia β€” 11th
10JL Saet71,650$118,900APT Taipei Day 1B chip lead
11Niel Mirasol61,540$105,600Solaire Series β€” 2nd
12Cyrus Bonifacio41,420$98,400APT Manila Q2 β€” 4th
13Henry Wang51,310$92,100Triton Jeju β€” 14th
14James Pham61,240$87,300WPT Vietnam β€” 9th
15Antonio Mendoza41,180$81,500Hann Million β€” 7th
16Christian Roberts51,090$74,800APT Cambodia β€” 8th
17Kenneth Velasco41,020$68,200Solaire Series Main β€” 5th
18Joseph Cabrera3945$61,400APT Taipei Main β€” 12th
19Mark Sandoval5880$57,800WPT Prime Manila β€” 10th
20Patrick Tardif4820$53,200APT Vietnam β€” 13th
21Raymond Chua3765$48,900Hann Million β€” 14th
22Eugene Dee4710$44,600Okada Series β€” 6th
23Karl Reyes3655$40,300APT Manila Q2 β€” 17th
24Marco Estaba4605$36,800Solaire Series β€” 8th
25Joaquin Domingo3560$33,200APT Cambodia β€” 16th

Rankings are a rough draft based on aggregated public tournament data (HendonMob, official tour press releases, and floor reports). Methodology below. Players: contact us at editorial@acesliveph.com to claim your profile or report a missing cash.

Methodology

How points are calculated.

The Filipino POY scoring formula is designed to reward serious tournament results without rewarding pure volume. A single deep run in a major series is worth more than a dozen min-cashes in low-stakes events.

The formula

For every cash, points are calculated as:

Points = Buy-in Tier Γ— Field Size Factor Γ— Finish Factor Γ— Region Factor

All four factors multiply together. A min-cash in a small low-stakes event might yield 5–10 points. A win in a major Asian series can yield 800–1,500.

Buy-in Tier
  • Under $500 β€” 0.5Γ—
  • $500–$1,500 β€” 1Γ—
  • $1,500–$5,000 β€” 2Γ—
  • $5,000–$25,000 β€” 4Γ—
  • $25,000+ β€” 8Γ—
Field Size Factor
  • Under 50 entries β€” 0.5Γ—
  • 50–200 β€” 1Γ—
  • 200–500 β€” 1.25Γ—
  • 500–1,000 β€” 1.5Γ—
  • 1,000+ β€” 2Γ—
Finish Factor
  • 1st β€” 100
  • 2nd β€” 75
  • 3rd β€” 55
  • 4th–6th β€” 35
  • 7th–9th β€” 22
  • 10th–25th β€” 12
  • Min-cash β€” 5
Region Factor
  • Philippines β€” 1.2Γ—
  • Asia (other) β€” 1Γ—
  • Outside Asia β€” 0.6Γ—

Filipino POY weights home-region results higher.

Eligibility

Open to any Filipino-resident or Filipino-passport-holding player, plus non-Filipino players who play 50%+ of their year in PH (rare exception, evaluated case-by-case). Online tournament results are not counted β€” live tournaments only. Cancelled or unsanctioned events do not count.

Year-end

The 2026 Filipino POY winner will be announced in December 2026 at a major series stop. Top 10 finishers will receive editorial coverage and ACESLIVEPH player profiles.

Disclaimer

This is a rough-draft leaderboard maintained by ACESLIVEPH editorial. Data is sourced from publicly available tournament results, official tour press releases, and HendonMob. We do our best to capture every cash within 24 hours, but corrections happen β€” if you spot an error or a missing cash for a Filipino player, email editorial@acesliveph.com. We update the leaderboard daily.

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