India's Tarun Guwalani won the inaugural Baby Zodiac event at APT Jeju, according to the tour's October 5 report. His first APT title came with KRW 61,158,000. The Philippines' David “Spade” Erquiaga finished 28th among the paid places.
The confirmed result
The KRW 1.5 million buy-in event attracted 223 entries from 152 individual players. Its prize pool was KRW 289,008,000, with 31 places paid.
- Champion: Tarun Guwalani, India — KRW 61,158,000.
- Runner-up: Hongbo Pan, China — KRW 41,150,000.
- Third: Ryan Plant, United Kingdom — KRW 29,020,000.
APT reports that Guwalani recovered from a small heads-up chip deficit and won after 29 hands against Pan. Erquiaga's 28th-place result provides a Philippine connection beyond the podium. We do not attach a payout to his finish here because the report's narrative does not specify it.
DIP's view
For readers following Filipino players overseas, a paid finish is worth recording without turning it into a claim about profit. A cash result does not disclose a player's total entries, travel costs or overall festival balance. The same distinction applies to the champion's prize.
The cover is a conceptual zodiac-and-poker illustration, not a photograph of Guwalani, Erquiaga, the venue or the actual trophy.
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