We're having trouble holding onto past APPT champions. Van Marcus, the champion of APPT Manila, is the only defending APPT champion remaining in the field after the recent departure of 2008 APPT Macau champion Eddy Sabat. Sabat moved all in preflop with and was called by a player who tabled . Neither player improved on a board of . Sabat battled all day, but was never able to make much headway. He's out.