Macau, China, December 12, 2017 – There was simply no doubt about it. Entering the final festival of the APT 2017 season, Tetsuya Tsuchikawa was too far ahead in the leader board for anyone to steal his thunder. His closest challenger, Yoichi Uesugi, needed to pull multiple victories in order to have some semblance of an actual race. But that was clearly a long shot. Tetsuya Tsuchikawa had an outstanding APT year and deserved every bit of the APT Player of the Year 2017 crowning glory.

The Man from Japan, Tetsuya Tsuchikawa, is APT Player of the Year 2017!

Taking a look at Tsuchikawa’s 2017 stats one would be astounded at the numbers. He cashed 25 times, 7 of which were victories.

He first jumped into the driver’s seat back in June with two titles and three additional cashes at the APT Macau 2017. This earned him a 1st place berth in the APT Player of the Series. From that moment onwards, he put a tight grip on the steering wheel and never let it go.