GRACE TAKAYAMA OUTSHINES IN DAY 1C + CHIP COUNTS + DAY 1D AT 3PM “LAST CHANCE TO ENTER!”

As the starting days decrease, the number of players in attendance increase with 107 runners turning up for Day 1C of the Philippine Poker Tournament 2M GTD Main Event. This is so far the largest of the three starting stages.

Scattered among the list of 21 survivors was notable Joven Huerto, the first Metro Player of the Series champion. However, Huerto’s stack of 64,700 was nowhere near the top. That seat was occupied by Grace Takayama with a very healthy 186,500 bagged up.

Day 1C survivors 

1 Grace Takayama – 186,500
2 Renniel Galvez – 142,500
3 Lemmor Patulot – 134,600
4 Arthur Ayuban – 116,500
5 Jester Intia – 115,300
6 Javier Escat – 88,900
7 Arvin Felixmena – 83,900
8 Luis Bernardo – 71,000
9 Ryann Libo-on – 67,700
10 Joven Huerto – 64,700
11 Ping Song – 58,000
12 Reginald Victorio – 55,300
13 Wilfredo Ablola – 54,600
14 Rigor Orteza – 53,400
15 Joseph Reyes – 53,200
16 Trifie Montebon – 52,900
17 Tyrone Lim – 50,300
18 Paul John Mangoba – 48,000
19 David Yuh – 44,100
20 Aron Pablo Jaime Gerald Angeles – 43,400
21 Jonan Tabanda – 20,200

Day 1B survivors

1 Carlos Monton – 226,800
2 Ron Alvin Rivera – 182,500
3 Christian John Fernando – 159,900
4 Riener Magbutay – 128,300
5 Ellezer Castillo – 123,400
6 Christopher Chua – 120,200
7 Anthony Ragaza – 92,400
8 Hernan Jaybee Villa – 80,800
9 Norman Jionel Pring – 72,000
10 Dean Belleza – 41,400
11 John Jay Magadan – 40,800
12 Dennis Ching – 36,000
13 William Ysmael – 30,600

Day 1A survivors

1 Bonifacio Mondalo – 273,075
2 Geno Gendrano – 160,400
3 Mark Amparo – 144,850
4 Jasper Salonga David – 87,000
5 Ahmed Noor – 76,300
6 Ryan Joseph Garcia – 61,500
7 Qian Sheng Chen – 52,450
8 Juan Paolo Lozano – 44,440

Day 1D – last chance to enter

It is crunch time for everyone that hasn’t secured their seat. Day 1D is upon us and it is the last entry day to the first Metro event of the year. As it stands, there are 256 entrants with 42 advancing to Day 2. Once again, owning the mightiest stack is Day 1A chip leader Bonifacio Mondalo with 273,075.

Main Event buy-in is P4,500. Cards in the air at 3pm. Here’s a rundown of what you need to know: 

Starting stack: 15,000
Opening blinds: 25-50
Level duration: 30 minute intervals
Late registration: closes at the start of Level 10 (blinds 400-800 ante 800)
Regulation time: bagging at the end of Level 15

*The Big Blind Ante system will be utilized. 

Once we reach Day 2, players get to see more hands per round with blinds increasing every 40 minutes. Day 2  will play a total of 12 rounds or to the final two tables whichever is reached first. Once that decreases to just one final table of 10 players, the blinds will once again be padded to 60 minutes per round. 

*Important note: The Big Blind Ante system will be replaced by the Regular Ante (per player) system at the final two tables. See structure below: