Metro WALK TO A MILLION 2019 – live updates

Mark Amparo wins the Metro WALK TO A MILLION – Php 535,000

With the fall of Bonifacio Mondalo, the Metro WALK TO AL MILLION concluded with Mark Amparo shipping the title and the Php 535,000 first prize. Congratulations to the champion! The MWAM attracted 616 entries at Php 3,500 each for a guarantee smashing prize pool of 1,971,200. Only 61 players earned a piece. We will have a winner recap for you shortly. For now, read up on our live posts to relive all the action.

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9:25PM: Bonifacio Mondalo settles for 2nd place – Php 294,064
Level 31: Blinds 35K-70K ante 10K

After dropping below 10bbs, Bonifacio Mondalo went all in blind (9th heads up hand) and Mark Amparo quickly called. Mondalo opened {10c}{5d}, Amparo with {kc}{2c}, the board ran dry for both. Mondalo settled for 2nd place and Php 294,064.

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9:20PM: Mark Amparo doubles up, Mondalo plunges
Level 31: Blinds 35K-70K ante 10K

On the seventh heads up hand, Mark Amparo retook the lead to amass a 10:1 chip advantage. Action saw Bonifacio Mondalo limp in, Amparo checked. At the flop {10s}{jd}{2h}, Amparo check-called a 70k bet. On the turn {6c}, Amparo checked, Mondalo bet 300k, Amparo shoved, called by Mondalo.

Mondalo {10c}{2c} two pair
Amparo {10d}{6h} higher two pair

The river {7s} secured the win for Amparo to double up to 8.36M. Mondalo plummeted to 800k.

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9:10PM: Bonifacio Mondalo rivers Amparo to take the lead
Level 31: Blinds 35K-70K ante 10K

On just the third heads up hand, Bonifacio Mondalo banked a huge double up to avoid the rail and take the chip lead. The hand began with Mondalo raising to 200k, Amparo called. At the flop {2s}{9c}{7d}, Amparo checked, Mondalo c-bet 160k, Amparo called. On the turn {5c}, Amparo checked again, Mondalo fired 510k, Amparo jammed, Mondalo called putting himself at risk.

Amparo {9s}{6d} top pair
Mondalo {qc}{8c} flush draw

The river {3c} was exactly what Mondalo needed to complete his flush and double up. He rose to 5M while Amparo dropped to 4.13M.

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9:00PM: Heads up! Mark Amparo vs Bonifacio Mondalo
Level 31: Blinds 35K-70K ante 10K

We have reached the heads up round! One of these two players will be crowned the MWAM champion!

Mark Amparo 6,347,000
Bonifacio Mondalo 2,810,000

Good luck to both!

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8:56PM: Reiner Magbutay donates remaining chips to Amparo, eliminated in 3rd place – Php180,000
Level 31: Blinds 35K-70K ante 10K

Seemed like Mark Amparo really had Reiner Magbutay’s number tonight. After donating more of his chips to Amparo, Magbutay finally gave the rest to him, leaving the tournament in 3rd place. Amparo bet 170k from the dealer position, which small blind Mondalo called. Big blind Magbutay went all in, Amparo called and pushed Mondalo out of the pot, leaving Amparo and Magbutay heads up once again. Amparo was ahead with {ad}{qh} Magbutay showed {kc}{qs}. Board landed {jc}{9s}{9c}{as}{7h}. Amparo hit and Magbuntay was eliminated in 3rd place for Php 180,000.

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8:45PM: Mark Amparo catapults to the chip lead
Level 31: Blinds 35K-70K ante 10K

Mark Amparo and Reiner Magbutay went at it again. Magbutay three-bet shoved with {as}{8s}, initial raiser Amparo risked with {ad}{3d}. The board ran {2s}{2d}{3c}{7c}{10h}. Amparo avoided the rail with a pair to catapult to the chip lead. He now has over 3.5M. Magbutay dropped just below 3M.

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8:30PM: Bryan Pelandas ousted in 4th place – Php 111,600
Level 31: Blinds 35K-70K ante 10K

Bryan Pelandas hung in there for a while but could never reach the heights of the big stacks all around him. His final hand was {as}{10h} against Reiner Magbutay’s {kc}{qc}. The board ran {qs}{jh}{4c}{jc}{3c}. Magbutay connected while Pelandas was railed in 4th place. He earned Php 111,600.

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8:25PM: Reiner Magbutay and Mark Amparo battle
Level 31: Blinds 35K-70K ante 10K

Mark Amparo and Reiner Magbutay went pound for pound in two hands. First one saw Amparo raise to 170k, Magbutay three-bet to 425k, Amparo shoved, Mabutay folded.

Next hand, Magbutay shoved, Amparo with the snap-call. Magbutay had {2d}{2h}, Amparo with {ac}{js}, the board bricked and the small pair survived. Magbutay doubled up to 1.670M, Amparo dropped to 1.840M.

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8:20PM: Break time chip count

4 players remaining
Total chips in play: 9,156,600
Average stack: 2,300,000

Bonifacio Mondalo 3,250,000 (chip leader)
Reiner Magbutay 2,300,000
Bryan Pelandas 1,080,000
Mark Amparo 2,520,000

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8:15PM: Bonifacio Mondalo folds a big one to Reiner Magbutay
Level 30: Blinds 30K-60K ante 10K

Button Mark Amparo opened with a 140k raise, sb Bonifacio Mondalo three-bet to 360k, bb Reiner Magbutay shoved his 1.765M stack, A,mparo folded, Mondalo tanked. After a couple of minutes squiriming in his seat, Mondalo folded after Magbutay agreed to show if he folded. Mondalo showed pocket queens, Magbutay showed ace-king suited.

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8:00PM: Jessie Bulatao exits in 5th place – Php 80,000
Level 30: Blinds 30K-60K ante 10K

After getting chunked down on the previous hand, Jessie Bulatao met his end on the next hand. Action folded to sb Bonifacio Mondalo who shoved his big stack, bb Bulatao followed and risked his short stack. Mondalo {ac}{2c}, Bulatao {qc}{8s}, the board felted {3d}{10c}{2d}{kd}{9c}. Bulatao’s strong run ended in 5th place to earn him Php 80,000.

We are down to 4 players.

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7:55PM: Bryan Pelandas goes up, Jessie Bulatao plummets
Level 30: Blinds 30K-60K ante 10K

Bryan Pelandas all in holding {qs}{js}, Jessie Bulatao with {ah}{9c}, the board ran {7h}{qc}{10d}{7d}{7c} for a full house to Pelandas. He doubled up to 1.150M while Bulatao plummeted to 355k.

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7:45PM: Tyrone Lim finishes in 6th place – Php 60,800
Level 30: Blinds 30K-60K ante 10K

Action folded to the blinds, Bonifacio Mondalo raised to 150k, big blind Tyrone Lim counted out his stack and felt he could afford to see the flop. He called and the flop came {qc}{2s}{5d}. Mondalo c-bet 150k, Lim jammed 787k, Mondalo called.

Lim {7c}{7d}
Mondalo {qs}{js} top pair

The turn {10d} and river {10c} ended Lim’s run in 6th place. He earned Php 60,800 for his deep run. We are down to 5 players. Mondalo rose to over 2.6M.

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7:30PM; Tyrone Lim stays in the running
Level 30: Blinds 30K-60K ante 10K

Tyrone Lim all in with {ad}{jh} called by Reiner Magbutay with {kc}{qc}. The board landed {6d}{8s}{3c}{6s}{2c}, Lim doubled up to over 900k.

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7:25PM: Jimmie Javier with a dramatic fall in 7th place – Php 48,000
Level 30: Blinds 30K-60K ante 10K

Jimmie Javier drew a big rail with his flurry of consecutive hands that eventually saw him fall in 7th place. He first moved all in on the button with over 400k and was joined by sb Bryan Pelandas with slightly more. Javier {10h}{7d}, Pelandas {ad}{qh}, the board ran {9s}{8h}{4s}{2c}{qd}. Pelandas doubled up to 930k, Javier plummeted to 25k.

The subsequent hand Javier was all in and tripled up with {8h}{9s} on a board running {9d}{10s}{as}{qc}{jd}. With 105k shipped, Javier was all in again on the next hand with {ad}{10h} and doubled up through Tyrone Lim with {ac}{9h} on a board that ran {qs}{qh}{kc}{3h}{4h}.

Now sitting with 300k, Javier moved it all in holding {js}{jd}, Amparo matched him up with {as}{qs}, the board ran out {3d}{3s}{6s}{ad}{6d} to end Javier’s crazy rush. He earned Php 48,000. Amparo up to 2.5M. We are down to 6 players.

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7:15PM: Bonifacio Mondalo raises three in a row
Level 30: Blinds 30K-60K ante 10K

Bonifacio Mondalo on a raising spree here with three in a row. He didn’t win all three though. The first one was a 160k bump that saw no callers. The second was a 145k raised, Reiner Magbutay three-bet to 345k, Mondalo folded. On the third no callers again to his 145k raise.

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6:57PM: Jessie Bulatao boosts his stack with 4 of a kind
Level 29: Blinds 25K-50K ante 5K

Action folded to small blind Tyrone Lim who called, big blind Jessie Bulatao checked. Flop came {7s}{3h}{3c}, Lim led for 60K, Bulatao called. Turn came {9s} both checked. River {3s} Lim bet 100k, Bulatao raised to 250k, Lim called. Bulatao won the pot with {3d}{8c} – 4 of a kind.

A few hands later, Bulatao took down another pot, this time against Bryan Pelandas. Bulatao raised to 150k preflop, big blind Pelandas called. Flop landed {2h}{10s}{8c} both checked. Turn came {5h} both checked again. The river came {2c} Pelandas checked, Bulatao bet 120k, Pelandas let it go. Bulatao’s stack now up to 1.4M.

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6:50PM: Randy Cirineo eliminated in 8th place – Php 38,400
Level 29: Blinds 25K-50K ante 5K

We just lost Randy Cirineo in 8th place. Cirineo had a good start today, even rising to become one of the chip leaders, however the final table was more of a challenge for him. His final hand of the tournament began with him raising to 115k from the button, bb Reiner Magbutay called. At the flop {ah}{7h}{5c}, Magbutay checked, Cirineo bet 150k, Magbutay raised to 400k, Cirineo jammed, and a quick call by Magbutay.

Cirineo {ad}{5h} two pair
Magbutay {kh}{6h} nut flush draw

The turn {2d} kept Cirineo ahead but the river {qh} sent him crashing out. Cirineo earned Php 38,400 for his deep run. Magbutay soared to 2.4M making him our chip leader with 7 players remaining.

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6:45PM: Mark Amparo takes some back from Reiner Magbutay
Level 29: Blinds 25K-50K ante 5K

Utg Reiner Magbutay min-raised, called by Mark Amparo. The flop landed {3s}{5d}{6h}, both checked for a free look at the turn {7d}. Magbutay checked again, Amparo bet 150k, Magbutay called. The river {4c} produced a straight on the board. Magbutay checked, Amparo fired 400k, Magbutay folded. Amparo back up to 1.8M.

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6:40PM: 6-way pot folds to Reiner Magbutay, reveals nut flush draw
Level 29: Blinds 25K-50K ante 5K

6-way action saw Randy Cirineo, Jessie Bulatao, Riener Magbuntay, and Mark Amparo limp in. Small blind Bonifacio Mondalo called, and big blind Tyrone Lim checked. Flop came {2c}{4c}{5s}, Mondalo bet 75k, Lim called, Cirineo and Bulatao folded. Magbutay shoved, everyone surrendered, though Lim showed {3c} open ended straight draw. Magbutay showed {ac}{5c} nut flush draw.

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6:30PM: Reiner Magbutay on the rise; Mark Amparo loses some
Level 29: Blinds 25K-50K ante 5K

Heated preflop war began with Reiner Magbutay raising to 110k, sb Mark Amparo three-bet to 360k, Magbutay answered with a shove for an additional 643k, Amparo folded. Magbutay rose to 1.44M, Amparo slipped to 1.55M.

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Break time chip count

8 players remaining. Average stack 1,144,600.

Bonifacio Mondalo 1.63M
Tyrone Lim 1.070M
Randy Cirineo 766k
Jessie Bulatao 1.190M
Reiner Magbutay 888k
Jimmie Javier 1..025M
Bryan Pelandas 603k
Mark Amparo 1.955M (chip leader)

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6:00PM: Tyrone Lim ships a happy double up
Level 28: Blinds 20K-40K ante 5K

Just before the break, Tyrone Lim boosted his short stack through Bonifacio Mondalo. Lim raised to 102k, Mondalo shoved, and Lim risked it all.

Lim {kd}{qh}
Mondalo {ac}{jc}

The board was good to Lim as it ran {3h}{kh}{9c}{5s}{3d} for top pair. Lim climbed to over 1M, Mondalo dipped to 1.6M.

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5:50PM: Reiner Magbutay doubles up 
Level 28: Blinds 20K-40K ante 5K

Reiner Magbutay all in holding {8c}{8s} against bigger stacked Bryan Pelandas with {as}{10h}, Magbutay found success on the board {qd}{9d}{3d}{3s}{kc} to double up. Magbutay up to 950k.

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5:40PM: Joseph Sia bows out in 9th place – Php 28,800
Level 28: Blinds 20K-40K ante 5K

Joseph Sia had a rollercoaster of a final day. He entered with the largest stack, proceeded to lose costly pots along the way to nearly drop out well before the final table. He was given renewed life when he banked a lucky double up through Royly Oracion then found his way to the final 10. His run for the title would however be cut short in 9th place by Mark Amparo. Amparo raised to 94k, Sia shoved, called by Amparo.

Amparo {kc}{10c}
Sia {ah}{qh}

The board spread {10h}{kh}{as}{5c}{6c}. Sia bowed out in 9th place and earned Php 28,800 for his deep run. Amparo climbed to 2.75M and is the new chip leader.

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5:30PM: Round 2: Randy Cirineo vs Bonifacio Mondalo 
Level 28: Blinds 20K-40K ante 5K

On an earlier hand, Randy Cirineo lost a large chunk to Bonifacio Mondalo. They faced off again in this hand. Cirineo raised to 100k, Mondalo called from the button. On the flop {5s}{8s}{kh}, Cirineo wasted no time counting and shoved his 556k stack, Mondalo opted to fold.

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5:20PM: Another good pot for Bonifacio Mondalo
Level 28: Blinds 20K-40K ante 5K

Three-way limped pot with Tyrone Lim, sb Mark Amparo, and bb Bonifacio Mondalo. The flop came {10s}{8c}{jd}, Amparo bet 50k and was called by both opponents. The turn {5d}, Amparo sent out 250k, Mondalo raised to 550k, Lim bowed out followed shortly by Amparo.

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5:05PM: Bryan Pelandas not afraid of the big stack
Level 28: Blinds 20K-40K ante 5K

By the time we caught the action, the board was {ks}{3s}{ac}{kc} and 400k was swimming in the middle. Chip leader Jessie Bulatao faced a shoved from Bryan Pelandas. Bulatao tanked then opted to fold. Pelandas rose to 1.090M, Bulatao dropped to 1.5M.

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4:50PM: Bonifacio Mondalo tanks Randy Cirineo
Level 27: Blinds 15K-30K ante 5K

Mid-position Randy Cirineo raised to 85k and found one caller in big blind Bonifacio Mondalo. The flop ran {jh}{9d}{7h}. Mondalo checked, Cirineo c-bet 180k, Mondalo called. On the turn {kd}, check again by Mondalo, Cirineo fired 300k, Mondalo responded with an all in for another 250k to Cirineo. Cirineo tanked then folded. Mondalo climbed to 1.2M, Cirineo 660k.

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4:45PM: Royly Oracion exits in 10th place – Php 22,400
Level 27: Blinds 15K-30K ante 5K

After plenty of hands going by with no major action, the first casualty of the final table was finally delivered by Mark Amparo. He knocked out Royly Oracion to trim the elliptic down to 9 players. The hand began with utg+1 Oracion limping in, mp Amparo raised to 110k, Oracion called. At the flop {6d}{ac}{as}, Oracion checked, Amparo c-bet 80k, Oracion called. On the turn {4c}, Oracion jammed and Amparo called.

Oracion {9c}{6c}
Amparo {ah}{js}

The river {8h} failed to give Oracion his outs to send him out in 10th place. For his efforts he earned Php 22,400. Amparo over 1.3M

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4:20PM: Jessie Bulatao vs Jimmie Javier
Level 27: Blinds 15K-30K ante 5K

Utg+1 chip leader Jessie Bulatao raised to 110k, mid-position Jimmie Javier called, the dealer felted the flop {6h}{kd}{7s}. Both players checked and the turn came {jh}. Bulatao led for 200k, Javier answered with a raise to 430k, Bulatao folded. Javier climbed over 1.2M, Bulatao slid to 1.8M.

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4:10PM: Royly Oracion banks a double off Reiner Magbutay
Level 27: Blinds 15K-30K ante 5K

Action folded to the blinds, small blind Reiner Magbutay shoved and big blind Royly Oracion joined with a shorter stack. Magbutay {kd}{7s}, Oracion {ad}{8d}, the board felted {jc}{4d}{qs}{jd}{5d} to award Oracion a double up to 850k. Magbutay dropped to 520k.

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4:00PM: Jessie Bulatao continues his ascent, reaches 2M
Level 27: Blinds 15K-30K ante 5K

First hand of the final table saw immediate action. Utg+1 Royly Oracion raised to 70k, big blind Jessie Bulatao called. At the flop {qh}{4h}{qs}, both checked. The turn landed {ad}, Bulatao checked, Oracion bet 100k, Oracion raised to 200k, Oracion called. The river {2d} saw Bulatao fire 270k, Oracion tanked then called. Bulatao showed {9c}{9d} and won the pot with Oracion mucking. Bulatao up to 2M, Oracion dipped to 400k.

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Final Table Chip Count

Bonifacio Mondalo – 750,000
Tyrone Lim – 620,000
Joseph Sia – 515,000
Randy Cirineo – 1.3M
Jessie Bulatao – 1.48M (chip leader)
Riener Magbutay – 1M
Royly Oracion – 950,000
Jimmie Javier – 1.07M
Bryan Pelandas – 925,000
Mark Amparo – 570,000

Rollback to Level 27 – 15K-30K ante 5K. Blinds increase every 60 minutes

Total chips in play: 9,165,600
Average Chip Stack: 916,560

Remaining cash payouts
1st Php 535,000
2nd Php 294,064
3rd Php 180,000
4th Php 111,600
5th Php 80,000
6th Php 60,800
7th Php 48,000
8th Php 38,400
9th Php 28,800
10th Php 22,400

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3:30PM: PJ Angeles falls in 11th place – Php16,000
Level 28: 20K – 40K ante 5K

PJ Angeles went all in for 240K {qh}{9d}, Royly Oracion called with {ac}{jd}. Board came {6s}{6c}{8c}{3d}{2c}. Oracion took Angeles out with Ace high, Angeles out of the tournament in 11th place Php16,000.

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3:25PM: Joseph Sia saved 
Level 28: 20K – 40K ante 5K

Joseph Sia shoved with {qd}{9h} Oracion called with {ah}{js}. Board landed {qc}{6c}{7s}{2s}{5c}. Oracion missed, doubling Sia’s stack up to 502K with mid pair. Oracion now down to 1.1M

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3:20PM: Ramon Roces out in 12th place – Php16,000
Level 28: 20K – 40K ante 5K

Ramon Roces went all in for 268K {9d}{9h} Jimmie Javier called {kd}{ks}. Flop came {ad}{qd}{8h}{10d}{kh}. Roces out in 12th place for Php16,000.

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3:00PM: Break Time Chip Count

TABLE 17

Bonifacio Mondalo – 444,000
Riener Magbutay – 970,000
Randy Cirineo – 1.410M
Ramon Roces – 280,000
Jimmie Javier – 620,000
Mark Amparo – 882,000

TABLE 16

PJ Angeles – 330,000
Joseph Sia – 311,000
Jessie Bulutao – 1.45M (chip leader)
Royly Oracion – 1.15M
Tyrone Lim – 520,000
Bryan Pelandas – 700,000

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2:55PM: Bryan Pelandas doubles up against Joseph Sia
Level 27: 15K-30K ante 5K

Bryan Pelandas shoved all in with {ad}{6d}, Joseph Sia called with {qs}{qc}. Board came {ah}{ks}{8s}{5s}{9c}. Pelandas doubled up to 600K with top pair, Sia down to 330K.

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2:50PM: Randy Cirineo takes down 6-way pot
Level 27: 15K-30K ante 5K

First family pot of the day, flop came {7d}{4c}{2h} in a 6-way pot. Small blind checked to big blind Reiner Magbutay who bet 74K. Utg Randy Cirineo raised to 184K and pushed everyone out to take down the pot. Cirineo’s stack now up to 1.42M

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2:45PM: Joseph Sia’s straight beaten by Jessie Bulutao’s flush
Level 27: 15K-30K ante 5K

Battle of the blinds Joseph Sia and Jessie Bulatao raised the pot pre flop. The board landed {7h}{kh}{9c}. Sia bet 45k Bulatao called. Both players checked the turn {kc}.  River came {10h} Sia bet 200k Bulutao called. Sia showed {qd}{jc} for a straight, but was beaten by Bulutao’s flush {qh}{6h}. Sia’s stack dipped to 660k, while Bulutao is up 1.5M.\

One orbit prior, there was a bit of controversy on a hand that saw Bulatao win with a one card straight flush. Sia was first to act and he bet, Bulatao called then showed the winning hand. Royly Oracion noticed the straight flush and wondered why Bulatao didn’t raise with the nuts. According to Bulatao, he didn’t realize he had the nuts. The floor was called. Despite the honest mistake, a warning was given to Bulatao.

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2:35PM: Randy Cirineo takes down a big pot with bluff
Level 27: 15K-30K ante 5K

The pot was raised pre flop between big blind Jimmie Javier and Randy Cirineo. Board came {2d}{7c}{3c}. Javier bet 180k, Cirineo shoved for 477K more. Javier tanked then folded. Cirineo won the pot and showed his bluff {ah}{4h}. Cirineo up to 1.28M

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2:17PM: Julius Santiago busts out in 13th place – Php12,800
Level 26: 12K-24K ante 4K

Julius Santiago shoved with 141k and was called by PJ Angeles. Board landed {2c}{7d}{2s}{7c}{5h}. Santiago showed {ac}{qh} Angeles took it down with {ad}{ah}. Santiago busted out in 13th place for Php12,800.

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2:15PM: Tyrone Lim doubled up with runner runner flush
Level 26: 12K-24K ante 4K

All in preflop between Royly Oracion {8d}{8h} and Tyrone Lim {ad}{kd}. Board came {ac}{kh}{jd}{6d}{5d} Lim doubled up with runner runner flush. Lim’s stack grew to 440k while Oracion dropped to 510k.

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2:00PM: Terence Dizon out in 14th place – Php14,800
Level 26: 12K-24K ante 4K

Immediately after the last hand, Terence Dizon was left short stacked and pushed his 70k. Big blind Ramon Roces called. Dizon showed {kd}{3d} Roces with {6h}{4s}. Board landed {4d}{7c}{2s}{7d}{3c}. Roces took down the pot with a higher pair, Dizon out at 14th place earning Php14,800

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1:55PM: Riener Magbutay stack up to 1.1M
Level 26: 12K-24K ante 4K

Terrence Dizon pushed all in with {as}{8d}, Magbutay called with {ac}{ah}. Board landed {7c}{4s}{4c}{10s}{8s} Dizon dropped to 70k and Magbutay stack rose to 1.12M

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1:50PM: Joel Copiozo leaves in 15th place, wins Php 12,800
Level 26: 12K-24K ante 4K

Jimmie Javier raised to 60k, big blind Joel Copiozo shoved his short stack, Javier called. Javier showed {3d}{3h} Copiozo showed {kd}{7s}. Board landed {as}{6c}{4h}{8s}{2h}. Copiozo’s king high missed, sending him out in 15th place winning Php 12,800.

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1:38PM: Jessie Bulatao now big stack at 1.2M
Level 25: 10K-20K ante 3K

The table showed {jc}{3d}{kh}{10s}{qd} with 280k in the pot. Julius Santiago checked to Jessie Bulatao who bet 70k. Santiago surrendered, Bulatao now big stack with 1.2M.

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1:33PM: Randy Cirineo doubles up takes chips from chip leader Jimmie Javier
Level 25: 10K-20K ante 3K

Flop lands {jc}{2h}{5d} big blind Randy Cirineo bets 45k. Jimmie Javier shoves all in with {7c}{7d} and Cirineo calls with top pair {ah}{jh}. Turn and river come {3c}{9d} Cirineo takes down the pot and doubles his stack.

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1:25PM: Rick Ambata leaves in 16th place – Php 9,600
Level 25: 10K-20K ante 3K

Rick Ambata shoves pre flop against big blind Bryan Pelandas who calls. Flop lands {7c}{qs}{5d}{10c}{3c} Ambata shows a set on the flop {7h}{7s} but to no avail with Pelandas showing {kc}{9c} runner runner flush taking out Ambata in 16th place earning php 9.6k.

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1:20PM: Knoffler Carillo busts in 17th place – Php 9,600
Level 25: 10K-20K ante 3K

All in pre flop between Knoffler Carillo and Joseph Sia. Knoffler pushes all in with {js}{10s} and is called by Joseph Sia with {as}{10h}. Flop lands {3h}{3c}{5h}{5d}{ks} Carillo eliminated 17th earning php 9.6k . Sia now over 1.3M.

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 1:02PM: Jimmie Javier doubles up to the chip lead
Level 25: 10K-20K ante 3K

Big action on the first hand. Four-way limped pot between Randy Cirineo, Ramon Roces, Jimmie Javier, and Riener Magbuntay. Flop came {2c}{3c}{5c} everyone checks to Reiner Magbutay who bets 50k. Cirineo folds, Roces raises 150k, Jimmie Javier pushes for 627,500 total, pushing Magbuntay out, and leaving Roces to call. Roces calls the all in showing the nut flush draw {jh}{4c} Javier shows {ac}{jc} ace high flush on the flop, turn and river come {7s}{qd} doubling Javier up. Roces dropped to 410k.

Javier also wins the next hand against Bonifacio Mondalo. He now has over 1.6M and is now the new chip leader.

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1:00PM: Cards in the air
Level 25: 10K-20K ante 3K

Shuffle up and deal! Cards in the air! Race to the Metro WALK TO A MILLION title begins. One of the final 17 players will win the Php 535,000 first place cash and be crowned champion. Good luck to all!

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After five days of heated competition, we have reached the final day of the Metro WALK TO A MILLION. Only 17 players out of the 616 total entries have a chance at seizing the title and the Php 535,000 first place cash. Keep refreshing this page as we bring you all the action. Cards in the air at 1pm.

Total chips in play: 9,165,600
Average stack: 539,200
Opening blinds: 10K-20K ante 3K

Here are the final contenders by chip count:

RANK	NAMES	CHIPCOUNT
1	Joseph Sia	1,122,000
2	Ramon Roces	1,082,500
3	Jessie Phillip Bulatao	950,000
4	Mark Anthony Amparo	772,000
5	Jimmie Javier	650,500
6	Terrence John Galang Dizon	600,500
7	Riener Magbutay	600,500
8	Royly Emir Oracion	540,000
9	Randy Cirineo	495,500
10	Bryan Pelandas	465,000
11	Bonifacio Mondalo	385,500
12	Tyrone Lim	342,000
13	Aron Pablo Jaime Gerald Angeles	331,500
14	Julius Santiago	276,000
15	Knoffler Carillo	241,000
16	Rick Jason Ambata	231,000
17	Joel Constantino Copiozo	76,000

MWAM structure

Level	Small Blind	Big Blind	Ante	Regular Ante (Per Player)
1	25	50
2	50	100
3	75	150
4	100	200
5	100	200	200
6	150	300	300
7	200	400	400
8	250	500	500
9	300	600	600
10	400	800	800
11	500	1000	1000
12	600	1200	1200
13	800	1600	1600
14	1000	2000	2000
15	1200	2400	2400
16	1500	3000	3000
17	2000	4000	4000
18	2500	5000	5000
19	3000	6000	6000
20	3500	7000	7000	1000
21	4000	8000	8000	1000
22	5000	10000	10000	1000
23	6000	12000	12000	2000
24	8000	16000	16000	2000
25	10000	20000	20000	3000
26	12000	24000	24000	4000
27	15000	30000	30000	5000
28	20000	40000	40000	5000
29	25000	50000	50000	5000
30	30000	60000	60000	10000
31	35000	70000	70000	10000
32	40000	80000	80000	10000
33	50000	100000	100000	10000
34	60000	120000	120000	20000
35	80000	160000	160000	20000
36	100000	200000	200000	30000
37	120000	240000	240000	40000
38	150000	300000	300000	50000