18 Nov Ivy Patalinghug leads the RVS CUP Main Event final day; 20 players hunt down the title; RVS POS update
From a roaring 665 entries, the RVS CUP 2019 Philippine Poker Championship MAIN EVENT is down to the final 20 players! The final lineup was determined in Day 2 with 133 players returning to action. The heat concluded with Ivy Patalinghug racking up a towering 1,463,000 in chips. That’s equivalent to 91 bbs. She was the only player to bag up in the seven digit range.
Patalinghug may be a new face under the RVS spotlight however she has shown every bit that she will be a force to reckon with on the final day. Among the players in the lineup is RVS CUP 2017 champion Christopher Chua. He is hot on the hunt to become the first player to win two titles. He will be backed by 488,000 roughly 30 bbs.
| Rank | Name | ChipCount | Seat |
| 1 | Ivy Patalinghug | 1,463,000 | Table 15 Seat 8 |
| 2 | Rusty Co | 969,000 | Table 17 Seat 2 |
| 3 | Raji Earl Rivera | 708,000 | Table 15 Seat 7 |
| 4 | Gerry Matugas Abejo | 625,000 | Table 17 Seat 8 |
| 5 | Johnnabil Riad | 613,000 | Table 16 Seat 6 |
| 6 | Van Boc | 535,000 | Table 16 Seat 7 |
| 7 | Christopher Chua | 488,000 | Table 17 Seat 3 |
| 8 | Jeffrey Calma | 470,000 | Table 15 Seat 5 |
| 9 | Joey Pardales | 460,000 | Table 16 Seat 2 |
| 10 | Jeorge Lagatuz | 420,000 | Table 16 Seat 4 |
| 11 | Rey Solis Matabuena | 411,000 | Table 16 Seat 3 |
| 12 | Christian Adrian Lavares | 376,000 | Table 15 Seat 3 |
| 13 | Alvir Inocentes | 342,000 | Table 17 Seat 6 |
| 14 | Moses Saquing | 342,000 | Table 17 Seat 9 |
| 15 | Gandy Valle | 333,000 | Table 16 Seat 9 |
| 16 | Jun Talosig | 320,000 | Table 15 Seat 2 |
| 17 | Arthur Ayuban | 310,000 | Table 17 Seat 1 |
| 18 | Renniel Galvez | 286,000 | Table 15 Seat 9 |
| 19 | Mark Dueñas | 252,000 | Table 16 Seat 8 |
| 20 | Catalino Abatayo III | 247,000 | Table 17 Seat 5 |
When the finalists return on Monday, November 18 at 1pm, they will be spread across three tables which means blinds will continue to increase every 30 minutes. Blinds rollback to Level 24: 8K-16K ante 16K. Once they are down to 18 players, one table will break, the blinds will then increase every 40 minutes until the final table of 10 players is reached. At that point, the blinds will slow down to a 60 minute pace.
Live Updates running throughout until a champion is crowned.
| 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 |
Main Event numbers
Day 1A: 15 advanced out of 107 entries
Day 1B: 24 advanced out of 121 entries
Day 1C: 30 advanced out of 135 entries
Day 1D: 64 advanced out of 302 entries
Total entries: 665
Buy-in: Php 11,000
Prize pool: Php 6,450,500 (~US$ 127,500)
ITM: 67 players
1st prize: TBA
RVS CUP Player of the Series update
Top 10 players after 7 events:
Maxwell Philippe Rosete – 3017
Emmanuel Segismundo – 2,632
Hernan Jaybee Villa – 2,542
Jacque Patrick Ramsden – 2,444
Rommel Angeles – 2,396
Janno Alvarez – 1,848
Renato Villanueva Jr – 1,789
Leoncio Cruz – 1,760
Rusty Cardano – 1,722
Jimmie Javier – 1,588
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