02 Feb China’s Liu Zhiqiang tops PPT 2024 Day 1B; Marc Rivera, William Ysmael, Lester Edoc advance
Metro Card Club homegrown events always bring out the locals from all over the country. In addition, the events also attract international players with many walking away as champions. One player hoping to make that happen is China’s Liu Zhiqiang who outshined at the Philippine Poker Tournament 2024 – Day 1B stage. Out of the 228-entry field, Zhiqiang emerged as heat leader with 532,000 in chips. This placed him in 3rd rank on the cumulative Day 2 counts.
Also advancing were Metro Team Pros Lester Edoc, Marc Rivera, and William Ysmael. Ysmael and Rivera are running red hot. Rivera recently won an event at WPT Cambodia and Ysmael clinched the PPT Pre-Event.
PPT 2024 has now drawn a cumulative 577 entries over two starting days with 70 players reaching Day 2 in ITM. For late-comers, fence-sitters, and weekend warriors, there are four more flights yet to play out. If these big fields continue to trend, then expect the boosted ₱4,000,000 (~$71,000) guarantee to be shattered at Day 1D.
Among the players you can expect to see returning are defending champion Jharome Pena, who already cashed at a side event, RVS Cup 2023 champion Edilberto Gopez Jr, and WPT Prime Cambodia champion David Erquiaga.
Date: January 31 to February 5, 2024
Buy in: ₱4,500 (~$80)
Guarantee: ₱4,000,000 (~$71,000)
Day 1A: 349 entries / 42 ITM qualifiers
Day 1B: 228 entries / 28 ITM qualifiers
Chips in play: 15,925,000
Average stack: 227,500
End of Day 1B – Top 10
| Rank | Player | Stack |
| 1 | Liu Zhiqiang | 532,000 |
| 2 | Edoc Redentor | 461,000 |
| 3 | Javed | 403,000 |
| 4 | Edoc Lester | 382,000 |
| 5 | Leano Frederick | 346,000 |
| 6 | Gen Abe | 294,000 |
| 7 | Baterina Peter Ron | 293,000 |
| 8 | Inocentes Alvir | 273,000 |
| 9 | Vera Anthony | 261,000 |
| 10 | Nuguid Franklin | 219,000 |
Top 10 into Day 2
| Rank | Player | Stack |
| 1 | Ebilane Ericson | 610,000 |
| 2 | Patawi Francisco | 555,000 |
| 3 | Liu Zhiqiang | 532,000 |
| 4 | Runas Cristopher | 526,000 |
| 5 | Sairudin Mohammad Azhar | 476,000 |
| 6 | Edoc Redentor | 461,000 |
| 7 | Tech John | 419,000 |
| 8 | Javed | 403,000 |
| 9 | Edoc Lester | 382,000 |
| 10 | Leano Frederick | 346,000 |
More Entry Flights to Join the Action
Up next at PPT 2024 is Day 1C and Day 1D (Turbo) both taking place on Friday, February 2 starting at 1pm and 7pm. If you miss that window, the last two flights are on Saturday, February 3, Day 1E is at 1pm and Day 1F (Turbo) is at 7pm.
- Starting stack: 25,000
- Day 1 plays to ITM of 12% of the field
- Day 1 blinds increase every 30 minutes / 20 minutes for Turbo
- Big blind ante format
The PPT is a deep structured tournament with a 25,000 starting stack, equivalent to 250 times the opening blinds. With big turnouts the past two days, we suggest for players to get to the Metro early to avoid waiting in long registration lines.
A new element has also been added, the 30 second Shot Clock will be introduced at the Final Table. Finalists will be given five time-banks of 30 seconds each.
PPT Structure
Maxwell Rosete wins the Freezeout Deepstack Turbo
Maxwell Rosete added a side event title to his growing list of achievements after becoming the last player remaining at the Freezeout Deepstack Turbo. Rosete topped the 90-player field, defeating Dennis Ching at heads up. Rosete turned his lowly ₱3,000 buy in 20x over for a payout of ₱60,150.
Buy in: ₱3,000
Players: 90
Prize pool: ₱247,500 (~$4,410)
ITM: 11 places
| Rank | Player |
Payout in PHP
|
| 1 | Maxwell Rosete | ₱60,150 |
| 2 | Dennis Ching | ₱40,000 |
| 3 | Peejay Aratea | ₱28,000 |
| 4 | John Leonrad Dela Cruz | ₱21,000 |
| 5 | Joven Huerto | ₱18,500 |
| 6 | Elmer Kalaquian | ₱16,200 |
| 7 | Roque Lima | ₱13,900 |
| 8 | Ma. Carmelita Yuntuc | ₱11,600 |
| 9 | Jharome Pena | ₱9,300 |
| 10 | Regie Ann Delos Reyes | ₱7,000 |
| 11 | Arian Lutia | ₱7,000 |
Links:
Pros light up PPT 2024 Day 1A as Ebilane Ericson sets the bar – Metro Card Club
Deep Structure, Boosted Guarantee, It’s Time For PPT 2024! – Metro Card Club
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