23 May FINAL TWO TABLES OF THE MAIN EVENT DECIDED! ONE DAY FROM CROWNING THE FIRST METRO 2019 CHAMPION
In just four and a half hours of Day 2 action, the 81-player field of the Philippine Poker Tournament Main Event trimmed down to the final 18 players. Navigating through a heavily packed Filipino force was one of the handful of non-locals in the field, Japanese player Izutsu Shojiro. Shojiro entered Day 2 running third-in-chips and proceeded claim the leader’s seat at the close with his 906,000 stack.
Other players securing their seat into the final day were Day 1A chip leader Bonifacio Mondalo and Day 1B chip leader Carlos Butch “Trashman” Monton. Day 1C chip leader Grace Takayama had the misfortune of falling in 19th place, just missing the final day.
One major threat coming tomorrow’s final day is Emmanuel Segismundo. Segismundo has won numerous events in the country since 2014. He sits with the fourth largest stack of 524,000.
|
1 |
Izutsu Shojiro |
17-7 |
906,000 |
|
2 |
Pablo Jaime Gerald Angeles |
16-7 |
803,500 |
|
3 |
Christopher Chua |
16-2 |
569,000 |
|
4 |
Emmanuel Segismundo |
17-9 |
524,000 |
|
5 |
Dan Victorre Ruiz |
16-6 |
520,000 |
|
6 |
Gideon Galpo |
17-1 |
486,500 |
|
7 |
Bobby Nacario |
16-3 |
479,000 |
|
8 |
Bonifacio Mondalo |
16-9 |
434,500 |
|
9 |
Jester Intia |
16-4 |
403,500 |
|
10 |
Trifie Montebon |
16-1 |
376,000 |
|
11 |
Ahmed Noor |
17-8 |
376,000 |
|
12 |
Carlos Butch “Trashman” Monton |
16-5 |
244,500 |
|
13 |
John Philip Baider |
17-2 |
240,000 |
|
14 |
Jimmie Javier |
17-4 |
234,500 |
|
15 |
Lemmor Patulot |
17-5 |
230,000 |
|
16 |
Joel Melchor |
16-8 |
186,500 |
|
17 |
Geno Gendrano |
17-3 |
184,000 |
|
18 |
Ellezer Castillo |
17-6 |
106,000 |
Day 2 saw portions of the P1,940,000 prize pool claimed with payouts starting at 50th place. Day 1D chip leader Jessie Leonarez cashed in 35th, William Ysmael in 41st, and Mike Takayama in 49th.
What everyone will be gunning for on the final day is the P535,000 first prize and the bragging rights first Metro title of 2019.
Final day resumes at 1pm. Blinds at 6K/12K with ante of 2K (per player). Average stack is 405,833 with 7,305,000 total chips in play. You can follow the action via the live updates posted right here in the site.
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