Batang Metro Poker Challenge 2M GTD: Live reporting

12:38AM: Congratulations to John Francis King, Champion of the Batang Metro Poker Challenge! 

Level 34: Blinds 60000 – 120000 ante 20000

The final hand of the game. All in preflop John Francis King with {ad}{6d} Frederick Cruz with {4c}{4s}. Final board came {as}{9c}{6c}{10h}{kd} King took the pot and first place hitting his ace on the flop. Player agreement gave Cruz Php439,210 + RVS seat, and King Php 420,863 + additional 120,000 for first place finish + RVS seat

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12:20AM: Frederick Cruz Doubled Up, Hits Big on the River

Level 34: Blinds 60000 – 120000 ante 20000

John Francis King and Frederick Cruz go all in on the river. Board showed K, 5, A, 7, 9. Cruz showed 6,8. King showed 6,9. Cruz doubled up with a straight on the river. Cruz’ stack now up to 4.2M

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12:15AM: Heads Up

Level 34: Blinds 60000 – 120000 ante 20000

Updated Chip Count

John Francis King – 9M

Frederick Cruz – 2.1M

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12:13AM: Players Make Chop Agreement, Janette Out in 3rd Place for Php470,927 + RVS Seat

Level 34: Blinds 60000 – 120000 ante 20000

Left with a short stack, Janette shoved all in preflop and was called by John Francis King, the man who had damaged her stack in the previous hand. Janette held {js}{jc} King with {as}{10h} Board landed {ad}{3c}{5h}{ah}{2c}. Kings set beats out her pocket pair. Due to a player agreement, Janette takes 3rd place Php 470,927 + RVS seat

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12:08Am: Janette Takes A Critical Hit, Straight Beats Two Pair

Level 34: Blinds 60000 – 120000 ante 20000

Janette raised 300k preflop and was called by John Francis King. Flop came {6s}{2s}{3h} Janette bet 430k, King called. Both players checked the turn {7s}. River came {as} King bet 600k, Janette shoved and was called. Janette showed {ac}{2s} two pair, King showed {4h}{5s} straight on the flop. Janette down to 1.4M Kings stack now up to 7M.

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12:02AM: Janette Takes Down Big Pot, Grows Her Stack

Level 34: Blinds 60000 – 120000 ante 20000

Frederick Cruz bet 300k from dealer position, called by John Francis King and Janette, family pot. Flop came 3, 5, 7 check to Cruz who bet 500k, King folded, Janette called. Turn and river came {3s} {6d} Janette showed {7s}{8s} Cruz mucked. Janette took down the pot

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11:53PM: Final Three Players

Updated Chip Count

Frederick Cruz – 3.6M

John Francis King – 3.9M

Janette – 3.8M

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11:29PM: Rex Araneta Pineda Busts for 4th Place Php 146,000 +RVS Seat

Level 33: Blinds 50000 – 100000 ante 10000

Action started preflop with an all in from Rex Araneta Pineda for 350k. He was called by Janette who showed {qc}{qs} Pineda with {qh}{10h}. Board came {kh}{9s}{6h}{6d}{qd}. Flush draw missed for Pineda, knocking him out at 4th place Php 146,000 + RVS seat

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11:04PM: Rex Araneta Pineda Doubles Up in  Battle of the Blinds 

Level 33: Blinds 50000 – 100000 ante 10000

Battle of the blinds all in preflop action. Rex Araneta Pineda goes all in for 457k with {qs}{7d} and is called by Frederick Cruz with {kc}{5s}. Board landed {jc}{5h}{6h}{7s}{7h} Pineda hits a runner runner set, and doubles up against big stack Cruz.

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10:55PM: No Look All In No Good, Sequite Knocked out in 5th Place Php 102,000 + RVS Seat

Level 33: Blinds 50000 – 100000 ante 10000

Short stack Rodrigo Sequite could barely make the blinds when he went all in without looking. He was called by Janette. Sequite was holding {8c}{7h} Janette with {10s}{qc}. Board landed {2d}{qd}{as}{3s}{7s}. Sequite could not compete with Janette’s pair of queens and was eliminated in 5th place, going home with Php 102,000 + RVS seat

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10:47PM: Dennis Reyes Busts out in 6th place Php 78,000 + RVS Seat

Level 32: Blinds 40000 – 80000 ante 10000

Another preflop all in by Dennis Reyes was called this time by John Francis King. Reyes showed {ad}{6d} King with {6h}{6c}. Board showed {2c}{9d}{9c}{7s}{js}. Reyes missed the board, King’s stack grows to 2.7M. Reyes out in 6th place Php 78,000 + RVS seat

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10:37PM: Castillo Eliminated, good for 7th Place Php62,000 + RVS Seat

Level 32: Blinds 40000 – 80000 ante 10000

Crippled by the previous hand, Regin Castillo shoved all in with his remaining 100k and got three callers, Janette, Frederick Cruz, and John Francis King. Flop came {as}{2c}{10h} Janette bet 150k, Frederick Cruz called, and King folded. Turn and river {2h}{4h} Frederick bet 200k, Janette called. Janette and Cruz both showed A, K busting Castillo out in 7th place Php 62,000 + RVS seat.

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10:34PM: Janettes Aces Hold Up, Cripple Regin Castillo

Level 32: Blinds 40000 – 80000 ante 10000

Janette and Regin Castillo go all in preflop, Janette with {as}{ah} Castillo with {ad}{kd}. Board landed {js}{8s}{jh}{qh}{9c}. Janette doubles up to 2.8M, Castillo is crippled down to 100k.

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10:23PM: Frederick Cruz Earns Back Some of his Lost Stack

Level 32: Blinds 40000 – 80000 ante 10000

Rodrigo Sequite started the action betting 170k, which was called by Frederick Cruz and John Francis King. Flop landed {7s}{4d}{2h} Cruz and King checked to Sequite who bet 179k. Cruz called, King folded. Both players checked at the turn {8h}. At the river {2d} Cruz bet 200k, Sequite folded. Cruz took down the pot, and earned back some of the chips he had previously lost.

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10:13PM: Set of Kings defend their John Francis King against Big Stack

Level 32: Blinds 40000 – 80000 ante 10000

Frederick Cruz bet 200k, John Francis King shoved for 900k, Cruz called. Cruz showed {as}{jh}. King showed {kd}{kc}. Flop, turn, and river came {qd}{9d}{6h}{kh}{4s}. Kings Kings hold up against Cruz’ high card, King doubles up to 1.870M

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10:02PM: Regin Castillo Takes a Bite Out of the Big Stack

Level 32: Blinds 40000 – 80000 ante 10000

Frederick Cruz bet 200k, Regin Castillo shoved all in for 600k total. Cruz called with {8d}{4d} Castillo showed {as}{kd}. Board came {9c}{kc}{jh}{2d}{4c}. Castillo doubled up with top pair, takes a chunk from big stack Cruz.

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9:58PM: Janette and Rex Araneta Pineda have pockets and Pockets of 10s

Level 32: Blinds 40000 – 80000 ante 10000

Interesting hand for final table play. Rex Araneta Pineda went all in and was called by Janette. When it was time, both players showed pocket 10s. Janette with {10h}{10d} and Pineda with {10c}{10s}. Board came {qd}{4d}{10c}{8c}{5h} and the players split the pot.

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9:32PM: Break

Level 32: Blinds 40000 – 80000 ante 10000

Updated Chip Count

Seat:

1. Frederick Cruz – 4.6M

2. John Francis King – 1.1M

3. Regin Castillo – 1.1M

4. Rex Araneta Pineda – 1.130M

5. Rodrigo Sequite – 1.6M

6. Janette – 1.1M

7. Dennis Reyes – 600,000

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9:25PM: A Two and a Half Hour fight for 8th Place, Tyrone Lim leaves with Php 50,000 + RVS Seat

Level 31: Blinds 35000 – 70000 ante 10000

Two and a half hours between 9th and 8th place led us to an all in preflop between Frederick Cruz {jc}{js} and Tyrone Lim {ah}{8h}. Board read {7d}{9c}{8s}{3c}{jd} Lim missed the board and left the tournament in 8th place Php 50,000 + RVS seat

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8:54PM: Rex Araneta Pineda Doubles Up on Resilient Final Table 

Level 31: Blinds 35000 – 70000 ante 10000

John Francis King bet 200k, Rex Araneta Pineda raised to 450k, King called. Flop landed {qs}{8d}{5h} King went all in, Pineda also went all in for 311k, though he was covered by King. Pineda showed {kh}{kd} for pocket pair, King showed {7h}{6h} open ended straight draw. Turn and river came {3s}{10c} King missed his draw, which doubled Pineda up. King now down to 1.4M in chips.

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8:29PM: Frederick Cruz Continues to Dominate

Level 30: Blinds 30000 – 60000 ante 10000

Action continued as the chip leader slowly picked away at the tables remaining chips. Tyrone Lim bet 152k, Frederick Cruz called. Flop showed {kc}{qs}{jc} both players checked. At the turn {10c} both players checked again. When the river came {6s} Cruz min bet 60k, and scared Lim out of the pot. Frederick showed {ac}{2c} flush on the turn.

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8:10PM: Chip Leader Frederick Cruz Challenged by Janette, Protects Chip Lead

Level 30: Blinds 30000 – 60000 ante 10000

Janette bet 135k and was called by Frederick Cruz. Flop came {jh}{9s}{4c} Janette bet 180k, Cruz called. Both checked the turn {6d}. On the river {qh} Janette bet 270k, Frederick again called. Frederick showed {ah}{9d}, Janette mucked, Frederick took it down defending his chip lead.

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7:52PM: Tyrone Lim’s Kings Slay John Francis King’s Pocket Queens

Level 30: Blinds 30000 – 60000 ante 10000

Tyrone Lim shoved his last chips in for a total of 445k and was called by John Francis King. Lim showed {ks}{js} King with {qs}{qd}. Board landed {8s}{6d}{4h}{6h}{kh}. Lim hit his pair of kings on the river and doubled up against King’s Queens.

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7:26PM: Break Updated Chip Count

Level 30: Blinds 30000 – 60000 ante 10000

Frederick Cruz – 3.040M

John Francis King – 1.860M

Dennis Reyes – 1.3M

Regin Castillo – 1.280M

Rex Araneta Pineda – 1.240M

Janette – 1.5M

Rodrigo Sequite – 640,000

Tyrone Lim – 350,000

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7:00PM: John Francis King Doubles Up, Now Tied for Chip Lead

Level 29: Blinds 25000 – 50000 ante 5000

Frederick Cruz bet 150k, John Francis King shoved for 910k, Cruz called. King showed {as}{qh} Cruz showed {ac}{ks}. Board landed {qs}{2s}{jd}{jh}{8c}. King doubled up with a big win, his stack now up to 2M. Frederick Cruz now down to 2M in chips.

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6:59PM: Papa Charlie out in 9th Place Php42,000 + RVS Seat

Level 29: Blinds 25000 – 50000 ante 5000

Flop came {2s}{4s}{kc} Papa Charlie pushed for 223k, Regin Castillo called. Papa Charlie showed {jc}{2c} Castillo with {kd}{7d}. Turn and river came {7s}{10c} no help to Papa Charlie. He busted 9th place Php 42,000 + RVS seat. Castillo stack now up to 1.450M

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6:52PM: Action Janette Takes Another One Down, Chips Away At Papa Charlie

Level 29: Blinds 25000 – 50000 ante 5000

Papa Charlie bet 120k and was called by Janette. Both players checked all the way down {2c}{6c}{9c}{7c}{2h}. Janette showed {9s}{10s} Papa Charlie mucked.

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6:47PM: Janette Gains Momentum

Level 29: Blinds 25000 – 50000 ante 5000

Janette bet 112k and was called by Papa Charlie. Both players checked the flop {qd}{qs}{5c} Turn came {2d} Janette bet 153k, Papa Charlie folded

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6:40PM: Janette Doubles Up Against Mid Pockets

Level 29: Blinds 25000 – 50000 ante 5000

Janette bet 112k, got two callers, Frederick Cruz and Rex Araneta Pineda. Flop came {8s}{js}{8d} Janette checked, Cruz 220k, Pineda folded, Janette shoved and got called by Cruz. Janette showed K, J. Cruz showed pocket 7s. Turn and river came {4s}{qd}. Janette took it down with a higher pair, and doubled up

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6:33PM: Rex Araneta Pineda Wins the Kicker Contest Against Frederick Cruz

Level 29: Blinds 25000 – 50000 ante 5000

Rex Araneta Pineda bet 110k preflop, and was called by Frederick Cruz. Both players checked the flop {qs}{7c}{7d}. Turn came {2s} Pineda bet 110k, Cruz called. Lastly the river came {5h} Pineda bet 130k, Cruz again called. Pineda showed {as}{qc} Frederick showed {kh}{qh} Pineda took down the pot with top pair and the higher kicker.

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6:25PM: Papa Charlie Stays Alive, Catches the River

Level 29: Blinds 25000 – 50000 ante 5000

Board came {ks}{2s}{8d} Papa Charlie shoved for 253k, Rodrigo Sequite called. Papa Charlie showed A, J, Sequite showed {kh}{qd}. Turn and river came {5c}{as}. Papa Charlie doubled up to 700k, Sequite now down to 620k

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5:57PM: Jessie Supnet Defeated by Frederick Cruz Flush, 10th place Php34,000 + RVS Seat

Level 28: Blinds 20000 – 40000 ante 5000

Jessie Supnet shoved his small 100k stack, and got himself into a 3-way all in. He was called by Frederick Cruz and Dennis Reyes. Board landed {8c}{6d}{3d}{7d}{ad} Cruz and Reyes checked all the way. Supnet showed {ac}{kh} Cruz showed {as}{9d} Reyes mucked. Supnet busts out to a flush in 10th place Php 34,000 + RVS seat

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5:48PM: Papa Charlie Doubles Up, Jessie Supnet Crippled

Level 28: Blinds 20000 – 40000 ante 5000

Board showed {jd}{qd}{9d} Both players shoved, Papa Charlie with {8d}{8h} Jessie Supnet with {ks}{qh}. Turn came {js}, river {kd}. Papa Charlie hit his draw, crippling Supnet down to 110k. Papa Charlie’s stack now at 700k

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5:33PM: Duel to the River, Papa Charlie Folds, But Shows His High Pockets

Level 28: Blinds 20000 – 40000 ante 5000

Papa Charlie bet 80k, Rodrigo Sequite called, Dennis Reyes raised to 280k total, Papa Charlie called, Sequite folded. Flop came {qd}{ks}{10c} Reyes bet 250k, Papa Charlie called. Both checked at the turn {qs}. River {7c} Reyes shoved, Papa Charlie folded and showed his {jh}{jd}, Reyes in turn showed his {kh} and took down the pot.

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5:09PM: Final Table

Rollback Level 28: Blinds 20000 – 40000 ante 5000, 60min

Seat Order:

1: Frederick Cruz – 3.420M

2: Papa Charlie – 960,000

3: John Francis King – 1.080M

4: Regin Castillo – 1.060M

5: Tyrone Lim – 880,000

6: Rex Araneta Pineda – 780,000

7: Rodrigo Sequite – 800,000

8: Janette – 580,000

9: Dennis Reyes – 1.230M

10: Jessie Supnet – 530,000

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4:58PM: Frederick Cruz Takes Us to the Final Table by Knocking out Jaybee Hernan Villa in 11th Place Php26,000 + RVS Seat

Level 29: Blinds 25000 – 50000 ante 5000

Flush action brought us to the final table. Board showed {jh}{6s}{4d} Jaybee Hernan Villa bet 101k, Frederick Cruz raised 301k, Villa called. Both players checked at the turn {kd}. River landed {5d}. Villa checked, Cruz shoved, Villa called. Villa showed {7c}{7s}, Cruz with {jd}{8d} Cruz hits his draw, knocks Villa out in 11th place Php 26,000 + RVS seat, and brings us to the final table.

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4:40PM: Michael Zeus Segismundo Takes 12th place Php 26,000 + RVS Seat

Level 29: Blinds 25000 – 50000 ante 5000

Hernan Jaybee Villa bet 150k, Michael Zeus Segismundo shoved 320k and was called preflop  by Villa. Villa showed A, 8 Segismundo with A, 5. Board came A, 2, 6, Q, K. Villa took it down with a higher kicker and brought his stack up to 1.8M

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4:36PM: Jasper Salonga David Busts Out 13th Place Php 22,000 + RVS Seat

Level 29: Blinds 25000 – 50000 ante 5000

Frederick Cruz raised to 120k, Jasper Salonga David pushed all in for 557k, Cruz called. David showed AQ, Cruz showed A5. Board landed 7, 5, J, 4, 2 Cruz hit mid pair, and busted David out in 13th place Php22,000 + RVS seat

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4:30PM: Tyrone Lim Doubles Up 

Level 29: Blinds 25000 – 50000 ante 5000

After a long period of tight play, we finally had an all in call. Tyrone Lim and Michael Zeus Segismundo went head to head, pockets vs pockets. Lim holding pocket queens, Segismundo with pocket 10s. Board came 3, 5, 9, 7, 8. Lim doubled up, and brought his stack up to 1.1M, Segismundo down to 345k, making him the short stack of the final two tables

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3:10PM: Rex Araneta Pineda’s Top Pair Dodges Draw

Level 27: Blinds: 15000 – 30000 ante 5000

Rex Araneta Pineda bet 74k was called by Papa Charlie. Board landed {qc}{10d}{8d} Leopoldo bet 201k, Pineda shoved 548k, and was called by Papa Charlie. Pineda showed {kc}{qh} Papa Charlie showed {qd}{3d} Turn and river came {4c}{ac} Papa Charlie missed his draw, his stack dented to 750k, Pineda doubles up with top pair, and his stack grew to 1.4M.

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1:00PM Shuffle up and deal!

The tournament has begun and by the end of today we will see who reigns champion of the Batang Metro Poker Challenge! Keep checking in for live updates.

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Welcome to the Final Day of the Batang Metro Poker Challenge 2M Guaranteed! To be more accurate, the prize pool climbed to PHP 3,068,000 with 767 entries at PHP 4,500 each. The money bubble burst in Day 2; today is the the final leg to the inaugural titl. Cards in the air at 1pm. We will bring you the action as it unfolds right here on this page so keep refreshing for the latest news.  Time to crown a champion!

Final Day info

Total entries: 767
Buy-in: PHP 4,500
Prize pool: PHP 3,068,000
ITM: 77 places

Total chips in play: 11,505,000
Average stack: 522,955
Opening blinds: 8000K – 16000K ante 16000K (Level 24)
Level Duration: 30 minutes
Time: 1pm
Format: Big Blind Ante

Notes:

• The final two tables wasn’t reached in Day 2 which means the game will resume with blinds increasing every 30 minutes and utilizing the “Big Blind Ante” format.
• Once the final two tables is reached, the blinds increase every 40 minutes and the format switches to “Regular Ante”. Once the final table is reached, the blinds increase every 60 minutes.

Final Day players by Chip Count

Final Day players by Table 

Remaining payouts

The money flowed at Day 2 starting at 77th place. The largest cuts will be claimed today with the eventual winner banking PHP 809,000 and the first-ever Batang Metro title.

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