Maxwell Rosete claims 2022 PPT champion title; Joseph Sia and Marvin Cerbito win side events

Local player Maxwell Rosete landed his biggest career score to date after beating Renato Villanueva Jr. in heads up play. After a grueling 7-hour final day, Rosete emerged as this year’s Philippine Poker Tournament champion, claiming Php 395,048 (~US$ 7,540) in winnings including an Asia Poker Championship seat for Metro Card Club‘s next big event this June 2022. Congratulations to the champion and all the players! Tune in on all the action via our Live Updates.

Maxwell Rosete

Final Table cash payouts

1st Maxwell Rosete – Php 395,048 + APC seat*
2nd Renato Villanueva Jr. – Php 266,582 + APC seat*
3rd Emmanuel Segismundo – Php 251,216 + APT satellite*
4th Julian Tolentino – Php 339,804 + APT satellite*
5th Michael De Leon – Php 90,000
6th John Clyde Tan – Php 65,000
7th Jun Talosig – Php 50,000
8th Federick Cruz – Php 40,000
*ICM deal

Payouts 9th to 16th

9th Jim Patrick Asignacion – Php 32,500
10th Reigin Leongson – Php 32,500
11th Leonel Edejer – Php 27,500
12th Hernan Jaybee Villa – Php 27,500
13th Bell John Perez – Php 27,500
14th Rasid Paitao – Php 22,500
15th Marvin Cerbito – Php 22,500
16th George Salud – Php 22,500

Final Day review

The final day of this year’s Philippine Poker Tournament (PPT) Main Event kicked off with the remaining 16 players battling for the biggest share of the prize pool initially listed at Php 600,000 + APC seat. Federick Cruz came in as the final day’s chip leader with 1,176,000 in chips, a massive 73.5 big blind stack in comparison with Reigin Leongson‘s shortest stack at 88,000 (5.5 big blinds). Eventual champion Rosete was wedged in the middle sitting on 20 BB. Four starting flights filled the schedule with 453 entries recorded throughout the week-long festival, generating a a prize pool of Php 2,082,650 (~US$ 39,760).

Dates: March 11-16, 2022
Buy-in: Php 5,500
Guarantee: Php 2,000,000
Entries:453
Prize pool: Php 2,082,650
ITM: 45 places

While 69 players made it to Day 2, 24 more eliminations were to be recorded before all the qualifiers reached the minimum payout of Php 10,000. Among those who made the money were Day 1 chip leaders Hwang Inje (31st), Angelo Mejia (18th), Hernan Jaybee Villa (12th), and Leonel Edejer (11th). Last season’s PPT champion Rasid Paitao also made another deep run in this month’s festivities, finishing in 14th place after getting rivered by fellow Filipino player John Clyde Tan.

The final table was formed as Jim Patrick Asignacion fell short to Emman Segismundo‘s pocket Tens. Prior to that, second place finisher Villanueva struggled among the shortest stacks during bubble time and found his tournament life at stake twice at hand for hand play.

2022 PPT Final Table

With the final table formed, Segismundo led the remaining eight players on a stack of 1.4m in chips, roughly 46 BB. Among the finalists, the two short stacks of just ten big blinds – Jun Talosig and Villanueva – landed a few pay jumps as the day’s chip leader Federick Cruz lost three sizable pots in one orbit, eventually succumbing to crowned champion Rosete as the first casualty.

From there, four players finally agreed an ICM deal, leaving an additional Php 30,000 for the champion, the coveted trophy and a seat to the APC worth Php 44,000. After three hours of play, Rosete eliminated Villanueva and secured the biggest payout amounting to Php 395,048 + APC seat for his outstanding performance.

Side Event winners 

Joseph Sia – Mixed Hold’em / Omaha champion

Marvin Cerbito – NLHE 100K champion

Buy in: Php 1,100
Entries: 117
Re-buys: 51
Add-on: 35
Total: 203 entries
Prize pool: Php 203,000

Asia Poker Championship up next

Next up at the Metro Card Club is the Asia Poker Championship featuring a monstrous Php 20 Million guarantee. This is the largest guarantee ever put forth by the Metro. Buy in to this prestigious event is Php 44,000, which is double the past installment. Past champion Noel Araniel bagged it in 2020 for a payout of Php 1,525,877 (~US$ 30,000). This is one event that must not be missed! Mark the dates – June 6 to 12!