2024 Metro Walk To A Million Off To A Great Start; Ronald Dumandan Bags Day 1A Lead; Richard Nakila Wins NLH

Ronald Dumandan at 2024 Metro Walk to A Million

2024 Metro Walk To A Million Off To A Great Start; Ronald Dumandan Bags Day 1A Lead; Richard Nakila Wins NLH

Day 1A of the 2024 Metro Walk To A Million is done and dusted with 299 entries making a bid for a piece of the ₱5,000,000 (~$86,650) guaranteed prize pool. By bagging time, only 42 reached that goal led by Ronald Dumandan with 539,000 in chips. Dumandan has now set the bar for the five starting flights to follow.

Ronald Dumandan at 2024 Metro Walk to A Million

Joining the leader into the next round are numerous familiar faces that include Jasper David (second largest stack), Maxwell Rosete (2022 PPT Champion), Noel Araniel (APC Champion), Gideon Galpo (2019 PPT Champion), and Metro Team Pros Euryd Rivera and Jimmie Javier.

End of Day 1A – ITM qualifiers

Rank Player Stack
1 Dumandan Ronald V. 539,000
2 David Jasper Salonga 511,000
3 Rosete Maxwell Philippe 434,000
4 Aballa Jhun G. 328,000
5 Del Rosario Andrei Renz 302,000
6 Mateo Kevin 277,000
7 Riga Jannodin 267,000
8 Fabillaran Bruce Wayne 258,000
9 Barril Martin 244,000
10 Ballester Jeffrey C. 238,000
11 Chin Min Weng 232,000
12 Park Junyong 220,000
13 Araniel Noel 214,000
14 Victoria Charles Milton 211,000
15 Figuerrez Joshua 175,000
16 Yu Darren 166,000
17 Parsacala Rodillo A. 165,000
18 Almusajin Mark Jerick 163,000
19 Van Jr. 161,000
20 Galpo Gideon 148,000
21 Vega Martin 141,000
22 Kang Jaeyong 135,000
23 Pardales Jeffrey A. 132,000
24 Yuh Kwangsuk 131,000
25 Miranda Victor Riston 130,000
26 Aratea Peejay 122,000
27 Bueza Michael A 117,000
28 Rivera Euryd 116,000
29 Enriquez Jerwin Vicente 113,000
30 Ablola Wilfredo 113,000
31 Pecho Rico P. 111,000
32 Kal-El Dadi 108,000
33 Yutuc Ma. Carmelita 105,000
34 Castillo Ellezer J. 102,000
35 Obedoza Winifred 95,000
36 Mangaliman Benjamin 92,000
37 Patulot Lemmor 70,000
38 Cheung Jose 66,000
39 Papa Tonton 64,000
40 Calunsod Catherine 61,000
41 Marcelo Edmil V. 49,000
42 Javier Jimmie M. 46,000

 

The 42 qualifiers are now on a few days break with Day 2 taking place on Sunday, June 23, 2024. While they wait, five flights remain. Buy in is ₱5,500 (~$94) with unlimited re-entries and multiple stacks allowed. Players start with 25,000 in chips which is a deep 250 times the opening blinds. This gives plenty of playing time to chip up before registration closes at the start of Level 11. For those that sign up at the last second, you still have 17 big blinds to work with entering the freezeout stage. Flights bag up when ITM is reached of 14% of the field.

Metro Walk To a Milion - MWAM 2024

For those just hearing of this event, the Metro Walk To A Million has evolved into a major mid-year homegrown event of the Metro Card Club. Starting with a ₱1.5 Million guarantee, it increased to ₱2 Million in 2022, and then to ₱3 Million in 2023. Each year, the event surpassed its guarantee, culminating in last year’s impressive ₱5.1 Million record prize pool. With Day 1A attracting a massive 299 entries, the 4th edition is headed for another blockbuster.

Richard Nakila Wins NLH Turbo

Richard Nakila at 2024 Metro Walk To A Million

The second side event trophy was captured by Richard Nakila at the NLH Turbo. Nakila topped the 70 entry field to claim the lion’s share of the ₱224,000 prize pool.

The next side event is the Power Button which takes place on June 20 at 8pm. Check out the structure  below.

Metro Walk To A Million - Side Events

Metro Walk To A Million – Schedule

Metro Walk To a Milion - MWAM 2024

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