03 Jul Jhun Aballa Sets The Bar At MWAM Main Event Day 1A; 22 Advance
The fifth edition of the Metro Walk To A Million – MWAM Main Event ₱5M Guaranteed kicked off its first of five flights on July 2 with 156 runners hitting the tables at the Metro Card Club. The flight bagged up at ITM of 22 players. Riding high at the top of the list was Jhun Aballa (pictured below) who set the bar at 407,000. Last year, Aballa triumphed at Metro’s Weekend Special however he is still on the hunt for that first major win.
Although no past MWAM champions were spotted, several other notables were seen with some finding success and others needing to try again. Among them were newest Metro Team Pro Lemmor Patulot, Christopher Chua, William Ysmael, Jimmie Javier, Maxwell Rosete, and Joven Huerto.
Day 1A Survivors – 22 players
| Rank | Player | Stack |
| 1st | Aballa Jhun G. | 407,000 |
| 2nd | Victorino Roxanne | 346,000 |
| 3rd | Fabech Tobias Sung | 315,000 |
| 4th | Di Giuseppe Joshua | 302,000 |
| 5th | Jose Ruzzel De Leon | 282,000 |
| 6th | Patulot Lemmor | 280,000 |
| 7th | Mateo Kevin | 262,000 |
| 8th | Rosete Maxwell Philippe | 190,000 |
| 9th | Laxamana Marlon | 164,000 |
| 10th | Arriola Valentin Martir | 160,000 |
| 11th | Ciruelos Mark Anthony | 144,000 |
| 12th | Javier Jimmie M. | 136,000 |
| 13th | Nuguit Noe Giray | 135,000 |
| 14th | Bulaong Raphael B. | 114,000 |
| 15th | Isidro Alekhine Karl Gose | 99,000 |
| 16th | Manalo Nichols | 93,000 |
| 17th | Castro Alfonso Filamer | 91,000 |
| 18th | Ramo Rodolf | 85,000 |
| 19th | Sham Wing Sheuk | 81,000 |
| 20th | Mejia Rumiel | 75,000 |
| 21st | Casilla Paul Vincent | 71,000 |
| 22nd | Huerto Joven Ingente | 63,000 |
MWAM Main Event ₱5M GTD
The MWAM is one of the most affordable homegrown festivals by the Metro. Last year, Jamie Zaragoza turned his lowly buy-in into a seven figure ₱1,230,000, becoming the first millionaire in this event’s history. That edition also raised the bar with a prize pool of ₱6,695,000 (~$114,150). With a strong turnout already seen at this edition’s opening flight, the event is headed for another juicy prize pool.
Up next is Day 1B which was underway at the time of publishing. Buy-in is ₱5,500 with unlimited re-entries until the end of Level 10. For latecomers, there’s plenty of time to sign up with blinds increasing every 30 minutes.
Joseph Ferrera Wins NLH Turbo
Metro Card Club Events
Opened back in 2007, the Metro has set the gold standard for poker in the Philippines, regarded as the country’s most popular card room. This year, the Metro has taken things to an entirely new level. It kicked off the season with a major tie-up with the Asian Poker Tour for APT Manila Classic.
This August, the excitement reaches new heights as the Metro plays host and co–creator to another exciting event, the Philippine Poker Millions, the first ever nationwide unification of poker rooms across the country. The event features a bold ₱50 Million guarantee with buy-ins at ₱27,500 and ₱55,000.
At the ongoing MWAM, seats to the PPM have already been awarded to numerous players with more to be given out before the festival wraps up. So make sure to join the action to secure your spot.
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