129 Players Remain In Historic Philippine Poker Millions Main Event With Top Prize Set At ₱7.2 Million

History is being made at the Metro Card Club, where the inaugural Philippine Poker Millions has brought together the country’s live clubs and online GGPoker PH under one banner for the very first time. This groundbreaking event represents a true national championship, where live grinders and online warriors collide on the same stage.

With their combined efforts, they generated a field of 1,354-entries, and today, only 129 remain as the chase for the ₱50 Million guaranteed prize pool intensifies. Each one is already assured a minimum ₱75,000, but the real focus is on the top prize – ₱7,200,000 (~US$ 126,800) – that awaits the champion.

Day 1 Results

• ₱55,000 buy-in: 556 entries
• ₱27,500 buy-in: 798 entries
• Prize pool: ₱50,000,000
• ITM: 133 places
• Day 2: 129 players

*Three players double bagged and two players split the last place cash

Metro Day 1 Results

• Day 1A: 94 entries, 13 advanced
• Day 1A (Turbo): 31 entries, 2 advanced
• Day 1B: 103 entries, 14 advanced
• Day 1C: 65 entries, 9 advanced
• Day 1D: 53 entries, 4 advanced
• Day 1E: 136 entries, 18 advanced
• Day 1F: 104 entries, 15 advanced

Out in front is GGPoker PH qualifier Arnel Trinidad, who racked an imposing 1,069,00 (178 bb) to lead the survivors into Day 2.

In addition, unlike any homegrown event hosted by Metro, an impressive turnout of international players participated. Among them was Taiwan’s Po-Hsun Liao, regularly seen at the PS LIVE Manila events. He bagged up the lead at Day 1D and enters today with 972,000 (162 bb). Other notable international players making their way back today are Justin Ong, Cheng Xiong, Donghyun Kim, Henrik Tollefsen, Christian Lortie-Cloutier, Gary Thompson, and Sun Jin Kim.

Rounding out the top five in chips was last flight leader, Johnson Tan (pictured above), who will carry in 819,000 (136 bb) into today’s stage, and local pros David Erquiaga (118 bb) and Vamerdino Magsakay (107 bb).

Cards start flying at 1pm with blinds starting at 3000-6000 ante 6000.

For those that missed the mark, there are still other events to conquer. Today’s schedule includes the Survivor Knockout with buy in at ₱5,500 (~US$ 100) starting at 5pm. If you prefer the big stakes, then at 3pm is the first of two high roller events scheduled, the two-day Mini High Roller with buy in at ₱70,000 (~US$ 1,200). This buys you a deep 100,000 starting stack. 

Avail Of The Mini High Roller Promo

PPM Metro Schedule