19 Aug Jayvon Carreon bags big at Batang Metro Poker Challenge Day 1C; Mike Takayama among 18 survivors
Friday at the Metro Card Club drew another 154 runners to Day 1C of the Batang Metro Poker Challenge 5M to boost the total entries to 479. The night closed at ITM, adding 18 new players to the survivors list. The most recognizable name was none other than the original “batang metro” Mike Takayama who bagged up the heat’s ninth largest stack. High up top was Jayvon Carreon with a towering 535,000 in chips.
This put Carreon ranked second in the Day 2 counts, bumping down Day 1B leader Florendo Sario two spots. Day 1A chip leader Darrell Austria maintained his top rank with a stack of 609,000. Other players powering through were JC Sayo and Jeffrey Calma.
Date: August 16 to 21, 2023
Buy in: PHP 10,000
Guarantee: PHP 5,000,000
Day 1A: 209 entries / 25 ITM
Day 1B: 116 entries / 14 ITM
Day 1C: 154 entries / 18 ITM
End of Day 1C – 18 players
| Player | Stack | |
| 1 | Carreon Jayvon Pacaba | 535,000 |
| 2 | Rovere Crispin Eilif Gorienko | 501,000 |
| 3 | Morales Clyde | 294,000 |
| 4 | Son Ilyoung | 277,000 |
| 5 | Almusajin Mark Jerick | 276,000 |
| 6 | Sayo John Carlo | 244,000 |
| 7 | Batao Karl | 226,000 |
| 8 | Colangoy Cris | 219,000 |
| 9 | Takayama Mike | 209,000 |
| 10 | Cayetano Mikko | 174,000 |
| 11 | Crisostomo Tracy | 151,000 |
| 12 | Gomez Raymond | 147,000 |
| 13 | Macavinta Emer “Saudino” | 134,000 |
| 14 | Patterson Ashley J. | 128,000 |
| 15 | Chua”Ranchudas” Randel | 127,000 |
| 16 | Calma Jeffrey | 81,000 |
| 17 | Manapat Dexter Agana | 74,000 |
| 18 | Tac-An Jun | 55,000 |
Day 2 qualifiers – Top 10 in Chips
| Rank | Player | Stack |
| 1 | Austria Darrel Stephen | 609,000 |
| 2 | Carreon Jayvon Pacaba | 535,000 |
| 3 | Rovere Crispin Eilif Gorienko | 501,000 |
| 4 | Sario Florendo | 479,000 |
| 5 | Chen Fangwei | 410,000 |
| 6 | Asehan Edgar | 399,000 |
| 7 | Saquing Moses | 396,000 |
| 8 | Lim Robert Jr. Cabral | 369,000 |
| 9 | Tech John Zendrick | 362,000 |
The qualifiers have one day off before returning to action for Day 2. In the meantime, players that have yet to make the grade have only two flights to try to secure a piece of the pot. Both flights run on Saturday, August 19 at 2pm and 7pm (turbo). Scroll down for the schedule and structure. Buy in is PHP 10,000 with unlimited re-entries.
A brief background on the BMPC, it is one the younger events in the Metro calendar. Literally defined as “Child of Metro”, the title is of special significance. Through the years, the Metro has produced world class players that have gone on to inspire other locals.
Since its inception, the BMPC has crowned two winners, USA’s John Francis King in 2019 for PHP 540,863 and Lester Edoc (pictured above) in 2022 for PHP 1,124,920. However, Edoc will not be defending his title having been seen in Taiwan attending the WPT Prime Main Event.
That means, the next champion could be YOU!
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