2024 RVS CUP: Terje Bratberg, Kenneth Galola Win Trophies; 18 Return For Mystery Bounty Day 2

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2024 RVS CUP: Terje Bratberg, Kenneth Galola Win Trophies; 18 Return For Mystery Bounty Day 2

The 2024 RVS CUP is in full swing with several events having already been completed in the past four days. A beloved Metro Card Club homegrown festival, this year’s lineup is bigger than ever featuring PHP 32 Million in guarantees. A large portion of that figure is reserved for the Philippine Poker Championship with PHP 20 Million on the line, that’s double last year’s offer. That much awaited event will hit the felt on November 7 with seven flights scheduled over three days. We’ve got all that info for you down below along with all the other events yet to be tabled.

First, let’s congratulate the winners of the past four days starting with Norway’s Terje Bratberg for his victory at the RVS CUP Pre-Event. The event drew 417 entries to build a sweeter prize pool of PHP 1,334,400 (~US$ 22,860). After a three-way ICM deal, the already leading Bratberg went on to win it to add PHP 41,802 to his guaranteed earnings and walk away with a total payout of PHP 188,841 (~US$ 3,236). Not bad for a buy in of just PHP 3,500 (~US$ 60).

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Buy in: PHP 3,500 (~US$ 60)
Guarantee: PHP 1,000,000 (~US$ 17,000)
Entries: 417
Prize pool: PHP 1,334,400 (~US$ 22,860)
ITM: 60 places

Final Table Payouts

Rank Player Prize (In PhP) Prize (in ~US$)
1 Terje Bratberg 188,841 3,236
2 Ronnie Sy 107,797 1,847
3 Bryan David 120,786 2,070
4 Robert Tolentino 52,000 891
5 Darwin Santelices 40,000 686
6 Eugene De Guzman 32,000 548
7 Louie Princesa 24,000 411
8 Alexis Reyes Lim 20,000 343
9 Richard Nakila 16,000 274

Also lifting a trophy was Kenneth Gaolola who outlasted the 51 entry competition of the Big Bounty. This was Galola’s first ever victory in a major Metro festival.

Kenneth Galola

Buy in: PHP 5,050 (~US$ 86)
Entries: 51
Prize pool: PHP 181,050 (~US$ 5,700)
ITM: 7 places
Place Player Payout In PHP
1 Kenneth Galola 53,333
2 Pantaleon Valencia 43,353
3 Ooi Chuan Kim 24,500
4 Jun Amisic 17,500
5 Jhun Aballa 14,000
6 Marco Espela 10,500
7 Joven Huerto 7,500

*Payouts do not include bounties

Next up is the Mystery Bounty which features PHP 500,000 prize pool. The two entry flights ran on November 4 attracting 118 entries and 18 players advancing to the ITM round. We will have the official prize pool, payouts, and bounty prizes up once it has been made available.

Day 2 Qualifiers

Player Table Seat Stack
Franco N. 22 6 374,000
Castro Anthony 23 2 321,500
Israel Mark Alvin 22 7 266,000
Hechanova Isaac 23 5 208,000
David Bryan 22 4 163,000
Aballa Jhun 23 7 148,000
Patulot Lemmor 22 2 122,000
Dumduma Anthony 23 9 110,000
Chops Chua 22 8 107,000
Victoria Charles Milton 23 8 96,000
Grande Norman Edwin 22 1 78,500
Peña Vicente 23 6 78,000
Intia Jester 22 3 70,000
Manlapaz Michael 23 4 68,500
Mendoza Earl Ferrer 22 5 49,000
Baider John Philip 23 1 38,500
Louie P. 22 9 32,000
Calma Jeffrey 23 3 31,000

RVS CUP – Philippine Poker Championship

RVS Cup trophy

The crown jewel of the RVS Cup is the Philippine Poker Championship and as mentioned above, this edition goes all out with an eye-popping PHP 20,000,000 prize pool (~US$ 345,850) guarantee! Not only is that figure double of last year’s offering, it is also a new prize pool record for this event.

Now in its 11th year, the early years crowned champions that included Richard Marquez, Lester Edoc, Anacleto Quijano, Jeffrey Calma, Christopher Chua, Marco Almerez, Vamerdino Magsakay, and the latest was Edilberto Gopez who won it last year. The road to becoming the newest RVS CUP – PPC champion is via these entry flights. Qualify into the ITM round and you are one step closer!

Dates: November 7-12, 2024
Buy in: PHP 22,000 (~US$ 380)
Guarantee: PHP 20,000,000 (~US$ 345,850)

Day 1A: November 7, 2024
Day 1B (30 min blinds) & Day 1C (20 minute blinds): November 8, 2024
Day 1D (30 min blinds) & Day 1E(20 minute blinds): November 9, 2024
Day 1F (30 min blinds) & Day 1G(20 minute blinds): November 10, 2024

All entry flights will play down to ITM and the qualifiers will merge for another round of action on Day 2 on Monday, November 11. For those fortunate enough to reach the last two tables will have a shot at being the newest RVS CUP champion on the final day November 12.

Metro & MPC Championship

A new addition to the RVS CUP lineup is the Metro & MPC Championship which runs back to back with the headliner. In collaboration with the Manila Poker Cup, the inaugural event guarantees PHP 5,500,000 (~US$ 95,000) and comes in with a buy in in of PHP 33,000 (~US$ 570). Be the first champion of this bold new tournament by taking on the challenge.

Dates: November 12-14, 2024
Buy in: PHP 33,000 (~US$ 570)
Guarantee: PHP 5,500,000 (~US$ 95,000)

Day 1A & Day 1B: November 12, 2024
Day 1C & Day 1D: November 13, 2024
Day 2 / Final Day: November 14, 2024

High Roller Events

High roller events have been in demand at the Metro and to answer the requests, we have collaborated with MPC to bring players two High Roller events.

High Roller PHP 2M Guarantee

Date: November 7-8, 2024
Buy in: PHP 40,000 (~US$ 690)
Guarantee: PHP 2,000,000 (~US$ 34,600)

High Roller PHP 3M Guarantee

Date: November 11, 2024
Buy in: PHP 60,000 (~US$ 1,040)
Guarantee: PHP 3,000,000 (~US$ 51,900)

RVS CUP Philippine Poker Championship\

RVS CUP – Player of the Series

With the RVS CUP well underway, that means so is the RVS CUP Player of the Series! Rack up the most points by the end of the festival to win this honorable title.

RVS Cup Player of the Series

RVS CUP – Schedule

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