A great turnout of almost 170 players showed up for the Day 1A of The Metro’s P10-Million
peso guaranteed tournament yesterday, with every single one eying the Three Million Peso (P3,000,000) first place prize.

Action started slow, and there were no bust outs for the first hour and a half of play. When the tables came down to 9-handed action, then the plays opened up. Early chip leader Gabby Barredo had over 100K in chips to lead the field when the average stack was still around 40K, but took several hits and busted out halfway through the tournament. The poker was top notch, showing how mature local tournament players have gotten.

By the end of the day, the chip lead ended up with Ramil Genivgaya, with over 200K in chips. One of the notable chip leaders with 169,000 (3rd in chips) is FPT champion Kent Del Rosario, once again showing how skill is a very important factor in tournament poker.

More players are expected to come today for Day 2B, so expect more poker action!

DAY 1A CHIP COUNTS:

RANK NAME CHIP COUNT
1 Ramil Genivgaya 201,100
2 Aljarreau Gayang 190,000
3 Kent Del Rosario 169,600
4 Don Carmona 152,900
5 Andy Uy 150,700
6 Luis M Bernardo II 128,200
7 August Martinez 124,600
8 Jun Amito 120,200
9 Johnsen Rune 113,800
10 David Trong 113,100
11 Philip Chua 106,500
12 Eric Cheung 98,100
13 Hyoung Jin Nam 92,200
14 Jane Manglapus 91,200
15 Maan Mercado 90,400
16 Mark Pagsuyuin 87,000
17 Derek Bautista 85,200
18 Joey Agustin 85,100
19 Seung Seup Lee 79,300
20 Joeyhin Guerra 76,600
21 Alvin Tiu 70,900
22 Dexter Co-Keaying 68,600
23 Richie S. Valdez 67,900
24 Mark Rivera 63,200
25 Rey Wi 61,400
26 Ana Cu-Unjieng 60,600
27 Bradley Chong 58,900
28 Miguel Cuneta 55,000
29 Jeff Macazo 54,700
30 Ed Peralta 50,400
31 Claude Bernacer 47,800
32 Lanna Huang 46,200
33 Thotee Alano 39,000
34 Frank Salvador 33,100
35 Rizzie Galan 32,700
36 Rex Alvendia 32,200
37 Mel Carlo Villapando 31,800
38 Richard Torres 29,600
39 Pele Abella 27,500
40 Nicolo Valenton 27,300
41 Mauri Bulauitan 25,500
42 Edgar Allan Ygona 25,000
43 Jun Tolentino 23,200
44 Benjie Lim 22,000
45 Albert Ong 17,200