DAY 1A

Despite the heavy rains the night prior, the Metro Card Club was packed to the brim with players all wanting to get a piece of that 2 million guaranteed prize pool of the Metro Independence Day Tournament.

The Metro Card Club Independence Day Tournament, which guarantees Php 2,000,000 for a buy-in of Php3,000, started off today with a field of 232 runners for Day1a.  Notable names that played today were professional poker players Eric Sia, Don Carmona, Mark Rivera, Melvin “The Miracle” Matibag, Wally Sombero, Martin Gonzales, Event #30 WPT Southern Poker Championship Russell Blattberg, and our very own APT Champion Neil “Dirty Ice Cream” Arce.

Of those mentioned, only Eric Sia and Don Carmona would move to Day 2.

The chip leader for Day1a is Raymond Dee who cemented his chip lead when he caught a set of 5s on the river against Ashby Rivera’s pocket Jacks.  He bagged 343,100 chips.  He is followed by Vince Nachor Jr. who has 203,000 chips.

Day1b will start on June 10, Friday, at 3:00pm

Day1a Chip Counts:
RANK PLAYER NAME CHIP COUNT
1 Raymond Roy Dee 343,100
2 Vivencio "Vince" Nachor Jr. 203,000
3 Sebastian Samonte Jr. 127,000
4 Arnel Elento 115,700
5 Norman Salazar 101,400
6 Janna Rivera 100,300
7 Charles Lagamayo 95,400
8 Jesse Leonares 92,000
9 John Pineda 81,100
10 Ramon Randolph Gonzales 78,400
11 Chris Ramayrat 78,100
12 Jay Morales 73,100
13 Martin Cotoaco 72,300
14 Gandy Valle 71,300
15 Raymond Tiu 70,500
16 Geoffrey Santos 69,200
17 Percy Shy 67,500
18 Ralph Castaneda 67,000
19 Edwin Cua 66,800
20 Joseph Sia 66,000
21 Jullianne Tuazon Lagman 65,400
22 Eric Sia 64,300
23 Ronnie Bermundo 63,900
24 Raymond "Papa Bear" Czamir 60,100
25 Julius Lagman 60,100
26 Bernardino Hagosojos 59,600
27 Frederick Dimayuga 56,400
28 Raymond Intervalo 54,100
29 Don Carmona 53,500
30 Vip Nava 52,300
31 Micheal De Leon 51,800
32 Mitchelle Brizuela 48,900
33 Glenn Stuart Yu Tan 48,700
34 Bernard Chua 44,700
35 Don Sevilla 43,600
36 Jeffrey Igarta 43,400
37 Silvu Jurandilson 43,200
38 Kyle Ferguson 42,300
39 Luis Bernardo 42,200
40 Virgilio Dela Cruz 41,800
41 Paulo Mendez 41,600
42 Vincent Miranda 39,800
43 Romeo Richard Papa 39,500
44 Giovanni Jariol 38,000
45 Silvia Gerone 33,100
46 Francisco F. Pataw 28,300
47 Judee Mendoza 28,200
48 Carlos Cortes 25,100
49 Richard Bernal 24,500
50 Mary Grace Castro 24,200
51 Edilberto Gopez 23,400
52 Ronaldo Buenaventura 19,300
53 Erwin Alipio 18,800
54 Aris Matias 16,600



DAY1B

Day1B of the Metro Independence Day Tournament started off with 185 players and after 12 levels of play only 44 were left to move to Day 2.

The chip leader for Day1B is the voice of the forums Del “Welcoat” Ty with 202,900 chips.  This does not exceed Day1A chip leader Raymond Dee but it does put Del Ty at overall 3rd chip leader for Day 1 so far.

Prominent names that played on this day were professional poker players Mark Pagsuyuin, Brian Sombero, Jojo Tech, Martin Corpuz, Rusty Cardona, Dirty Ice Cream ’10 champion Mark Amparo, and FPT champions Tonypet Albano, Joshua Rivera and Kent del Rosario.

Rivera, Cardona and Tech are the only ones of the aforementioned moving on to Day 2.

The Independence Day Tournament has a partial total field of 417 players with 98 left for Day 2 at the moment.

Day1C will start at 3:00pm tomorrow, Saturday, June 11.

Day1B Chip Counts:

RANK PLAYER NAME CHIP COUNT
1 Delfino Ty                         202,900
2 Jonard D. Garcia             145,800
3 Philip Padron                   117,600
4 Orly Dequina                   114,500
5 Ace Devino Custodio     112,900
6 Joshua Rivera                111,700
7 Rusty Cardona               109,900
8 Edward Madlambayan 107,000
9 Emmanuel Gomez           99,000
10 Albert Aguilar                97,200
11 Ramir Cantillana        92,900
12 Joseph Daryl Santos    89,200
13 Lina Pagsuyuin              88,800
14 Terence Teves            78,700
15 Bernard Garovillas            76,100
16 Marlon Silverio            75,900
17 John Tech           75,400
18 Jomel Noscal           69,300
19 Marion Ivan Lato            68,700
20 Rommel Atiga          58,800
21 Edvir Calub            58,100
22 Paul M. Duran           54,800
23 Jimmy Gran            53,500
24 Christian Ortanez            50,300
25 Erick Marzan              49,000
26 Jerick Medina            43,400
27 Allan Soliba              42,800
28 Nelson Gun             40,300
29 Bryan Angelo Llanto           33,400
30 Erwin Reyes           32,900
31 Lyn Roble            31,800
32 Mark Owen Valencia          31,700
33 June Caberoy         31,100
34 Delfin C. Diangeo              27,400
35 Kristoffer M. Cantor             26,300
36 Rey Tuazon           25,900
37 Paolo O'Hara              24,600
38 Jing Morales               23,100
39 Maria Trisha Camacho          21,800
40 Mark Copiozo           21,500
41 Benigno Villanueva 19,300
42 John Anthony Malilong          12,600
43 Rodolf Rodriguez            12,500
44 Joel Melchor            11,600



A rush to play in the last Day1 of the Metro Independence Day tournament happened yesterday at the Metro Card Club.   Day1c was packed with 291 players all vying to win a piece of the 2 million guaranteed prize pool, making the total field for the whole Day 1 708 runners.

Notables that entered the tournament were Professional poker players Amor Nario, Ed Marcelo and Jade Triste, Pokermanila’s Nikki Filart, Asia Poker Academy’s Ron Regis, Metro champions Oliver Roxas and Mike Takayama, Metro Card Club Bacolod’s Joey Agustin and Metro Card Club Cebu’s Richard Sharpe.  Of these notables, Filart, Tristenario and Sharpe were able to move forward to Day2.

Although Stephen Gaw led Day1c players into Day 2 with 215,500, Raymond Dee has kept the chip lead for the whole Day1 with 343,100.  172 players still remain in the tournament.

Day 2 Chip Counts are as follows:

RANK PLAYER NAME  CHIP COUNT
1 Raymond Roy Dee 343,100
2 STEPHEN GAW 215,500
3 Vivencio "Vince" Nachor Jr. 203,000
4 Delfino Ty 202,900
5 NICKY FILART 183,700
6 CHRISTIAN LEE 147,100
7 Jonard D. Garcia 145,800
8 GAMEL ANTONIO ESTEBAN 138,800
9 DANIEL LYNCH 134,600
10 MICHAEL KIRBY LIM 130,300
11 Sebastian Samonte Jr. 127,000
12 WILFREDO BACHINELA 118,200
13 Philip Padron 117,600
14 Arnel Elento 115,700
15 Orly Dequina 114,500
16 Ace Devino Custodio 112,900
17 FREDDIE JOURNEAUX 112,000
18 Joshua Rivera 111,700
19 Rusty Cardona 109,900
20 MIGUEL M. DE GALEGO 109,300
21 Edward Madlambayan 107,000
22 TEMETOCLES ALBAO 104,300
23 Norman Salazar 101,400
24 JEREMY CHUNG 101,400
25 Janna Rivera 100,300
26 Emmanuel Gomez 99,000
27 Albert Aguilar 97,200
28 CHRISTOPHER JENAPICO 95,800
29 Charles Lagamayo 95,400
30 Ramir Cantillana 92,900
31 Jesse Leonares 92,000
32 JEFFREY ESTANISLAO 89,500
33 D'AMOR B. NARIO 89,500
34 Joseph Daryl Santos 89,200
35 Lina Pagsuyuin 88,800
36 FEDERICO DAVID 88,000
37 RICHARD MARQUES 84,200
38 John Pineda 81,100
39 Terence Teves 78,700
40 Ramon Randolph Gonzales 78,400
41 MIGUEL TAVORA 78,300
42 Chris Ramayrat 78,100
43 Bernard Garovillas 76,100
44 Marlon Silverio 75,900
45 John Tech 75,400
46 SEAN WINDOVER 73,700
47 Jay Morales 73,100
48 RAMON CABANTAC II 72,400
49 Martin Cotoaco 72,300
50 Gandy Valle 71,300
51 Raymond Tiu 70,500
52 Jomel Noscal 69,300
53 Geoffrey Santos 69,200
54 Marion Ivan Lato 68,700
55 EDMON REBADULLA 68,600
56 JADE TRISTE 68,500
57 Percy Shy 67,500
58 Ralph Castaneda 67,000
59 Edwin Cua 66,800
60 DOMICIANO SORIANO 66,100                      
61 Joseph Sia 66,000
62 Jullianne Tuazon Lagman 65,400
63 ALDO CALIMLIM 64,500
64 Eric Sia 64,300
65 Ronnie Bermundo 63,900
66 RODULFO GARCIA 63,500
67 ALEXIS LIM 63,100
68 EDGAR BASILIO 62,800
69 ED PERALTA 62,400
70 STEPHEN MEHTA 62,000
71 RON SAVAGE 61,900
72 JEFFREY DOMINGO 61,200
73 Raymond "Papa Bear" Czamir 60,100
74 Julius Lagman 60,100
75 Bernardino Hagosojos 59,600
76 MAYNARD AUSTRIA 59,200
77 Rommel Atiga 58,800
78 Edvir Calub 58,100
79 Frederick Dimayuga 56,400
80 Paul M. Duran 54,800
81 RENATO PACAYRA 54,500
82 ED MARCELO 54,300
83 Raymond Intervalo 54,100
84 Don Carmona 53,500
85 Jimmy Gran 53,500
86 ALBERTO CHAN 53,300
87 MANUEL REGIS 53,000
88 Vip Nava 52,300
89 Micheal De Leon 51,800
90 RAYMOND SAMONTE 51,300
91 Christian Ortanez 50,300
92 Erick Marzan 49,000
93 Mitchelle Brizuela 48,900
94 Glenn Stuart Yu Tan 48,700
95 STEPHEN JOSHUA M. ZARRAGA 48,400
96 REYNALDO FUENTES 47,400
97 JONG BEOM WOO 46,400
98 JERICHO VENOZA 45,600
99 HOWARD LEE 45,100
100 Bernard Chua 44,700
101 MARY GRACE BERO 44,300
102 Don Sevilla 43,600
103 Jeffrey Igarta 43,400
104 Jerick Medina 43,400
105 Silvu Jurandilson 43,200
106 Allan Soliba 42,800
107 ESPERIDION DEXELOS 42,500
108 Kyle Ferguson 42,300
109 Luis Bernardo 42,200
110 Virgilio Dela Cruz 41,800
111 Paulo Mendez 41,600
112 TONY ABESAMIS 41,100
113 JAMES LOMEDA 40,400
114 Nelson Gun 40,300
115 JEREMY NABLE 40,300
116 RYAN ALVIN ACOSTA 40,100
117 Vincent Miranda 39,800
118 Romeo Richard Papa 39,500
119 Giovanni Jariol 38,000
120 ARON ANGELES 37,700
121 JONATHAN ARGAMOZA 37,000
122 MARK DE LEON 36,600
123 ELENA DEONA 36,100                
124 JOHN RAY BACABAL 35,700
125 STEPHEN ADRIAS 34,600
126 HAYON PEARL 34,500
127 Bryan Angelo Llanto 33,400
128 Silvia Gerone 33,100
129 Erwin Reyes 32,900
130 Lyn Roble 31,800
131 Mark Owen Valencia 31,700
132 June Caberoy 31,100
133 CRISAL BASCO 31,100
134 ROSE ANN GONZALES 31,000
135 MICHAEL SANTOS 30,800
136 VINCENT DEL ROSARIO 30,400
137 MOHHAMAD KAZAN A. AZIS 29,900
138 Francisco F. Pataw 28,300
139 Judee Mendoza 28,200
140 HENRIETO ACAIN 27,800
141 Delfin C. Diangeo 27,400
142 Kristoffer M. Cantor 26,300
143 Rey Tuazon 25,900
144 Carlos Cortes 25,100
145 BENJO ENRIQUEZ 25,100
146 Paolo O'Hara 24,600
147 Richard Bernal 24,500
148 Mary Grace Castro 24,200
149 Edilberto Gopez 23,400
150 RICHARD SHARPE 23,300
151 Jing Morales 23,100
152 WILLIAM YSMAEL 22,500
153 MARK FLORES 22,300
154 GEORGE SALUD 22,100
155 Maria Trisha Camacho 21,800
156 Mark Copiozo 21,500
157 KIMIAN CHI 21,300
158 Ronaldo Buenaventura 19,300
159 Benigno Villanueva 19,300
160 Erwin Alipio 18,800
161 SAMSON SANTOS 18,300
162 WILLIAM ANONUEVO 17,000
163 Aris Matias 16,600
164 ROBERTO DELOS REYES 14,000
165 REDENTOR EDOC 14,000
166 JOAN CARDANO 12,900
167 John Anthony Malilong 12,600
168 Rodolf Rodriguez 12,500
169 Joel Melchor 11,600
170 RAYMUNDO DEONA 11,500
171 MAILA TEODORO 9,500
172 CHRISTOPHER JOHN DEL ROSARIO 600



172 players came back to the Metro Card Club for Day 2 of the Independence Day 2M Guaranteed Tournament.

Notables that started Day 2 include professional poker players Eric Sia, Jojo Tech, Ed Marcelo, Jade Triste, Amor Nario, Don Carmona, Rusty Cardona, Pokermanila’s Nikki Filart, Metro Card Club Cebu Richard Sharpe, Metro Card Club Marketing Manager Nina Castro and Filipino Poker Tour champion Josua Rivera.  Unfortunately, none of them made it to the Final Day.

Of the 172 players, 70 were in the money.  Our bubble boy was Ace Custodio whose pocket Queens were beaten by Raymond Dee’s K-J when Dee caught a King on the turn.

The day played until 26 players were left standing, all assured a minimum payout of Php12,000.
Leading the Final Day is Gamel Esteban with 1,279,000 chips, followed by Edilberto Gopez with 924,000.

Chip counts and seating arrangements are as follows:

RANK PLAYER NAME  CHIP COUNT TABLE&SEAT
1 GAMEL ANTONIO ESTEBAN 1,279,000 Table 3, Seat 5
2 EDILBERTO GOPEZ 924,000 Table 2, Seat 7
3 DELFINO TY 808,000 Table 1, Seat 1
4 NORMAN SALAZAR 735,000 Table 2, Seat 9
5 JONALD GARCIA 579,000 Table 1, Seat 9
6 JULIAN LAGMAN 564,000 Table 1, Seat 7
7 GANDY VALLE 515,000 Table 2, Seat 5
8 STEPHEN ZARAGGA 478,000 Table 2, Seat 3
9 JERICK MEDINA 447,000 Table 2, Seat 8
10 JOSEPH SIA 400,000 Table 3, Seat 2
11 JAY MORALES 400,000 Table 2, Seat 1
12 WILDFREDO BACHINELLA 399,000 Table 3, Seat 6
13 JULIUS LAGMAN 330,000 Table 3, Seat 8
14 EDGAR BASILIO 312,000 Table 1, Seat 8
15 ARON ANGELES 278,000 Table 2, Seat 6
16 RAMIR CANTILLANA 276,000 Table 3, Seat 4
17 FREDDIE JOURNEAUX 266,000 Table 1, Seat 5
18 ROMMEL ATIGA 266,000 Table 2, Seat 4
19 KYLE FERGUSON 223,000 Table 1, Seat 6
20 CHARLES LAGAMAYO 206,000 Table 3, Seat 3
21 MITCHELLE BRIZUELA 181,000 Table 1, Seat 4
22 LYN ROBLE 181,000 Table 1, Seat 2
23 VIRGILIO DELA CRUZ 174,000 Table 1, Seat 3
24 SEBASTIAN SAMONTE 165,000 Table 2, Seat 2
25 VIP NAVA 125,000 Table 3, Seat 1
26 RAMON CABANTAC 112,000 Table 3, Seat 7



Day 3 started off with 27 players all assured Php12,000 but none were satisfied until they got the whopping first place prize.
And after 5 days of tournament play and a harrowing 9 hours of the final table a new champion had been crowned at the Metro Card Club.

Congratulations to Julian Lagman, the Metro Independence Day Tournament 2011 Champion.

Julian Lagman won himself a nice Php650,000.  Jerick Medina, who gave a very good fight, placed 2nd bringing home Php330,000.

For more detailed poker action, check the live updates at Pilipinaspoker.com

Final standings are as follows:
Julian Lagman – Php 650,000
Jerick Medina – Php 330,000
Gandhi Valle – 180,000
Julius Lagman – Php110,000
Freddie Jorneaux – Php 86,000
Gamel Esteban – Php 63,000
Joseph Sia – Php 53,000
Wilfredo Bachinella – Php 43,000
Jonald Garcia – Php 33,000
Edilberto Gopez – Php 24,000