WPT Phils - Poker Madness Day 1 Highlights and Chip Count
The inaugural WPT Philippines event, Poker Madness, began and 60 players started with 10k in chips and most opted for a 3k add-on for 5k more of chips. With the 100-100 blinds starting the first level of one hour, we were hoping that the action would be slow to develop. How wrong we were, as the dealer of the featured table kept on raising his hand because of an all-in situation, how could they be all-in aready? If so, this would be a quick Day 1 while we play down to 30 players.
I jokingly asked if anyone would want to take some action in an over/under prediction of three players getting busted in level one. Someone took it and we eagerly awaited the dust to settled. After the first level was in the book, only one player busted out, Derrick Chiongbian, would now be an answer to a triva question: Who was the 1st player busted out in WPT Philippines history. I know its not nice, but someone had to be it. I won the over/under bet, oh yeah.
Anyway, the action kept on going the way it was and all of a sudden there were 39 players left with 40 minutes before the dinner break, which was level 4 with blinds of 300-600?!?! We mercifuly got to the dinner break without any more casualties but after dinner, it seemed that the action started up again, and the magic number was being reached very quick.
With 31 players remaining, all of a sudden the tables we're silent. I remarked "Who wants to bust out? Who wants to be everyone's best friend?" and then it happened. Ken Ganancial went all-in and the big stacks in his table (Jacson Feng and Big Wally Sombero) were the blinds, surely they would call his 3,600 raise to finish off Ken's misery. Jacson was the SB and folded, while Big Wally took all of two seconds to call the bet and show his 7-2 offsuit, much to the delight of the crowd. Ganancial turned over A-2 off and was dominating Big Wally to the tune of 75-25 pre-flop. But wouldn't you know it, a 7 came off on the flop and giving Big Wally the 86-14 advantage. The turn and the river didn't improve Ganancial's prospects much and he was everybody's friend tonight. I told the dealers that they would just need to finish up their hands and that we would collapse one table and do the paperwork needed for the end of Day 1. But wouldn't you know it, someone else got busted out. Weren't they listening? Mr. Earl Yagi found a hand he couldn't let go and was the 30th player to be busted out.
So now 29 players remain and their chips counts are:
So play continues tomorrow, or later on in the day for me . . . and will keep you guys posted who makes it to the final table on Monday.
I jokingly asked if anyone would want to take some action in an over/under prediction of three players getting busted in level one. Someone took it and we eagerly awaited the dust to settled. After the first level was in the book, only one player busted out, Derrick Chiongbian, would now be an answer to a triva question: Who was the 1st player busted out in WPT Philippines history. I know its not nice, but someone had to be it. I won the over/under bet, oh yeah.
Anyway, the action kept on going the way it was and all of a sudden there were 39 players left with 40 minutes before the dinner break, which was level 4 with blinds of 300-600?!?! We mercifuly got to the dinner break without any more casualties but after dinner, it seemed that the action started up again, and the magic number was being reached very quick.
With 31 players remaining, all of a sudden the tables we're silent. I remarked "Who wants to bust out? Who wants to be everyone's best friend?" and then it happened. Ken Ganancial went all-in and the big stacks in his table (Jacson Feng and Big Wally Sombero) were the blinds, surely they would call his 3,600 raise to finish off Ken's misery. Jacson was the SB and folded, while Big Wally took all of two seconds to call the bet and show his 7-2 offsuit, much to the delight of the crowd. Ganancial turned over A-2 off and was dominating Big Wally to the tune of 75-25 pre-flop. But wouldn't you know it, a 7 came off on the flop and giving Big Wally the 86-14 advantage. The turn and the river didn't improve Ganancial's prospects much and he was everybody's friend tonight. I told the dealers that they would just need to finish up their hands and that we would collapse one table and do the paperwork needed for the end of Day 1. But wouldn't you know it, someone else got busted out. Weren't they listening? Mr. Earl Yagi found a hand he couldn't let go and was the 30th player to be busted out.
So now 29 players remain and their chips counts are:
So play continues tomorrow, or later on in the day for me . . . and will keep you guys posted who makes it to the final table on Monday.
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