The happiest man of the day was undoubtedly Team PKC’s Hong Kong pro Jason Wai Tung Lo who captured the Poker King Cup National’s Main Event at Solaire Resort and Casino in Manila, Philippines. With 279 total entries and a prize pool of P3,880,000, Lo scooped up the biggest chunk of the pie, the PHP857,100 […]
09/06/2016 – Poker King Cup
Redentor Edoc takes down the PKC’s PLO Hi
The Poker King Cup National Philippines held the last of its side events earlier today, the Pot Limit Omaha Hi, with an entry fee of PhP7,700 ($166,99). There were 36 entries for a prize pool of PhP244,500. Running well past the midnight hour, Filipino player Redentor Edoc defeated Filipino player Yul Maravilla to claim the first place cash […]
PKC Main Event Day 2: Paul Hockin bags over 1M chips
It seemed more like a pound-for-pound boxing match than a poker tournament with New Zealand’s Paul Hockin and Denmark’s Michael Kim Falcon going head- to-head for several hands while the rest of the players at the table sat around as mere spectators. That was truly the main attraction of Day 2 at the Poker King […]
78 players will return for Day 2 of the PKC Main Event
After completing the four initial qualifying flights of the Poker King Cup’s National Main Event, only 78 players out of 279 entries will be making their way back to the felt for Day 2. With a total prize pool of PHP3,880,000, players will surely be eyeing the first place purse of PHP857,100. However for today, they […]
PKC’s Main Event Day 1c Flight B ends with Dong Kyun Nam on top
Just past midnight hour, Day 1c flight b of the Poker King Cup National Main Event concluded with 19 players remaining out of the 52 registered entries. There were three players who crossed the century mark with Korea’s Dong Kyun Kim claiming the chip leader’s seat with 128,800 chips. All it took was one big […]
Christian Ortanez leads PKC’s Main Event Day 1c flight A
Earlier today, the first-ever Poker King Cup National held the third qualifying round – Day 1c flight A – of their PHP4,000,000 Guaranteed Main Event with 98 entries turning up at Solaire Hotel and Casino in Manila, Philippines. There were many notable players who graced the felt, however, it was a Filipino recreational tournament player […]
Korea’s John Kim takes down the PKC National Head Hunter event
Another Poker King Cup National side event trophy was awarded to a Korean with the Head Hunter event claimed by John Kim. Impressively, Kim battled from a crippled stack of four big blinds to rightfully earn the first place purse of PHP89,500 ($1938) There were a total of 47 entries for the Head Hunter event […]
Indonesia’s Marcel Andhika leads Day 1b of the PKC National Main Event
Day 1b of the first-ever Poker King Cup National PHP4,000,000 Main Event drew in a total of 73 entries, each one ponying up the PHP15,000 ($325) entry fee. The event wrapped up with 17 players remaining, six of them above the century mark, with Indonesia’s Marcel Andhika at the top of the rung amassing 179,900 […]
PKC National: Alan Honyin dominates the NLHE side event
It was a grinding battle for the title at the Poker King Cup National’s first side event, the NLHE, with 46 entries, each one contributing PHP6,000 ($130) into a prize pool that amounted to PHP245,400 ($5341). The champion was finally decided when Alan Honyin eliminated Kimura Lee at the heads up round to claim the […]
Filipino player Johnson Tan tops Day 1a of the PKC Main Event
The first-ever Poker King Cup National had players take to the felt for Day 1a of the PHP4,000,000 Guaranteed Main Event at the VIP room of Solaire Resort and Casino in Pasay City, Philippines . With an entry fee of PHP15,000 ($326) there were a total of 56 entries which dwindled down to 13 players […]