Jai Uthirapathy wins PLO side event After a gruelling twelve hour marathon grind, Singapore’s Jai Uthirapathy took down the PhP5,000 (PhP4,600+PhP400) Pot Limit Omaha (PLO) Side Event at the “2M for 2K” tourney in MIKES ROOM here. The 24 year old also claimed the top purse of PhP113,550 and outlasted Rafael Bandong in the ensuing […]
23/06/2016 – Mikes 2M for 2K
Boyet Drilon tops record field in MIKES ROOM’s 2M for 2K tournament
PASAY CITY, Philippines—As the old adage goes: a poker tournament is a marathon and not a sprint. That’s what Jose “Boyet” Drilon had to endure as he bucked the odds and was crowned the champion of MIKES ROOM’s “2M for 2K” tournament here, topping the biggest field in Philippine poker history en route to the […]
MIKES ROOM’s 2M for 2K: 27 remain, Lito Bautista is chip leader
PASAY CITY, Philippines—It took about less than two hours before the Money Bubble burst and in Level 23, play was halted as the final 27 players called it a day and moved one step closer to their dream of being crowned a millionaire and claim the title in the “2M for 2K”, the inaugural tournament […]
“2M for 2K” Day 2 primer Chip Count
NAME CHIPS COUNTRY NOEL OGAMA 349,000 PHILIPPINES MARTIN EALDAMA 299,000 PHILIPPINES LUKE PANGAN 269,000 PHILIPPINES MARIO VALDIVIEZO JR. 265,500 PHILIPPINES LITO BAUTISTA 262,000 PHILIPPINES CHIA WEI CHANG 260,500 CHINA MARVIN DUMON 237,000 CEBU, PHIL RICHARD MARQUEZ 210,000 PHILIPPINES DENNIS REYES 198,500 PHILIPPINES ORVILLE BINGCOLETA 193,500 CEBU, PHIL BRIAN MASON 182,000 PHILIPPINES HYUNG TAEK KO 182,000 KOREA KIM MICHAEL ENRIQUEZ 181,000 PHILIPPINES JANNO RIGA 180,000 PHILIPPINES ANNA CHARISSE BAJAS 177,500 PHILIPPINES DENNIS SINSON 175,000 PHILIPPINES JAROME MAMANGU
2M for 2K Day 2 Primer: 140 runners left to chase ‘Millionaire’ dream
PASAY CITY, Philippines—There will be no more re-entries and for the 140 left standing to contest the title and PhP1,000,000 top purse in the “2M for 2K” inaugural tournament of MIKES ROOM (Metro Manila’s newest and action-filled poker facility), their fates are now in the hands of poker gods in Day 2 beginning today (June […]
2M for 2K Day 1C round-up: 561 entries caps record-setting day
PASAY CITY, Philippines—With the final “Day” flight yielding 384 entries and the “Night” flight ending with 177, “2M for 2K”, MIKES ROOM’s inaugural tournament for its official grand opening, the “preliminary” round of the record-shattering event drew to a close with Day 2 set to see all out carnage for the grand prize of PhP1,000,000 […]
MIKES ROOM’s 2M for 2K sets new Philippine record with 1,403 entries
PASAY CITY, Philippines— The ambitious gamble turned out to shatter all existing Philippine records as “2M for 2K” the inaugural tournament of MIKES ROOM, the newest poker facility in the archipelago, netted 1,403 entries—easily hitting the PhP2,000,000 ($42,569) guarantee with the measly buy-in of a mere PhP2,000 ($42,5). The success of the undertaking now underlines […]
2M for 2K Day 1B “Night” Flight draws 158 entries, Boyet Drilon leads
PASAY CITY, Philippines—This tournament is about to make history as 158 entries in the “2M for 2K” Day 1B “Night” Flight here now brings the total entries to an astonishing 842 with a full Day 1C (“Day” and “Night” flights) still to be played on Saturday (June 25th) here. When the action halted in Level 15 (2,000/4000/500), […]
2M for 2K Day 1B “Day” flight brings in 259 entries, Luke Pangan tops field
PASAY CITY, Philippines—With the Day 1B “Day” flight of MIKES ROOM’s “2M for 2K” grand inauguration tournament closing with a massive 259 entries, many observers feel that this event could shatter all existing attendance records in this country’s poker history as now a total of 695 entries brings the undertaking ever so closer to the […]
2M for 2K: 88 entries in “Night Flight”, eight advance to Day 2
PASAY CITY, Philippines—The unique “turbo” Day 1A—also known as the “Night Flight”—of the “2M for 2K” tournament to inaugurate the metropolis’ newest and most vibrant poker facility MIKES ROOM drew 88 entries to bring the total Day 1 runners to a staggering 424. “We expected a massive turnout overall,” said Mike Kim, “but today’s field […]