PASAY CITY, Philippines—with 138 players remaining to contend for the title in MIKES ROOM’s 3M for 3K tournament, it’s anybody’s guess who gets to walk away with the crown, the PhP1,000,000 top purse, and a brand new car. With some favorites not with favorable holdings, it could go down to whoever controls the variables best that could lead to victory here.
The inaugural 2M for 2K champion Jose “Boyet” Drilon, for instance, is definitely on the outside looking in as a bold call by young gun on the final hand of Day 1B’s “Turbo” flight reduced the WSOP veteran’s holdings to a mere 31,000.
With the average stack at 93,500 and the starting blinds for Day 2 at 2,000/4,000 with 500 antes (Level 15), Drilon and a host of others face an uphill battle to keep in pace with the rest of the field. The good news is that the level durations are now up to 40 minutes, giving them more space to find a favorable spot.
Luke Pangan—who finished third in the inaugural event—is at the average mark (93,500) with 77 others below him while only sixty others are above that “cut line”.
Among the notable names below average are England’s Robert Lane (88,500), 2M for 2K Final Tablist Conrad “Ponga” Pumicpic, Campomanes (61,000), former national champions Rene Pacayra (47,500), Vic “Pokermax” de Guzman (38,500) and Christopher Clark of Canada (28,500).
Overall chip leader Raymond Basto of the Cebu qualifiers has over one hundred BBs (430,000) while Don “Pusang Gala” Carmona is a distant second with 228,000. Korea’s Justin Jaewook Shin is presently at third with 218,000 while his countryman Yun Jin has 195,500.
Those with above average stacks include Alan Tsang of Hong Kong, former national champion Martin Corpuz, APT titlist Joven “Oven Toaster” Huerto and 2014 WPT National Philippines PLO champ Kim Tae Hyung of Korea.
In all, 24 foreign runners are still in the hunt along with Day 1A “Turbo” chip leader Rishi Pradhan of India (127,500), Nigeria’s Jeorge Lagatuz, Hideaki Hasuike of Japan and a host of others from the United States, England, Spain, Macau and China. However, it is the Koreans that still have the strongest international presence with twelve in contention.
Organizers have informed somuchpoker that Day 2 will played down to five tables with the finale culminating in Day 3.
By: Noel Zarate
Here is the complete list of Day 2 combatants with their respective stacks:
| Raymond | Basto | PHI | 430000 |
| Don “Pusang Gala” | Carmona | PHI | 228000 |
| Justin Jaewook | Shin | KOR | 218000 |
| Yun | Jin | KOR | 195500 |
| Alex | Torrefranca | PHI | 195500 |
| Alan | Tsang | HKG | 191000 |
| Jae Hwan | Lee | KOR | 186000 |
| Jessie | Leonarez | PHI | 185500 |
| Joemark | Vasay | PHI | 185000 |
| Joshua | Pastrana | PHI | 177500 |
| Alejandro | Yutangco | PHI | 175000 |
| Tae Hyung | Kim | KOR | 174500 |
| Richard | Go | PHI | 166000 |
| Maria | Argao | MAC | 159000 |
| Larry | Latigay | PHI | 158500 |
| Dante | Natad | PHI | 154500 |
| Eman Segismundo | Segismundo | PHI | 153500 |
| Jeon Seung | Soo | KOR | 151000 |
| Jonathan | Ramos | PHI | 151000 |
| Mark | de la Cruz | PHI | 146500 |
| Jonald | Aquino | PHI | 146000 |
| Antonio | Angeles | PHI | 143000 |
| Myeong Hwan | Park | KOR | 142500 |
| Leonard | Aban | PHI | 136000 |
| Mark | Velasquez | PHI | 135000 |
| Joseph Ty | Sia | PHI | 133000 |
| Raymond | Imperio | PHI | 132000 |
| Mike | Bueza | PHI | 131000 |
| Jeser | Rivera | PHI | 131000 |
| Tommy | Kim Dung Hyun | KOR | 129000 |
| Martin | Corpuz | USA | 128000 |
| Rishi | Pradhan | IND | 127500 |
| Frederick | Salvador | PHI | 126000 |
| Anthony | Gabitan | PHI | 124000 |
| Kilian | Marcus | KOR | 122500 |
| Jeorge | Lagatuz | NGR | 122000 |
| Royly | Oracion | PHI | 120500 |
| Alexander | Tan Chen | CHN | 111500 |
| Philip | Baider | PHI | 111500 |
| Jeffrey | Caluma | PHI | 107000 |
| Estelito | Bautista | PHI | 106500 |
| Jerick | Almusajin | PHI | 104000 |
| Romualdo | de los Reyes | PHI | 104000 |
| Joven Huerto | Huerto | PHI | 103500 |
| Sandy | Cea | PHI | 102000 |
| Czar Ian | Marcos | PHI | 102000 |
| Vamerdino | Magsakay | PHI | 101500 |
| Richard “Hot Sauce” | Marquez | PHI | 101500 |
| BJ | Perez | PHI | 101000 |
| Byung Il | Park | KOR | 100500 |
| Bernard | Chua | PHI | 100000 |
| Precil | Paalisbo | PHI | 99000 |
| Mike | Takayama | PHI | 98500 |
| Gary “Ganern” | Gamayrat | PHI | 98000 |
| Kaycelyn | Roxas | PHI | 98000 |
| William | Baroña | PHI | 97000 |
| Ryan | Maglasang | PHI | 97000 |
| Jay | Ibarra | PHI | 96000 |
| Allan | Daypuyart | PHI | 95000 |
| Jonald | Garcia | PHI | 94000 |
| Luke | Pangan | PHI | 93500 |
| Ellezer | Castillo | PHI | 92500 |
| James | Cheong | SIN | 92500 |
| Shim | Yong Woo | KOR | 91500 |
| Cesar | Corpuz | PHI | 89500 |
| Joey | Pardales | PHI | 89500 |
| Robert | Lane | ENG | 88500 |
| Gerald | Casey | USA | 88000 |
| Joseph | Santos | PHI | 84500 |
| Hideaki | Hasuike | JPN | 83000 |
| Bing | Soriano | PHI | 81000 |
| Bruce | Fabillaran | PHI | 80000 |
| Moe | Saquing | PHI | 80000 |
| Conrado “Ponga” | Pumicpic | PHI | 79000 |
| Miguel | Marantan | PHI | 78000 |
| Debbie | Olais | PHI | 76000 |
| Jun | Sacote | PHI | 75000 |
| Ricky | Singapan | PHI | 74000 |
| Bertrand | Ortiz | PHI | 72500 |
| Christopher | Quinlog | PHI | 69000 |
| Felesito | Rosales | PHI | 68500 |
| Anthony | Andrada | PHI | 67500 |
| Elmer “Buddy Boy Blue” | Kalaquian | PHI | 65500 |
| Jenelee | Dizon | PHI | 64500 |
| Timmy | Song | KOR | 62500 |
| Ernest, Jr. | Punzalan | PHI | 62000 |
| Matthew | Gregory | USA | 62000 |
| Ep | Chantengco | PHI | 61500 |
| Esward | Peñaflorida | PHI | 61500 |
| John Clyde | Tan | ENG | 61000 |
| Flo | Campomanes | PHI | 61000 |
| Dave “Spade” | Erquiaga | PHI | 61000 |
| JR | Alquiros | PHI | 60500 |
| Emmanuel | Barner | PHI | 60500 |
| George | Salud | PHI | 58500 |
| Dell | Bondad | PHI | 57500 |
| Rolando | Amorin | PHI | 57000 |
| Ernest | Guinto | PHI | 55500 |
| Richard Jr. | Chan | PHI | 55000 |
| Pedro | Gutierrez | PHI | 55000 |
| Aldrian | Villanueva | PHI | 55000 |
| Angelito | T.e.h | PHI | 54500 |
| Digno | Camacho | PHI | 53500 |
| Don Jay | Caparas | PHI | 53000 |
| JR “Gambit” | Clores | PHI | 52500 |
| Darwin | Santelices | PHI | 51500 |
| PJ | Aratea | PHI | 51000 |
| Christian | Ordoñez | PHI | 51000 |
| Robert | San Juan | PHI | 51000 |
| Ed | Marcelo | PHI | 50500 |
| Richarg | Nakila | PHI | 49000 |
| Nelson | Ong | PHI | 48500 |
| Rommel | de Guzman | PHI | 48000 |
| Delfino | Ty | PHI | 48000 |
| In Chul | Shin | KOR | 47500 |
| Rene | Pacayra | PHI | 47500 |
| Bong, Jr. | Paltep | PHI | 47500 |
| Jojo | Bai | PHI | 45000 |
| Kim Michael | Enriquez | PHI | 43000 |
| Angelo | Felix | PHI | 42000 |
| Bernie | Angeles | PHI | 41000 |
| Joey | Mente | PHI | 41000 |
| Mark | Leano | ESP | 40500 |
| Marvin | Cerbito | PHI | 40000 |
| Edson | Orbino | PHI | 39500 |
| Evely | Caparas | PHI | 38500 |
| Adrian | Co | PHI | 38500 |
| Vic | de Guzman | PHI | 38500 |
| Rhen Holz | Villanueva | PHI | 37000 |
| Jaimak | Quevedo | PHI | 36000 |
| Jose Francisco | Zulueta | PHI | 33000 |
| Boyet | Drilon | PHI | 31000 |
| Christopher | Clark | CAN | 28500 |
| JM | Manalo | PHI | 25500 |
| Liberty | Icao | PHI | 19500 |
| Cian | Ballesal | PHI | 15000 |
| Bryan | Bandada | PHI | 13500 |
| Trisa | Camacho | PHI | 4000 |
Louis Hartwell
Graduated in Media Communication at the University of Lausanne, Louis Hartman is a co-founder of somuchpoker.com. He began his career in Cambodia as freelance journalist. In same time he was making his living by playing poker every night at that time. Intense learner, he read dozens of poker strategy books to improve his skills during many years. With a strong interest about poker "behind the scene" in Asia and his communication skills, Louis launched Somuchpoker in 2014.
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