Already amassing 18 career binks and amassing close to US$400,000 in his long career, Eman Segismundo is one who definitely is knowledgeable in what it takes to win it all at any given time.
This native of Marikina City has been a fixture in the local poker scene, having started in small buy-in tournaments during the early part of the millennium and has acquired skills that make him thrive in any field, especially large ones as exemplified by his conquests several Main Events including the Pokerstars LIVE Manila Super Series Main Event in 2017 and recently the Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) Deepstack event in 2023.
Segsmundo has a stack of 322,000 and is closely followed by two Filipinos in Joemark Vasay with 315,000 and Maxwell Rosete's third best holdings of 299,000.
Day 2 gets underway at 1PM (UCT+8) today (September 28).
Day 1D (Turbo) entries: 63 (57 unique)
Chips in play: 1,830,000
Average stack: 130,714 (14 BB)
Blinds: 1,000/1,500 (1,500 BB Ante)
Remaining players: 10
Dates: September 25-29, 2024
Buy in: Php 45,000 (~US$800)
Guarantee: PhP20,000,000 (~US$357,000)
Day 1A entries: 78 / 12 qualified
Day 1B entries: 130 / 20 qualified
Day 1C entries: 250 / 38 qualified
Day 1D (Turbo) entries: 63 / 10 qualified
Day 2: Saturday, September 28
Day 3/Final Day: Sunday, September 29