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#1 Early Bird (3,500 PHP)

Early Bird Ends in 5-way ICM Chop, Minsung Claims Championship

After a field of 300 entries pushed the original GTD Prize Pool of the (Event #1) Early Bird tournament from PhP300,000 (~US$5,375) to PhP896,280 (~US$16,055), the end came when five players remained and decided to settle for an ICM Chop and played for the trophy.

Korean veteran Kim Minsung, eventually emerged victorious.

Minsung received PhP122,200 (~US$2,190) while second place went to Vivencio Nachor Jr. from the Philippines for PhP123,700 (~US$2,215) while another Filipino in Raul Ahmed got third place for PhP100,000 (~US$1,790).

Total Prize USD

$15,715

Total Prize

₱877,780

Guaranteed

₱300,000

Entries

300

ITM

Top Payouts

#	Payout	Player
1	₱122,200 $2,185	MK Minsung Kim Korea (Republic of)
2	₱123,700 $2,215	VN Vivencio Nachor Jr. Philippines
3	₱100,000 $1,790	RA Raul Ahmmed United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
4	₱77,700 $1,390	JP John Philip Baider Philippines
5	₱55,180 $990	JB Joel Bawi Philippines
6	₱36,500 $655	TL Tatiana Li United States of America
7	₱30,000 $535	ML Marlon Laxamana Philippines
8	₱25,000 $450	DH Daigo Hayashi Japan
9	₱21,000 $375	ER Edmon Rebadulla Philippines

Check the 39 Payouts & Results ...

Blind Levels

Level	Duration	SB	BB
Break
#1	25 min	100	200
#2	25 min	100	300
#3	25 min	200	400
#4	25 min	200	500
#5	25 min	300	600
#6	25 min	400	800
#7	25 min	500	1,000
#8	25 min	500	1,000
#9	25 min	600	1,200
#10	25 min	600	1,200
#11	25 min	1,000	1,500
#12	25 min	1,000	2,000
#13	25 min	1,000	2,500
#14	25 min	1,500	3,000
#15	25 min	2,000	4,000
#16	25 min	2,000	5,000
#17	25 min	3,000	6,000
#18	25 min	4,000	8,000
#19	25 min	5,000	10,000
#20	25 min	6,000	12,000
#21	25 min	8,000	16,000
#22	25 min	10,000	20,000
#23	25 min	10,000	25,000
#24	25 min	15,000	30,000
#25	25 min	20,000	40,000
#26	25 min	25,000	50,000
#27	25 min	30,000	60,000
#28	25 min	40,000	80,000
#29	25 min	50,000	100,000
#30	25 min	60,000	120,000
#31	25 min	80,000	160,000
#32	25 min	100,000	200,000