62 out of 176 players survive PPWC Main Event Day 1C; Gabriel Carter and Martin Gonzales among the leaders

SMP EditorEditor-in-Chief

Updated: 2026.10.16

The last starting day of the PPPoker World Championship – Main Event – produced the largest turnout of 176 players. As expected, many well known figures in the Asian circuit and international players in the region came out with the jaw-dropping PHP 20 Million (US$382,000) guarantee giving them every reason to attend.

After a grueling 10 hours at the felt, 62 survived. Among them were Victor Chong, WSOP champion Mike Takayama, Markus Garberg, Henrik Tollefsen, and Dhanesh Chainani. Closing the day at the top was Russia’s Denis Cheremisin with 209,300 in chips.

At the end of Level 7, Cheremisin cracked Sajal Gopta‘s with when the board ran . After that boost in chips, he was moved to a new table where he continued to rake it in, winning multiple pots and commanding the action.

Bagging up the second largest of Day 1C was UK’s Gabriel Carter with 205,000. Although we didn’t see how his stack fattened up, we did catch him double up with on a board .

These were the only two players to cross the 200k marker today. To round out the top five were: Filipino player Angel Kabigting with 192,400, Martin Gonzales with 187,900, and Simon Burns with 182,700.

Day 1C chip counts

No.	Name	Chip Count	Nationality
1	Denis Cheremisin	209,300	Russia
2	Gabriel Dominic Carter	205,000	U.K
3	Angel Jao Kabigting	192,400	Philippine
4	Gonzales Rundulf Martin	187,900	Philippine
5	Burns Simon Mark	182,700	U.K
6	Ho Duy Manh	181,200	USA
7	Fidel J Castro	145,900	Philippine
8	Wendell Davis Garcia	141,600	Philippine
9	Xiong Cheng	136,800	USA
10	Rodgie Panes Panila	136,500	Philippine
11	Ong Dingxiang	131,600	Singapore
12	James Bonanno	130,400	Guam
13	Yuka Asaka	119,000	Japan
14	Wang Chun	115,400	Taiwan
15	Sutipong Popitukkul	114,400	Thailand
16	Kenneth Anzano	114,300	Philippine
17	Terry Alindada Gonzaga	113,400	Philippine
18	Victor Chong	109,600	Malaysia
19	Mike Takayama	108,500	Philippine
20	Mangaliman Benjamin Cortez	105,400	Philippine
21	Seo Dongkyoon	102,100	Korea
22	Lubas Gerardo	102,000	Philippine
23	Sin Aun	100,300	Korea
24	Rivera Euryd Rizini Canlas	99,700	Philippine
25	Garberg Markus	88,700	Norway
26	Metasit Pratipsangkom	87,900	Thailand
27	Kim Michael Ybanez Enriquez	79,400	Philippine
28	Mark Jerick Soriano Almusajin	79,100	Philippine
29	Lu Zheng Hao	78,900	Singapore
30	Nguyen Albert	70,300	Canada
31	Frederic Fauchereau	69,200	France
32	Rebel Villamor Magdagasang	68,800	Philippine
33	Phuwadon Chuthanuwong	68,300	Thailand
34	Marzan.Edison Bondoc	67,800	Philippine
35	Henrik Tollefsen	65,100	Norway
36	Tan Kean Wei	64,400	Malaysia
37	Carlo Rey Tejano Calingasan	64,400	Philippine
38	Sergey Garin	64,000	Russia
39	Ko Isayama	55,300	Japan
40	Rogelio Becoy Paca	54,600	Philippine
41	Kwok Luen Hei	52,200	Hong Kong
42	Lee Junho	49,500	Korea
43	Rishab Jain	48,300	India
44	Gandyvelez Sapsal	47,300	Philippine
45	Bartolome Joseph C Carbonell	47,100	Philippine
46	John Carlo Abunda Sayo	46,000	Philippine
47	Jeffrey Tan Pamplona	45,600	Philippine
48	Teh Kah Boon	45,100	Malaysia
49	Christopher Copones Chua	44,300	Philippine
50	Francis Bender Villamar	43,700	Philippine
51	Alexis Lim	40,400	Philippine
52	Marvin Harry Salinas Pasion	39,900	Philippine
53	Chang Jae	39,900	Korea
54	Tran Thanh Dat	39,400	Vietnam
55	Clement Guilleminot	38,500	France
56	Ellezer Jose Castillo	36,300	Philippine
57	Martin Carcido Corpuz	36,100	Philippine
58	Olivier Fredric Duran	32,000	France
59	Yoon Jisu	31,700	Korea
60	Natanael Oliveira Silva	28,700	Brazil
61	Chainani Dhanesh Vijaykumar	27,300	Singapore
62	Santos Zedrick Lopez	21,000	Philippine

You can read up on the action via our live coverage.

PPWC Main Event – Live Updates

All of these players merge with the combined qualifiers from Day 1A (22 players) and Day 1B (46 players). Returning to action are 130 players. Day 2 takes place on Tuesday, February 20 at 12pm.

Day 2 Seat Draw

Day 1C eliminations

Many players failed to advance to the next stage of the race. They will not see any part of the massive guarantee. Among them were Vietnamese players Linh Tran, Le Ngoc Khanh, Pham Bao, and Cao Ngoc Anh. Other players eliminated were Marc Rivera, Pete Chen, Julian Hasse, Stephen Schumacher, Lim Yohwan, Jae Wook Shin, Sumit Sapra, and Marvin Rettenmaier.

More: PPPWC Full Coverage

Article by Tricia David

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