Kim Michael Enriquez - SOMUCHPOKER

Merely a young poker gun in 2016, Filipino player Kim Michael Enriquez has since made his way up the ranks locally and across Asia. Now boasting total live earnings of USD 241,364, the former karate instructor planted his poker roots online.

His first significant win occurred in 2013 in his hometown of Cebu, where he placed first in the Heads-Up event at Asian Poker Tour Cebu, bagging PHP 142,600 (USD 3,500). Since then, he’s consistently cashed at live events in the country and became a big gun in 2015 when he placed first in the Re-Buys and Add-On event at APT Manila (winning PHP 170,800 or USD 3,800) and at the No-Limit Hold’em event in the PokerStars LIVE Manila P1 Million Guaranteed tournament.

Kim Michael Enriquez’s most impressive win came around in 2023 when he participated in the Metro Card Club’s RVS Cup Philippine Poker Championship, placing fifth in the Main Event and bagging PHP 1,587,491 (USD 28,420). He cashed another significant win shortly after when he placed fourth in the Main Event at the Manila Super Series 19, taking home PHP 720,000 (USD 12,957).

The budding star, now ranked 35th among the best Filipino players, has made international appearances at World Poker Tour Prime Taiwan, where he cashed a total of NTD 190,500 (USD 5,967) and APT Ho Chi Minh, for which he placed first in the Deepstack Turbo event in 2019.

Enriquez most recently participated in the Manila Megastack 18, where he significantly increased his GPI ranking and won PHP 460,000 (USD 8,217) in the Main Event.

*Profile by Zoe Alcazaren