After five days of WPT National Philippines Main Event action, Malaysia's Ying Lin Chua bested a field of 268 entries to capture the first place cash purse of $86,130, and his first-ever Main Event win. Chua started the final table of six with a healthy stack of over one million chips. His overall strategy, he […]
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WPT Philippines: Final 6 of the Main Event, Kai Paulsen in the Lead
From 22 players down to six, the final table of the WPT National Philippines Main Event was decided with Norway's Kai Paulsen holding strong as the leader. The Final 6 will be returning tomorrow to battle it out for the first place cash prize of $86,130. Kai Paulsen – 2,270,000 Paulsen's rise to the leader's seat […]
Head hunter and High Roller: Tetsuya Tsuchikawa and Linh Tran Bag Trophies
Tetsuya Tsuchikawa Too Tough to Scalp With the sun already on the rise, it was an early morning breakfast trophy for Japanese pro Tetsuya Tsuchikawa after overcoming a field of 95 players at the Head Hunter event to scoop up the $10,290 first place cash prize. Tsuchikawa also earned an additional $600 for six bounties […]
WPT National Philippines: Day 2 Main Event Recap with Norway’s Garberg on Top
The WPT National Philippines resumed today with 114 players returning to the felt for day 2 of the Main Event. By the end of regulation play, only 22 players survived the heat with Norwegian player Markus Garberg stealing the limelight and ending the day as the chip leader with 674,000 chips. Chip Leader Garberg Although […]
Cristina Argao and Iori Yogo: Side Event, Main Stories
Cristina Argao wins her 3rd Ladies Event title In October 2014, Filipino player Maria Cristina Argao was crowned the first lady champion of the WPT National Philippines Ladies event. This would not be the end of it though. She returned a few days ago to defend her title, and once again, she reigned victorious, overcoming […]
Cui Jia Bin Leads Day 1a of the WPT National Philippines Main Event
The WPT National Philippines was a busy day with day 1a of the Main Event heating up the tables. By the end of late registration, there were a total of 92 entries in the books with each one ponying up the $1,650 buy-in fee. 92 players entered the Main Event Day1A China's Cui Jia Bin […]
WPT National Philippines Returns
Manila is quickly becoming one of the focal point of poker in Asia, as the APT, APPT, WPT and IPO all compete to bring the biggest and best events to the country. Almost exactly a year ago, the Solaire Resort & Casino hosted the inaugural WPT National Philippines under the guidance of Mike Kim, who ran operations […]