Day 1A of 5th Cebu Open Attracts 111 Runners; 31 Survive!


The opening day of the APT Asian Series Cebu saw the All In Poker Club fill its tables with a mammoth crowd of 111 players joining Day 1A of the 5th Cebu Open, the first of the many side events scheduled in the newest poker series in Asia.

After Day 1A, Phil Date of England is the chip-leader with 68,700 but is closely followed by two Filipinos in Rolando Paredes (67,000) at 2nd and Kim Michael Enriquez (63,400) at 3rd. For full story go to www.pokerportal.asia

With a buy-in of PHP 5,500 and a guarantee of PHP 1 million, Day 1B, which starts at 4PM tomorrow, is expected to have yet another huge turnout. Final Day of the 5th Cebu Open is on Wednesday, January 12. For complete schedule, go to the APT Asian Series Cebu page.

Chip Counts (After Day 1A of 5th Cebu Open):
1. Phil Date (ENG) – 68,700
2. Rolando Paredes (PHI) – 67,000
3. Kim Michael Enriquez (PHI) – 63,400
4. Jonas Go (PHI) – 62,200
5. Michael Cheng (PHI) – 59,700
6. Ronie Arguilles (PHI) – 51,100
7. Ben Dimaano (PHI) – 47,900
8. Jake Wong (PHI) – 43,000
9. Rey Feliciano (PHI) – 35,400
10. Alfonso Canizares (PHI) – 26,700
11. Ye Guan Fu (CHN) – 26,000
12. Jr. Alonto (PHI) – 25,400
13. Kwak Nam Sin (KOR) – 24,300
14. Alquin Macias (PHI) – 23,500
15. Arthur V (PHI) – 23,400
16. Gordon Black (KOR) – 23,300
17. Jojo Co (PHI) -22,600
18. Zandro Carmona (PHI) – 21,600
19. Nathan Welling (USA) – 19,800
20. Leila Demecillo (PHI) – 17,400
21. Joey Barbas (PHI) – 16,300
22. Noel Llamedo (PHI) – 16,300
23. John Rodger Ruiz (PHI) – 16,300
24. Rico Robles (USA) – 15,800
25. Richard Mongcupa (PHI) – 14,500
26. Randolph Schain (CAM) – 12,300
27. Phil Rohm (USA) – 10,100
28. Roy Llanes (PHI) – 9,900
29. Jeorme Escalona (PHI) – 9,200
30. Renante Dela Cerna (PHI) – 8,400
31. Thomas Spegar (USA) – 6,500