Poker Face for November 2009: Czarina Lim

Undoubtedly one of the best, if not THE BEST, female poker players in Mindanao, Czarina "Cza" Lim is the Metro Card Club Davao's Poker Face Champion for November 2009. Czarina is one of the earliest and most veteran poker players in the region and can easily play and outplay the best poker players in Mindanao.

Czarina won the final heads up against former champion Ali "Gator" Lee after 11 hours of poker play yesterday, competing with 68 players in the biggest monthly poker tournament in Mindanao.

Also with Czarina and the Gator in the final table were former champion Kirby Te, house player Kenneth Anzano, perennial tournament players Jomans and Alex Chua, and Tagum's Roy Perla. It was definitely a competitive final table with Czarina as the lone female in the group.

Congratulations to Miss Czarina Lim! :)

Live Blogging: Red Dragon PokerMaster Fiesta Special

7:10 pm Start of tournament. Around 40 players. I'm in T2, S2 with Kenneth T and Bong T. 30,000 stack.
T1 Roy P, Ciara U, Lala M, Jim R.
T3 BM, Mark G, Winston P, Yoyong B, JVA.
T4 Kimboy, Ramil, Bong L, Kirby T, Flo A.
25 minute blinds. Preparing self for A VERY LONG NIGHT. Goal is to reach the final table.
Been having decent hands but the board isn't favorable. Tight. Tight. TIGHT!

7:30 pm Jundie and Brian A are here.

8:10 pm R3 Limped my K10 offsuit. Flopped trips 10. Was able to fish from the big blind.

8:37 pm Former champ Boy BM goes all in. Yoyong B calls. KK vs Q10 offsuit. Boy BM doubles up.

8:40 pm Oct Champ Ken T goes all in. Brian calls at the turn. Q6894. Ken T has 69, Brian has J10. Ken T is out. 34 players left. Yoyong B joins T2. Very aggressive. Wins two consecutive pots.

9 pm T4 Jundie doubles up with AK over Mark G's pocket Js.

9:35 pm Bong T is out. 2 new players in T2. Including high stacked Rebel M. R6 400/800. My stack is below 30k. Players are very loose. Counting on them to knock out each other.

9:45 pm Mark G in T2.

10:50 pm 18 players left. My stack is less than 20k. R10 1k/2k. 9 places ITM.

11:20 pm I double up. All in at the button with pocket Kings. Ramil calls with 56 hearts. Folded pocket 8s and 4s. R11 1.5k/3k, AS 61,764. My stack 35k.

12 mn R13 2.5k/5k. I double up again. Raised to all in the bet of Yoyong. He calls with A7 suited. I hold pocket Queens. I get a full house over his trips. AS 87,500. My stack is 65,000. 12 players left.

12:30 am 10 players ITM. Roy P at the bubble.
Mark G, Kimboy - shortest stack, Rebel, Winston, Ria, Engr Imboy, Engr Engin, Brian A, JVA, Kirby T. Wish me luck!
10th place gets 10k.
R14 3k/6k. AS 105,500. My stack 54,300.

12:48 am Brian goes all in. Kimboy calls for less. AQ hearts vs pocket Aces. Kimboy doubles up.

12:51 am Brian all in for 7k KJ vs A3 of Rebel. AKK67. Brian doubles up. Having an asthma attack. Pft!

12:55 am Engin 55 vs Brian A10. 1068A4.

1 am Rebel raises 15k. Engin and Brian go all in. A5 vs AK. A5 is straight draw and flush draw. Engin is out at 10th place with P10,000.

1:05 am Imboy is all in. Kirby and Mark G at the blinds call. Imboy is out at 9th place with P12,250.

1:16 am Mark G is out. Pocket Kings vs Brian's AQ. Brian gets a full house. Mark is at 8th place with P12,250.

1:24 am Kimboy doubles up with Q9 vs Rebel's pocket 6s.

1:35 am I go all in with AQ. Kimboy eliminates me with pocket 7s. 6 players remaining. Kirby is chip leader. I go out at 7th place with P12,250.

2:05 am Kimboy goes all in with pocket 4s. Rebel calls with A5 off suit. Rebel "The King" is out of the tournament at 6th place with P17,500.

2:13 am Brian goes all in after a flop shows 2 6 7. Kimboy calls with pocket 4s again. Brian is holding a 9 10 with an inside straight draw and two over cards. Turn is a King and the river is a 3. Brian is out at 5th place with 24,500.

2:47 am Kimboy goes all in with pocket 10s after Kirby raises with AJ off suit. Board shows A Q 8 J and 3. Kimboy is out at 4th with P31,500.

3 am Tournament ends with chip leader Kirby Te getting the championship title and a P124,250 cash prize. JVA bows out at second place with P65,500 and Winston Pulido at third place with P45,500.

Congratulations to the Red Dragon Poker Club and all the winners! :)

All photos courtesy of Roy Perla of the Red Dragon Poker Club.

Live Blogging: Ladies' Night

It's Wednesday. Ladies' Night at the Metro Card Club Davao.

6:35 pm Tournament starts. 35 players, 28 ladies, 7 men. I'm in T1 with 8 ladies, 0 men! Good luck to me!
The only serious tournament players are Anne Recones, Carol Smith, Mike D, and I.

7:30 pm 2 players are out from T1. Argh! Having a hard time play against the noobs. R6 200/400, my stack is only 6,325. Rawr!

7:55 pm Two moves left. All in or fold. :'(

8:20 pm Went all in for 2,300 at R11 600/1,200 blinds. Holding a Q10 offsuit. Two callers, board is 8 2 2 Q 9. Oppenents are K8 and pockets 6. I triple up. Next hand, I went all in again with pocket Jacks. No callers. R12, 2 tables left, 800/1,600 blinds.

8:50 pm Player raises 5,000. I go all in with 9,000+ at R15, 1,500/3,000, holding my fave pockets 8s. She calls with AQ hearts. I get a full house on the turn. My stack is now 23,000.

9:50 pm Chips reduced to 12,000 at 2,500/5,000 blinds. Stole 3 pots, and went all in with QJ diamonds. Final table, 3 guys, 7 ladies. R19 4,000/8,000. My stack is 64,000.
Final Table: Jenny H, RVA, Lani, Mike D, Anne R, Ria J, Sheryl, X, Carol S, and Eyla.
Eyla all in for 3,000. Out at 10th place.

9:52 pm X goes all in. Triples up with K high spades flush.

10:05 RVA, Lani, Mike D, and X are out. 5 ladies remaining. Only 2 seats to be given.

10:25 pm Ria out at 5th place. Never been this exhausted after a tournament.

10:38 pm Sheryl out at 4th place. Jenny out at 3rd place.

10:42 pm Carol wins 1st place. Ann gets 2nd place.

Live Blogging: Poker Face Warm-Up

A live blog of the Poker Face Warm-Up Tournament of the Metro Card Club Davao...

3 pm Tournament starts. 55 players in the tournament.

3:20 pm Won a pot for pocket 5s with JJ10 flop. Then lost a pot with a top pair on the flop after turn showed a flush of diamonds.

3:30 pm T1 AA vs KK. AA (Rene VA) is full house on the flop.

3:51 pm T4 Mike G, Franz A, Hans K, Ritchie R, Andrei M, Ria J, Bong T, Nilo L, Henry H, and Winston P. All legit tournament and cash game players except for.... Hope nobody tilts. Already had a rebuy.

6 tables. T1 Flo, RVA, Rey R, Patrick H, Carlos D, Iceman, Paulo, Natz L.
T2 Erwin, Boy A, Jomans, Basil H, Kirby T, Meloy.
T3 JJ, Jonee A, John O, Jesse C, Baldo, Hilda, Tata A, JVA, Maui VA, Aris C.
T5 Joel A, Mike D, Maui A, Beep, Lala M, Rebel M.
T6 Sam, Art G, Rodel, Tom, Jib G, Erwin R, Mitch A, Jeric S.

3 uncles, 1 aunt, and 2 cousins are playing.

4 pm T4 Pre flop Henry N raises 750, at 100/200. Hans K re-raises to 1500. Henry N re-re-raises to 4500. Chris calls.
Flop A 10 8 (2 clubs) Henry checks, Hans goes all in. Henry calls. Henry is KK, Hans is AA.
Turn 4 clubs. Henry has a flush draw.
River Q diamonds.

4:10 pm Break for add on.

4:30 pm Bong T First to act bets 750 (150/300). Andrei at the small blind raises to 2500. Ria at the big blind re-raises to 7500. Bong & Andrei fold. Bong AK,Andrei QQ, Ria KK.

5:50 pm Round 8 300/600, Ante 50. Ave stack 27,884. My stack 38,225.

6:25 pm End of R9. Ave stack 30,697. My stack 46,000. Dinner break.

8 pm R13, 1000/2000. 30 players left. Ave stack 44,000. My stack 30,000. 2 moves. T4 dissolved. Now in T3 with 2 uncles.

8:30 pm R15, 1.5/3k blinds. Just won 3 consecutive hands. Stole the pot at the big blind.
At the small blind, Baldo at the button raised 10k. I went all in. Baldo calls for less. Baldo KK loses to my AA.
Hilda goes all in with 19k+ under the gun. I call. Hilda's A3 suited diamonds was defeated by my AK offsuit.
23 players left. Ave stack is 57,391. My stack is 89,500.

9:15 pm Attempted to steal the pot with A8 offsuit. Tata A calls with pocket 10s. I win with a runner 5 high straight. R17 2.5/5 k blinds. 21 players. Ave stack 62,857. My stack 119,500.

9:20 pm R18, 3/6k. T3 dissolved. At T1 with 117,500.
T1 Baldo, Ria, Mitch, Hans, Carlos, Tom, Mike, Baloy, JVA, and Winston.
T2 Tata, Lala, Maui, Jomans, Rebel, Jesse, Bong, and Rodel.

10 pm R19 Transferred to T2 with 12 players left. Jomans all in with AK, Bong all in with KK. Board is Q54Q7. 11 players left. My stack is 92,500. Bubble time!

10:25 pm Final table. R20 5/10k. 106,000 chips. Players: Ria, Winston, JVA, Maui, Jesse, Carlos, Lala, Mike, Bong, and Baldo.

10:35 pm Jesse C out at 10th place. R21, Winston is all in. Out at 9th place.

10:44 pm JVA out in 8th place.

10:55 pm Mike G out in 7th place after being defeated by Maui.

11 pm Ria is all in. Out at 6th place.

11:05 pm Carlos Datumanong is out at 5th place.

11:20 pm Baldo Recones is out at 4th place.

11:30 pm Lala Mejaro is out at 3rd place. Final heads up between Mau (Nov 08 PF Champ) and Bong T (June PF & August WU Champ).

Past 12 midnight Bong T is out at 2nd Place. Mau Abella is the Poker Face Warm-Up Champion for November 2009. :)

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WINNERS!