Eagle Cup Day 3 Updates

It's August 22, the BIGGEST day in Davao poker history yet.  Day 3 of the First Eagle Cup and there are 9 players left with the chance of grabbing the P630,000 Champion's Prize.

Here's the cast of the First Eagle Cup Final Table and their chip stacks:

1. Koko Gotil (CDO) - 762,000
2. Joe Magnotti (USA / Davao) - 632,000
3. Mon Santos (Davao) - 581,000
4. Henry Acain (Visayas / USA) - 541,000
5. Martin Cepeda (Manila) - 506,000
6. Tony Jarman (UK / Manila) 440,000
7. Amphie Colendres (Davao / Cebu) - 334,000
8. Vic Catalan (Manila) - 242,000
9. Bryan Lim (Davao) - 211,000

6 pm Bryan Lim out in 9th Place.  

Amphie Colendres out in 8th Place.

Martin Cepeda out in 7th Place.

Mon Santos out in 6th Place.

Joe Magnotti out in 5th Place.

Henry Acain out in 4th Place.

Koko Gotil out in 3rd Place.

1 am Final Heads Up
Tony Jarman has an overwhelming high stack with about 3,200,000 while Vic Catalan only has 300,000+.

Vic Catalan is 2nd Place

TONY JARMAN is the First Eagle Cup Champion.

Eagle Cup Day 2 Updates

It's Day 2 of the First Eagle Cup!  We have 68 players left with a chance of grabbing a piece of the 2 million pot.

Here are our chip leaders at the start of the day:

1. Tony Jarman – 216,800
2. Henry Acain – 184,700
3. Kenneth Tan – 168,700
4. Martin Cepeda – 155,500
5. Jib Garcia – 148,100
6. Winnie Odog – 136,100
7. Vic Catalan – 119,700
8. Henry Haw – 116,300
9. Mia Amor Oano – 115,000
10. Medel Torres – 99,200

Good luck players! :-)

3:22 pm Only 54 players left.
Among those eliminated is PilipinasPoker.com's Aron Angeles.  Angeles went all in with pocket 7s against Kenneth Tan's pocket Queens.  The Queens won.

Eagle Cup Day 1B Updates

It's Day 1B of the Metro Card Club Davao's 1st Eagle Cup.  With P10,000 buy in plus P1,000 registration fee, it's a freeze out tournament.  Starting stack is at 20,000 with blinds going up every 45 minutes.

Scheduled to play today are mostly players from out of town.  Among the highly anticipated players are Metro Card Club's Neil "Dirty Ice Cream" Arce and Jojo Tech who won the May 1 1M Tournament at the MCCD last year.  Adding to the excitement is 1991 WSOP Champion Brad Daugherty who is currently based in Negros Oriental.

Local veteran player JVA is also in the tournament.  7 lady players are in, only Lala Mejaro is from Davao.

110 players total for Day 1B.

The action starts in a few minutes.

Eagle Cup Day 1A Updates

It's Day 1A of the Metro Card Club Davao's 1st Eagle Cup.  With P10,000 buy in plus P1,000 registration fee, it's a freeze out tournament.  Starting stack is at 20,000 with blinds going up every 45 minutes.



99 players are playing for Day 1A.  Some notable players joining the fray for Day 1A are Ramil Tandoc, Nick Galan, Vic Catalan, Mike Takayama, Emman Segismundo, and Juvy Aldave.

From among the locals, there's past champions Kirby Te, Czarina Lim, Mike Gempesaw, Bong Lu, Henry Acain, Kenneth Anzano, and Rebel Madagasang.  Young Davao poker guns Andrei Martin, Nate Lorenzana, Bong Reyes, and Jib Garcia are also on the tournament tables.  Prominent CDO player Raphael "Paeng" Escano and Tagum player Tyron Uy are also playing.  Billiards player Gandy "Yang Yang" Valle is also joining the fun.



Day 1A will end at the end of level 12 or until 25 players are left, whichever comes first.