Cza Yujuico is the Araw ng Dabaw Champion

Cza Yujuico aka The Queen, Araw ng Dabaw Poker  Face Champion

On March 2011, Czaria Yujuico aka "The Queen" pawned the asses of the big boys to take home the Championship of the Araw ng Dabaw Poker Face Tournament.  82 players played during the three day tournament get a spot on MCCD Wall of Fame but it was The Queen who proved best of them all.

With a P3,000 buy-in and a P300 registration fee, each player went into battle with a 20,000 chip stack to play with.  A P500,000 pot was on the line and nobody took it lightly.

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.

Davao Poker TV Commercial featuring the Eagle Cup

Here's the first Davao Poker TV Commercial featuring the Eagle Cup:

Davao Poker Player: Ferdinand "Bong" Lu aka The Specialist

Bong Lu The Specialist

 Upon entering the Metro Card Club Davao, one of the people you are sure to notice is the chatty Bong Lu.  Whether it be during cash games or tournaments, Ferdinand "Bong" Lu, is ready to talk quite a storm with just about anybody who's willing to listen.

It's no wonder, this poker player slash businessman is known as "The Specialist."  Oftentimes quoting from his non-existent poker book, Bong Lu will give you reasons, tips, and strategies for most of the moves he made or didn't make.  And even those of other people.

People might think he is simply a know-it-all, but his wins tell you, Bong Lu knows his poker!  Having been in the Poker Face Tournament Final Table a handful of times, he won his first Poker Face Championship in October 2009 during the MCCD Poker Face Anniversary Special.

Ladies of Davao Poker: Czarina Lim

Czarina Lim

There's only one pioneering female in the Davao poker scene: entrepreneur Czarina "Cza" Lim.  Don't let her smiling friendly demeanor fool you, she plays poker aggressively.  While she always play good-naturedly, peppers games with laughter and banter, she takes poker seriously.

Eric Raises to 50k, Rose Goes All In, What Will James Do?

Another archive video from the Metro ONE Tournament held on May 1, 2009 at the Metro Card Club Davao.

During the Final 20

After a raised flop shows number cards, off suit, Eric Cheung of Cebu bets 50k, Rose Newman of Davao is already all in, what will James Young of Davao do?