Goodbye April, Hello May
Publish date: May 1, 2021

Hello May, April has been an exciting month as there are many things that have happened and a lot of things will be carried on to May.

Did you have a great month? We hope your safe as some countries are still having difficulties. We hope you are following the Health guidelines. 

Now back to our little rundown. 

 

PH went back to MECQ.

The Philippines is still trying to cope with the battle of the spread of the economy versus the coronavirus.

Slowly they were easing restrictions but due to a huge spike. The government decided to implement once again stricter quarantine measures.

The Department of Health (DOH) confirmed 9,226 new coronavirus cases in the Philippines on Saturday, May 1, 2021.

This brings the total confirmed infections in the country to 1,046,653. Meanwhile, 120 have died, bringing the death toll to 17,354. The DOH also reported 10,809 new recoveries, increasing the total recoveries to 957,051.

 

However restrictions were slowly eased, curfew hours have been adjusted for May.

It will be now from 10 AM to 4 PM.

No update yet if casinos will start to Re-open.

PH poker players doing great online.

Although many players have shifted to quick ways to earn money. It is the poker players that actually earned good income this month. 

Vamerdino “Vam” Abad Magsakay earn quite a good income this month by finishing 4th place at SCOOP. You can read more about it here. 

UPoker weekly events and Tiktok Challenge. 

UPoker is actually doing great the past few months. After the success of the USOP. The clubs are holding great daily and weekly tournaments for players.

Every week the Universal Grand is holding somewhere from 5-10 million PHP GTD for only 100 USD.

other events like 450 PHP GTD for only 250 PHP are worth playing.

However, UPoker is not that shy in testing new things. 

They just launched a new TikTok channel with a lot of great prizes. 300 USD will go to the champion.

You can visit the UPoker Tiktok page here. 

Although the start was slow. amazingly they have now more than 1,000 followers.

Share what makes “U” happy and win 300 USD. It so simple.
all you have to do is
1. share with us what makes “U” happy. make a video of it
2. turn on your happy feet
3. upload it on Tiktok
4. Send to Upoker your video!
 
Note: for players having problems with the song just message UPoker Tiktok or download the song with this link!

Welcoming May

May is looking great. But remember, follow all the health protocols until you get vaccinated. 

Take care poker playas!

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