First Blood – July 14, 2022
Publish date: July 14, 2022

Hey, Poker Playas!

Mike Takayama, the Undisputed and the pride of the Philippines,  just Finished 16th place in the WSOP Event $777 lucky 7. 

GG Poker Manila Warm up was well received and Day 1A for their main event begins today.

Yatz Javier of Metro Team Pro enters day 2 of the warm-up as the second chip leader.

And Okada poker room in Manila just joined the fray by having an 800k tournament this week.

Mike Takayama finished 16th place in Event $777 Lucky 7

The Undisputed, Mike Takayama, finished 16th in the WSOP event $777 Lucky 7 when his aces got cracked.

Although, he started the day with great enthusiasm and was slowly gaining chips. He was short entering the final 2 tables. although he was hitting the right spots and was outplaying his opponents. His run was cut short when his aces got cracked.

Rodney Turvin hit his second card on the river, giving him two pairs and beating The Undisputed pocket Aces.

GG Poker Manila – Warm Up Event – greatly receive

First Blood has been drawn as GG Poker Manila started their event yesterday. the Warm-up event was warmly received by the players and a total of 247 players joined. exceeding the guarantee and pushing the pot to PHP 431,000+.

The structure was better than their original tournament and players are happy.

Day 2 is ongoing and currently Yatz Javier of the Metro Team pro entered Day 2 as the second in chips!

Okada Poker Room announces a 1 day-only 800k PHP Guaranteed Tournament.

Okada poker room has also joined in on the war as this week almost all poker rooms except the Resort World Manila will have a good tournament. 

Promising a PHP 800k GTD one-day-only tournament.

They have canceled tournaments before if the numbers are not met before the start of the game so it was easy for them to announce big guarantees.

They are still silent on whether this is a guaranteed no-cancel event so stay tuned if they would pushed trough.

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