Tuna Festival 2023 – Day 5
Publish date: September 24, 2023

Hey, Poker Playa!

Today is Day 2 of the Tuna Festival 2023 of the Gensan Poker Club.

After 4 days 1, we are now down to 33 players.

although the event is not finished. we are now setting our eyes on the longer road up ahead. 

So let get into it and start writing about the tuna festival 2023 day 2.

Tuna Festival 2023

Jake – el

10th place – PHP 20,000

Final table resumes at 5 PM tomorrow

Tuna Festival 2023

11th – 14th place

PHP 15,000

11. Alex Cruz

12. Bong Barts

13. Kenneth

14. Glenn

Tuna Festival 2023

Dinner Break

Courtesy of Mil Poker

Players were given a treat courtesy of Mil Poker sponsoring this night dinner.

It is definitely a September to remmeber as there are lechons and other food for players.

Tuna Festival 2023

15th – 18th place

PHP 10,000

15. Kinn Sacay

16, Matt

17. Kim

18.Kevin Treiber

Tuna Festival 2023

Table 1

Seat 1 – Kimg Choy

Seat 2. -Yang Yang

Seat 3 – Rhea

Seat 4 – Kenneth

Seat 5 – Kinn

Seat 6 – Korean

Seat 7 – Thad

Seat 8 – Christian Lavares

Seat 9 – walter lim

Table 2

Seat 1 – Oliver

Seat 2. -Gwen

Seat 3 – Al Laid

Seat 4 – Matt

Seat 5 – Popo

Seat 6 – Bong bart

Seat 7 – Tata C

Seat 8 – Alex Cruz

Seat 9 – Jake

Tuna Festival 2023

Event – Tune Festival

PHP 1,000,000 GTD
Buy-in: PHP 5,500 (5,000 + 500)

Total entries: 150
Total Pot: PHP 1,000,000

Places Paid: 18

Champion

PHP 300,000 + GPC Seat

2nd place – PHP 150,000
3rd place – PHP 97,000
4th place – Php 70,000
5th place – PHP 60,000
6th place – PHP 50,000
7th place – PHP 40,000
8th place – PHP 30,000
9th place – PHP 25,000

10th place – PHP 20,000

11th – 14th place – PHP 15,000
15th – 18th place. -PHP 10,000

Tuna Festival 2023

14:30

Level 0 –

Before the battle Begins

The Grind

Tuna Festival 2023

Al Laid

Chip Leader Day 2
Chip leader Day 1D
Chips – 202,500

Al broke from the rest of the pack actually on the last hand of Day 1D, although the bubble was burst there was still action left on his table.

1 player went all-in while another player called with a shove. Counting his stack, he still has a playable stack if he were to lose his hand which made him call.

He hit top pair on the flop and it held busting two more players out on day 1D and securing himself as the chip leader.

Walter Lim

chips – 198,100

Walter is the Gensan Summer Festival Champion held last April 2023.

He was poised to end day 1D as the chip leader. as he was able to eliminate two players on the last hand of the day

But Al was able to grab more chips before the tournament ended concluding the day with Al taking the lead

Still it is only day 2 and there is a long day to go.

Matt

188,000

Tata C

Chip leader Day 1C
chips – 155,500

Jojo

149,500

Rommel Luna

Chip Leader Day 1B
chips – 137,400

Winning the seat from a satellite could become a great story if Rommel could win the event. The chip leader of Day 1B and a regular grinder, a man definitely you can not ignore.

Jake El

chips – 134,000

Jake is a promising young lad who has good potential. A regular grinder of the Gensan poker club, from his daily grind, we can see he has some good basic foundation in playing poker.

A dark horse for this event and a person to watch out for.

Gwenn

132,200

Bong Barts

128,100

Christian LAVARES

AKA Baby Face Assasin
chips – 118,700

The baby face Assasin of Team Davao, Christian Lavares has cashed many events in the south but has yet to close a big event this year. Can he Finally hit the big one?

Joemar B

chips – 115,600

Another regular Grinder of Davao, He is one of the good players of Davao and has cashed multiple events. 

Like Christian, they have multiple cashes and Multiple Final tables Appearances but the champion trophy eludes him.

Can he finally get one?

Wilson Lu

115,400

Roshi

106,700

Yang Yang

The Poker Prince of Davao
chips – 99,700

A professional billiard player who now shifted to poker. The Poker Prince is one of the people who have helped and built the foundation of the poker industry in Mindanao. 

A Regular grinder and has made multiple appearances on the final table of the South. A must watch out for poker players for this event.

Rhea Sagloli

chips – 98,600

Popo V

98,300

Oliver Bagarinao

95,200

ROdel Amplayo

81,700

Kenneth Anzano

chips – 78,400

Joebart tabladillo

76,600

Kevin Treiber

Chip Leader Day 1A
chips – 75,700

Kim

68,400

Kinn 

Chips – 64,300

Boyet A

59,800

Alexander Cruz

chips – 46,800

JJ Double Black

chips – 39,800

Wilson Lu

31,200

Ruff T

30,800

Melvin Distor

28,400

King Choy

24,700

Deebench Ebarke

21,300

Anthony

20,700

Nukie

17,200

Tuna Festival 2023

11:00

Level 0 –

Before the battle Begins

Day 2 start time was adjusted by an hour to give time to players to rest.

but who are the players who qualified?

the list is coming shortly.

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