2009 FPT: Metro Anniversary Special

Day 1C has come to an end, with 60 players out of an original 195 making it to Day 2.

The chip leader for Day 1C and the entire tournament is Nok Atienza. He went on a tear midway through the day and ends with 283,000.

Second place is Benjie Concepcion, who sat next to him for the final two levels of play. Benjie currently has 229,000 in chips.

Notable chip counts:

Nok Atienza (283,100)
Benjie Concepcion (229,800)
Tony Albano (137,000)
Rowena Erquiaga (131,000)
Jade Triste (125,100)
Yoon Il Hyun (123,100)
Melvin Matibag {113,400)
Arvy Trinidad (105,200)
Harry Bolz (104,600)
Wally Sombero (76,300)

172 players will return tomorrow to play in Day 2.

After getting his stack pummeled a couple of hands ago, Geoffrey Pamatian decided to push his short stack all-in to see if he would need to return tomorrow or not.

Geoffrey:
Opponent:

It was already bad early on as his opponent hit a straight on the flop. It didn't get better on the turn and river and he exits just as the day comes to an end.

Wally "The Dream" Sombero, who was playing with a short stack for much of the first five or six levels, has just doubled-up to put him in decent shape for Day 2.

Pre-flop, he got it all-in against a bigger stack and tabled to the other player's .

The nine never came and the jack on the river sealed the deal to double him up to a stack around 53,000.

Geoffrey Pamatian must be feeling devastated right now.

With the board showing , he bet out only to have an opponent shove all-in on him.

He tanked for a very long time before finally making the call. It turned out to be an excellent call as he showed for the pair while his opponent showed for a semi-bluff.

Unfortunately, the river brought a queen, eliciting a mix of shouts and groans from the crowd of onlookers.

Geoffrey is now running short after having a very decent stack a while ago.

With the blinds at 800/1600 Mars Arias popped it to 8,000 and found one caller.

The flop peeled off and both players checked.

The turn and river came with both checking again.

Mars then turned over his hand to show pocket aces!

Arvy Trinidad has just busted out another player after hitting a set on the flop.

Pre-flop, he made it 4,800 to go and was re-raised all-in by the small blind for 13,000. He called and tabled , which was behind the other player's .

However, everything changed when a four hit on the flop, giving him a set. No seven came on the board to help the other player, who hits the rail.

Arvy is now up to around 110,000.

Rico Dela Cruz has gone all-in on four occasions in the last half hour but nobody seems to want a piece of him.

Recently, he pushed all-in against Triccia David. She tanked for a long time, even standing up and pacing around, before deciding to fold.

After two straight levels of end-to-end action, play has slowed down considerably as the last level for the day starts.

There are currently 66 players left out of the original 195 who entered at the beginning of the day.