The first running of the new locally founded series, Chase Cup held at Poker8 Cebu, Philippines, played down its final day festivities with Chase Cokaliong himself emerging victorious in the headliner Main Event. Having garnered support from players all over the country, the Main Event surpassed all expectations, pushing the prize pool to balloon over PH₱ 8.1 Million (~USD 143K) after 495 entries were recorded across five starting flights. In an epic turn of events, Cokaliong came out on top in the final games and bagged the inaugural title, along with PH₱ 1,140,183 (~USD 19,930) in winnings following a three way deal.
Chase Cup 2024 – Festival Results
Main Event Final Table Recap
Today’s Main Event final table action kicked off with Chase Cokaliong leading the charge, stacking a massive 104 big blind stack over the remaining nine. With 60 minutes on the clock, the first casualty of the day was seen as early as the second level with the most decorated player in the scene, Mike Takayama falling in 9th place. An hour later, Kenrick Lim followed suit, having lost a flip to Conrad Lumaban for his tournament life. Short stacks Alex Lai and Martin B likewise found their Main Event journeys come to an end just a couple hands later, exiting in 6th and 7th place respectively.
Five handed play lasted fairly long as chip counts began to even out which left Joel Diaz at the bottom of the ranks to eventually succumb in 5th place. Chris Boys, who was seen dabbling in several pots, consistently sat atop the list up until he suffered a massive hit by the hands of Junnie Pamplona to shoot down. Looking to recover, Boys instead locked up a 4th place finish after losing a final race to Cokaliong.
Following Boys’s exit, a deal was struck in which Cokaliong takes with him the Main Event victory, 24K gold plated Chase Cup trophy whilst leaving the remaining payouts to be split evenly three ways. The final three finishers each collected PH₱ 1,140,183 (~USD 19,930) in prizes with Pamplona and Lumaban sharing the Rolex Submariner timepiece in consolation.
Chase Cup Review
Date: May 1 to 7, 2024
Buy in: PH₱ 18,800 (~USD 327)
Guarantee: PH₱ 5,000,000 (~USD 86,900)
Prize pool: PH₱ 8,162,000 (~USD 143,000)
Cumulative entries: 495
ITM: 64 players
Day 1 Numbers
Day 1A: 41 entries / 6 ITM
Day 1B: 32 entries / 4 ITM
Day 1C: 84 entries / 11 ITM
Day 1D: 134 entries / 17 ITM
Day 1E: 204 entries / 26 ITM
Chase Cup Main Event Final Table Results
| Rank | Player | Prize (PH₱) |
| 1st | Chase Cokaliong | ₱1,140,183* |
| 2nd | Conrad Lumaban | ₱1,140,183* |
| 3rd | Junnie Pamplona | ₱1,140,183* |
| 4th | Chris Boys | ₱522,400 |
| 5th | Joel Diaz | ₱391,800 |
| 6th | Alex Lai | ₱319,300 |
| 7th | Martin B | ₱261,200 |
| 8th | Kenrick Lim | ₱204,100 |
| 9th | Mike Takayama | ₱130,600 |
*Denotes deal was made
Dexter Drillo wins High Roller for PH₱ 443,800 (~USD 7,750)
Date: May 7, 2024
Buy in: PH₱ 50,000 (~USD 873)
Prize pool: PH₱ 1,048,600 (~USD 18,330)
Entries: 23
ITM: 5 players
Chase Cup High Roller Full Payouts
| Rank | Player | Prize (PH₱) |
| 1 | Dexter Drillo | ₱443,800 |
| 2 | William Ysmael | ₱263,900 |
| 3 | Anthony Bryan | ₱165,200 |
| 4 | Vamerdino Magsakay | ₱125,700 |
| 5 | Florencio Campomanes | ₱50,000 |
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