4:15PM: Final 6 decided!

With the fall of Markus Garberg in 7th place, the final 6 has been formed. Day 3 is over, here are the chip counts by ranking:

Richard Marquez – 2,795,000
Mike Takayama – 2,670,000
Mark Gruendemann – 2,480,000
Seo Dongkyoon – 1,715,000
Lester Edoc – 1,505,000
Hans Jurgen Homner – 425,000

Players return tomorrow, Thursday, February 20 at 12pm for the race to the title and the ultimate first prize of PHP 4,850,000 (US$93,000)

Final 6 remaining payouts (in PHP)

1st	4,850,000
2nd	2,716,000
3rd	1,649,000
4th	1,261,000
5th	1,067,000
6th	875,000

---

4:10PM: Markus Garberg falls in 7th place – PHP 660,000
Level 24: Blinds 20K/40K ante 5K

Markus Garberg was the next to fall into Richard Marquez’s firing line. He moved all in from hijack with and Marquez snap-called from the button with . The board ran . Garberg placed 7th and earned PHP 660,000 for his deep run.

---

3:55PM: Mike Takayama chunks Homner; rises to 2.6M
Level 24: Blinds 20K/40K ante 5K

Mike Takayama has just shaved off nearly half of Hans Jurgen Homner’s stack. The hand began with utg Homner raising to 85k, from hijack, Takayama called. At the flop , Homner c-bet 110k, Takayama called. On the turn, Homner checked, Takayama slid out 90k, Homner called. On the river , Homner checked, Takayama all in, Homner folded leaving himself around 400k. Takayama now at 2.6M.

---

3:45PM: Rajeev Kanjani eliminated in 8th place – PHP 446,200
Level 24: Blinds 20K/40K ante 5K

Hijack player Richard Marquez raised to 90k, sb Rajeev Kanjani three-bet shoved with 355k remaining, bb Seo Dongkyoon shoved as well, and back to Marquez with a fold. Kanjani , Seo , the board ran . Kanjani fell in 8th place and earned PHP 446,200 for his finish.

We are down to 7 players. Seo now at 1.3M. One more bust out before we wrap up Day 3.

---

3:30PM: Estimated chip counts
Level 23: Blinds 15K-30K ante 5K

Seat 1: Markus Garberg – 654K
Seat 2: Richard Marquez – 2.4M
Seat 3: Hans Jurgen Homner – 720K
Seat 6: Rajeev Kanjani – 570K
Seat 7: Seo Dongkyoon – 1.3M
Seat 8: Mike Takayama – 2.3M
Seat 9: Mark Gruendemann – 2.4M
Seat 10: Lester Edoc – 1.030M

Average stack is 1.436M.

---

3:15PM: Ken Foo Hsien Loong busts in 9th place – PHP 291,000
Level 23: Blinds 15K-30K ante 5K

Richard Marquez sent the axe down on Ken Foo Hsien Loong to drive his stack to a commanding 2.7M. The hand saw utg Marquez raise to 75k, Loong all in for 380k, Marquez called. When the cards turned up, Marquez was ahead with , Loong with . The board ran for the nut flush to Marquez. Loong packed up in 9th place and earned PHP 291,000.

We are down to 8 players. Average stack is 1.436M.

---

3:00PM: Mark Gruendemann vs Mike Takayama
Level 23: Blinds 15K-30K ante 5K

Action folded to the button, Seo Dongkyoon raised to 75k. Sb Mike Takayama three-bet to 255k, bb Mark Gruendemann called, back to Seo who folded. At the flop , Takayama checked, Gruendemann bet 250k, Takayama folded.

---

2:45PM: Denis Cheremisin railed in 10th place – PHP 232,800
Level 23: Blinds 15K-30K ante 5K

First casualty of the final table has landed, Denis Cheremisin has fallen at the hands of Seo Dongkyoon. Action folded around to the button Cheremisin, he jammed, big blind Seo Dongkyoon called with more chips. Cheremisin , Seo , the board ran . Cheremisin earned PHP 232,800 for his deep run.

9 players remaining. Seo up to 1.5M.

---

2:25PM: Final 10 players 
Level 23: Blinds 15K-30K ante 5K

From 383 players for the Main Event, we are now down to one table of 10 players. They will play until we reach the final 6 players.

Seat 1: Markus Garberg – 1M
Seat 2: Richard Marquez – 2.2M
Seat 3: Hans Jurgen Homner – 840K
Seat 4: Ken Foo Hsien Loong – 435K
Seat 5: Denis Cheremisin – 450K
Seat 6: Rajeev Kanjani – 1.225M
Seat 7: Seo Dongkyoon – 775K
Seat 8: Mike Takayama – 1.725M
Seat 9: Mark Gruendemann – 1.945M
Seat 10: Lester Edoc – 945K

---

2:20PM: Mark Amparo out in 11th place – PHP 232,800
Level 23: Blinds 15K-30K ante 5K

Second hand after the break and Mark Amparo has fallen out of the running. His last hand started with a raise by Richard Marquez on utg, Amparo three-bet on the small blind to 200k. Marquez called. On the flop , Amparo shoved his remaining 370k, called by Marquez. Amparo , Marquez , the turn and river were no help to Amparo. He was out in 11th place and earned PHP 232,800 for his efforts. Marquez now leads the race with 2.2M.

---

2:00PM: Break time chip counts

First break of the day. 11 players remaining. Estimated chip counts below.

Richard Marquez 1.6M
Ken Foo Hsien Loong 450K
Mark Amparo 610K
Rajeev Kanjani 1.2M
Denis Cheremisin 460K
Markus Garberg 1.1M
Hans Jurgen Homner 850K
Mike Takayama 1.8M
Lester Edoc 900K
Seo Dongkyoon 800K
Mark Gruendemann 1.5M

---

1:58PM: Good call for Mike Takayama climbs to 1.8M
Level 22: Blinds 12K-24K ante 3K

Catching the action on a turn board , Mike Takayama bet 82k, called by Hans Jurgen Homner. On the river , Takayama bet 62k, Homner raised to 177k, Takayama called. Homner showed , Takayama won it with .

---

1:55PM: Seo Dongkyoon vs Lester Edoc
Level 22: Blinds 12K-24K ante 3K

Seo Dongkyoon raised to 52k, Lester Edoc called on the big blind. At the flop , Edoc checked, Seo c-bet 52k, Edoc check-raised to 155k, Seo called. On the turn and river both checked. Seo showed and won the pot. Edoc mucked. Seo now at 680k.

---

1:50PM: Ivan Guillem eliminated in 12th place – PHP 232,800
Level 22: Blinds 12K-24K ante 3K

After losing a sizable chunk in a previous all in hand, Ivan Guillem was all in again. This time he had . Mark Gruendemann called him with . The board was empty as it landed to send Guillem out in 12th place. He earned PHP 232,800 for his deep run. We are down to 11 players. Gruendemann at 1.25M.

---

1:40PM: Daniyar Auganbayev out in 13th place – PHP 232,800
Level 22: Blinds 12K-24K ante 3K

All in preflop, Daniyar Auganbayev with , called by Richard Marquez with . It was a coin flip. Marquez won the bout with the board running . Daniyar earned PHP 232,800 for his deep run. We are down to 12 players. Marquez now at 1.9M.

---

1:30PM: Georges Chehade falls in 14th place – PHP 232,800
Level 22: Blinds 12K-24K ante 3K

Georges Chehade met his end at the hands of Hans Jurgen Homner in 14th place. Action began with Homner raising preflop, called by Chehade on hijack. At the flop , Homner c-bet and Chehade called. On the turn , Homner c-bet 161k, Chehade shoved, Homner called. Chehade set, Homner set, the river ended the hand to send Chehade packing. He earned PHP 232,800 for his deep run. Homner now at 1.2M. We are down to 13 players.

---

1:20PM: Hans Homner rises, Ivan Guillem plummets
Level 22: Blinds 12K-24K ante 3000

Preflop action saw utg Lester Edoc raise, Ivan Guillem shoved, Hans Jurgen Homner shoved as well, Edoc folded. Guillem , Homner the board ran for a crushing full house to Homner. He doubled up to 780k, Guillem dropped to 245k.

---

1:15PM: Ken Foo Hsien Loong doubles up Rajeev Kanjani
Level 22: Blinds 12K-24K ante 3K

We had an error in the chip counts last night, Ken Foo Hsien Loong had 1.13M not 113k. Moving on to the hand, Daniyar Auganbayev raised to 50k, button Loong three-bet 175k, bb Rajeev Kanjani shoved his 511k stack. Back to Daniyar, he folded then Loong called. Kanjani , Loong , the board threw blanks for a double up to Kanjani. Kanjani at 1.2M, Loong down to 440k.

---

1:10PM: Georges Chehade vs Ivan Guillem
Level 22: Blinds 12K-24K ante 3K

A pot of 90k was weighing the middle with two players staring down a board . Bb positioned Georges Chehade bet 110k and Ivan Guillem called. The turn both checked it to bring on the river card . Chehade led for 70k, Guillem folded. Chehade up to 350k.

---

12:55PM: Mark Gruendemann shaves some off Edoc
Level 21: Blinds 10K-20K ante 3K

Lester Edoc continues to shell out chips that his once massive stack of 1.88M is now down to 750k. His recent loss was to Mark Gruendemann. The hand began with Gruendemann raising to 43k from hijack, Edoc three-bet to 157k, back to Gruendemann with the call. On the flop , Gruendemann checked, Edoc fired 85k, called. On the turn, Gruendemann switched gears and led for 110k, Edoc called. Then on fifth street , Gruendemann bet 75k, Edoc called. Gruendemann opened and Edoc mucked. Gruendemann up to 1.54M.

---

12:40PM: Denis Cheremisin doubles up through Garberg
Level 21: Blinds 10K-20K ante 3K

Mid position Markus Garberg raised, Denis Cheremisin jammed on the big blind, Garberg called for a showdown. Cheremisin , Garberg , the board fell for a double up to the Russian Denis. Cheremisin up to 420k.

---

12:35PM: Jeffrey Pamplona out in 15th place – PHP 232,800
Level 21: Blinds 10K-20K ante 3K

Lo-jack Jeffrey Pamplona and hi-jack Rajeev Kanjani found themselves all in preflop. Pamplona with , Kanjani with , the board bricked . After the count, Pamplona was behind and was eliminated in 15th place. We are down to 14 players. Kanjani nearing 700k.

---

12:25PM: ATM machine Edoc doubles up a third; Hans Homner capitalizes
Level 21: Blinds 10K-20K ante 3K

Hans Jurgen Homner was the next player to shave off some of Lester Edoc’s towers. He was all in for 280k, holding , ATM machine Edoc called from the bb with . The board ran out . Homner now at  590k. Edoc dropped to 1.25M.

---

12:20PM: Lester Edoc boosts another; Seo Dongkyoon doubles up
Level 21: Blinds 10K-20K ante 3K

Utg Lester Edoc raised to 45k, sb Seo Dongkyoon all in for 318k, Edoc called. Seo , Edoc , the board was kind to the short stack as it ran for a full house and a double up to 650k.

---

12:15PM: Daniyar Auganbayev doubles up through Pamplona
Level 21: Blinds 10K-20K ante 3K

Daniyar Auganbayev was all in with , Jeffrey Pamplona tangoed with , the board ran for a double up to Daniya. He now has 335k.

---

12:10PM: Georges Chehade doubles up through Edoc
Level 21: Blinds 10K-20K ante 3K

Action folded around the orbit to the small blind Georges Chehade, he raised to 40k, called by bb Lester Edoc. At the flop , Chehade c-bet 35k, Edoc called. On the river , Chehade all in, Edoc called. Chehade , Edoc , double up Chehade to 500k.

---

12:05PM: William Ysmael exits in 16th place – PHP 155,200
Level 21: Blinds 10K-20K ante 3K

First hand of  the day at table 1 and cutoff William Ysmael shoved his short stack. He was called by Ivan Guillem on the button. Ysmael , Guillem , the board ran . And just like that, one down. 15 players remaining. Ysmael finished in 16th place and earned PHP 155,200.

---

12:00PM: Day 3 underway!
Level 21: Blinds 10K-20K ante 3K

This is the day it will be decided…. Who will advance to the final table of 9 players and who will end their run early by one day? Cards are underway at the Main Event! The final 16 players are here and already slugging it out.

Average stack 718,125
Total chips in play: 11,490,000

Here are the remaining payouts.

1st	4,850,000
2nd	2,716,000
3rd	1,649,000
4th	1,261,000
5th	1,067,000
6th	875,000
7th	660,000
8th	446,200
9th	291,000
10th~15th	232,800
16th	155,200

 

1:00AM: Final 16 players

Name	Chip Count	Nationality	Seating Number
Lester Edoc	1,888,000	Philippine	table 1 Seat 6
Mike Takayama	1,802,000	Philippine	table 1 Seat 7
Richard Marquez	1,294,000	Philippine	table 2 Seat 7
Markus Garberg	1,188,000	Norway	table 2 Seat 6
Daniyar Auganbayev	794,000	Kazakstan	table 2 Seat 4
Ivan Guillem	779,000	Spain	table 1 Seat 1
Mark Gruendemann	552,000	Ireland	table 1 Seat 4
Rajeev Kanjani	516,000	India	table 2 Seat 2
Seo Dongkyoon	395,000	Korea	table 1 Seat 3
Mark Amparo	375,000	Phillipine	table 2 Seat 5
Jeffrey Pamplona	315,000	Philippine	table 2 Seat 1
Dens Cheremisin	294,000	Russia	table 2 Seat 3
Hans Jurgen Homner	254,000	GERMANY	table 1 Seat 2
Georges Chehade	235,000	Lebanon	table 1 Seat 5
William Ysmael	225,000	Philippine	table 1 Seat 8
Ken Foo Hsien Loong	113,100	Malaysia	table 2 Seat 8

12:45AM: Final payouts in PHP

1st	4,850,000
2nd	2,716,000
3rd	1,649,000
4th	1,261,000
5th	1,067,000
6th	875,000
7th	660,000
8th	446,200
9th	291,000
10th~15th	232,800
16th	155,200

12:30AM: Day 2 is over! 16 players remain
Level 20: Blinds 8K-16K ante 2k

After another long day at the Main Event races, the 130 starting runners thinned down to the final 16 players. We will have the official results for you shortly along with a recap.

---

12:25AM: Eliminations….

Eliminations 17th – 20th – PHP 155,200
17th Aditya Sushant
18th Aun Sin
19th Yoo Yong Hyun
20th Ko Isayama

Eliminations 20th – 25th – PHP 100,800
21st Edison Marzan
22nd Yongquan Tan
23rd Alpheus Chan
24th Kim Choong Kon
25th Thomas Lee

---

12:20AM: Aditya Sushant’s aces cracked!
Level 20: Blinds 8K-16K ante 2k

Richard Marquez opened only to face a huge shove from Aditya Sushant. Marquez called it. Sushant , Marquez , the board ran for trips to Marquez. With Sushant’s aces cracked, he bowed out in 17th place.

---

12:10AM: Battle of the Marks
Level 20: Blinds 8K-16K ante 2k

On a full board and a 155k pot in the middle, Mark Amparo checked, Mark Gruendemann bet 88k, Amparo called. Gruendemann showed , Amparo mucked.

---

12:00AM: James Yoo eliminated
Level 20: Blinds 8K-16K ante 2k

James Yoo moved all in with but ran into Lester Edoc’s . He wasn’t able to improve on the board and exited in 19th place.

---

11:50PM: Mark Gruendemann claims one
Level 20: Blinds 8K-16K ante 2k

The flop was , Hans Homner checked, Mark Gruendemann bet 35k, Homner called. On the turn , Homner checked again, Gruendemann fired 35k, Homner folded.

---

11:40PM: Georges Chehade lands two double ups
Level 20: Blinds 8K-16K ante 2k

Georges Chehade may not be out of the hole but he is doing his darndest to make sure he gets there. In this new level, he scored two double ups to help him. The first one was through Ivan Guillem. Chehade had , Guillem , the board ran .

The next double up he had , Ken Foo Hsien Loong called with , Chehade hit a full house on the board .

---

11:30PM: James Yoo next to double through Edoc
Level 19: Blinds 6K-12K ante 2k

James Yoo all in with and faced Lester Edoc with . A 7 landed on the flop for a higher pair to double up to around 210k.

---

11:20PM: Hans Jurgen Homner doubles up through Edoc
Level 19: Blinds 6K-12K ante 2k

Lester Edoc raised to 28k, bb Hans Jurgen Homner shoved (273k), Edoc called. Homner , Edoc , the board ran . Homner up to 560k.

---

11:10PM: Mike Takayama switches places with Markus Garberg
Level 19: Blinds 6K-12K ante 2k

Markus Garberg called Mike Takayama’s raise preflop and both went to see the cards land . Garberg jumped out with a shove and Takayama wasted no time calling. Garberg draw, Takayama . The turn and river were no help to Garberg. Takayama shipped a massive double up to 1.6M.

---

11:00PM: Lester Edoc doubles up to 650k
Level 19: Blinds 6K-12K ante 2K

Catching the action on a fourth street, , Lester Edoc bet 60k, Yong Tan shoved, Edoc called. Edoc had two pair, Tan with , the river improved Edoc to a boat to drive his stack up to 650k.

---

10:50PM: Eliminations…..

Eliminations 26th – 30th – PHP 91,1000
26hth Rodgie Panila
27th Wendell Garcia
28th Francis Villamor
29th Terry Alindada
30th Haydar Merih Arkun

Eliminations 31st – 35th – PHP 85,300
31st Suipong Popitukkul
32nd Metasit Pratipsangkom
33rd Alexis Lim
34th Abhinav Iyer
35th Jim Bonanno

Eliminations 36th – 40th – PHP 83,400
36th Alex Lee
37th Victor Chong
38th Tran Thanh Dat
39th Loo Junzhong
40th Fidel Castro

Eliminations 41st – 43rd – PHP 81,400
41st Vamerdino Magsakay
42nd Carlo Calingasan
43rd Kenneth Anzano

---

10:40PM: Mark Amparo dusts another
Level 19: Blinds 6K-12K ante 2k

Mark Amparo shipped in another stack. His latest victim was short stacked Thomas Lee. Amparo with , Lee with , the board fell .

We are down to 24 players.

---

10:15PM: Ken Foo Hsien Loong shoves for the pot
Level 18: Blinds 5000-10000 ante 1000

Georges Chehade raised to 26k and Ken Foo Hsien Loong defended his big blind. At the flop , Loong checked, Chehade c-bet 20k, Loong called. On the turn, check again by Loong, Chehade fired 69k, Loong jammed then won the pot with Chehade folding up.

---

10:10PM: Markus Garberg ships 100k
Level 18: Blinds 5000-10000 ante 1000

Markus Garberg added another tower of yellows to his stack by railing Rodgie Panila. Panila shoved with , Garberg with , no help arrived for Panila. He was eliminated in 26th place. Garberg over 1.4M.

---

10:05PM: Tit for tat….. Lester Edoc vs James Yoo
Level 18: Blinds 5000-10000 ante 1000

Lester Edoc and James Yoo went head-to-head twice with each one doubling up the other. First to get a boost was Edoc. He raised to 22k, hijack Yoo three-bet 65k, Edoc called. On the flop , Edoc jammed and Yoo called. Edoc , Yoo , the turn and river improved Edoc to a straight.

Three hands later it was Yoo’s turn. Action kicked off with Gruendemann bumping it up to 25k, Edoc three-bet to 75k, Yoo shoved, Gruendemann folded, Edoc called. Yoo , Edoc , the board ran dry for a double up to Yoo.

---

10:00PM: Mike Takayama shakes some off the leader
Level 18: Blinds 5000-10000 ante 1000

Mike Takayama raised to 24k preflop and found customer in the chip leader Markus Garberg on the big blind. At the flop , both checked and saw a turn land . Garberg led 40k, Takayama raised to 104k, Garberg laughed and tossed his cards in the muck pile. Takayama sits with 790k.

---

9:50PM: Mark Gruendemann vs William Ysmael
Level 18: Blinds 5000-10000 ante 1000

Utg+1 Mark Gruendemann raised preflop, William Ysmael defended on the big blind. The flop ran , Ysmael checked, Gruendemann c-bet 35k, called. The turn , action was the same with Ysmael check-calling a smaller bet of 15k. No bets arrived on the river. Ysmael spiked a pair with but Gruendemann had better with in the hole.

---

9:40PM: Ko Isayama ends Wendell Garcia’s run
Level 18: Blinds 5000-10000 ante 1000

Wendell Garcia had a rollercoaster run all day, railing players and enjoying a big stack for sometime until the field downsized to three tables. His stack took several small hits and eventually pushed it all in the middle with . He was up against Ko Isayama’s made hand . The board bricked running low to end Garcia’s day in 27th place. Isayama grew to 360k.

---

9:30PM: Aun Sin rails Francis Villamor
Level 18: Blinds 5000-10000 ante 1000

Aun Sin is now at 580k after railing Francis Villamor. Short stacked Villamor was all in preflop with , Sin with , the board paired both of Sin’s cards. We are down to the final three tables with 27 remaining.

---

9:20PM: Rajeev Kanjani reaches 600k, Terry Gonzaga out
Level 18: Blinds 5000-10000 ante 1000

Terry Gonzaga was all in with but ran smack into Rajeev Kanjani’s . The board ran low and just like that another one bites the dust.

---

9:15PM: Richad Marquez boots Haydar Arkun
Level 18: Blinds 5000-10000 ante 1000

Short stacked Haydar Arkun all in with and had to get lucky on Richard Marquez’s to double up. That didn’t happen with the board running .

---

9:10PM: Markus Garberg skyrockets to 1.4M; Alexis Lim eliminated
Level 18: Blinds 5000-10000 ante 1000

Next to fall was Alexis Lim. Lim was sitting with a very healthy above average stack of 470k but lost it all in one hand to Markus Garberg. Both players engaged in a preflop. Garberg raised to 23k, Lim three-bet to 100k, Garberg jammed his massive stack, Lim called putting himself at risk. Lim had , Garberg with , the board ran dry. Garberg zoomed to 1.4M and is now the player in command.

---

9:00PM: Mark Amparo ends Abhinav Iyer 
Level 18: 5000-10000 ante 1000

This level’s knockout madness continued with Abhinav Iyer as the next to hit the rail. Iyer sat with a monstrous stack early on but in the later level, his momentum downshifted. He paid two costly double ups and couldn’t recover from there. He met his end moments ago at the hands of Mark Amparo. Iyer had , Amparor , no bad beats arrived. Amparo now at 555k.

---

8:55PM: Jim Bonanno falls to William Ysmael
Level 18: Blinds 5000-10000  ante 1000

Jim Bonanno was the next burnout here. His didn’t improve against William Ysmael’s . The board was .

---

8:50PM: Ivan Guillem knock out two in new level
Level 18: Blinds 5000-10000 ante 1000

New level and it seems to be the bust out round. Ivan Guillem delivered the axe on two players in separate hands. His first victim was Alex Lee. Lee had , Guillem , despite Lee ahead, the board switched that right up as it ran .

Several hands after, Guillem sent a Thai player out with over . He now sits with 580K.

---

8:40PM: Rajeev Kanjani shows aces
Level 17: Blinds 4000-8000 ante 1000

Rajeev Kanjani raised from utgh and the bb defended. The flop was checked by the bb player Rajeev Kanjani bet 47k, called. On the turn, bb switched up and led out 57k, Kanjani jammed, no call. Kanjani showed aces.

---

8:30PM: Victor Chong exits; Alexis Lim at 500k
Level 17: Blinds 4000-8000 ante 1000

All in preflop action, Victor Chong , Alexis Lim , the board ran . Lim won the flip to send Chong out of the running.

---

8:20PM: Rajeev Kanjani lands a lucky double to stay in
Level 17: Blinds 4000-8000 ante 1000

It was all in preflop, Rajeev Kanjani with , his challenger with , the board ran for a straight to Kanjani. He sat back down to collect his double up.

---

8:10PM: Battle of the WSOP champions
Level 17: Blinds 4000-8000 ante 1000

WSOP champions Aditya Sushant and Mike Takayama have been sitting at the same table for sometime and they were bound to butt heads. We caught one of those moments. Takayama raised to 20k, Sushant three-bet 60k, Takayama answered with 160k, Sushant folded. Both players have big stacks. Takayama at 500k, Sushant at 350k.

---

8:00PM: Alex Lee chunked down by Yong Tan
Level 17: Blinds 4000-8000 ante 1000

Yong Tan had , Alex Lee looked to boot him out with , the board felt otherwise running . Lee down to 100k, Tan at 700k.

---

7:45PM: Back on the grind…. 43 players remaining
Level 17: Blinds 4000-8000 ante 1000

Russian Denis is over 600k after his spiked a two-outer on the river to crush .

---

6:45PM: Dinner break

Players are on a one hour dinner break. There are 44 remaining. When they return, another four rounds will be played before bagging up.

---

6:40PM: Chip leader update
Level 16: Blinds 3000-6000 ante 1000

Looks like the Filipino force is commanding the rankings at the moment. Here are the leaders:

William Ysmael 870k
Richard Marquez 670k
Aditya Sushant 470k
Mike Takayama 400k
Alexis Lim 350k
Abhinev Iyer 310k
Lester Edoc 290k

---

6:25PM: Wendell Garcia shows one to Victor Chong
Level 16: Blinds 3000-6000 ante 1000

On a turn board and a pot of 55k in the middle, Victor Chong had 30k laid out, Wendell Garcia raisedto 72k, Chong tanked then folded. Garcia showed as he happily scooped up the pot.

---

6:20PM: Aditya Sushant at 320k
Level 16: Blinds 3000-6000 ante 1000

After a series of raises and re-raises preflop, two players were all in, one had , Aditya Sushant had . The board ran for a flush to Sushant. He shipped it and now has 320k.

---

6:15PM: Eliminations….
Level 16: Blinds 3000-6000 ante 1000

Eliminations 44th – 60th – PHP 81,400
44th Kah Boon Teh
45th Albert Nguyen
46th William Tjokro
47th Gerardo Lubas
48th Witch Witoonchart
49th Veterano Tan
50th Jimmie Javier

Eliminations 51st to 60th – PHP 79,500
51st Simon Burns
52nd Ha Carson
53rd Samuel Santa Puche
54th Clement Guilleminot
55th Ying Lin Chua
56th Frederic Fauchereau
57th Kalyan Chakravarthy
58th Jae Chang
59th Gregory Benjamins
60th James Mendoza

---

6:00PM: Players dropping fast….
Level 16: Blinds 3000-6000 ante 1000

With the money guaranteed, short stacks began dropping out. We are down to 44 players. We will have that list for you shortly.

---

5:45PM: Abhinav Iyer gets hit twice, drops to 300k
Level 16: Blinds 3000-6000 ante 1000

Abhinav Iyer had towers of chips before him amounting to 700k. That has now dropped to less than half with two players capitalizing. The first one was Richard Marquez. Action kicked off with Mark Amparo raising to 14k, button Marquez called, sb Iyer three-bet to 32k. Amparo folded while Marquez called. At the flop , Iyer bet 26.5k, Marquez called. On the turn, Iyer checked, Marquez bet 48k, Iyer all in, Marquez called (140k behind) putting his tournament life on the line. Iyer had , Marquez with , the river completed the board and Marquez doubled up with a better kicker.

Next pot, Iyer had , his opponent had , the board ran . Iyer’s rockets cracked. He paid out another 170k.

---

5:10PM: Bubble bursts! Albert Nguyen boots BJ Carbonell
Level 15: Blinds 2500-5000 ante 500

The money has been reached! The bubble burst on Bartolome Joseph Carbonell with Albert Nguyen delivering the bad news. Both players built up a preflop pot of around 28k, then stared down the flop . Nguyen checked, Carbonell bet 17k, Nguyen all in, called by Carbonell while putting himself at risk. Nguyen , Carbonell . The turn and river were not the outs for Carbonell to send him out of the game as the bubble boy.

Congratulations to all the 60 remaining players! Money is now guaranteed. They play to the end of Level 20.

---

5:05PM: Bubble round: Kalyan Chakravarthy’ rockets paid
Level 15: Blinds 2500-5000 ante 500

Another player doubled up in this crucial bubble round with 61 remaining. Kalyan Chakravarthy banked it off Alex Lee. The hand saw Lee raise on utg, called by Chakravarthy on the button. At the flop , Lee all in, Chakravarthy shoved, called by Lee. Chakravarthy had , Lee mid pair. The turn and river sealed the win for Chakravarthy.

---

5:00PM: Bubble time! Mike Takayama doubles up 
Level 15: Blinds 2500-5000 ante 500

We have reached the bubble round and the first player to be at risk was Filipino pro Mike Takayama. He faced off against Alpheus Chan. Takayama had , Chan , no hits on the board for Chan for a double up to Takayama to nearly 500k. Chan dropped to 250k.

---

4:50PM: Alexis Lim banks a double off Alex Lee
Level 15: Blinds 2500-5000 ante 500

No brainer hand, raise, re-raise, all in, called…. Alexis Lim wth , Alex Lee with . The board favored Lim as it ran for a double up to 300k.

---

4:40PM: Richard Marquez dominates
Level 15: Blinds 2500-5000 ante 500

Richard Marquez raised from utg+1 to 12.5k, sb player all in for 61.5k, Marquez called. Marquez had , sb with , the board ran .

---

4:30PM: Approaching the bubble… 60 paid…. we are at 63 remaining
Level 15: Blinds 2500-5000 ante 500

Players are back from a break. 63 left, money at 60… bubble time coming.

---

4:05PM: Cooler! Abhinav Iyer gobbles up another; JC Sayo out
Level 14: Blinds 2000-4000 ante 500

Not long after he railed a player, Abhinav Iyer chomped up another, this time it was JC Sayo. Iyer raised to 9k, Sayo three-bet to 22k, Iyer all in, Sayo called for his tournament life. Sayo opened up a premium but was in a world of hurt upon seeing Iyer’s . No luck appeared on the board for Sayo. He was eliminated. Iyer now at 690k.

---

4:00PM: Alpheus Chan busts Jharome Pena
Level 14: Blinds 2000-4000 ante 500

Jharome Pena all in with A-9 that didn’t improve against Alpheus Chan’s 8-8. Chan shipped it then proceeded to win a small pot against Carlo Calingasan to bring his stack up to 500k.

---

3:55PM: Mike Takayama busts Benjie Mangaliman
Level 14: Blinds 2000-4000 ante 500

Mike Takayama raised to 9k, Benjie Mangaliman shoved, Takayama called. Takayama , Mangaliman . The board ran . Mangaliman eliminated.

---

3:50PM: The rich get richer! Abhinav Iyer busts Valle
Level 14: Blinds 2000-4000 ante 500

Utg Abhinav iyer raised, cutoff Gandy Valle all in, Iyer called after some serious tanking. Valle had , Iyer ahead with , the board threw blanks to send Valle out of the running.

---

3:45PM; Jimmie Javier coming back strong
Level 14: Blinds 2000-4000 ante 500

Jimmie Javier entered Day 2 with just 33,500. Now he has well over 200k. Javier stormed up the ranks in the opening round to 165k. He has just eliminated a player with over .

---

3:15PM Yong Tan rails Jerick Almusajin
Level 14: Blinds 2000-4000 ante 500

Jerick Almusajin all in with , Yong Tan called with , the board bricked, Almusajin railed.

---

2:50PM: Georges Chehade takes it away
Level 13: Blinds 1500-3000 ante 500

Cutoff Jim Bonanno raised to 6500, button Yoo Yong Hyun called, sb Mike Takayama called, bb Georges Chehade three-bet to 26k, Bonanno folded, Hyun folded, Takayama four-bet pushed, and Chehade called for his tournament life. Takayama with , Chehade with , the board ran for a double up and more to Chehade.

---

2:45PM: Wendell Garcia rails one, rises to 230k
Level 13: Blinds 1500-3000 ante 500

A short stack went all in wth , Wendell Garcia called it with . The board ran to give hope to the short stack but the turn quashed it and with the river Garcia shipped it to reach 230k.

---

2:40PM: Phuwadon Jhuthanuwong rails one
Level 13: Blinds 1500-3000 ante 500

One player all in preflop with two callers, the flop landed . Bb Phuwadon Jhuthanuwong bet 15k for a side pot, called. The turn both players checked. The river , Phuwadon led for 20k then won the side pot with no call. All in player with A-K and fell to Phuwadon’s full house.

---

2:35PM: Ivan Guillem calls with bottom pair
Level 13: Blinds 1500-3000 ante 500

Not sure on the action but a full board was already laid out , one player bet 12k and bb Ivan Guillem check-called. It was a good call exposing the bluff. Guillem won the pot with two pair.

---

2:30PM: Clement Guilleminot doubles through Edoc
Level 13: Blinds 1500-3000 ante 500

Clement Guilleminot all in with , Lester Edoc called with , the board ran well for the shover for a dominating full house. Guilleminot doubled up.

---

2:25PM: Benjie Mangaliman triples up! John Tech busts
Level 13: Blinds 1500-3000 ante 500

Heated preflop action saw Benjie Mangaliman all in with , John Tech all in with , and utg+1 player hoping to bust them both out with . The board ran dry for jacks to hold. Tech busted while Mangaliman tripled up to around 100k.

---

2:20PM: Aces cracked! Tran Thanh Dat saved
Level 13: Blinds 1500-3000 ante 500

All in preflop, Tran Thanh Dat with , bb player , the board ran for a full house to Tran to avoid elimination.

---

2:10PM: Chip leader update

Abhinav Iyer 450k
Alpheus Chan 328k
William Ysmael 305k
Mark Amparo 250k

---

1:55PM: Kannapong Thannarattrakul out
Level 12: Blinds 1200-2400 ante 300

On a turn board , two players, the big stacked player bet 14.5k, Kannapong Thannarattrakul all in for 54k, called. Big stack held , Thannarattrakul , the river finished off the Thai Teams Event captain.

---

1:50PM: Jae Chang’s rockets get full pay
Level 12: Blinds 1200-2400 ante 300

Hijack player Ha Carson raised to 5k, button Jae Chang three-bet to 12.5k, Carson called. On the flop {4h, Carson checked, Chang c-bet 13.5k, called. On the turn, Carson checked again, Chang bet 21.5k, Carson shoved, and snap-called by Chang. Chang with , Carson , the river ended the hand for a double up to Chang. He now has 180k.

---

1:45PM: Cooler! Lester Edoc doubles up through Magdagasang
Level 12: Blinds 1200-2400 ante 300

Lester Edoc with aces, Rebel Magdagaasang with kings, no bad beats arrived for aces to hold. Edoc doubled up to 126.6k, Magdagasang crippled to 12k.

---

1:40PM: Daniel Smith doubles up through Seo Dongkyoon
Level 12: Blinds 1200-2400 ante 300

Utg Seo Dongkyoon raised preflop and was looked up by two players, one of them was bb Daniel Smith. At the flop , Smith checked, Dongkyoon bet 11.5k, next player folded, Smith called. On the turn, Smith checked, Dongkyoon all in, Smith called. Smith had trips, Dnogkyoon , the river didn’t help Dongkyoon and had to pay the double up. Smith climbed to around 180k.

---

1:35PM: Marco Alvarez with a four-bet
Level 12: Blinds 1200-2400 ante 300

Utg raised to 5800, action folded around to the blinds, sb Jim Bonanno three-bet to 16.2k, bb Marco Alvarez four-bet to 42.5k, utg folded, and after deliberating, Bonanno folded while showing . Alvarez didn’t show.

---

1:30PM: Richard Marquez shaves some off Iyer
Level 12: Blinds 1200-2400 ante 300

Utg Richard Marquez raised to 5500, Abhinav Iyer three-bet to0 15.5k, the flop ran . Both players checked. On the turn , Marquez sent out 10k, Iyer called. On the river , Marquez checked, Iyer bet 30k, Marquez called. Iyer top pair, Marquez set. Marquez up to 270k.

---

1:15PM: Seo Dongkyoon delivers a double KO
Level 12: Blinds 1200-2400 ante 300

Another big pot went down with two players along with it. Action began with utg Hanna Khalife all in , sb player all in , and bb Seo Dongkyoon with the largest stack . The board ran for a two-outer spiked by Dongkyoon to knock out two players simultaneously. Dongkyoon over 300k.

---

1:10PM: Vamerdino Magsakay doubles up 
Level 12: Blinds 1200-2400 ante 300

Short stacked Vamerdino Magsakay is hanging in there. He was all in with on the blinds and survived against . He is now at 55k which is around 22 bbs.

---

1:00PM: 100 remaining 
Level 12: Blinds 1200-2400 ante 300

One hour done, new round begins. 100 players remaining, that means we lost 30 players just like that. By the rate it’s going, we will reach the money today, possibly early too. We shall see!

---

12:55PM: Martin Gonzales out! Abhinav Iyer leads with 400k
Level 11: Blinds 1000-2000 ante 300

Undoubtedly the biggest hand of the first level, Martin Gonzales took a hard fall against one of the leaders, Abhinav Iyer. Both players sported big stacks entering the day.

This hand kicked off with Gonzales bumping it up to 4300, late position players Richard Marquez and Abhinav Iyer called. Moving over to the blinds, sb folded, bb Kim Enriquez shoved his short 24k stack. Back to Gonzales, he called, Marquez folded, Iyer called.

At the flop , Gonzales c-bet 30k for a side pot, Iyer called. On the turn, both checked. The river Gonzales checked, Iyer all in (covering Gonzales), Gonzales tanked then decided to call, risking his remaining 140k+ stack. Iyer opened full house, Gonzales with , Enriquez with . Double knockout for Iyer as he shipped easily over 400k.

---

12:50PM: Teoh Ming Hong with another boost
Level 11: Blinds 1000-2000 ante 300

Teoh Ming Hong is now into the century marker having doubled up once again. He was all in with and despite a scary race, he won it as the board ran for a winning straight over set.

---

12:45PM: Hajime Nakagawa boots Saigal
Level 11: Blinds 1000-2000 ante 300

Short stacked was all in for his remaining 27k holding , Hajime Nakagawa with , the board ran . Saigal eliminated.

---

12:40PM: Veterano Tan sends a Thai packing
Level 11: Blinds 1000-2000 ante 300

Filipino Veterano Tan and Thailand’s Pakinai Lisawad tangled on this pot that sent the Thai out of the running. Preflop action, Tan raised to 5200 and bb Lisawad called. On the flop , Lisawad checked, Tan c-bet 5k, called. On the turn, Lisawad checked, Tan moved all in, Lisawad called for his tournament life. Tan two pair, Lisawad , the river further improved the already ahead Tan to a full house to ship it in.

12:35PM: Alex Lee shakes some chips off Valle
Level 11: Blinds 1000-2000 ante 300

With a raised pot built preflop, Alex Lee and Gandy Valle looked down on a board . First to act Valle checked, Lee fired 7700, Valle called. On the {turn , both players checked it. The river , Valle checked again, Lee banged out 25.5k, Valle called. Lee had , Valle mucked.

---

12:30PM: Straight up for Marco Alvarez 
Level 11: Blinds 1000-2000 ante 300

30k in the middle, the flop , no bets by Marco Alvarez and his opponent. On the turn, player checked, Alvarez bet 10k, no call. Alvarez wins the pot and shows straight.

---

12:15PM: Chip leader Alpheus Chan gains some off Tzai Wei Phua
Level 11: Blinds 1000-2000 ante 300

With a pot of 18k in the middle, two players stared down a full board . Tzai Wei Phua bet 16k and chip leader Alpheus Chan snap-called. Phua showed but Chan had better to win the pot and increase his lead from the pack.

---

12:10PM: Teoh Ming Hong doubles up through Gruendemann
Level 11: 1000-2000 ante 30

On a board , and a pot of 12k already brewed, Teoh went all in for his remaining 11k and with not much of a dent to his stack, Mark Gruendemann called. Teoh had top pair and doubled up to around 80k. Gruendemann showed .

---

12:00PM: Day 2 underway! 
Level 11: 1000-2000 ante 30

And we are off! The TD has announced the infamous line…. “shuffle up and deal!” 130 players advanced to today’s elimination stage. The goal is to complete another 10 rounds of 60-minute blinds. There will be a dinner break at the end of Level 16.

The past three starting days drew 383 entrants and at PHP 55,000 each, the Main Event PHP 20 Million prize pool was not reached. This means there was an overlay of around 20 players. We have the payouts up in our morning article. Money is at 60 places. That should be met sometime today. Crowning a winner won’t be for another two days but just to keep everyone’s eyes glistening, top prize is PHP 4,850,000 (~US$92,700).

Day 2 info:
Total chips in play: 11,490,000
Average stack: 88,384

Current chip leader: Alpheus Chan – 273,500

Okay…. good luck to all! Live updates right here so check back to read up on the action.

 

 

1:45AM: Day 1C ends! 62 survivors

That’s it! After ten hours of play, Day 1C is over. Out of the 176 players, only 62 advanced to Day 2. We will have the official results for you shortly. it looks like the day’s chip leader was Denis Cheremisin with 209,300. Gabriel Carter is next in line with 205,000. Stand by for the recap and chip counts. As for Day 2 payouts and seating arrangement, we will have that posted for you in the morning.

---

1:40AM: Duy Ho no look shove, Gerard Lubas doubles up
Level 10: Blinds 800-1600 ante 200

Last hand of the day, Duy Ho shoved on utg without looking at his cards. Down the orbit, Gerard Lubas looked down at pocket queens and shoved. No one else joined in. Duy had 8-5. No bad beats arrived and Lubas doubled up.

---

1:35AM: Denis Cheremisin shoves Takayama
Level 10: Blinds 800-1600 ante 200

On a raised pot preflop, the cards landed . Mike Takayama bet 9.5k, Denis Cheremisin shoved, Takayama quickly folded.

---

1:30AM: Angel Kabigting vs Euryd Rivera
Level 10: Blinds 800-1600 ante 200

Euryd Rivera raised to 3800 then called Angel Kabigting’s three-bet of 12k. When the flop landed , Rivera checked, Kabigting bet 10k, Rivera called. On the turn and river , both checked it. Rivera showed two pair but Kabigting had better with .

---

1:25AM: Angel Kabigting muscles Gonzaga
Level 10: Blinds 800-1600 ante 200

Angel Kabigting has been a mover and shaker at his table often seeing initiating action and shipping in pots. His latest was against Terry Gonzaga who raised from utg to 3600. Gonzaga was called by three players, one of them was Kabigting on the big blind. At the flop , sb checked, Kabigting bet 5k, Gonzaga raised to 12k, button and sb folded, Kabigting three-bet to 25k. Gonzaga folded.

---

1:20AM: Aun Sin takes from the leader
Level 10: Blinds 800-1600 ante 200

Christopher Chua raised to 3500, Aun Sin called, sb player called, and Denis Cheremisin on the bb joined in. At the flop , Cheremisin bet 4k, Chua folded, Sin called, and sb check-folded. On the turn both checked. On the river , Cheremisin bet 6k and Sin called. Cheremisin opened bluff, and Sin won with .

---

1:15AM: “Zero bluff” says Bonanno to Luen Hei Kwok  
Level 10: Blinds 800-1600 ante 200

Cutoff Gabriel Carter raised to 3500, button Jim Bonanno called, sb Luen Hei Kwok called. At the flop , all checked. On the turn, all checked again. The river , Luen bet 9k, Carter folded, Bonanno thought about it then said “that’s a zero bluff”. Laughed then folded.

---

1:00AM: Denis Cheremisin grinding 
Level 10: Blinds 800-1600 ante 200

Denis Cheremisin has been successfully grinding down his table bringing his stack to over 200k. He seems to be the chip leader. His recent hand, kicked off with Christopher Chua raising to 4k, Cheremisin three-bet on the button, Chua called. On the flop , Cheremisin bet 8k and Chua check-called. On the turn and river , no bets landed and Cheremisin won with over Chua’s .

---

12:50AM: Martin Gonzales shoves
Level 10: Blinds 800-1600 ante 200

From cutoff Martin Gonzales raised to 3500, button player three-bet to 8400, Gonzales called. At the flop , Gonzales checked, button bet 10k, Gonzales shoved then claimed the pot with the button folding.

---

12:45AM: Victor Chong gains a little more
Level 10: Blinds 800-1600 ante 200

Victor Chong raised to 3500 from utg, Manuel Mascunana called, bb Czardy Rivera called. On the flop , all three checked. On the turn, Chong bet 8500 and won the pot with no callers.

---

12:35AM: Euryd Rivera takes in a sizable pot
Level 9: Blinds 600-1200 ante 200

Three players tossed in 7800 to the pot and the flop came . All checked – Angel Kabigting, Euryd Rivera, and Simon Burns. On the turn , still no bets. The river , Kabigting checked, Rivera bet 8k, Burns folded, Kabigting called. Rivera won the pot with .

---

12:30AM: Rebel Magdagasang celebrates a double up
Level 9: Blinds 600-1200 ante 200

Lots of chips were splashed onto this pot. It started with Frederic Fauchereau raising to 2400, called by the next three players, one of them was Rebel Magdagasang. After Magdagasang was Duy Ho who three-bet to 20k. Everyone folded except Magdagasang. He moved all in. Duy called. Magdagasang had , Duy , the board ran for a winning set to Magdagasang. He shouted, “King of the world!”

---

12:25AM: Angel Kabigting lands a gutshot
Level 9: Blinds 600-1200 ante 200

Angel Kabigting raised to 2600, the player to his immediate left three-bet to 6600, Kabigting called. On the flop , Kabigting checked, opponent bet 4k, Kabigting called. On the turn, Kabigting checked again, opponent moved all in, Kabigting called. Opponent had , Kabigting with , the river granted Kabigting a straight to ship it and boot one out.

---

12:20AM: Yuka Asaka vs Jae Wook Shin
Level 9: Blinds 600-1200 ante 200

Yuka raised to 2700 and button Jae Wook Shin called. At the flop , both checked. On the turn, Asaka fired 3k, Shin called. On the river, Asaka laid out 5k and this time Shin folded.

---

12:15AM: Matthias Schell bumps out Shyh Chyn Lim
Level 9: Blinds 600-1200 ante 200

All in preflop Shyh Chyn Lim with , Matthias Schell with . The board ran dry to send Lim packing.

---

12:05AM: Gerard Lubas avoids the rail
Level 9: Blinds 600-1200 ante 200

Gerard Lubas nearly banged the rail in this hand if not for a lucky lady saving him. The hand saw him raise to 4k, called by two players until Alvin Sembrano went all in. Lubas joined with less chips and the other two callers folded. Sembrano had , Lubas , the board fell for a set to Lubas and a double up.

---

12:00AM: Victor Chong 
Level 9: Blinds 600-1200 ante 200

A Japanese player raised to 3500 and button player Victor Chong called. On the flop and turn, no bets. Then the river saw the Japanese bet 4500, Chong called then won the pot with the Japanese player mucking. Chong didn’t show.

---

11:35PM: Chip leader update

Players are on a break. Currently leading is Simon Burns with 194k. Fidel Castro running second with around 160k. We are down to half the field with 88 remaining out of the 176 that entered.

---

11:30PM: Simon Burns claims the pot
Level 8: Blinds 500-1000 ante 100

Simon Burns and a Filipino player were involved in this pot. The board was with 5k in the middle. Bruns bet 2300, the local raised to 6k, Burns called. On the river , both checked. Burns showed and won it with the local mucking.

---

11:00PM: Runner runner boat for Cheng Xiong 
Level 8: Blinds 500-1000 ante 100

We only caught the hand at the shipping with Cheng Xiong banking a double up with against on a board of . Yup, that’s a runner runner full house.

---

10:50PM: Jim Bonanno pays Drilon’s straight
Level 8: 500-1000 ante 100

Utg+1 Jim Bonanno raised to 2500 and was called by both blinds. At the flop , sb checked, bb Jose Drilon bet 2500, Bonanno raised to 7300, sb folded, and back to Drilon who called. On the turn, both checked. On the river , Drilon bet 8500, Bonanno called. Drilon had straight to win the pot.

---

10:40PM: Yuka Asaka shoves
Level 8: 500-1000 ante 100

Button player Yuka Asaka raised to 2500, sb called, bb three-bet to 8k, Asaka jammed, no callers.

---

10:15PM: Gabriel Carter doubles up
Level 7: Blinds 400-800 ante 100

On a flop , three players were in the hand. John Jay Magadan went all in, Gabriel Carter joined in, Luen Hei Kwok folded. Magadan had , Carter with , the turn and river were not the outs Magadan needed and Carter doubled up.

---

10:10PM: Duy Ho gets some pay for his boat
Level 7: Blinds 400-800 ante 100

Not long after the hand below, Kannapong Thannarattrakul had 11k out front then deliberated on Duy Ho’s 30k raise. The board was . Thannarattrakul called it. Duy opened up full house, Thannarattrakul mucked.

---

10:00PM: Preflop war goes to Pete Chen
Level 7: Blinds 400-800 ante 100

Around 9k was already in the pot, Duy Ho had 4k in front of him but faced Pete Chen’s 30.7k shove. Asking Chen if he wanted a call, Chen said it didn’t matter either way. Duy folded.

---

9:55PM: Simon Burns scoops up a big one
Level 7: Blinds 400-800 ante 100

We arrived at the outer table with a massive pot weighing down the middle. By the looks of it around 65k. The flop was , Small blind Simon Burns was all in for 45.5k. Button player was tanking. Burns eventually claimed the pot with the button folding.

---

9:45PM: Markus Garberg doubles up with rockets
Level 7: Blinds 400-800 ante 100

Button player Markus Garberg raised to 1800, big blind Carlo Calingasan three-bet to 3800. Garberg called. On the flop , Calingasan checked, Garberg bet 3500, Calingasan called. On the turn, check by Calingasan again, Garberg went all in, Calingasan called. Garberg turned over , Calingasan , the river completed the board for a double up to Garberg.

---

9:35PM: Registration closed with 176 players

Players have returned from the one hour dinner break. Registration closed at the start of Level 7. 176 players turned up today which means there is an overlay of around 21 players. We will have the prize pool and payouts once that’s been announced.

---

8:30PM: Dinner break

Players are on a one hour dinner break. 175 players is the count. Registration closes at the end of the break. Current chip leader is Fidel Castro from General Santos down south in the Philippines. He sits with around 190k.

---

8:20PM: Kings for Jae Chang
Level 6: Blinds 300-600 ante 75

Hijack Jae Chang and the cutoff player engaged in a preflop war that eventually saw the pot balloon to around 17.5k. The flop saw more added in. Chang checked then called a 7k bet. On the turn and river, both checked. Chang won it with against his opponent’s .

---

8:15PM: Clement Guilleminot wins the three-way
Level 6: Blinds 300-600 ante 75

Getting to Table 9, three players had their hole cards turned up, Anthony Gabrito , big stack player , Clement Guilleminot . The board ran dry with no hits for any of them. Guilleminot doubled up and more while Gabrito was eliminated.

---

8:10PM: Euryd Rivera on the move
Level 6: Blinds 300-600 ante 75

Euryd Rivera entered three consecutive pots and claiming two of them. The first hand, he raised to 1250 from the button and was called by both blinds sb Shyh Chyn Lim and bb Linh Tran. The board ran out with no bets seen. Lim won it with .

The next hand, one player raised to 1300, Rivera three-bet to 3850, initial raiser folded to award Rivera the pot. He showed his rockets. The third hand River raised to 1250 and found no callers again. He showed .

---

8:00PM: Luen Hei Kwok doubles up through Ang Boon Seng
Level 6: Blinds 300-600 ante 75

Ang Boon Seng raised to 1300, button Luen Hei Kwok and big blind called. On the flop , bb checked, Seng c-bet 1650, Luen called, bb folded. The turn , Seng checked, Luen bet 3600, Seng called. The river , Seng checked again, Luen bet 6600, Seng answered with a shove that covered Luen’s stack. Luen tanked then found the courage to risk it. Seng showed but it was not good enough against Luen’s flush.

---

7:50PM: Marc Rivera vs Carlo Calingasan
Level 6: Blinds 300-600 ante 75

Cutoff Marc Rivera raised to 1300 and found one caller in button Carlo Calingasan. At the flop , Rivera check-called a 2800 bet by Calingasan. On the turn, both checked it. The river also saw both check. Rivera showed but Calingasan had him beat with .

---

7:40PM: Florencio Campomnaes vs Kannapong Thannarat
Level 6: Blinds 300-600 ante 75

Two players built up a pot preflop, Florencio Campomanes and Kannapong Thannaratrakul, and the flop landed . Both checked. On the turn, Campomanes led out 1800, called. On the river it was back to checking. Campomanes won it with trips.

---

7:30PM: 170 players….
Level 6: Blinds 300-600 ante 75

More players have descended upon the Main Event. Among those in the new arrivals are Markus Garberg, Gabriel Carter, Luen Hei Kwok, Euryd Rivera, Julian Hasse, and Martin Gonzales.

---

6:55PM: Marvin Rettenmaier earns some for his straight
Level 5: Blinds 200-400 ante 50

Marvin Rettenmaier was just moved to Table 6 and quickly claimed a sizable pot. He raised to 1025, got called by the button and sb Fidel Castro. At the flop , Rettenmaier c-bet 1350, button called, Castro check-folded. On the turn, no bets landed to bring on the river . Rettenmaier jumped out with a 3175 bet, button called. Rettenmaier showed straight.

---

6:50:PM: Fidel Castro rails three players, soars to 196K
Level 5: Blinds 200-400 ante 50

We looked over at table 6 and Fidel Castro was happily arranging a monstrous pile. We tried to get the details from him which he loosely shared. He had and saw a flop with three other players. One thing led to another, one player with 9-9 folded while the other two were all in. Castro’s aces held for a double knockout.

The very next hand, Castro raised to 2400 from utg, big blind jammed his 20,100 stack, Castro called. BB had , Castro with , the board bricked to award Castro another player’s stack. Castro now has 196k and may possibly be the current chip leader.

---

6:40PM: Cooler sends Le Ngoc Khanh’s stack plummeting
Level 5: Blinds 200-400 ante 50

Le Ngoc Khanh had it all on the line with but Russian player Nikolai had . The board ran a wild improving both to a set but Nikolai was still ahead for a double up while Le Ngoc dropped to just under 7k.

---

6:35PM: Mike Takayama challenges Kampanatsanyakorn
Level 5: Blinds 200-400 ante 50

Moments after Mike Takayama took his seat, he has been attacking the felt. The first hand we caught saw Chane Kampanatsanyakorn with a 3k raise laid out. Takayama challenged with a 7200 re-raise. Kampanatsanyakorn folded.

Two hands after, both players faced off again. Kampanatsanyakorn raised to 1100 and Takayama defended on the small blind. At the flop , Takayama check-called a 1k bet. On the turn, Takayama switched up and led for 2300. Kampanatsanyakorn called. On the river, Takayama made it 10,225 to continue, Kampanatsanyakorn called. Takayama opened full house. Kampanatsanyakorn mucked.

---

6:20PM: New level has begun.. more notables arrive
Level 5: Blinds 200-400 ante 50

New arrivals… Marc Rivera, Czardy Rivera, Mike Takayama, Pete Chen, and Marvin Rettenmaier, Cao Ngoc Anh. We are at 155 players.

---

6:15PM: 145 players… 
Level 4: Blinds 150-300 ante 25

We have surpassed Day 1B entries of 143…. we are currently at 145 players with three more hours of registration open. According to the organizers, the number needed to meet the PHP 20M guarantee is 400. With a combined 203 from the first two starting heats, 197 is needed today. More of course would be better. Notables out there to acknowledge, Sumit Sapra, Henrik Tollefsen, Jae Wook Shin, and Konstantin Pogodin.

---

6:00PM: Duy Ho shakes some chips for his straight
Level 4: Blinds 150-300 ante 25

On a raised pot preflop, the board was . Edward Kim checked, Duy Ho bet 2k, called. On the turn, action was the same with Kim check-calling a 2500 bet by Duy. The river , Kim checked, Duy bet 10k, Kim called, Duy showed for a straight completed on the river. Kim mucked.

---

5:50PM: Victor Chong in the house
Level 4: Blinds 150-300 ante 25

Victor Chong entered sometime in the previous round and has already been seen involved in several pots. We caught him win this one. On a raised pot preflop, the flop ran , Chong checked, Carlon Calingasan bet 2500, Chong called. On the turn, both checked. On the river , it was checked by both once more and Chong won with . Calingasan showed , also top pair.

---

5:40PM: Manuel Mascunana snuffs out the bluff, bumps one out
Level 4: Blinds 150-300 ante 25

On a raised pot preflop and four players in, everyone checked the flop . On the 2d} turn, it was checked to cutoff Manuel Mascunana who bet 1200, raised to 4,075 by the button player. This was followed by two check-folds then Mascunana called. On the river, Mascunana checked, button shoved his 17k stack, Mascunana tanked. After two minutes, Mascunana called and it was a good one with the button holding bluff. Mascunana won with top pair and sent the player packing. Mascunana up to 54k.

---

5:25PM: Two for Ken Chuang
Level 4: Blinds 150-300 ante 25

Immediately after having split a pot with Pham Bao, Ken Chuang went on to win the next two hands. The first one saw Pham raise to 750, Chuang three-bet to 2100, Pham folded.

Next hand, Kannapong Thannarattrakul raised to 700, Pham called, button Chuang three-bet to 3300, Thannarattrakul four-bet to 7500, Pham folded, Chuang shoved his 26.6k stack, Thannarattrakul folded.

---

5:20PM: 118 players start new level
Level 4: Blinds 150-300 ante 25

New round. We have eclipsed the century mark with 118 players registered so far. Only four have dropped out so lots of players out there pacing. It will be a long day with 10 levels to be played out. Registration stays open until the start of Level 7. There will be a one hour dinner break just before that to give players time to make their way this evening.

---

4:50PM: Alexis Lim boots out Daypuyart
Level 3: Blinds 100-200 ante 25

Allan Daypuyart raised to 1k, Alexis Lim three-bet to 2700, called by Daypuyart. At the flop , Lim led for 2500, Daypuyart raised to 8k, Lim three-bet jammed, and Daypuyart called for his tournament life. Lim , Daypuyart . The turn further improved Lim to a full house, and with the river , that spelled the end for Daypuyart. Lim up to around 70k.

---

4:35PM: Frederic Fauchereau claims two in a row
Level 3: Blinds 100-200 ante 25

Frederic Fauchereau has just about hit 50k having just won two pots back-to-back. The first pot saw a raise by the utg player, called by utg+1, cutoff Fauchereau, and the button player.  The flop landed , utg c-bet 1k, called by utg+1, Fauchereau raised to 2500, button folded, then called by utg and utg+1. The turn , action was checked to Fauchereau who sent out 4200 that found one caller in utg+1. On the river , utg+1 checked then called Fauchereau’s 8500 bet. Fauchereau shipped it with set over two pair.

Immediately following that hand, hijack Fauchereau limped, cutoff raised to 900, sb players called and back to Fauchereau who joined in to see the flop . Sb checked, Fauchereau bet 1500, cutoff folded, sb called. On the turn and river, both checked. Sb showed , and Fauchereau won it with full house.

---

4:20PM: 90 players… 
Level 3: Blinds 150-300

New arrivals include Ang Boon Seng, Kah Boon Teh, Carlo Calingasan, Jin Yong, and Emmanuel Segismundo.

---

4:00PM: Ko Isayama rails Pamplona
Level 2: Blinds 100-200

Junnie Pamplona fell out of the running very early here. He limped in from utg, joined by another limper, Ko Isayama raised to 1k, Simon Burns called from the button, Pamplona called, and other limper folded for a three-way to the flop . First to act Pamplona checked, Isayama c-bet 3k, Burns called, Pamplona shoved his 13.1k stack, Isayama followed suit with more, Burns folded. Pamplona , Isayama , the turn and river completed the board. Isayama shipped it and has 42k.

---

3:50PM: Good pot for Alvin Sembrano 
Level 2: Blinds 100-200

Utg player Duy Ho raised to 600, Alvin Sembrano, Chane Kampanatsanyakorn, button and big blind Pham Bao called for a five-way look at the flop . Everyone checked and the turn landed . Duy bet 1700, Sembrano raised to 3400, Kampanatsanyakorn called, and everyone folded included Duy. On the river, Sembrano bet 6k and won it with no caller.

---

3:45PM: Edward Kim earns off Thannarattrakul
Level 2: Blinds 100-200

Action folded around the orbit to button Kannapong Thannarattrakul, he raised to 600. Big blind Edward Kim defended. The flop ran , Kim checked, Thannarattrakul c-bet 650, called. On the turn Kim checked again then called a 1250 bet. On the river , no bets landed. Kim won with . Thannarattrakul mucked.

---

3:30PM: Latest arrivals
Level 2: Blinds 100-200

Notable players that have arrived in this level were Kannapong Thannarattrakul, Shyh Chyn Lim, and Lim Yohwan.

---

3:20PM: Simon Burns takes from Pamplona, climbs to 50k
Level 2: Blinds 100-200

Utg Simon Burns opened with a raise, late position Junnie Pamplona three-bet to 2200, back to Burns who four-bet to 4k, and Pamplona ended the betting round with a call. The flop saw a 3k bet by Burns, called by Pamplona. On the turn, Burns checked, Pamplona fired 6k, Burns called. The river both players checked. Burns had , Pamplona mucked. Burns up to 50k.

---

3:00PM: 50 players 
Level 2: Blinds 100-200

First level of the day is done and dusted. 50 players were out there. More are lined up to take their seats. Among the arrivals were Linh Tran, Le Ngoc Khanh, Frederic Fauchereau, Nguyen Chi Thinh, and Yuka Asaka.

---

2:50PM: Good call by Stephen Schumacher against Hilberts for a double up
Level 1: Blinds 50-100

We just caught the first double up of the day and the happy beneficiary was Stephen Schumacher. The hand kicked off with Thijs Hilberts raising from utg to 300, hijack Schumacher three-bet 850, and Hilberts called. On the flop , heavy betting started with a check by Hilberts, Schumacher slid out 1k, Hlberts answered with a 2200 raise, back to Schumacher who three-bet to 4500, Hilberts called. On the turn, Hilberts tossed in 5k, Schumacher called. On the river, Hilberts announced all in sending Schumacher to the tanker. Despite being well covered by Hilberts, and that we were still on Level 1, Schumacher called for his tournament life. Hilberts opened small pair, and Schumacher shipped it with top pair. Schumacher climbed to 43.5k.

---

2:45PM: Jim Bonanno wins a small pot
Level 1: Blinds 50-100

Jim Bonanno was one of the early birds at the races. Catching one of his winning hands, it was four-way limped pot with the board showing . All checked. The same on the turn. Then the river Bonanno bet 100 and got one caller. Bonanno won it with pair.

---

2:40PM: Stephen Schumacher on the attack
Level 1: Blinds 50-100

Stephen Schumacher has been commanding his table often seen raising and scooping up pots. One hand we caught was against Alexis Lim. On a raised pot preflop, the flop ran , Lim checked, Schumacher bet 600, called. On the turn , both checked. The river Lim led for 700, Schumacher raised to 3k, Lim folded.

---

2:15PM: The slow trickle… 
Level 1: Blinds 50-100

The first fifteen minutes has pulled in 25 players so far. That number will surely grow as the day progresses. Seen at the felt are Pham Bao, Jim Bonanno, Duy Ho, Marcuss Liow, and Jae Chang.

---

2:00PM: Last starting day begins!
Level 1: Blinds 50-100

Here we go! Welcome to the last starting day of the PPPoker World Championship MAIN EVENT! After two starting days completed, there are 207 entries with 48 through to Day 2. This is the last chance for everyone on the sidelines to try and advance and be that much closer to the PHP 20 Million (US$ 382,000) guarantee. Buy-in is PHP 55,000 (US$ 1,050)

Alike the other starting days, the day’s agenda is to play until the end of Level 10. Each round is 60 minutes. Players start with a 30,000 stack. There will be a dinner break at the end of Level 6. Important reminder, registration closes at the start of Level 7 which is roughly at 930pm.

For a quick rundown on the previous days, Day 1B saw Canada’s Alpheus Chan take the helm with 273,500 followed by Filipino William Ysmael with 266,500. At Day 1A, India’s Abhinav Iyer bagged 230,400. These players currently lead the race entering Day 2.

Good luck to everyone out there! We will keep you abreast of the action via live updates so check back here from time to time.

1:30AM: Day 1B ends!

After a long day at the races, Day 1B of the Main Event has ended. We will have the official results for you as soon as we have it. We do know that the top two leaders are Alpheus Chan – 273,500 – and William Ysmael – 266,500. We will have a recap for you shortly.

---

1:20AM: Ovillem Cavaller rails one on last hand
Level 10: Blinds 800-1600 ante 200

Ovillem Cavaller has done well climbing from a deep hole to a very healthy stack. He picked up more chips by railing a player with winning the flip against with the board running .

---

1:00AM: Haydar Arkun shakes some off Hanna Khalife
Level 10: Blinds 800-1600 ante 200

Hijack William Tjokro raised to 3500, Haydar Arkun called, button Hanna Khalife called, and bb Tzai Wei Phua joined in. At the flop , action was checked to Khalife who bet 6500. He found one caller in Arkun and the turn dropped . Both checked. The river , Arkun led for 8500 and Khalife called. Arkun won it with full house. Khalife showed straight.

---

12:50AM: William Ysmael claims two from Chehade
Level 10: Blinds 800-1600 ante 200

On a turn board , Richard Marquez checked, Georges Chehade bet 8500, William Ysmael called, and Marquez folded. On the river , Chehade checked, Ysmael bet 13.8k, Chehade folded while saying “You got very lucky eh?”. Ysmael scooped up the pot.

Chehade and Ysmael faced off again. Chehade raised to 3500 from cutoff and Ysmael defended his big blind. At the flop , Ysmael check-called a 2700 bet by Chehade. On the turn, no bets. Then the river , no bets again. Ysmael showed to take the pot.

---

12:30AM: Jharome Pena dusts one 
Level 9: Blinds 600-1200 ante 200

Jharome Pena loosened up his table by sending out a player and ship a nice big pile. The hand saw a player raise to 2600, Pena three-bet to 7600, called by another down the orbit, and initial raiser folded. At the flop , Pena bet 6600 and was called. On the turn, Pena fired another 6k, was raised to 15.7k, Pena called. On the river , Pena checked, player shoved, Pena with the quick call. Player showed pair and packed up upon seeing Pena’s dominating straight.

---

12:15AM: Mark Gruendemann charges to the upper ranks
Level 9: Blinds 600-1200 ante 200

On a turn board , Mark Gruendemann bet 50k, his opponent jammed, Gruendemann called with more chips. Gruendemann straight, opponent draw. The river kept Gruendemann ahead and he shipped it to climb to 225k. He won a couple of more small pots after to bring his stack to around 270k to take the chip lead.

---

12:10AM: Ovillem Cavaller gets lucky on Benedict Koh
Level 9: Blinds 600-1200 ante 200

Ovillem Cavallem has been sitting with a short stack amongst some very aggressive players. After Mark Gruendemann raised to 2700, three-bet by Benedict Koh to 7500, Cavaller shoved his 18.5 stack. Gruendemann bowed out while Koh called. Cavaller held and was behind Koh’s . The board was generous to Cavaller felting for a set to avoid the rail and double up.

Cavaller also won the next hand. Pakinai Lisawad raised to 2600, Cavaller three-bet to 7k, Lisawad folded.

---

12:00AM: Preflop raise wars
Level 9: Blinds 600-1200 ante 200

Preflop raise wars galore…

One table saw a 2500 open, Ying Lin Chua called, Benedict Koh three-bet to 10k, no callers. Koh won the pot.

Joseph Sia raised to 2500, one player called three-bet to 7500, Pulki Totla four-bet to 19k, no callers.

William Ysmael raised to 2700, bb Kiat Lee three-bet to 8500, Ysmael four-bet to 27k, Lee folded.

---

11:35PM: William Ysmael rails Marvin Rettenmaier, storms to 234k
Level 8: Blinds 500-1000 ante 100

As everyone was getting up for the last break of the day, William Ysmael and Marvin Rettenmaier were in a heated battle. From cutoff, Rettenmaier raised to 2200, bb Ysmael three-bet to 7500, Rettenmaier called. On the flop , Ysmael led for 5500 and Rettenmaier called. On the turn, Ysmael continued with an 8800 bet and Rettenmaier called. On the river, Ysmael bet 15.5k, Rettenmaier shoved for 51.5k more to Ysmael. Ysmael tanked then eventually found the courage to call. Rettenmaier opened and busted the Ysmael’s . Ysmael slid into the upper tier with 234k.

---

11:25PM: James Mendoza retells his rise to 255k
Level 8: Blinds 500-1000 ante 100

We passed by table 10 and noticed James Mendoza had monster stack before him. By the count, it was 230k and was clearly the chip leader with no one yet having breached the 200k mark. He kindly shared the hand that ballooned his stack.

Button player raised to 2500 and Mendoza defended from the big blind. At the flop , and turn , not bets landed. On the river , Mendoza led for 15k, button raised to 30k, Mendoza shoved, and button called with less. Button showed but it was way behind Angeles’s full house. Mendoza shipped it. Button player stated that he thought he had queens in the hole….

---

11:20PM: Alpheus Chan with a double KO
Level 8: Blinds 500-1000 ante 100

Three-way all in between Alpheus Chan and two other players, and . The board ran . Chan had the biggest stack and swept it. He climbed to 166k.

---

10:45PM: Han Tae Hoon eliminated
Level 8: Blinds 500-1000 ante 100

On a board , Han Tae Hoon was all in with but couldn’t draw out any of the cards he needed to overtake and was eliminated.

---

10:40PM: Battle of the blinds: William Tjokro vs John Tech
Level 8: Blinds 500-1000 ante 100

Battle of the blinds saw a raised pot brewed between sb John Tech and bb William Tjokro. The flop , Tech check-called a 4500 bet. On the turn, Tech check-called a 9k bet. Then on fifth street, Tech check-called a 16k bet. Tjokro opened full house to scoop up a good one.   

---

10:30PM: Han Tae Hoon vs Kiat Lee
Level 7: Blinds 400-800 ante 100

Action folded around the felt to the button Han Tae Hoon raised to 2k and bb Kiat Lee called. On the flop , Hoon bet 2100, Lee check-called. On the turn and river, no bets and Lee won with two pair.

---

10:25PM: Markus Garberg vs William Ysmael
Level 7: Blinds 400-800 ante 100

On a raised pot preflop initiated by Markus Garberg, William Ysmael and bb Marvin Rettenmaier called. At the flop , Rettenmaier checked, Garberg bet 3k, Ysmael called, and back to Rettenmaier who folded. On the turn, Garberg moved all in with his 10.7k stack. Ysmael had well over that if he called and lost, it wouldn’t be a big dent, however, he folded and Garberg shipped it.

---

10:20PM: Lester Edoc at 185k
Level 7: Blinds 400-800 ante 100

Mark Gruendemann raised to 2k, called by Ying Lin Chua, the player beside him, then button player Lester Edoc raised to 7500. Only Chua folded for heads up to the flop . Chua checked, Edoc fired 6k, Chua folded.

---

9:55PM: Chip leader update
Level 7: Blinds 400-800 ante 100

Lester Edoc 138K
Joe Kim 125K
Daniel Smith 120K
Ying Lin Chua 100K

---

9:45PM: Bad timing for Kenneth Buck; cooler against Joe Kim
Level 7: Blinds 400-800 ante 100

Kenneth Buck shoved with only to run into big blnd Joe Kim’s . The board ran dry to send Buck out for the second time. He can still try his luck once more at tomorrow’s final starting day.

---

9:35PM: 143 players
Level 7: Blinds 400-800 ante 100

Dinner break over, players back in their seats, a new level has commenced. Day 1B registration has closed. 143 players signed up with 101 remaining. They will play until the end of Level 10 which is around 130am.

---

8:20PM: Marvin Rettenmaier ships a double
Level 6: Blinds 300-600 ante 75

Action began with utg Luke Pangan raising to 1700, he was called by four players on the orbit. At the flop , three players checked (sb-bb-utg), utg+1 bet 3300, Rettenmaier called and so did the bb Shyh Chyn Lim. At the turn , Lim checked, utg+1 fired 7400, and only Rettenmaier called. On the river , utg+1 checked, Rettenmaier moved all in for 15,250, and was called. Rettemaier had set for the win and the double up plus plus.

---

8:15PM: Ying Lin Chua’s boat fully paid by Gruendemann
Level 6: Blinds 300-600 ante 75

Catching the hand only as Ying Lin Chua was being shipped a double up courtesy of Mark Gruendemann. The board was , Gruendemann had straight that was way behind Chua’s full house. Looks like both players got to where they wanted on the river.

---

8:00PM: Tzai Wei Phua won’t be bluffed
Level 6: Blinds 300-600 ante 75

New entrants Tzai Wei Phua and Alex Lee tangled for this pot. We caught it on a turn board with 32k already swimming in the middle. Both players checked and the river landed . Phua checked, Lee bet 12.5k, and Phua called. Lee had air and Phua claimed the pot with his top pair. Lee down to 7k.

---

7:45PM: Robert Uy claims a good pot
Level 6: Blinds 300-600 ante 75

On a raised pot preflop to 3700 and a board showing , Siyang Phua checked, Robert Uy fired 3600, button called, and Phua called. On the turn Phua checked, Uy bet 4k, button folded, and Phua stuck with it and called. The river , both players opted to check, Phua showed pair but Uy had him bested with .

---

7:15PM: Thai vs Thai
Level 5: Blinds 200-400 ante 50

Kannapong Thannarattrakul limped in, one player called, Chane Kampanatsanyakorn raised to 1600, Thannarattrakul called and the other player folded to leave a Thai versus Thai battle. At the flop , Thannarattrakul bet 2500, Kampanatsanyakorn called. On the turn, Kampanatsanyakorn took the reins and bet 4500, Thannarattrakul called. On the river, Thannarattrakul bet 7k and after a bit of deliberation, Kampanatsanyakorn called. Thannarattrakul showed and mucked. Kampanatsanyakorn didn’t show and shipped the pot.

---

7:00PM: Double KO: Tarek Yammin wins a sick three-way
Level 5: Blinds 200-400 ante 50

Insane three-way action began with a limp by utg, raised by Tarek Yammin to 2k, Simon Burns shoved, utg shoved as well, and back to Yammin with the snap call.

Utg
Burns
Yammin

The board ran wild to improved Burns to a set. The turn saw Burns’s lead demolished with Yammin holding the nuts. The river also improved the utg player to a set but it was of no consequence. Yammin won the pot and delivered a double knockout.

---

6:50PM: Lester Edoc in action
Level 5: Blinds 200-400 ante 50

Lester Edoc has been involved in numerous pots per orbit at Table 8. We caught a couple of hands he was involved in, both times he initiated the action. The first one he raised to 1100 and found one caller. At the flop , no bets arrived. On the turn, Edoc bet 1500 and got called. On the river it was back to checking and Edoc won it with 8-8 over A-Q.

Next hand, Edoc raised to 1025, was called by two players, one of them was Ying Lin Chua. At the flop , Chua checked, Edoc c-bet 1250, was called by both opponents. On the turn, Chua led for 2550 and claimed the pot with no callers.

---

6:40PM: 130 players 
Level 5: Blinds 200-400 ante 50

14 tables running now. We are at 130 players with more lined up at the chip counter. Among the newest entries are German pro Marvin Rettenmaier, Markus Garberg, Czardy Rivera, Ian Lee, Ying Lin Chua, Hung Sheng Lin. Dhanesh Chainani, and Siyang Phua.

---

5:50PM: Simon Burns wins the flip
Level 4: Blinds 150-300 ante 25

Simon Burns was down to a short stack and risked it all with . It was a good bet, he dodged his opponent’s overcards for a double up.

---

5:40PM: Daniel Smith eliminates Pham Bao
Level 4: Blinds 150-300 ante 25

Our latest casualty is Vietnamese player Pham Bao. He met his end at the hands of Daniel Smith. Getting to the table we saw Bao with 2650 out front and was pushed all in by Smith who had 30,725. Bao had less behind around 24k. After tanking, Bao went ahead and risked his tournament life. Smith showed , Bao , the board ran a dry .

---

5:30PM: Nrak Leftphokhanon cripples Linh Tran
Level 4: Blinds 150-300 ante 24

Linh Tran’s stack was dealt a heavy beating with Nrak Leftphokhanon on the receiving end. The hand kicked off with Gabriela Belisario bumping it up to 700, Tran three-bet to 2100, Leftphokhanon called, Belisario folded. On the flop , Tran c-bet 2k and was called. On the turn, Tran checked, Leftphokhanon bet 5k, Tran moved all in for 20,525, and with less (16,550) Leftphokhanon quickly called for his tournament life. Tran , Leftphokhanon straight. The river completed the board for a double up to Leftphokhanon and Tran down to 4475.

---

5:20PM: New round, new arrivals; 108 players
Level 4: Blinds 150-300 ante 25

12 tables are now running with 108 players signed up. Only two have dropped out so far. Among the new arrivals were Pete Chen, Jae Wook Shin, Ang Boon Seng, Benedict Koh, and Sajal Gopta.

---

4:50PM: Lots of hearts for Allyn Schroeder
Level 3: Blinds 100-200 ante 25

Catching the action on a board and a 25.3k pot already brewed in the center. Allyn Schroeder was all in with 17,825 and found himself one caller in a Brazilian player. Schroeder opened flush to scoop up a double up. The river was of no consequence. The caller was drawing dead with straight.

---

4:45PM: Archie Mariano doubles up twice
Level 3: Blinds 100-200 ante 25

Archie Mariano was down to around 2k and shoved with . He doubled up against a player’s . A few hands after, he shoved again, this time with and was called by Hanna Khalife with . No bad beats surfaced for another double up.

---

4:40PM: Alpheus Chan dusts Mike Takayama
Level 3: Blinds 100-200 ante 25

We aren’t sure how Mike Takayama lost his stack. He started the day with 30k and was down to 6200 when he shoved with . He was called by Alpheus Chan with . The board bricked and just like that, Takayama was out having played just one round. He will have to wait until tomorrow to try again due to the no same day re-entry policy.

---

4:30PM: 100 players…. 
Level 3: Blinds 100-200 ante 25

We have reached the century mark with 100 seated. Latest additions were players from the winning team – Thailand. Team captain Kannapong Thannarattrakul is on the felt with a big pile of cash to show off his well-deserved victory prize.

A bulk of Filipino players have also jumped in: Lester Edoc, Martin Gonzales, Terry Gonzaga, Joven Huerto, and Richard Marquez. Others were Kiat Lee, Hanna Khalife, Han Tae Hoon, and Kai Paulsen.

---

3:40PM: Teams Event update: TEAM THAILAND wins

The Teams Event came down to the final two teams Thailand and Malaysia. Just moments ago, Team Thailand dominated the 6 Max SNG to become the PPWC Teams Event champion! We will have a stand alone story on that. Congratulations on their incredible victory! They shipped the massive PHP 7 Million (US$133,650) first prize! Team Malaysia will not walk away empty-handed, for their efforts they will take home PHP 3 Million.

---

3:15PM: 71 players and climbing; more notables arrive
Level 2: Blinds 100-200

We have already surpassed the 64 players of Day 1A, we are at 71 players and climbing. Among the latest arrivals were WSOP champion Mike Takayama, John Tech, Flo Campomanes, Gabriela Belisario, and re-entries Linh Tran, and Marcuss Liow.

---

2:45PM: Seen at the felt
Level 1: Blinds 50-100

Among the players getting an early start here are Pham Bao, Simon Burns, William Ysmael, Kah Boon Teh, Masaki Fujitani, Mark Gruendemann, and Chul Ho Bae. Some of yesterday’s fallouts are also back, Shyh Chyn Lim, Lim Yohwan, Mark Pagsuyuin, and Kenneth Buck.

There are currently 46 players out there. Registration closes after the dinner break, that should be at 930pm. So latecomers make sure to keep track of the time and jump in before that Level 7 starting buzzer.

---

2:00PM: Cards in the air for Day 1B!
Level 1: Blinds 50-100

And we’re back on! Main Event Day 1B has just kicked off! This is the second starting day and just to remind everyone, a PHP 20 Million (US$382,000) prize pool is up for the taking. While reaching the money is still days away, we still have one more starting day to complete after this one, there’s plenty of time to jump in.

Today’s agenda, another 10 rounds of 60 minutes each will be played. Registration closes at the start of Level 7. There will be a one hour dinner break just before that. Buy-in is PHP 55,000 (US$1050). Players begin with  a very deep 30,000 stack. For those that missed the mark at Day 1A, you can re-enter today. For those that bust today, you will only be allowed to re-enter tomorrow.

We have to stress that there is NO BEST STACK FORWARD rule. No multiple stacks allowed. If you advance, whatever you bagged will be what you will enter with coming Day 2.

Day 1A drew 64 players with only 22 through to the next stage. India’s Abhinav Iyer leads the race with 230,400 amassed last night. We will post live updates here throughout the day to keep you abreast of the action. Good luck to all!

2:00AM: Day 1A ends with 22 players remaininge

After a grueling 10 hours of play, Day 1A is a wrap! While we await the official results, it looks like Abhinav Iyer bagged the chip lead. Kalyan Chakravarathy and Mark Amparo also sealed the next two spots in the chip rung. Congratulations to all the survivors! Recap coming shortly.

---

1:50AM: No best stack forward! 

There was a discrepancy on the ruling. Before the last hand, a short stacked player asked one of the floor staff if he could re-enter even if he had chips left. The floor staff said “yes”. As he was bagging his stack, the ruling was then verified and apparently there is “no best stack forward” allowed. A player is only allowed to re-enter if he/she has no chips left. The player argued he was told differently however a rule is a rule despite the error in information. So for everyone out there, NO BEST STACK FORWARD. If you have chips at the end of a starting day, that’s what you will enter the next stage with.

---

1:45AM: Mark Larson wins some off Kalyan Chakravarathy
Level 10: Blinds 800-1600 ante 200

Button player / big stacked Kalyan Chakravarathy raised to 4k, small blind Mark Larson three-bet to 11.8k, Chakravarathy called. The flop ran , Larson c-bet 10k and was called. On the turn, both checked it and the river was felted. No bets again, Larson showed and won the pot as Chakravarathy mucked.

---

1:30AM: Aditya Sushant vs Jimmie Javier
Level 10: Blinds 800-1600 ante 200

Aditya Sushant raised to 5k, Jimmie Javier three-bet to 11k, Sushant called. At the flop , both checked. On the turn, Sushant led for 8500, Javier called. On the river , Sushant announced all in sending Javier tanking. Sushant claimed the pot with Javier opting to fold.

---

1:20AM: Mark Amparo claims another pot
Level 10: Blinds 800-1600 ante 200

On a raised pot preflop, Mark Amparo and David Erquiaga stared down a flop . Erquiaga fired 25k only to be pushed all in by Amparo. Erquiaga tanked then eventually folded. Amparo up to 200k.

---

1:00AM: Mark Amparo eliminates Mark Pagsuyuin
Level 10: Blinds 800-1600 ante 200

Mark Pagsuyuin held on to a big stack for a majority of the day but when the tables collapsed down to three and he was moved, he had a rough ride at the new table. His stack continued to drop until he met his end at the hands of Mark Amparo.

It happened in two hands with the ultimate seeing Amparo raise from utg to 4500. Button Pagsuyuin called. At the flop , Amparo led out 11k, Pagsuyuin called. On the turn, Amparo jammed around 66k, Pagsuyuin had around 54k. Pagsuyuin tanked for a few minutes and eventually called for his tournament life. Amparo showed mid pair flush draw, Pagsuyuin was ahead with top pair flush draw. The river granted Amparo his draw and Pagsuyuin was eliminated.

---

12:55AM: Mark Larson answers back
Level 10: Blinds 800-1600 ante 200

We have entered the last level of the day. 26 players remaining. Mark Larson is one of them. He picked up a couple of pots preflop. The first one he raised to 3500, Aditya Sushant three-bet to 10k, Larson jammed, and Sushant with the quick fold.

A few hands after, Jimmie Javier raised to 3500, sb Kalyan Chakravarthy called, bb Larson three-bet to 16.6k, and won the pot with no callers.

---

12:45AM: Aggressive bets by Abhinav Iyer 
Level 9: Blinds 600-1200 ante 200

Big stacked Abhinav Iyer gained more chips to distance himself further from the players at his table. Ken Foo initiated the action wit ha 2700 raise, hijack called, then cutoff Iyer three-bet to 8200. He was called by both players and the flop ran . Action was checked to Iyer who sent out 10.6k, Foo folded while hijack called. On the turn, Iyer sent out 26.6k, and this time, he claimed the pot with no challenge.

---

12:20AM: Aditya Sushant gets aggressive
Level 9: Blinds 600-1200 ante 200

Back-to-back pots for the WSOP champion Aditya Sushant. The first pot saw him raise to 3k from the button, small blind Bong Tan three-bet to 10.6k, Sushant shoved his 42.9k stack, and Tan folded.

The next hand was simiar. Marco Alvarez raised to 3k from hijack, Sushant on cutoff three-bet to 9k, Alvarez folded.

---

12:15AM: Ken Foo takes some from Abhinav Iyer
Level 9: Blinds 600-1200 ante 200

Utg Abhinav Iyer has the kingly stack at his table. He raised to 2500 and found two callers in button player Ken Foo, and the big blind player. At the flop , bb checked, Iyer checked, Foo bet 3k. Bb folded, Iyer called. On the turn, Iyer checked again, Foo bet 7500, and was called. The river had both check. Iyer showed pocket pair but Foo had better .

---

12:10AM: Mark Amparo busts Randy Yap
Level 9: Blinds 600-1200 ante 200

Mark Amparo raised to 3k, cutoff Thomas Lee called, small blind Randy Yap shoved, Amparo thought about it then shoved as well, this pushed Lee out. Yap , Amparao , the board ran . Amparo shipped it while Yap busted.

---

12:05AM: Bong Tan wins the raise war
Level 9: Blinds 600-1200 ante 200

Big stacked Bong Tan was moved to Kalyan Chakravarathy’s table, another big stack. They eventually met. Tan raised to 2200, Chakravarathy three-bet to 5200, back to Tan who four-bet to 22.2k, and with that he won the pot. Chakravarathy opted to fold while showing A-Q.

---

12:00AM: One outer win for Jimmie Javier 
Level 9: Blinds 600-1200 ante 200

Jimmie Javier sent one of the players from India out of the running. His dominated . When the flop ran , Javier was overtaken. With the turn , he was still behind. However, the river slapped down a one-outer to give him a set to win it.

---

11:35PM: Chip leader update

Bong Tan 158k
Kalyan Chakravarthy 145k
Abhinav Iyer 140k

---

10:50PM: Randy Yap takes a little from Mark Pagsuyuin
Level 8: Blinds 500-1000 ante 100

One of the chip leaders, Mark Pagsuyuin, raised to 2200 and sb player Randy Yap called. At the flop and turn, both checked. The river saw Yap bet 3k and Pagsuyuin called. Yap showed set and Pagsuyuin mucked.

---

10:40PM: Thomas Lee earns a chunk from David Erquiaga
Level 8: Blinds 500-1000 ante 100

Thomas Lee and David Erquiaga have met in several hands with one of them ending up on a split pot. This one however was clearly for Lee. Action began with Erquiaga raising to 2500, Lee called from the small blind. At the flop , both checked. On the turn, Lee bet 5k, Erquiaga called. On the river Lee laid out 17k, and after deliberating, Erquiaga called. Lee opened two pair and won the pot with Erquiaga mucking.

---

10:30PM: Abhinav Iyer rails Alex Lee
Level 8: Blinds 500-1000 ante 100

Alex Lee didn’t last long at the Main Event, he just fell to Abhinav Iyer. The hand kicked off with Liubov Orlova limping in, Lee did the same on the small blind, and Iyer checked on the bb. At the flop , blinds checked to Orlova, she bet 1k. Both Lee and Iyer called. On the turn , Lee checked, Iyer fired 3k, Orlova folded, and Lee called. On the river , Lee checked again, Iyer bet 7k, Lee went all in, and a quick call from Iyer. Lee held two pair but it was still behind Iyer’s set.

---

10:15PM: Kalyan Charavarthy lands a hefty pot
Level 7: Blinds 400-800 ante 100

Catching the action on a full board and pot of around 48k already brewed, Kalyan Chakravarthy had a 27k bet laid out and was called. He showed for top pair. He won the pot as his opponent mucked.

---

10:00PM: Mark Larson triples up with quads
Level 7: Blinds 400-800 ante 100

Hajime Nakagawa is backed by the largest stack at his table. He’s actually been one of the biggest stacks for sometime all day. To his joy seeing with two short stacks all in before him. He wasted no time calling. One player had and shortest stacked Mark Larson with . Instead of sending out two players, the board was very generous to Larson as it ran for quads. Larson tripled up while the other player busted awarding Nakagawa the side pot.

---

9:40PM: Alex Lee gives it up to Boxer
Level 7: Blinds 400-800 ante 100

Alex Lee was one of the last players to jump into the main before the close of registration. We caught him losing a pot to Lim Yohwan aka Boxer. Boxer raised to 1800, from the small blind Lee three-bet to 6k, back to Boxer who jammed, and Lee folded.

---

8:35PM: Dinner break

The Main Event is headed for a one hour dinner break. Registration remains open until the start of the next level.

---

8:30PM: Chip leader update
Level 6: Blinds 300-600 ante 75

So far we have 64 players registered. Leading in chips is Bong Tan with over 120k. Mark Pagsuyuin and Kalyan Chakravarthy trail close behind with around 105k. Though we haven’t caught a hand on Pagsuyuin, he did rail Marcuss Liow early on with A-J losing to K-K. Pagsuyuin has been poised up top since Level 3.

---

8:15PM: Jasven Saigal rails Don Carmona
Level 6: Blinds 300-600 ante 75

Immediately after losing nearly his entire stack on the previous hand, Don Carmona went all in with only to run into Jasven Saigal’s . The board ran low to send Carmona out and Saigal shipped the pot.

---

8:10PM: Don Carmona crippled by Himanshu Laul
Level 6: Blinds 300-600 ante 75

Don Carmona had and faced off against Himanshu Laul with and slightly less chips. The board was kind to Laul as it ran . Laul avoided the rail and doubled up while Carmona plummeted to just 2550.

---

7:20PM: Rishab Jain doubles up 
Levele 6: Blinds 300-600 ante 75

Catching the action on a turn board , Rishab Jain jammed and Lion Lee made the call. Jain had trips over Lee’s . The river improved Jain to a full house to ensure the double up.

---

6:50PM: Thijs Hilbert tanks Rehg Delos Reyes
Level 5: Blinds 200-400 ante 50

A pot of around 10k was already brewed in the middle with two players staring down a flop . Sb player Rehg Delos Reyes banged out half pot of 5500 only to face an all in by Thijs Hilberts who had her well covered. This sent Reyes to the tank for a very long time until the clock was finally called. She couldn’t pull the trigger to send the pot to Hilberts.

---

6:30PM: Ben Zenos Fernandez muscles for the pot
Level 5: Blinds 200-400 ante 50

On a raised pot preflop, the board fell . Kalyan Chakravarthy bet 1200, Inaki Santos raised to 4500, button player Ben Zenos Fernandez re-raised to 9700. No callers. Fernandez shipped the pot.

---

6:15PM: Lim Yohwan wins a small one
Level 5: Blinds 200-400 ante 50

Cutoff player raised to 1k, called by both blinds, sb Lim Yohwan and bb Rishab Jain. At the flop , they all checked. On the turn, Yohwan led for 1500 and claimed it with no callers.

---

6:05PM: Set for Randy Yap 
Level 5: Blinds 200-400 ante 50

On a three-way raised pot preflop to bring the pot up to 5k, the flop landed , it was checked by all. The turn was checked again. Then the river saw a 1500 bet laid out, called by Randy Yap. He won it with set.

---

5:55PM: Kenneth Buck doubles up with cowboys
Level 4: Blinds 150-300 ante 25

Kenneth Buck doubled up with } over a player’s on a board .

---

5:40PM: Big bet enough for Marco Alvarez to take it
Level 4: Blinds 150-300 ante 25

Marco Alvarez is one of a big contingent of Filipino players from Davao that have made the trip to Manila. Alvarez raised to 800k and was called by the big blind. At the flop , bb bet 1k and Alvarez with the quick-call. On the turn, another 2400 fired by the bb and Alvarez with the quick call. On the river, bb slowed down and checked while Alvarez laid out a big bet of 7200. Bb thought about it but opted to fold.

---

5:35PM: Abhinav Iyer bets to win it
Level 4: Blinds 150-300 ante 25

Following an 800 raise, button player Linh Tran called and big blind Abhinav Iyer joined in. At the flop , Iyer checked, initial raiser c-bet 1500, Tran folded, and back to Iyer who called. On the turn, both players checked. On the river , Iyer slid out 5600 and with that he won the pot.

---

5:30PM: Hajime Nakagawa one of the leaders
Level 4: Blinds 150-300 ante 25

Japanese player Hajime Nakagawa is sitting with around 95k, sharing the chip lead with Mark Pagsuyuin at a separate table. While we haven’t been able to get a hand on Pagsuyuin just yet, we caught one from Nakagawa. Nakagawa limped in, a fellow Japanese player raised to a massive 3300, back to Nakagawa who re-raised to 16.1k, sending his opponent tanking. Nakagawa warned his opponent not to call. The player eventually folded and Nakagawa showed his .

---

5:15PM: Aditya Sushant defends his big blind
Level 4: Blinds 150-300 ante 25

Jimmie Javier raised to 600, button player Kalyan Chakravarathy three-bet to 1600, big blind Aditya Sushant four-bet to 5500, Javier folded, and Chakravarathy called. At the flop , Sushant c-bet 3600 and won the pot with Chakravarthy folding up.

---

5:00PM: Current leaders
Level 3: Blinds 100-200 ante 25

There are 50 players remaining out of the 54 registrants. Registration is still open until the start of Level 7 so plenty of time for more to jump in. At this time, Kalyan Chakravarathy and Mark Pagsuyuin are leading with roughly around 70k.

---

4:50PM: Marvin Rettenmaier out
Level 3: Blinds 100-200 ante 25

Not much action out there however Marvin Rettenmaier has been railed. Unfortunately we missed it. No re-entries allowed on the same day so Rettenmaier will have to try again tomorrow if he wants in on this massive guarantee.

---

4:25PM: Ruben Clamares ships a sizable pot
Level 3: Blinds 100-200 ante 25

After several raises and re-raises, the pot grew to 8k with three players in. The flop landed , Lim Yohwan checked, next player checked, Ruben Clamares bet 3200. He found no callers and won the pot.

---

4:15PM: Aditya Sushant wins the raise war
Level 3: Blinds 100-200 ante 25

Utg+1 player raised to 525, two seats over Aditya Sushant called, button player three-bet to 1875, blinds folded then back to utg+1 who called, Sushant four-bet to 6500, button folded, and after deliberating, utg+1 folded. Pot goes to Sushant.

---

3:45PM: Aggressive bets by Jiyoung Kim 
Level 2: Blinds 100-200

On a raised pot preflop, the board fell . Utg player checked, Jiyoung Kim fired 1100, Rehg Delos Reyes called, and back to utg who called. On the turn, utg checked again, Kim sent out 2500, Reyes folded, and back to utg with a fold to award Kim the pot.

---

3:35PM: Shyh Chyn Lim takes it on the river
Level 2: Blinds 100-200

Immediately after the hand below, same challenger below limped in, Abhinav Iyer limped from the small blind, and big blind Shyh Chyn Lim checked. At the flop , blinds checked then faced a 700 bet. Both called. On the turn , Iyer checked, Lim jumped out with a 2k bet, both opponents called. On the river , it was checked by all and Lim took it with .

---

3:30PM: Abhinav Iyer in action
Level 2: Blinds 100-200

APT Vietnam champion Abhinav Iyer is in the house and has already been involved in several splashy pots. After winning one of them, he proceeded to claim another against the same player. Action kicked off with a 700 raise by his opponent, Iyer defended on the big blind. At the flop , Iyer check-called a 1200 bet. On the turn, Iyer checked, a 2250 bet arrived, Iyer raised to 6875, and with that, he won it.

---

3:00PM: Blinds up; few more notables turn up
Level 2: Blinds 100-200

More players have arrived, we are now at 5 tables. Among them are notables Lim Yohwan aka Boxer, WSOP champion Aditya Sushant, and Vietnamese pro Linh Tran.

---

2:45PM: Liubov Orlova claims one
Level 1: Blinds 50-100

There are only two women in the field so far, one of them is Liubov Orlova who took her seat at the starting buzzer. We caught her claim a pot that saw a raise preflop. The board ran , action was checked to her, she bet 1k. Check-called by her challenger. On the turn no bets arrived. Then on the river, her challenger bet 1100, Orlova raised to 5k, and won the pot with no call.

---

2:35PM: Marvin Rettenmaier with an early pot
Level 1: Blinds 50-100

Not long after Marvin Rettenmaier took his seat, he already claimed a pot. On a raised pot preflop to 500 by a mid-position player, one player called followed by Rettenmaier defending his big blind. At the flop, , Rettenmaier checked, initial raiser c-bet 600, called by a player, back to Rettenmaier who raised to 2,125. No callers and Rettenmaier claimed the pot.

---

2:15PM: Four tables running
Level 1: Blinds 50-100

There are currently four tables running with 30 players getting in some early action. Among the seated are highly decorated German pro Marvin Rettenmaier, Inaki Santos, Nicandro Filart, Marcuss Liow, Mark Pagsuyuin, and Shyh Chyn Lim.

---

2:00PM: Time to roll! Day 1A begins!
Level 1: Blinds 50-100

The first day of the Main Event is underway! The PHP 20 Million (US$382,000) guaranteed prize pool is what’s on the line. Welcome to Day 1A! This is the first of three starting days offered. Buy-in is PHP 55,000 (US$1,050). Starting stack is a very deep 30,000 which is 300x the opening big blind.

Each starting day will play a total of 10 rounds of 60 minutes each. There will be a dinner break at the end of Level 6. When players return, registration closes so for all you late comers, make sure to secure your seat before that buzzer.

Live updates will be posted right here throughout the day so check back from time to time to read up on some of the action seen at the felt. Good luck to all the players!