Kick Off

Kenzo Mendoza raises to 255,000, Ashley Patterson defends the big blind, the flop runs 4♠ 2♥ 8♠ both players check. Both also check the turn T♥ . On the river 4♣ , Mendoza bets 300,000, Patterson check-calls and exposes Mendoza’s 6♣ 5♣ bluff. Patterson wins the pot with A♣ Q♠ ace-high.

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After 13.5 hours of play, UK’s Ashley Patterson captures his first live title on Asian soil to pocket a career high payout of PHP 2,020,000 (~USD 36,830). Patterson outlasted a field of 89 Day 2 players, coming from behind at heads up.

Cutoff Jerson Quiras raises to 300,000, Ashley Patterson shoves from the button, Quiras folds.

Hijack Kenzo Mendoza raises to 250,000, Yoshiki Miura defends the big blind, the flop runs 7♥ A♥ 8♠ . Mendoza c-bets 200,000, Miura check-calls and does the same thing on the Q♣ turn with a 440,000 check-called. On the river A♦ , both players check. Miura shows J♣ T♠ miss, Mendoza wins the pot with K♦ 4♣ - king high.

Roh Hyunseb continues to rake in the chips. On a raised pot preflop, Hyunseb c-bet 450,000 on a flop T♦ 8♦ 7♠ , Ashley Patterson check-folded.

From the button, Roh Hyunseb raises to 220,000, Ashley Patterson defends the big blind, the flop is 4♥ 7♦ 2♠ , Hyunseb c-bets 160,000 and is called. On the turn J♣ , Hyunseb bets 550,000 and this time Patterson gives up his stake on the pot.

Roh Hyunseb raises to 150,000, Jung Yonghwa three-bet shoves, Hyunseb calls and is ahead K♦ K♥ against A♣ Q♠ . With the board running 6♥ 7♥ T♥ A♦ J♣ , Jung spikes the much need Ace on the turn to survive.

Hijack Roh Hyunseb raises to 180,000 button Ashley Patterson calls, small blind Yoshiki Miura three-bets all in, Hyunseb folds, Patterson makes the call. Miura shows 9♠ 9♦ and dominates Patterson’s 8♣ 8♠ . The board ran out 7♠ 5♦ 2♣ 2♥ J♠ .

End of the line for Kanai Daisuke who four-bet shoved from the small blind with K♣ Q♠ , initial raiser Roh Hyunseb five-bet shoved with 9♠ 9♦ , cutoff Yoshiki Miura folded. The board ran out 6♦ 8♠ 5♦ 6♠ 8♦ . No hits for Daisuke to bust in 7th place.

From cutoff, Ashley Patterson raises to 175,000, Kanai Daisuke defends the big blind. Both players check the flop J♣ 7♣ 2♦ to get a free turn 2♣ . Patterson bets 200,000, Daisuke check-calls, the river comes T♦ . Daisuke jumps out with 500,000 bet, Patterson calls. Daisuke opens 7♠ T♥ two pair, Patterson wins the pot with J♥ 8♥ higher two pair.

Cutoff Kenzo Mendoza raises to 200,000, button Roh Hyunseb re-raises to 650,000, Mendoza folds.

Ashley Patterson calls Kanai Daisuke’s 170,000 to see the flop K♣ 3♦ 7♠ . Utg Daisuke c-bets 175,000, button Patterson calls, the turn comes 9♥ . Daisuke checks, Patterson sends out 250,000, Daisuke folds.

From the button, Kiril Gelev three-bet all in and was called by initial raiser Jerson Quiras. Gelev opened A♠ T♣ , Quiras with J♠ J♦ , with the board running 4♣ 5♦ 4♥ 8♠ 3♦ , Gelev missed to fall in 8th place.

Yoshiki Miura raises to 130,000 from hijack, small blind Kenzo Mendoza three-bet to 305,000, Miura four-bet to 800,000, enough to get Mendoza to fold.

From utg+1, Kiril Gelev raised to 125,000, button Kenzo Mendoza called, the flop ran Q♠ J♠ 4♥ . Gelev c-bet 235,000 and won it then and there.

Several hands later, Gelev was on the big blind and called small blind Ashley Patterson’s raise of 150,000 to see the flop Q♦ 3♣ 8♠ . Patterson checked, Gelev took a stab with a 150,000 bet and was called. Both players checked the turn Q♣ for a free river 4♦ . Gelev fired 375,000, Patterson check-raised a solid 1,000,000, Gelev called and mucked to Patterson’s K♠ Q♥ trips.

Small blind Roh Hyunseb raises to 100,000, big blind Valeriy Pak three-bets to 250,000, Hyunseb four-bet shoves, Pak calls for his tournament life. Pak shows J♠ J♦ and is behind Hyunseb’s K♦ K♣ . The board offers no help 7♣ 7♦ A♣ 7♥ Q♣ .

Valeriy Pak raises to 125,000, big blind Roh Hyunseb defends, the flop is 6♠ 5♥ 3♥ . Pak c-bets 135,000, Hyunseb check-raises all in, Pak folds.

Under the gun Roh Hyunseb raises to 100,000, cutoff Yoshiki Miura calls, big blind Kenzo Mendoza three-bets to 315,000, Hyunseb and Yoshiki call. At the flop {3c][8c} 7♣ , Mendoza c-bets 400,000, Hyunseb calls, Yoshiki folds. On the river K♥ , Mendoza shoves, Hyunseb folds.

Cutoff Valeriy Pak raises to 125,000, big blind Kiril Gelev calls, the flop comes 2♦ [2c} A♥ . Pak c-bets 125,000, Gelev check-calls. On the turn 9♣ , Pak moves all in and this time Gelev folds.

Yoshiki Miura raises to 100,000 and finds two callers to the flop 9♣ 9♥ Q♦ . Yoshiki c-bets 150,000, cutoff Kenzo Mendoza calls, big blind Jerson Quiras check-raises to 400,000, no takers.

With 200,000 in the pot and a flop of T♦ 9♠ 2♥ , utg Kanai Daisuke bets 100,000, small blind Khurelbaatar Shinebi check-raises all in, back to Daisuke with the call. Shinebi shows 9♦ 6♥ mid pair, Daisuke has A♣ 9♥ mid pair higher kicker, the turn Q♦ and river 8♠ spell the end for Shinebi.

Final table formed.

Jung Yonghwa raises all in and Jonathan Jia Hao does the same. Jung has K♣ Q♣ , Hao has A♦ 8♦ , the board runs out 7♠ A♥ K♦ J♣ T♥ .

Three players in on a flop 4♣ T♠ 2♣ , under the gun Kiril Gelev bets 105,000, hijack Khurelbaatar Shinebi and small blind Valeriy Pak call. On the turn K♦ , Gelev fires a large 400,000, only Shinebi continues to the river T♣ . Gelev bets 400,000 again, Shinebi moves all in, Gelev calls and shows 4♥ 4♠ full house to beat Shinebi’s Q♣ 8♣ flush.

Hijack Li Oleg raises to 100,000, button Jerson Quiras and big blind call. At the flop 2♣ Q♣ 5♠ , Li announces all in, Quiras joins in, and bb folds. Li has A♦ 3♦ , Quiras with K♠ Q♦ top pair. The turn J♣ and river 5h} keep Quiras ahead.

Li is down to <1 bb and shoves with K♣ 9♥ , Ashley Patterson denies him the double up with T♣ T♠ spiking the river for a victorious set on a board 7♥ K♣ K♦ A♦ T♥ .

The pot swelled to 360,000 with two players staring down a board 7♠ 2♥ 4♠ 5♣ K♦ . Big blind Jerson Quiras bets 100,000, Kenzo Mendoza raises to 250,000, Quiras calls then mucks to Mendoza’s K♠ J♣ top pair.

Four players in on a flop 2♠ 9♥ 3♥ with 360,000 in the pot. Big blind Kiril Gelev checks, utg Khurelbaatar Shinebi bets 45,000, cutoff Yoshiki Miura folds, button Valeriy Pak shoves. No takers to win the pot.

Cutoff Kenzo Mendoza raises to 90,000 then calls big blind Li Oleg’s three-bet shove. Mendoza has T♠ J♦ , Li with A♥ 7♠ . The board runs Q♠ 8♦ 5♦ Q♣ 5♣ for ace-high kicker to win.

19:23: Kiril Gelev shoves, Pak folds Level 24: 15,000-30,000 ante 30,000

Kiril Gelev and Valeriy Pak build a 500,000 pot preflop then see the cards run K♥ J♦ 3♠ . Gelev shoves his big stack, Pak check-folds.

On a board that completed 9♦ 3♦ 6♦ 5♦ 2♣ , a 600,000 pot was swimming in the middle. Lojack Bonifacio Mondalo was all in with K♠ K♦ flush but was still no good against Valeriy Pak’s A♦ 7♦ nut flush.

Utg+1 raises to 65,000, cutoff calls, button Euryd Rivera three-bet shoves, small blind Jonathan Jia Hao joins with a shove, initial raiser and cutoff both fold. Rivera’s T♣ T♠ dominates and holds against Hao’s 6♠ 6♥ on a board Q♥ A♣ J♥ J♦ 7♦ .

Cutoff Xu Qiang moves all in with K♦ 9♥ , big blind Kenzo Mendoza calls with A♦ 3♠ . The board runs T♠ 4♣ 4♥ Q♥ 4♠ , ace-high holds to clean out Xu

Button Roh Hyunseb raises to 60,000 then calls small blind Ashley Patterson’s three-bet to 110,000. At the flop 7♥ T♥ 3♠ , Hyunseb bets 105,000, Patterson check-raises to 500,000, Hyunseb folds.

Preflop action leads to a 250,000 pot and a flop of 6♠ 9♣ K♣ . Betting leads to both playerys all in. Valeriy Pak has A♥ A♠ and is behind Ashley Patterson’s 6♦ 6♣ set. The turn 2♦ and river K♠ are no help to Pak for a double up to Patterson.

Lojack player opens for 45,000, the blinds call, all three see the flop 9♣ 6♣ A♣ . Small blind Kiril Gelev leads out 20,000, big blind Khurelbaatar Shinebi raises to 85,000, lojack folds, Gelev calls. On the turn K♠ , Shinebi bets 80,000, Gelev check-calls. On the river 3♦ , Shinebi shoves, Gelev folds.

From utg+1, Kenzo Mendoza raises to 55,000, button James Moriles calls. The board completes J♦ 9♥ 5♠ 9♣ 4♦ , Mendoza bets on every street 40,000, 105,000, and 225,000. Moriles folds on the river.

Utg+1 raise to 50,000, lojack Jonathan Jia Hao three-bets all in, small blind Max Menzel four-bets all in, initial raiser folds. Hao opens 8♦ 8♣ and needs to dodge Menzel’s A♦ Q♠ overcards. With the board running 7♣ 7♥ 4♦ 6♠ 9♠ Hao’s pocket pair holds to double up.

Another all in preflop with Kenzo Mendoza calling Ashley Patterson’s three-bet shove. Mendoza A♠ J♠ , Patterson A♦ 8♣ , an eight finds the flop and holds to the end 8♥ 6♣ K♥ K♣ 6♥ for a double up to Patterson.

Cutoff Jimmy Suico raises to 100,000, James Moriles three-bets to 200,000, back to Suico with a four-bet shove, Moriles makes the call and shows A♦ K♦ . Suico is ahead with K♣ K♠ . The board runs Q♠ 6♦ 7♣ 9♥ 7♦ , Moriles misses for a double up to Suico.

Cutoff Bonifacio Mondalo raises to 50,000 then calls small blind Kiril Gelev’s 160,000 three-bet. When the flop lands 7♥ 2♠ 4♣ , Gelev shoves ,Mondalo folds.

Cutoff Bell John Perez opened then called small blind Kanai Daisuke’s three-bet shove. Perez was ahead T♥ T♠ to Daisuke’s 7♣ 7♦ . When the board ran out 8♣ 5♠ 8♠ 7♥ 7♠ , Daisuke landed both his outs to survive and double up.

Cutoff Valeriy Pak raises to 37,000, Jerson Quiras defends the big blind, the flop comes {%s} A♠ 8♦ . Both players check, the turn is K♦ , Pak bets 35,000, Quiras check-calls. On the river K♥ , Pak bets 55,000, Quiras calls again then mucks to Pak’s A♣ Q♠ top pair.

Button player Park Sangyong shoves with 9♠ 9♥ then runs into big blind Xi Qiang’s Q♦ Q♣ . The board favors Qiang as it runs 5♠ K♥ Q♠ 5♣ Q♥ for quads.

Two players face a flop T♠ 4♦ 6♣ and a big pot of 360,000 generated. Both go all in, Yoshiki Miura with T♥ T♦ set, Raymundo Gomez behind Ax Ax , the turn Q♦ and river Q♣ are no help to Gomez to bust out.

Johnson Tan shoves with K♠ T♠ , big blind Jinlong Hu calls with 6♥ 7♣ , the board runs A♦ J♠ 3♥ 7♦ Q♠ for a double up to Tan.

Heavy preflop betting leads to Jinlong Hu flipping with A♠ K♦ against James Moriles’ Q♠ Q♦ . The board offers no help to Hu running T♣ 6♠ 3♣ 8♠ 5♦ .

From cutoff Max Menzel raises to 24,000 and finds two callers in the blinds to the flop K♥ 4♥ 6♦ . Everyone checks, the turn comes 9♥ , small blind Batnyam Zayabaatar bets 26,000, big blind folds, Menzel calls to bring the river 5♥ . Batynam switches up and checks, Menzel sends out 65,000, Batynam calls then mucks to Menzel’s K♠ 9♦ two pair.

Three way shove preflop kicked off by cutoff Yoshiki Miura with 5♥ 5♣ , joined by small blind Le Ngoc Khanh with A♣ K♠ , and big blind Kim Dong Il with K♣ K♥ . Lucky runout for Yoshiki as the board landed 6♠ 7♦ 7♠ 5♠ 8h} for a full house.

From cutoff, Bonifacio Mondalo raises to 23,000, Kiril Gelev defends the big blind, the flop runs K♥ K♠ 9♠ . Mondalo c-bets 25,000, Gelev check-calls. Both players check the turn J♣ . The river 4♥ sees Gelev lead out 90,000, Mondalo calls. Gelev claims the pot with K♦ 6♣ trips beating Mondalo’s Q♠ Q♥ .

End of the road for David Erquiaga who risks it all with A♠ K♠ but fails to improve against Valeriy Pak‘s 9♣ 9♠ with the board running 2♦ 8♥ Q♠ 5♣ 5♦ .

Action folds to small blind Florencio Campomanes who shoves his 8 bb stack, big blind Park Chulwoo calls. Campomanes is ahead A♥ 3♦ , Park has live cards Q♠ J♣ . The board runs 3♣ A♦ 8♠ 9♥ 6♠ for a double up to Campomanes.

Jinlong Hu and James Moriles build a pot of 68,000 by the turn board K♣ 4♠ 6♣ 2♥ . Big blind Hu bets 25,000, lojack Moriles calls, the river is 6♥ . Hu goes all in, Moriles calls and shows A♦ Q♣ for ace-high, Hu doubles up with Q♠ 6♠ trips.

Under the gun Li Oleg raises to 28,000 then calls Bonifacio Mondalo’s 85,000 three-bet. The flop comes 5♠ 9♦ K♥ . Li checks, Mondalo bets 75,000, Li folds.

Hijack opens for 22,000, blinds call, flop comes 6♣ 7♣ Q♥ and all check. The turn 3♥ induces action with small blind Bonifacio Mondalo betting 35,000, big blind Kang Yunku shoving, hijack gets out of the way. Mondalo has Q♣ 8♣ , Kang 4♣ 3♣ , the river 9♦ secures the win for Mondalo to eliminate Kang.

Kim Dong Il opens from utg, small blind Sung Moo Suk three-bet shoves, Kim calls and shows Q♣ Q♠ . Sung is ahead with K♠ K♦ . The board runs 7♦ J♦ A♠ Q♦ J♥ , Kim lands the two-outer to double up.

A pot of 140,000 brewed and the flop landed 9♠ 3♠ Q♠ . Under the gun Rommel Angeles and cutoff Jonathan Jia Hao check, and do the same on the turn K♣ for a free river 2♣ . Angeles checked again, Hao bet 50,000, Angeles called then mucked to Hao’s A♣ A♦ .

Valeriy Pak continues to drag in pots to send his stack over a million. On his most recent win, a pot of 60,000 was in the middle and a flop 4♥ 7♠ 8♠ . From the small blind Pak overbet 100,000, big blind called for everything and showed J♦ J♠ overpair. Pak had T♠ 5♠ draw. The turn 4♠ granted the flus, and with the river 8♣ , Vyas went bust and Pak climbed over a mil.

Two players face a flop 4♠ 9♠ 6♣ with 110,000 already brewed. Big blind Valeriy Pak bets 46,000, button Prolan Fandialan calls, the turn comes 9♥ . Pak fires 86,000, this time Prolan gives up his stake on the pot.

Action folds to button player Valeriy Pak who raises to 20,000, short stacked small blind Vyas Mahek Jagrut three-bets all in, Pak calls and shows 5♣ 7♣ . Vyas way ahead with T♦ T♠ . Vyas further improves to quads on a board 5♥ T♣ 4♠ A♥ T♥ to double up.

All in preflop, Kenzo Mendoza with Q♠ Q♥ dominates William Jones J♦ J♣ . The board runs 9♥ A♠ Q♦ J♠ 7♥ , both improve to a set. Mendoza is higher to eliminated Jones.

Shortly after paying a double up to Kiril Gelev, Rommel Angeles loses some to the aggressive Li Oleg. The hand opens with small blind Li raising to 20,000 and Angeles defending the big blind. Both players then check the flop Q♦ Q♠ 5♠ . On the turn A♠ , Li bets 32,000 and is called. On the river 3♠ , Li fires a larger 83,000, Angeles folds. Li shows K♦ 8♥ semi bluff with king-high.

Rommel Angeles is no longer the overwhelming chip leader having just paid a double up to Kiril Gelev. Heavy action preflop led to a 120,000 pot and Angeles raise-shoving on a flop 9♦ 2♦ 4♠ . Gelev called and showed Q♥ Q♣ which was way ahead of Angeles’ 7♥ 7♦ . The turn A♣ and river 8♣ secured the win for Gelev.

Kiril Gelev opens for 12,000, Kadono Shotaro three-bets to 35,000, button Mark Almusajin four-bet shoves and is able to push out Gelev while Shotaro calls. Almusajin has Q♠ Q♦ , Shotaro A♣ Q♣ , the board runs 8♥ 5♥ K♠ A♦ J♥ . Shotaro spikes the ace to send Almusajin down to crumbs.

Hijack Mark Almusajin opens for 14,000, small blind Kiril Gelev three-bets to 53,000, big blind Edwin Dela Cruz all in for his last 4 bb, Almusajin folds. Dela Cruz has A♠ 9♣ and is dominated by Gelev’s A♥ Q♣ . The board runs 5♥ 5♣ 5♠ 2♦ J♥ , Cruz is eliminated.

On a board 9♠ 8♣ J♦ 8♦ 4♠ and 110,000 in the pot, hijack Valeriy Pak shoves, button Jeong Soooh folds.

Henrik Tollefsen four-bet shoves with A♥ Q♦ and is called by Xu Qiang with A♦ 6♣ . The board looked good for Tollefsen until the river J♣ J♠ 8♥ J♦ 6♠ to send the Norwegian pro packing early.

Li Oleg is the first player to charge upwards and be close to par with the leader Rommel Angeles. On the flip side, Edwin Dela Cruz plunges to 5 bb. Action opens from under the gun, Li raises to 16,000 and finds two callers to the flop Q♠ 4♦ 5♥ . Li c-bets 30,000 and is called by both players. On the turn 6♥ , Li sends out 63,000, button Kiril Gelev folds, small blind Dela Cruz check-calls. On the river 3♥ , Li fires 140,000, Dela Cruz check-calls for the third time then mucks to Li’s A♥ 7♥ nut flush on the river.

Kadono Shotaro shoves with 9♣ 9♦ and is called by Mark Almusajin with A♦ Q♦ . Shotaro avoids the overcards on a board 5♠ 6♣ K♠ 6♠ 3♣ for a double up.

From under the gun, Kiril Alex Gelev limps then calls small blind Rommel Angeles‘ 20,000 raise. At the flop K♦ J♦ 2♥ , Gelev bets 12,000, Angeles check-raises to 45,000, Gelev folds.

Three way all in with Yuan Xin first to shove A♣ 9♠ , is joined by cutoff David Erquiaga K♥ T♦ , and button Batnyam Zayabaatar A♣ T♥ . With the board running 8♠ 5♠ 2♥ 4♣ 4♥ , Xin busts, Zayabaatar wins the main and side pot.

1st prize: PHP 2,020,000 (~USD 36,830) Minimum payout: PHP 31,500 (~~USD 574)

Chips in play: 17,670,000 Average stack: 198,540

Lojack Jinlong Hu raises to 12,000, butto James Moriles three-bets to 27,000, Hu calls. At the flop 9♣ 9♠ 8♠ , Moriles c-bets 11,000, Hu check-raises to 35,000, Moriles flats. On the turn 2♣ , check again by Hu, Moriles fires 70,000, Hu folds.

Entering with just 8 bb, Chua Woo Hian quickly got it all in with A♥ J♠ and was given a sweat by Yang Owen with K♦ J♦ . The board ran out 4♥ 6♥ 4♣ Q♦ 2♠ for a double up to Chua.

Jung Yonghwa limps in, big blind Ashley Patterson shoves, Yonghwa calls for all of his chips. Yonghwa A♣ T♦ , Patterson K♠ 2♥ , the board runs 3♦ Q♦ 4♣ K♦ 7♠ for a pair of Kings to Patterson to eliminate Yonghwa in 2nd place.

Button Ashley Patterson goes all in holding Q♣ 6♥ , big blind Jung Yonghwa calls with A♠ 7♥ , the board runs T♥ 6♦ 8♥ 8♦ 6♣ for a full house to Patterson to take the lead.

Button Jung Yonghwa limps, big blind Ashley Patterson raises to 800,000, Yonghwa three-bet shoves, Patterson folds.

Heads up begins with Jung Yonghwa leading 9,900,000 (33 bb) to Ashley Patterson’s 8,670,000 (29 bb). Final two payouts are:

1st - PHP 2,020,000 (~USD 36,830) 2nd- PHP 1,215,000 (~USD 22,150)

Small blind Jugn Yonghwa limps, big blind Roh Hyunseb shoves, Yonghwa snap-calls and shows K♥ K♠ . Hyunseb has K♣ 6♣ . The board runs J♠ 9♣ A♦ T♥ 4♥ . Hyunseb is eliminated in 3rd place.

Jung Yong Roh Hyunseb - eliminated in 3rd place

Small blind Roh Hyunseb shoves his 7 bb stack with Q♦ 9♣ , big blind Ashley Patterson calls with K♠ J♣ . The board runs Q♣ 4♦ Q♥ 9♦ 6♦ for a full house to Hyunseb and a happy double up.

Small blind Jung Yonghwa shoves holding Q♦ 5♥ , big blind Roh Hyunseb calls with K♣ J♣ , the board runs 2♥ J♠ 4♦ A♦ Q♠ . Yonghwa doubles up, Hyunseb down to 7 bb.

Yoshiki Miura shoved with 2♦ 2♣ , big blind Ashley Patterson dominated with Q♥ Q♠ , the board ran J♦ 4♠ A♦ 7♠ Q♦ . Miura was eliminated in 4th place.

Jerson Quiras raised to 500,000 and big blind Roh Hyunseb called. The flop ran T♣ Q♦ 5♣ , Hyunseb shoved, Jerson Quiras called for everything and opened A♥ T♦ mid pair, Hyunseb had K♣ J♣ open-ended. The turn K♦ and river 9♥ granted Hyunseb both the higher pair and the straight to eliminated Quiras.

Last hand dealt for Kenzo Mendoza who called for all of his chips after Yoshiki Miura shoved from utg. Mendoza had K♥ Q♠ , Miura with A♥ 8♥ , the board ran 3♣ A♣ J♣ K♠ 3♦ . Mendoza was eliminated in 6th place.

Button player Jerson Quiras raises to 240,000, big blind Yoshiki Miura calls, the flop comes K♣ A♥ 7♠ . Quiras c-bets 300,000, Miura check-calls. On the turn 3♣ , Quiras bets 500,000, again Miura check-calls. On the river Q♣ , Quiras shoves, Miura folds.