Main Event

Folded to Srinivas Polishetty on the lo-jack, he decided to slam his 315,000 in and was called by Shih Kenny behind. Both players hit top pair on A♥ 6♠ 3♥ T♥ 2♦ , Shih with the higher kicker.

Shih A♠ K♠ Polishetty A♦ 8♥

Shih Kenny takes the boost to 1.8 Million, sending Srinivas Polishetty out in 36th place.

Following an open from Rasid Paitao to 8,000, Sergei Kochergin jammed his 25,000 stack in and was called by Paitao. Kochergin with K♠ Q♥ was slightly behind Paitao’s A♠ 5♦ but was favored on a board of 2♦ 2♥ 6♠ K♦ 7♣ .

Sergei Kochergin survives with 57,500 in chips.

With 180,000 in the middle on a board of 4♠ 8♠ 5♠ , John Jay Magadan was spotted moving all-in for 455,000, snap-called by Yae Joonhee with top set 8♣ 8♦ . Magadan with a flush draw A♠ 6♦ hit his outs right on the turn 6♠ with the river missing to pair the board.

John Jay Magadan survives with a stack of 1 Million.

Battling for 46,000 in the middle, all the chips went in right on the flop 3♣ 6♦ A♦ . Yuta Tanabe with a call-all-in for 128,000 total was ahead with A♠ K♠ against Anthony Tacda’s A♣ 8♣ . Failing to pair up his eight, Tacda busts while Tanabe climbs to a sweet stack 303,000.

A massive cooler saw all the chips pile high in the middle preflop with Ivan Tabucal’s A♣ A♥ crushing Joseph Talamayan’s K♦ K♠ . A queen-high board meant no bad beats was seen in this round.

Ivan Tabucal scoops up the pot and jumps to a high of 817,000. Joseph Talamayan continues Day 2 with 220,000 in chips.

Starting with an open from Lloyd Locsin on the lo-jack, Fisher Slade found a three bet behind to 100,000. Locsin continued and check-called a 140,000 flop bet on J♣ T♠ 3♦ . Locsin checked again once the turn 6♠ hit the felt and Slade threw in another 265,000. Locsin raised all-in for 215,000 more and was able to push Slade out of the pot for good.

Lloyd Locsin climbs to 1.26 Million in chips.

An all-in preflop situation, big blind Chua Teck Heng was looking for a two outer after he four bet jammed for 86,000 with 4♣ 4♥ . Small blind Le Nam called off with 7♦ 7♥ and scooped up the pot after the board saw 3♠ K♦ 6♥ 2♥ .

Le Nam surges to 230,000 in chips.

81 players remain, minimum payout listed at PHP 158,000. Dinner break runs for 40 mins with play resuming on Level 20: 6,000 - 12,000 ante 12,000.

A classic flip, all the chips stacked up in the middle preflop - Lloyd Locsin with Q♣ Q♥ and Cardyn Nicolas with A♥ K♠ . The board A♣ 3♥ Q♦ 2♥ K♣ hit both hands but Locsin’s set of queens takes the cake.

Llloyd Locsin boosts to 320,000 while Cardyn Nicolas drops to 70,000 in chips.

A board of K♥ 5♠ 9♦ 3♦ saw quite the action from three players with a 180,000 pot already built by the flop. Turn was where all the chips came rushing in the middle - Cezar Quiambao with a set 9♠ 9♣ , Rasid Paitao with a combo draw J♦ T♦ , and Jester Intia with a lower set 5♦ 5♣ . An exciting moment, the 8♦ completed the board as well as Paitao’s diamond flush.

On a board of 3♦ Q♥ J♥ 9♠ 9♦ and 50,000 in the middle, Sebastian Guimaraes was found throwing a pot sized bet against big blind defender Kento Chogo. Chogo makes the fold, Guimaraes shows J♠ J♣ for a full boat.

Sebastian Guimaraes bumps it up to 480,000.

A pot of 210,000 was seen in the middle on a board of K♥ 9♠ 5♣ 7♠ . Action on the turn saw Kevin Pascal Clemot on the small blind check-raise all-in for 661,000. Yea Joonhee with a straight and redraw for a flush 6♠ 8♠ makes the easy call, leaving Clemot’s top pair A♣ K♦ drawing dead.

Kevin Pascal Clemot down to 160,000 while Yea Joonhee surges to 1.5 Million in chips.

An open from the cut off, Henrik Tollefsen slammed his 63,500 stack in and was called behind by Jeffrey Calonge from the big blind. Calonge tabled T♦ T♣ , ahead of Tollefsen’s A♠ 9♥ . A king-high board followed shortly, missing to pair Tollefsen’s ace for his exit.

Jeffrey Calonge rises to 180,000 in chips.

Day 2 break sees 125 players remain in the running. Top prize is set at a lucrative PHP 13.5 Million.

Action was seen on Norbert Koh and Chen Kang going head on on a board of J♥ K♠ Q♦ 3♥ A♥ . Chen with a set of queens took a huge hit after Koh revealed a higher set K♥ K♦ .

Norbert Koh surges to 800,000, Chen Kang slips to 180,000.

Today’s Day 2 action concludes with 30 players left vying for the PHP 13.5 Million top prize. Local pro John Tech tops the ranks with a massive 3,025,000 chip count, followed closely by Ramsden Jacque with 2.82 Million. All tournament runners remaining are now guaranteed a minimum payout of PHP 312,000.

APPT Manila Main Event action resumes Sunday, August 6th at 13:00 as the final 30 plays down to the champion.

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Facing an open from under the gun, Li Ho Kuen pushed all-in right after for 180,000. Christopher Pasion on the cut off rejammed to isolate with J♠ J♣ but found himself dominated by Li’s Q♣ Q♦ . A queen high flop further widened the gap as Li collected the 406,000 pot.

Christopher Pasion down to 130,000.

Beginning with an open from Andrej Nagy, three players called behind revealing a flop of 9♣ J♣ 5♦ . The four way pot saw check-check, followed by a 30,000 bet from Ira Evan Blumenthal and a call from both Erdenekhu Uuganbayar and Jeoffrey Sibal on the big blind. A 7♥ landed on the turn with Sibal now leading for 75,000. Uuganbayar makes the call, leaving only two players in for the pot. The T♥ filled up on the river with Sibal check-calling an 80,000 bet.

Sibal 8♦ T♦ Uuganbayar T♣ Q♣

Jeoffrey Sibal’s jack-high straight good for the win as he racks up a 750,000 stack.

A total of 35 players remain with each guaranteed a minimum payout of PHP 269,000. Day 2 action is adjusted to conclude at the end of this level, not anymore playing down to its final nine as initially stated.

First break of the day sees 213 players left in the game, ITM set at 199 runners remaining.

Bubble time saw Rebel Magdagasang jump the gun with J♠ 9♦ on a board of 2♠ J♦ 4♠ 6♣ 9♠ . Unfortunately for him, his top pair was nowhere close to beating Conrad Lumaban‘s 2♣ 2♥ . Magdagasang exits in 200th place finish with 199 runners now guaranteed a minimum payout of PHP 102,000.

A hefty big blind vs button all-in preflop situation, Ivan Tabucal tabled a slightly better ace A♦ J♣ vs Masahiko Hoshiko’s A♣ T♠ . The board ran J♦ 7♣ 9♣ K♦ 3♥ , sealing Tabucal’s massive boost to 540,000.

Late position action saw two players pile their chips in the middle, Joshua Chargualaf being the one at risk. Chargualaf ahead with A♦ K♠ , dominating Raj Bagaria’s A♣ Q♠ . A ten high board faced up, missing to hit both players’ hands. Chargualaf claims the pot with ace-king high and doubles to 229,000 in chips.

Raj Bagaria still with a healthy stack of 415,000.

A massive cooler, Benjamin Mangaliman couldn’t escape his fate as his A♣ K♥ served as an underdog against Blumenthal Evan’s K♣ K♠ . The all-in preflop situation revealed a king high board, making no changes to Mangaliman’s doomed exit. Blumenthal scoops up the pot and is boosted to 177,000.

Action began with an open from Jessie Leonarez on the cut off. Oleg Alex Kaminski fired a three bet to 18,500 and Leonarez completed his raise. A flop of K♦ K♣ 3♠ saw both players check round. The turn A♥ saw Kaminski lead out a 15,500 bet, called by Leonarez. 6♣ completed the board and Leonarez couldn’t continue anymore after Kaminski fired another 50,000.

Oleg Alex Kaminski sits atop with 540,000 in chips.

Two players were seen at risk following a three way all-in preflop with Ivan Tabucal covering both opponents.

Tabucal A♠ A♥ Joseph Talamayan A♦ 5♥ Sebastian Iargo 9♥ 9♣

No suck outs here as the board saw 3♥ 4♥ J♦ 6♥ K♥ , giving everyone a flush albeit Tabucal with the ace-high flush. Ivan Tabucal ships the 1.4 Million pot, busting both Talamayan and Iargo in quick fashion.

With 390,000 in the middle on a board of 6♦ 8♣ 6♥ 2♣ 3♠ , action was seen on Nino Pansier lead out a bet of 130,000. Kei Kiyohara raised to 300,000 and was called behind by Erdenekhu Uuganbayar on the button. Pansier opts out and Kiyohara reveals 3♣ 3♦ for a full boat.

Uuganbayar 6♣ 9♣

Kei Kiyohara rises to 1.5 Million in chips as Erdenekhu Uuganbayar slips to 400,000.

Preflop action between Bonifacio Mondalo from under the gun and John Tech from the small blind had already built a pot of 38,000 to start the hand. Flop was when all the chips came flying in on J♦ 8♥ 2♣ , costing Mondalo his 40,000 behind. With Mondalo at risk with bottom pair A♠ 2♠ , a safe runout awarded Tech’s A♥ A♦ the pot.

John Tech zooms to a high of 1.5 million in chips, Bonifacio Mondalo out in 86th place.

On a board of 2♠ A♠ 9♠ 5♥ A♦ and a massive 1,000,000 pot in the middle, both players decided to check their hand down when the river fared another ace. Ramsden Jacque flipped open a queen-high flush Q♠ 4♠ and left his opponent to muck, for the win.

Ramsden Jacque sits comfortably with a stack of 2.5 Million.

Getting it all-in preflop, Adrian Yeap found himself in trouble with his T♦ T♥ needing a two outer against David John Daenzel’s K♦ K♥ . The flop T♠ 7♥ 8♦ however, quickly turned things around. No king came on the turn and river as Yeap safely dodges elimination.

Adrian Yeap is spared and takes the 182,000 pot.

Starting with an open from Ha Woojong from the hi-jack and a call from the cut-off, Dexter Santos on the button squeezed all-in for 75,000 total. Ha reshoved for heads up with T♦ T♣ up against Santos’ A♦ K♣ . Overcards fell on the board Q♦ 4♠ A♥ Q♥ 6♥ and left Ha’s pocket pair in the muck.

Dexter Santos bounces to 175,000 in chips.

Three players were looking to win a massive pot with all the chips in the middle preflop. Pocket pair after pocket pair, Pak Paul flipped J♦ J♠ , Youn Youngwoo with K♠ K♥ , and Kim Heebeom with A♠ A♦ crushing everyone. Board 3♣ 6♥ T♦ A♣ 9♣ played safe, further improving Kim’s aces to a set.

Kim Heebeom rises to 472,000 in chips while Pak Paul takes a side pot of 120,000

Sebastian Iargo is running hot having delivered two busts, beginning with a call with K♠ K♦ against a small-blind jam A♦ 8♣ . An ace-high flop immediately put his opponent way ahead but the turn K♣ sealed the win for Iargo.

A few hands later, Iargo called a re-jam from Li Yakai on the button with A♣ K♣ . Li’s K♥ J♥ was dominated with the ace-high board offering him no help at all.

Sebastian Iargo collects both pots and surges to 680,000.

A small blind vs button battle saw Euryd Rivera all-in with A♥ K♣ against bigger stacked Jinlong Hu’s A♥ 9♠ . The board A♣ T♦ 3♣ 5♣ 8♦ remained safe for Rivera as he cruised to a full double up to 190,000.

Cards are in the air, good luck to all the players!

A pot of 80,000 was already in the middle on a board of 4♦ 2♥ 2♠ 8♦ K♥ when action was reported. Raymundo Gomez with an all-in for John Matsuda’s remaining 170,000, Matsuda could not risk his tournament life on this spot and makes the fold showing K♣ 8♥ . Gomez returns the favor and reveals A♦ 7♦ air.

Raymundo Gomez climbs to 420,000 in chips.

Fighting for 240,000 in the middle on a board of 9♥ K♠ K♦ 3♥ 7♥ saw Cao Ngoc Anh check-raise Fisher Slade’s 80,000 bet to 350,000. Slade with a bigger stack, clicked back to 700,000, enough to convince Anh to fold.

Fisher Slade collects the pot and soars to 1.9 Million in chips. Cao Ngoc Anh sits with 350,000 remaining.

A three-way four bet pot preflop had 330,000 already in the middle by the time the flop 3♠ 8♦ 7♦ was revealed. Vasa Kaushal as the aggressor continued with a bet of 100,000, called only by Srinivas Polishetty behind. Turn T♦ went check round with the 3♣ completing the board. Kaushal moved all-in for 373,000, receiving no call from Polishetty.

Vasa Kaushal rises to 873,000 in chips.

With 240,000 in the middle, Marc Rivera raised all-in for 440,000 total after big blind defender Ramsden Jaque led out a 120,000 bet on flop 3♣ 5♥ J♦ . Jaque called off for his straight draw 4♦ 6♥ and got there when the river 4♥ 2♥ landed on board.

Rivera A♣ J♠

Marc Rivera is dusted in 34th place while Ramsden Jaque’s stack reaches the 2 Million count.

Beginning with an early open and a call from Yamada Hirotoshi, Fisher Slade continued the action with a three bet from the small blind to 70,000. Only Hirotoshi called the raise as the two saw an eight high flop. Slade continued with a 65,000 bet and Hirotoshi moved all-in for 132,000 total.

Slade T♣ T♠

Hirotoshi 9♥ 9♦

Turn 4♣ and river 2♥ begs no difference, leaving Hirotoshi to head for the exit. Fisher Slade rises to 900,000 in chips.

Following a lucky triple up for Florencio Campomanes who stuffed his remaining 2 BB in with Q♠ 4♣ on the big blind, the 2019 APPT Main Event champion still failed to build his stack back up from then on.

The next hand saw Campomanes put his 110,000 stack in a flop of K♥ K♠ T♠ against two players. Original raiser Chen Zhigang and Nino Pansier on the big blind joined the all-ins with all three having a piece of the board.

Campomanes Q♣ J♣ Pansier K♦ 3♥ Chen A♦ K♣

The turn and river drew a blank and Chen scooped up the 680,000 pot, leaving Campomanes to exit in 43rd place.

Vying for the 220,000 pot in the middle for T♣ 6♠ 8♦ J♥ 5♥ , Thomas Ward was seen throwing in a value bet of 170,000 on the river. Alvin Jeff Sembrano on the big blind re-shoved all-in for 396,000 total. Ward makes the call only to see Sembrano with the nut straight Q♥ 9♥ .

Ward 7♠ 4♠

Alvin Jeff Sembrano reaches the 1 million mark.

A battle from early position, original raiser Campomanes was met with a three-bet to 18,000 from Fisher Slade. Campomanes defends his open and sees a flop of K♣ 3♣ J♣ . Campomanes proceeds to check-call, moving on to the turn K♠ which went check-check. River 4♥ played a check fold for the big stacked Campomanes, giving Slade the pot.

Fisher Slade climbs to 120,000 in chips.

On a board of 7♣ 2♦ 7♥ Q♣ 5♣ , Ira Evan Blumenthal was spotted bet calling-off a 189,000 jam from Sayaka Seshimoto. Seshimoto revealed T♣ J♥ high for a button missed straight draw, definitely no good against Blumenthal’s trip sevens 7♣ J♠ .

Ira Evan Blumenthal climbs to 750,000 while Sayaka Seshimoto exits in 76th place.

Moving all-in preflop, short stacked Kudo Yo was left drawing thin after his A♥ 6♥ jam was called by Mike Takayama with J♥ J♣ . Both players had a piece of the flop A♠ J♠ T♦ but left Yo in search of a runner runner. No aces completed the runout and Yo headed for the exit in 39th place.

Mike Takayama sits with 900,000 in chips.

Fighting for 230,000 in the middle, Jessie Leonarez was seen check-calling a 56,000 bet from Shin Hyeonho on a flop of Q♥ 5♥ 6♠ . Things changed on the turn when the J♠ arrived, Leonarez with a check once again. This time, Shin sent out a heftier bet of 150,000, convincing Leonarez to give up the pot.

Shin Hyeonho boasts a stack of 817,000.

A three-way all-in preflop, the board faced 8♣ 2♠ J♥ 3♠ K♦ . Ong Dingxiang with best hand flipped J♠ J♦ for a full triple up to 49,000. Choi Chan Sung with K♥ J♣ claimed the side pot while leaving Noel Regencia out with A♣ K♠ .

Small blind Nino Pansier and big blind Christopher Mateo were battling head on a board of Q♦ 7♥ 8♣ 8♥ 9♣ and built a pot of 400,000 by the river. Pansier continued the action with a 140,000 bet and Mateo makes the fold.

Nino Pansier chips up to a million.

Facing an under the gun open, Park Yujoo stuffed his 63,000 stack in with A♦ Q♣ and found himself at risk after Tomas Padilla Jr reshoved from the big blind. Padilla revealed monster K♠ K♣ and continued to win the pot after no ace showed up on board.

Tomas Padilla Jr rises to 360,000 in chips.

Folded to the small blind, Shin Hyeonho pushed his 400,000 stack in and was called by Thomas Ward on the big blind with K♦ J♦ . Shin was ahead with A♦ 7♣ all the way to the turn 4♥ T♦ 5♠ Q♥ , up until the 9♠ filled up the board, completing Ward’s king-high straight.

Thomas Ward sends his opponent out in 35th place as he continues with 1.6 Million in chips.

A blind vs blind battle saw the chips rack up in the middle after Tomita Tetsuro on the small blind threw a four bet jam preflop. Shih Kenny on the big blind, had no hesitation in calling with J♠ J♦ . Board ran ten-high T♣ 9♣ 7♦ T♥ 3♠ , securing Kenny the 660,000 pot.

Tomita Tetsuro sits with 50,000 remaining.

A four-bet pot preflop to 130,000, under the gun Erdenekhu Uuganbayar as the original raiser continued a flop bet of 110,000 on A♥ 9♠ 6♣ . Florencio Campomanes sitting right after, gives up the fight as he throws his hand in the muck.

Erdenekhu Uuganbayar claims the pot and is boosted to 700,000 in chips.

With 80,000 in the middle on a flop of 4♥ 9♠ 7♠ , Jeoffrey Sibal was willing to risk his tournament life with a king-high flush draw K♠ 6♠ after having defended his late position open. Ira Evan Blumenthal ahead with Q♦ Q♠ captures the win after Sibal failed to luck out on a spade.

Jeoffrey Sibal exits in 62nd place while Ira Evan Blumenthal packs in a 1.4 Million chip stack.

A 120,000 pot, all the chips went in on the turn J♣ Q♠ 8♠ A♠ right when a third spade hit. Fisher Slade with 5♠ 3♠ dusted Li Andy Xueyan’s A♣ T♣ with no sweat as his baby flush took down the pot.

Fisher Slade piles high a 460,000 stack.

Starting with an open from the hi-jack, Erdenekhu Uuganbayar called behind with the small blind coming along as well. Action on the big blind Andrej Nagy, he squeezed all-in to 255,000 total with only Uuganbayar making the call. The two were met with a board of 6♦ 7♣ 7♦ Q♦ 8♣ , leaving Nagy’s T♥ J♥ with no hit. Uuganbayar claims the pot with top pair K♠ Q♥ for the win.

Erdenekhu Uuganbayar collects the pot and is up to 700,000 in chips.

Facing an under the gun open, Pak Paul stuffed his remaining stack in and was joined by Kubo Junya with a reshove. Original raiser folds and the two table a board of Q♦ 4♦ 5♠ A♦ K♥ . Junya bags the win with top pair A♣ J♥ , beating Pak’s 8♥ 8♦ in the process.

Kubo Junya climbs to 500,000 in chips.

Ira Evan Blumenthal and Kim Heebeom were seen piling all the chips in the middle on a flop of 3♣ 5♥ 6♣ following a 160,000 pot already built preflop. Blumenthal with the nut flush draw A♣ 8♣ dominated his opponent’s K♣ T♣ and was in good shape to knock him out entirely. The turn 5♣ gave both players a flush, though Blumenthal with a better one to seal the win.

Ira Evan Blumenthal climbs to 1.3 Million in chips, eliminating Kim Heebeom in 37th place.

Having opened the cut-off to 65,000, big stacked Chong Tak Sin Alex called off Vincent Rubianes’ 305,000 shove behind with K♦ T♦ . Rubianes with A♠ K♣ dominated Chong and was in a good spot to double up. The board however, revealed Q♠ 7♠ 9♥ 9♠ J♣ giving Chong a king-high straight on the river.

Chong Tak Sin Alex piles high a stack of 2.3 Million.

Action began with an open from Zushi Mitsuo, followed by a three-bet from Mike Takayama behind. Mitsuo completed his raise and the two went head on to see a flop of 8♥ T♥ T♦ . Mitsuo checked, Takayama bet 16,000, and Mitsuo answered back with all-in for 80,000 total. Mitsuo revealed A♦ 2♦ , in trouble against Takayama’s K♠ K♦ . No help came on the turn and river, awarding Takayama the pot.

Mike Takayama up to 400,000.

A blind vs blind battle, Chen Zhigang on the big blind had his 450,000 stack in with A♦ 5♣ against Nino Pansier’s Q♠ T♣ . The 7♦ 5♠ 7♣ 5♥ Q♣ board ran smoothly for Chen as he cruised his way to a double up to 930,000 in chips.

Action began on Yuta Takazawa with a limp from the lo-jack. Qiang Xu behind, bumped it up to 15,000, called by Takazawa. Flop came 8♦ 7♦ 6♠ and Takazawa check-called Xu’s 12,000 continuation bet. Turn peeled 6♣ and Takazawa check-raised all-in to 74,000, called by Xu. Takazawa showed trips 6♥ 5♥ , beating Xu’s two-pair J♥ 8♥ .

Yuta Takazawa rises to 212,000 in chips.

On a board of J♥ J♦ 5♣ T♥ J♣ and a sizable 300,000 in the middle, Cezar Quiambao was seen leading out a bet of 25,000 on the river. Riku Sasahara from under the gun, sized it up to 200,000 total. Quiambao makes the call and Sasahara reveals quads K♣ J♠ for the win.

Riku Sasahara reaches 1.9 million in chips while Cezar Quiambao slips down to 300,000.

A 60,000 pot was already piled high with even more chips pushed in on the turn K♠ 5♥ 6♦ 3♣ . Chang Tae Hoon with the check-raise all-in had six outs left after tabling 7♥ 7♦ against Raymundo Gomez’ A♦ A♠ . None of those came on the river, leaving Chang eliminated.

Raymundo Gomez soars to 300,000 in chips.

With 75,000 brewing in the middle on a board of J♦ T♣ 8♥ J♥ 8♠ , action was seen on Florencio Campomanes having check-called a 25,000 river bet from Oleg Alex Kaminski. Kaminski shows K♠ Q♠ , no good against Campomanes’ 9♦ 8♦ full house eights over jacks.

Action kicked off with Nino Pansier opening the button and both players on the blinds with a call. Flop came 5♦ 7♦ 5♣ and saw small blind check, Ira Evan Blumenthal on the big blind lead out a 120,000 bet and Pansier with the call behind. Blumenthal continued the aggression with a 150,000 bet on the turn A♥ , called again by Pansier. The 8♠ completed the board and Blumenthal opted with a check-call of 540,000 with A♠ Q♣ . Pansier flipped K♥ 5♥ for trip fives, beating his opponent’s top pair.

Nino Pansier racks up a stack of 2.3 Million while Ira Evan Blumenthal chips down to 350,000.

Following an early open from Kubo Junya, Lee Siyoung on the big blind flicked in his 10 BB stack with A♥ K♠ and was called by the original raiser with J♠ J♥ . In for a flip, Lee missed out on pairing either overcard on board 2♣ T♠ 5♣ 8♠ 9♥ , leaving him to settle for a 32nd place finish.

Kubo Junya bounces up to 950,000 in chips.

Less than 15 minutes on the clock before the day ends, Lee Gyuhyuk was seen opening the lo-jack to 60,000. Mike Takayama from behind, raised all-in for 365,000 total and Lee happily made the call with Q♥ Q♦ . Takayama in trouble with A♠ 9♠ , was immediately crushed when the flop 7♠ Q♣ 7♦ gave Lee an instant boat.

Lee Gyuhyuk bumps up to 2.8 Million while Mike Takayama gets the boot in 31st place finish.

Day 2 action will conclude at the end of Level 24. Play resumes Sunday, August 7 at 13:00.

The hand quickly bumped up the action starting with an open-jam for 148,000 from Chen Kang, under the gun. Park Chulwoo from the cut-off, rejammed to isolate and was in good shape with T♥ T♦ against Chen’s A♥ 8♥ . An ace-high flop however, saved Chen from elimination as he raked in the 321,000 pot after the turn and river ran a blank.

Park Chulwoo diminished to 10 BB.

Beginning with an open to 25,000 from Ivan Tabucal on the lo-jack, Sebastian Iargo decided to come along from the button, as well as the big blind. Flop came T♥ 6♠ 6♣ , big blind checks, Tabucal bets 35,000, called only by Iargo behind. Turn peeled a 3♦ and Tabucal fired another 60,000. Iargo again with the call saw a 2♠ land on the river. Check-check meant Iargo’s two pair T♦ 7♦ remains good.

Tabucal K♠ J♠

Sebastian Iargo picks up the pot and rises to 800,000 in chips.

Action began with an open from Cheng Cher Whey, a call from the lo-jack and a three bet from Chierro De Leon behind to 48,000. Only Cheng called De Leon’s raise and the two headed to a flop of 7♥ 2♣ 3♠ . Cheng checked, pushing De Leon to fire a bet of 30,000. Cheng makes the call and sees turn 5♥ . Action goes check-check and the river 9♣ completes the board. Cheng leads out a bet of 80,000 and De Leon rallied an all-in, called by Cheng. De Leon shows Q♦ T♣ air with Cheng raking in the pot with set threes.

Cheng Cher Whey soars to 579,000 in chips.

A three-bet pot with Ching Li Lok being the aggressor, Zhang Lijun checked his option once the flop 4♠ Q♦ T♣ hit the felt. Ching fired a 22,000 bet, raised back by Zhang to 61,000, and Ching sent out a final raise all-in to 124,000. Zhang makes the fold, giving Ching the 250,000 pot.

A preflop war was spotted from Hiroshi Irimajiri on the button vs Christopher Pasion on the small blind. Action began with an open from Irimajiri to 10,000, raised by Pasion to 33,000, and a click back to 80,000 from Irimajiri. Pasion gives up the fight as Irimajiri climbs to 730,000 in chips.

Just a few hands prior, the two were seen going head to head on a board of Q♣ J♦ T♠ 7♦ J♥ . Irimajiri lost minimum after checking back the last two streets. Pasion revealed K♠ 9♠ and got no value from his flopped straight.

Dwindled down to 120,000, Cezar Quiambao jumped the gun with K♥ 8♥ from the hi-jack, called by Edward Penaflorida on the button with A♦ Q♥ . Board reveals ace-high, giving Penaflorida top pair and a quick boost to 600,000.

An all-in preflop situation, small blind Chase Cokaliong risked his tournament life with Q♣ 3♦ against a late position open from Riku Sasahara. Sasahara with a stack of over a million took the 100,000 gamble with 4♦ 4♠ . The board 2♥ 5♦ A♣ 7♠ K♥ left Cokaliong with not much to hope for as his run shortly ended.

Riku Sasahara sits with a big stack of 1.1 million in chips.

Facing an open from under the gun, Jonald Garcia flicked in his 45,000 stack on the button with J♥ J♦ . Rasid Paitao on the big blind woke up with a monster K♣ K♥ and reshoved for 93,000 total. Original raiser folds and the two table a board of 5♠ A♦ 9♥ 8♣ 5♣ .

No bad beats here meant Rasid Paitao scoops up the pot and climbs to 160,000 in chips.

A blind vs blind battle, Chin Dickson went with A♠ 9♠ for his 450,000 stack, and was ahead against Fisher Slade’s K♦ 9♥ . The J♣ 3♠ T♦ Q♣ 4♦ board however, ran in favor of Slade, eliminating Dickson in 40th place.

Fisher Slade gets a boost to 1.8 Million in chips.

A ton of preflop action saw John Tech and Edwin Dela Cruz build a 360,000 pot heading into the flop 8♦ T♥ 2♣ . The heat continued on as both players - Dela Cruz at risk, piled their chip stacks in the middle prior to the runout. Tech flips 9♣ J♣ for a straight draw against Dela Cruz’ K♦ K♥ . The turn T♠ made no changes to the situation but the river 7♦ completed Tech’s straight for the takedown.

Edwin Dela Cruz railed in 38th place while John Tech surges to 2.7 Million in chips.