Day 2
Benhur Ybarsabal Cracks Nicholas Manalo's Aces

Following a raise from Chase Cokaliong that's called by hijack Benhur Ybarsabal and button Huu Dung Nguyen, big blind Nichols Manalo three-bets 110,000 sending the action back to Cokaliong who folds, Ybarsabal tanks using up one time bank then four-bets all in, Nguyen folds, Manalo calls for less.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
CC Chase Cokaliong | 280,000(28 BB) | |
BY Benhur Ybarsabal | T♥T♣ | 750,000(75 BB) |
HD Huu Dung Nguyen | 560,000(56 BB) | |
NM Nichols Manalo | A♠A♦ | busted |
End Of Day 1A Chip Counts
Player | Chips |
---|---|
AF Aldous Formanes | 670,000(168 BB) |
MH Matthew Holley | 502,000(126 BB) |
NM Nichols Manalo | 469,000(117 BB) |
PS Park Seonghun | 400,000(100 BB) |
DB Daniel Benor | 389,000(97 BB) |
FC Florencio Campomanes | 270,000(68 BB) |
AP Ashley Patterson | 270,000(68 BB) |
MD Michael De Leon | 265,000(66 BB) |
RJ Rintalahti Jussi | 253,000(63 BB) |
CM Christopher Mateo | 196,000(49 BB) |
SC Sungil Choi | 189,000(47 BB) |
EG Edilberto Gopez | 183,000(46 BB) |
PC Patrick Crivell | 182,000(46 BB) |
TW Thomas Ward (3) | 178,000(45 BB) |
XZ Xiangyu Zhao | 173,000(43 BB) |
MU Motokatsu Uhara | 160,000(40 BB) |
CR Czardy Rivera | 157,000(39 BB) |
JL Julius Lagman | 149,000(37 BB) |
JC John Costiniano | 140,000(35 BB) |
TH Tom Henricus Verbruggen | 140,000(35 BB) |
FM Fen Mai | 137,000(34 BB) |
IH Im Heesoo | 136,000(34 BB) |
VT Victorino Torres | 130,000(33 BB) |
AF Aitor Fernandez | 128,000(32 BB) |
HM Hyun Min Kim | 124,000(31 BB) |
120,000(30 BB) | |
NC Nicolas Cardyn | 113,000(28 BB) |
113,000(28 BB) | |
DM Dhaval Mudgal | 109,000(27 BB) |
DH Diwei Huang | 87,000(22 BB) |
SM Satoshi Mizuno | 85,000(21 BB) |
JA Jinsung Ahn | 79,000(20 BB) |
TK Tan Keng Yong | 78,000(20 BB) |
61,000(15 BB) | |
MD Minh Duc Vu | 57,000(14 BB) |
PK Pyeongkang Kim | 57,000(14 BB) |
HJ Hyunjoon Joo | 54,000(14 BB) |
OJ Ong Jingxiang | 52,000(13 BB) |
VB Vineet Bagla | 44,000(11 BB) |
AH Antonio Henriquez | 35,000(9 BB) |
DN Darius Nass | 33,000(8 BB) |
RB Raphael Bulaong | 7,000(2 BB) |
Day 1A
End Of Day 1A Chip Counts
Player | Chips |
---|---|
AF Aldous Formanes | 670,000(168 BB) |
MH Matthew Holley | 502,000(126 BB) |
NM Nichols Manalo | 469,000(117 BB) |
PS Park Seonghun | 400,000(100 BB) |
DB Daniel Benor | 389,000(97 BB) |
FC Florencio Campomanes | 270,000(68 BB) |
AP Ashley Patterson | 270,000(68 BB) |
MD Michael De Leon | 265,000(66 BB) |
RJ Rintalahti Jussi | 253,000(63 BB) |
CM Christopher Mateo | 196,000(49 BB) |
SC Sungil Choi | 189,000(47 BB) |
EG Edilberto Gopez | 183,000(46 BB) |
PC Patrick Crivell | 182,000(46 BB) |
TW Thomas Ward (3) | 178,000(45 BB) |
XZ Xiangyu Zhao | 173,000(43 BB) |
MU Motokatsu Uhara | 160,000(40 BB) |
CR Czardy Rivera | 157,000(39 BB) |
JL Julius Lagman | 149,000(37 BB) |
JC John Costiniano | 140,000(35 BB) |
TH Tom Henricus Verbruggen | 140,000(35 BB) |
FM Fen Mai | 137,000(34 BB) |
IH Im Heesoo | 136,000(34 BB) |
VT Victorino Torres | 130,000(33 BB) |
AF Aitor Fernandez | 128,000(32 BB) |
HM Hyun Min Kim | 124,000(31 BB) |
120,000(30 BB) | |
NC Nicolas Cardyn | 113,000(28 BB) |
113,000(28 BB) | |
DM Dhaval Mudgal | 109,000(27 BB) |
DH Diwei Huang | 87,000(22 BB) |
SM Satoshi Mizuno | 85,000(21 BB) |
JA Jinsung Ahn | 79,000(20 BB) |
TK Tan Keng Yong | 78,000(20 BB) |
61,000(15 BB) | |
MD Minh Duc Vu | 57,000(14 BB) |
PK Pyeongkang Kim | 57,000(14 BB) |
HJ Hyunjoon Joo | 54,000(14 BB) |
OJ Ong Jingxiang | 52,000(13 BB) |
VB Vineet Bagla | 44,000(11 BB) |
AH Antonio Henriquez | 35,000(9 BB) |
DN Darius Nass | 33,000(8 BB) |
RB Raphael Bulaong | 7,000(2 BB) |
Another Takedown By Nichols Manalo

Aldous Formanes opens 5000, small blind Nichols Manalo three-bets 14,000, big blind Taeyang Joo four-bets all in for 82,500, Formanes gets out of the way and Manalo calls. When the card are revealed, it's a flip.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
AF Aldous Formanes | 290,000(116 BB) | |
NM Nichols Manalo | 3♦3♠ | 556,000(222 BB) |
TJ Taeyang Joo | K♥Q♥ | busted |
Another Pot For Nichols Manalo

Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
HC Hwanho Choe | A♦K♣ UTG | busted |
NM Nichols Manalo | 2♦2♠ SB | 556,000(222 BB) |
Nichols Manalo Believes In Queens

Nichols Manalo raises 6000, is joined to the flop A♣ K♥ 9♣ by small blind Graham Cowan and big blind Bernard Vu. Manalo continues 7000, only Cowan calls and heads to the turn 8♣ . Cowan leads out 11,000, Manalo calls. Both opt to check the river T♠ .
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
NM Nichols Manalo | Q♣Q♠ | 465,000(186 BB) |
GC Graham Cowan | 2♣2♠ | 32,000(13 BB) |
BV Bernard Vu | 152,000(61 BB) |
Lots Of Callers For William Ysmael

From utg William Ysmael opens 3500 and five players call to see a flop 2♦ 2♥ 6♠ . Ysmael continues for 8500, two players call and three fold. On the turn K♠ , Ysmael shoves, Nichols Manalo folds, Graham Cowan calls and covers Ysmael.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
NM Nichols Manalo | 305,000(203 BB) | |
GC Graham Cowan | 4♠5♠ | 71,000(47 BB) |
WY William Ysmael | 8♥8♠ | 137,500(92 BB) |
BV Bernard Vu | 152,000(101 BB) |
Cowan misses his flush on the river 6♥ for a double up to Ysmael.
Random Chip Counts
Player | Chips |
---|---|
NM Nichols Manalo | 290,000(193 BB) |
AF Aldous Formanes | 220,000(147 BB) |
DB Daniel Benor | 220,000(147 BB) |
PK Pyeongkang Kim | 200,000(133 BB) |
HM Hyun Min Kim | 190,000(127 BB) |
BV Bernard Vu | 180,000(120 BB) |
AP Ashley Patterson | 160,000(107 BB) |
MU Motokatsu Uhara | 145,000(97 BB) |
XZ Xiangyu Zhao | 140,000(93 BB) |
JH Jung Hyun An | 130,000(87 BB) |
TJ Taeyang Joo | 130,000(87 BB) |
DM Dhaval Mudgal | 125,000(83 BB) |
SH Suk Hun Lee | 115,000(77 BB) |
KY Kazuo Yamamoto | 95,000(63 BB) |
Big Stacks Around The Room
Player | Chips |
---|---|
NM Nichols Manalo | 266,000(177 BB) |
VT Victorino Torres | 210,000(140 BB) |
AF Aldous Formanes | 185,000(123 BB) |
BV Bernard Vu | 184,000(123 BB) |
Big Stacks Around The Room
Player | Chips |
---|---|
NM Nichols Manalo | 208,000(260 BB) |
PM Pratik Modi | 134,000(168 BB) |
BV Bernard Vu | 127,600(160 BB) |
AP Ashley Patterson | 108,000(135 BB) |
CL Christian Lortie | 88,500(111 BB) |