Day 2
Mike Takayama Crushes Another

Mike Takayama is on enjoying a card rush that catapults his stack to 1,200,000. His latest score was the elimination of Benhur Ybarsabal.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
BY Benhur Ybarsabal | A♥K♠ | busted |
MT Mike Takayama | T♦T♠ | 1,200,000(100 BB) |
Pot For William Ysmael

Hijack William Ysmael opens 17,000, two players call, then they all check the flop 2♥ 6♣ T♥ . The K♣ turn sees a 45,000 bet from Ysmael and takes it down.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
WY William Ysmael | 773,000(97 BB) |
BY Benhur Ybarsabal | 417,000(52 BB) |
EA Edgar Asehan | 340,000(43 BB) |
Benhur Ybarsabal Takes It Preflop

Action folds to the button Benhur Ybarsabal who opens 18,000, small blind Tadashi Ogawa calls, big blind Mike Takayama three-bets 79,000, Ybarsabal answers with a 270,000 shove, no takers.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
MT Mike Takayama | 456,000(46 BB) |
BY Benhur Ybarsabal | 434,000(43 BB) |
TO Tadashi Ogawa | 310,000(31 BB) |
Straight Flush For Benhur Ybarsabal

Joseph Magnotti opens for 12,000 and Benhur Ybarsabal calls from the button. On a flop 5♠ 7♣ 4♣ , Magnotti continues 12,000 only to be met with a 32,000 raise, Magnotti shoves 142,000, Ybarsabal snap-calls.
The turn 3♣ and river 6♣ further improve Ybarsabal to a straight flush to boot Magnotti.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
JM Joseph Magnotti | Q♣Q♦ | busted |
BY Benhur Ybarsabal | 5♥5♣ | 357,000(71 BB) |
Day 1B
Player | Chips |
---|---|
JM Jason Magbanua | 370,000(93 BB) |
OJ Ong Jingxiang | 344,000(86 BB) |
WY William Ysmael | 329,000(82 BB) |
BA Badrudin Ampatuan | 328,000(82 BB) |
MR Maxwell Rosete | 295,000(74 BB) |
BE Benjamin Ebarle | 274,000(69 BB) |
RP Ryan Platon | 260,000(65 BB) |
RH Ronald Haverkamp | 259,000(65 BB) |
BY Benhur Ybarsabal | 250,000(63 BB) |
NZ Neo Zhi Han | 247,000(62 BB) |
EA Edgar Asehan | 227,000(57 BB) |
SP Seonghun Park | 208,000(52 BB) |
JC Jeonggyu Cho | 197,000(49 BB) |
MC Minho Cho | 190,000(48 BB) |
AI Alvir Inocentes | 166,000(42 BB) |
RC Randee Clybouw | 143,000(36 BB) |
LP Liao Po Hsun | 143,000(36 BB) |
MT Mike Takayama | 140,000(35 BB) |
FC Florencio Campomanes | 138,000(35 BB) |
AB Andrei Budykin | 129,000(32 BB) |
115,000(29 BB) | |
JC John Costiniano | 107,000(27 BB) |
TH Tom Henricus Verbruggen | 93,000(23 BB) |
MK Moon Kyung Ho | 89,000(22 BB) |
RV Renato Villanueva Jr | 89,000(22 BB) |
PN Phillip Nguyen (2) | 77,000(19 BB) |
BM Benjamin Mangaliman | 77,000(19 BB) |
DM Datuking Magelna | 75,000(19 BB) |
WK Wooseok Kim | 59,000(15 BB) |
JD Jose Drilon | 52,000(13 BB) |
DM Dhaval Mudgal | 43,000(11 BB) |
RA Ronato Alcano | 34,000(9 BB) |
ES Emmanuel Segismundo | 29,000(7 BB) |
Big Stacks Around The Room
Player | Chips |
---|---|
RP Ryan Platon | 216,000(180 BB) |
KY Kunlong Yu | 205,000(171 BB) |
BY Benhur Ybarsabal | 162,000(135 BB) |
NA Noel Araniel | 152,000(127 BB) |
FC Florencio Campomanes | 120,000(100 BB) |
Ace High Is Good For Benhur Ybarsabal

Three-bet pot to 9000 sees a flop 6♣ 3♦ 9♥ with three players in. Hijack Benhur Ybarsabal bets 2000 and gets called by both button Christian Lortie and utg+2. On the turn 4♥ , Lortie leads out 6500, loses one player while Ybarsabal continues. The river K♣ is checked. Ybarsabal shows A♣ J♣ , Lortie mucks.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
BY Benhur Ybarsabal | 115,000(230 BB) |
CL Christian Lortie | 16,300(33 BB) |
Benhur Ybarsabal Rails Daiisuke Yano

Daiisuke Yano open shoves a large 10,200 and is called by two players to who check the flop 8♥ 9♣ J♣ . On the turn A♥ , Benhur Ybarsabal 50,000 for a side pot but no call.
At the showdown, Ybarsabal has top pair.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
DY Daiisuke Yano | Q♥Q♦ | busted |
BY Benhur Ybarsabal | A♦K♣ | 95,000(238 BB) |
The river 5♦ spells the end for Yano.
Big Stacks Around The Room
Player | Chips |
---|---|
AA Aristotle Agbaglud | 80,600(202 BB) |
JL Junhui Lee | 66,700(167 BB) |
BY Benhur Ybarsabal | 53,000(133 BB) |