Day 2 / Final Day
Czardy Rivera ships it all

Left with one big blind, Mike Takayama settled for a runner up finish with Czardy Rivera shipping the final victory on board T♣ 6♣ 3♦ 8♠ A♣ .
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
MT Mike Takayama | 6♦9♥ BB | busted |
CR Czardy Rivera | 9♠8♦ D | 14,040,000(56 BB) |
Edgar Asehan falls in 3rd place - PHP 850,000

Button Edgar Asehan opened to 1,000,000 and called off for his 2,200,000 behind after Czardy Rivera moved all-in. Slightly behind, running hot Rivera quickly landed the advantage on board Q♥ 3♥ T♠ T♥ 3♦ to deliver the bust.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
EA Edgar Asehan | A♣4♣ D | busted |
CR Czardy Rivera | Q♦J♠ SB | 13,740,000(55 BB) |
Czardy Rivera in control
Edgar Asehan opened to 500,000, called by Czardy Rivera. Big blind Mike Takayama fired a three bet to 1,200,000 and saw both players continue to flop 9♠ 7♦ 5♦ . Rivera leads all-in and takes the pot unchallenged.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
CR Czardy Rivera | 10,090,000(40 BB) |
MT Mike Takayama | 2,250,000(9 BB) |
EA Edgar Asehan | 1,700,000(7 BB) |
Czardy Rivera continues to dominate

Czardy Rivera opened to 500,000, joined by both players on the blinds on flop 5♦ K♥ Q♠ . Rivera continued for 800,000 and saw Edgar Asehan make the call. Turn 4♥ went check check, revealing river J♠ . Checked to Rivera once more, he bet 1,000,000, and Asehan folds.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
CR Czardy Rivera | 8,000,000(32 BB) |
EA Edgar Asehan | 1,500,000(6 BB) |
Czardy Rivera rises to the lead
Jessie Leonarez opened to 600,000, called behind by Czardy Rivera. On flop Q♥ J♥ 8♦ , Rivera called for another 700,000, and went on to barrel 800,000 on turn 7♦ . Leonarez check calls yet folds after Rivera moved all-in on river 4♥ . Rivera shows straight T♦ 9♥ .
Player | Chips |
---|---|
CR Czardy Rivera | 6,000,000(24 BB) |
JL Jessie Leonarez | 1,500,000(6 BB) |
Kenneth Galola crushed in 7th place - PHP 290,000

A preflop back and forth between Czardy Rivera and Kenneth Galola saw the latter call off for his entire 1,230,000 behind. Crushed against the rockets, Galola exited the final table shortly after the board 3♠ 4♠ 9♣ J♠ Q♥ was dealt.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
KG Kenneth Galola | A♦Q♠ MP | busted |
CR Czardy Rivera | A♠A♣ UTG | 3,400,000(21 BB) |
Chip Count Update

Seven players remain in the running for the Okada Kick Off PHP 1,870,000 (~USD 32,510) top prize with Jessie Leonarez currently stacking the highest.
Okada Kick Off
Date/s: October 18-20, 2024
Buy-in: PHP 25,000 (~USD 430)
Guarantee: PHP 10,000,000 (~USD 173,475)
Prize pool: PHP 10,000,000 (~USD 173,475)
Entries: 468
ITM: 71 places
Chip Counts
Player | Chips |
---|---|
JL Jessie Leonarez | 3,925,000(25 BB) |
MT Mike Takayama | 2,740,000(17 BB) |
EA Edgar Asehan | 2,215,000(14 BB) |
KG Kenneth Galola | 1,510,000(9 BB) |
OH Obaidullah Habibi | 1,415,000(9 BB) |
CR Czardy Rivera | 1,175,000(7 BB) |
KS Karia Siddharth | 1,060,000(7 BB) |
Okada Kick Off Day 2 Qualifiers

Okada Kick Off
Date/s: October 18-20, 2024
Buy-in: PHP 25,000 (~USD 430)
Guarantee: PHP 10,000,000 (~USD 173,475)
Prize pool: PHP 10,000,000 (~USD 173,475)
Entries: 468
ITM: 71 places
Flight A: 88 entries, 14 qualified
Flight B: 148 entries, 23 qualified
Flight C: 232 entries, 34 qualified
Day 2 Final: Sunday, October 20
Player | Chips |
---|---|
LE Lester Edoc | 618,000 |
CR Czardy Rivera | 608,000 |
SR Soriano Ramos | 548,000 |
JR Jesus Rivera | 519,000 |
JL Jessie Leonarez | 507,000 |
LL Lun Luo | 457,000 |
OH Obaidullah Habibi | 423,000 |
AB Alfredo Boligor | 422,000 |
JL Jun Li | 420,000 |
CL Christian Lortie | 408,000 |
RC Ruben Clamares | 355,000 |
RA Ramdrick Aznar | 332,000 |
RC Rex Clinkscales | 295,000 |
EP Edvard Poltavets | 283,000 |
VP Venoni Paltep | 276,000 |
SA Sunhwi An | 269,000 |
TH Tom Henricus Verbruggen | 263,000 |
AC Ambrosio Collado | 243,000 |
ER Euryd Rivera | 241,000 |
EA Edgar Asehan | 237,000 |
AK Alari Kunnapuu | 226,000 |
MS Moses Saquing (2) | 225,000 |
QX Qi Xia | 222,000 |
PW Patrick Wahlquist | 221,000 |
EL Edwards Lawford | 217,000 |
CS Chirag Shah | 211,000 |
JM John Matsuda | 205,000 |
JN John Niko Costiniano | 204,000 |
HK Hyungjin Kim | 203,000 |
MT Mike Takayama | 186,000 |
TH Thijs Hilberts | 179,000 |
KS Karia Siddharth | 177,000 |
CJ Cho Jaegeol | 173,000 |
HT Henrik Tollefsen | 170,000 |
MR Maxwell Rosete | 162,000 |
YW Yan Wen Yee | 157,000 |
TO Takuya Obara | 154,000 |
TY Thomas Young (2) | 146,000 |
LH Lars Hougaard | 134,000 |
YK Yohei Katsuragawa | 130,000 |
FP Finn Penderak | 129,000 |
LQ Lito Quijano | 128,000 |
JT Jimmy Tunggadjaja | 128,000 |
JC Jennifer Cassell | 127,000 |
FB Firat Basbaydar | 126,000 |
OA Oleg Alex Kaminski | 124,000 |
MT Minh Tai Ha | 123,000 |
HN Hadinoto Nyo | 123,000 |
BW Bae Wonchul | 119,000 |
SJ Seonghun Jeong | 117,000 |
JS Jigme Shepra | 115,000 |
MR Martin Rundulf Gonzales | 113,000 |
SK Seonggwon Kim | 110,000 |
JL Jinuk Lee | 108,000 |
KG Kenneth Galola | 105,000 |
JA Jos Adipranoto | 103,000 |
JC Jose Colada | 99,000 |
JD Jiaofang Duan | 79,000 |
KB Kang Byeongmin | 69,000 |
JW Jae Wook Shin | 65,000 |
JP Jeffrey Pamplona | 64,000 |
MS Masayuki Shibata | 62,000 |
ID Ivan Dela Cruz | 60,000 |
JK Jisu Kim | 51,000 |
WK Wonjoong Kim | 50,000 |
JJ Jeremy Jehanne | 38,000 |
JM Joseph Magnotti | 34,000 |
MM Michihiko Matsuda | 34,000 |
HK Hyungjung Kim | 30,000 |
JT Johnson Tan | 25,000 |
AK Aram Kim | 14,000 |