Main Event

Bubble time hand for hand unable to play out as Martin B and Eric Alcantara face off after Edwin Law busts. Martin K♥ K♠ ahead of Alcantara’s J♣ J♠ , board runs T♣ 8♣ 7♠ 2♦ 5♥ . Alcantara bubbles

Clyde Ravina bags the Day 1C chip lead; Junnie Pamplona close behind

Date: May 3, 2024 Buy in: PH₱ 18,800 (~USD 327) Guarantee: PH₱ 5,000,000 (~USD 86,900) Day 1C: 84 entries ITM: 11 players

Jon Jason Leonao A♥ K♣ opens 15,000 then calls Edwin Law’s A♦ Q♦ all in for 73,000. Board runs K♥ 2♥ 4♦ 7♦ 7♥ . Law goes bust.

Clyde Ravina opens 16,000 from cutoff and small blind Zeus Segismundo calls and both head to the flop A♠ Q♦ 3♠ . Segismundo leads out 7,000, Clyde Ravina shoves a huge 150,000, Segismundo calls.

Clyde Ravina Q♥ Q♣ Zeus Segismundo K♠ J♠

The turn K♣ and river J♣ pairs up both of Segismundo’s cards but still behind Clyde’s set.

16 players remaining with only 11 qualifying to the ITM round.

Action folds around to the small blind Alan Vestil who bumps it up to 16,000, big blind Bruce Andrino calls and they see a flop 6♥ 8♦ 4♦ . Andrino unloads his 60,000 stack, Vestil check-calls. Andrino shows A♥ 8♥ top pair top kicker, Vestil outkicked with K♠ 8♠ , the turn 4♣ changes nothing but the river K♣ pairs up Vestil’s big card to bad beat Andrino.

Alan Vestil opens 12,000 and finds one caller in cutoff Zeus Segismundo. Both see a flop J♥ T♦ 3♥ , Vestil c-bets 15,000 and Segismundo calls again. The turn T♠ , Vestil fires 20,000, this time Segismundo puts pressure with a 55,000 raise, Vestil folds.

Bruce Andrino shoves 11 bb from the button and is challenged by Zeus Segismundo on the small blind. Andrino has A♠ 2♣ , Segismundo with J♦ J♠ . An ace finds the river on a board T♥ T♦ 4♦ 8♥ A♣ for Andrino to stick around.

Utg Martin B opens, hijack Jorge Lagatuz three-bets all in, big blind Daichi shoves with less, back to Martin who calls and covers both.

Jorge Lagatuz - A♠ Q♣ Daichi A♦ Q♦ Martin B 9♣ 9♠

The board runs J♥ 7♦ 7♠ 3♣ K♦ . Martin’s pocket pair holds to send two to the rail.

Utg Daichi limps, cutoff raises 12,000, big blind Jojo Maraon calls and Daichi joins for a three way look at the flop 7♠ Q♥ 8♥ . Daichi bets 11,000, cutoff folds, Maraon check-calls to the turn 4♣ to which both check. The river 6♥ , Maraon leads out 25,000, Daichi calls then mucks to Maraon’s 2♥ 4♥ flush.

16 players remaining with only 11 qualifying to the ITM round.

Utg Boyet Drilon opens then calls Richard Tolentino’s three-bet shove of 47,000. Drilon’s J♦ J♣ go on to win against A♥ K♣ on a board 2♥ J♠ 9♣ 6♥ A♠ .

Deciding round between Martins Whrtiwl and Aigars Dambrans ends with the latter falling. Whrtiwl opens 6,000, big blind Dambrans defends. Dambrans leads out 30,000 on the flop 3♥ A♦ Q♣ , Whrtiwl calls. Bets switch up on the turn 2♣ , Dambrans checks, Whrtiwl shoves 35,000, Dambrans calls with 1 bb less.

Martins Whrtiwl 3♦ 3♣ set Aigars Dambrans 4♣ Q♦

The river 2♣ finishes off Dambrans.

Following two limpers, small blind Martins Whrtiwl raises 20,000, utg Aigars Dambrans calls, button folds. Whrtiwl jams 41,000 on the flop 5♣ Q♣ 9♠ , Dambrans folds.

Hijack Aigars Dambrans opens then four-bets 40,500, big blind Martins Whrtiwl calls then folds to Aigars 75,000 shove on the flop T♥ K♦ 6♥ .

Following two limpers, cutoff Michael Concepcion raises 16,500, and finds one caller in utg. Concepcion c-bets 12,000 on the flop J♥ 3♥ 5♠ and wins it.

12 more players drop off on the previous level. 19 players remaining with only 11 qualifying to the ITM round.

Facing a min-raise, small blind Bruce Andrino three-bets all in for his last 14 bb, original raiser from cutoff calls.

Bruce Andrino K♠ 9♠ Cutoff 7♠ 8♠

Board runs 2♥ 9♣ 8♦ Q♥ A♣ , Andrino avoids the axe.

Down to 7 bb, Cutoff K♦ 7♠ shoves, button 8♦ 8♠ re-pops all in for 37,000, Kenrick Lim on the small blind joins the party with 9♦ 9♥ . Board runs T♣ J♥ 7♥ 5♥ 4♣ , awarding Lim the pot and eliminating two players.

Down to 5 bb, utg shoves,utg+1 calls, cutoff player Zeus Segismundo calls, big blind squeeze shoves 66,500 all in, utg+1 folds and Segismundo calls.

Utg K♠ 7♦ Big Blind Q♠ T♦ Segismundo 9♦ 9♥

Board runs 2♠ 5♣ 8♠ 7♣ 5♠ , Segismundo sweeps.

Sandwiched between two aggressors, hijack Pamplona calls a three-bet shove of 29,000 as the initial raiser folds. Pamplona shows 5♦ 5♣ and is flipping against A♦ 6♦ . Board runs 9♥ 9♦ 5♠ 8♠ T♥ , Pamplona ships it.

Utg opens the action, next to act three-bets all in for 40,000 holding 9♠ 9♦ , hijack Alan Vestil joins in for 59,000 and with A♣ A♥ , big blind shoves for less with K♣ K♠ . Initial raiser utg gets out of the way. The board runs 2♥ 4♦ 7♦ 3♠ T♥ , Vestil’s aces hold to knock out two players.

16 players dropped off on the previous level. Still a long way to go with only 11 qualifying to the ITM round.

After eight levels of play, Day 1C of the Chase Cup closes registration at 84 entries. This is the largest starting day turnout so far with two more to go. There are 47 remaining players. They hunt down a spot in the money round with only 11 guaranteed to ITM.

Prelop raise war kicks off with utg+1 Daichi min-raising, hijack Mike Takayama shoving 20 bb, cutoff joins in with 5 bb, Daichi calls to attempt a double bust.

Daichi J♥ 8♥ Mike Takayama A♣ A♥ Cutoff A♠ 4♠

The board runs 2♦ Q♥ 2♥ 3♦ 7♥ , Daichi’s completes the flush to deliver the double KO.

Eric Alcantara under the gun raises 2,400 and Jorge Lagatuz on the cutoff calls. When the board completes 2♥ 3♣ T♥ T♣ Q♣ , Alcantara bets 8,700, 9,600, and 8,700, Lagatuz calls it down then mucks to Alcantara’s 9♠ 3♥ .

Jorge Lagatuz opens then calls cutoff’s three-bet jam of 13,400. Jorge Lagatuz ahead with 9♣ 9♦ over A♠ 9♠ . Board runs K♣ 5♥ Q♥ 9♥ J♥ , Jorge Lagatuz ships and boots one.

Five-way unraised pot. Flop runs 2♥ 5♦ K♠ . Small blind shoves 19,300 with K♥ 6♠ top pair, only under the gun Kenrick Lim calls with 5♥ 5♠ set. The turn J♣ secures Lim’s victory as small blind is drawing dead.

Blinds are up, field has climbed to 75 entries. Last level to join the action with registration closing at the start of Level 9.

Hijack Martin B opens 5,000 and is called by Karl Delmar on the cutoff. Both players check the flop and turn J♥ A♣ A♥ 4♦ . On the river 7♥ , Delmar bets 10,000, Martin check-calls then mucks as Delmar opens 2♥ 5♥ flush.

From the button, Abel Pilayo three-bets all in for 16 bb, initial raiser calls from utg. Pilayo has 7♥ 7♦ , utg with A♦ Q♦ . Utg misses the board 5♥ 8♦ 7♣ T♥ 3♦ , Pilayo doubles through.

Hijack Jojo Maraon raises 2,000 and button calls. On the flop and turn 5♣ 9♦ A♠ 6♠ . Maraon c-bets 4,800 and 8,600, opponent calls, they head to the river Q♥ . Both check. Maraon flips open Q♠ T♠ and wins the pot.

Utg+1 Raivin Enriquez min-raises, gets a caller then small blind three-bets all in for 8,700. Back to Enriquez who joins the shover for 26,500 and it’s heads up after the caller folds.

Raivin Enriquez A♦ J♦ Small blind 8♥ 8♠

Board runs 7♦ K♠ 8♦ 5♥ Q♦ , Enriquez flips a flush.

Lots of chips dumped preflop started by utg raising 1,100, cutoff calls, small blind shoves 7,600, big blind Mac Mantos calls, utg and cutoff opt to fold.

Small blind K♥ J♥ Mac Mantos A♦ Q♣

With the flop running K♣ J♠ T♠ Mantos lands broadawy, and with no jack or king on the turn and river 4♦ 7♥ , Mantos ships it while booting one in the process.

Blinds are up, field has climbed to 70 entries. Only two levels left to join the action with registration closing at the start of Level 9.

Mike Takayama under the gun+1 min-raises and is joined by two callers to the flop Q♣ T♣ T♦ . Takayama c-bets 3,000, Chris Boys on cutoff calls and big blind folds. Both players check the turn 8♦ , Boys bets 16,000 on the river A♠ . Takayama check-calls, Boys mucks.

Under the gun+1 Daichi raises to 1,400 with two callers. Flop opens 2♦ 3♦ T♦ , Action is checked to the button who jams, Daichi calls and cutoff gets out of the way. Daichi is made with a J♦ 9♦ flush, button A♦ T♣ is drawing then misses on the turn K♣ and river Q♥ .

Under-the-gun raises 1,800 with two callers, big blind Junnie Jolo re-raises 6,000. Only the original raiser calls. Flop runs Q♣ K♥ 3♣ , Jolo c-bets 5,000 and takes down the pot

Blinds are up, field has climbed to 58 entries. Plenty of time to join the action with registration closing at the start of Level 9.

Down to 6 bb, Ronie Arguelles goes all from cutoff and has to dodge two callers. No side pot action to the river Q♣ 2♥ K♣ 5♥ 8♦ . Arguelles’s baby pocket 3♣ 3♠ survives against the button 6♣ 7♣ and small blind A♣ 7♥ . Arguelles stays on.

Hijack Ronie Arguelles raises 2,200, cutoff Eric Cheung re-raises 10,800 all-in. Button and Arguelles call for side pot. Both check down the board A♠ K♥ T♣ 8♠ T♥ . Cheung A♥ K♦ wins against two pocket nines and revives his stack.

Hijack raises to 1,300 with two callers. Flop runs 4♠ J♥ 3♣ , big blind checks, hijack c-bets to 1,600, Clyde on the button and big blind call. Turn opens 2♣ , big blind and hijack check, Clyde bets 6,500. Only hijack continues. On the river T♣ , hijack checks once more, Clyde bets 11,500, hijack calls. Clyde shows 5♦ 6♦ and the other mucks.

Hijack shoves 7,000 all-in with 5♥ T♣ and Carl Lee on the button calls with A♣ T♠ . The board 8♣ K♠ 2♣ 7♥ J♦ does nothing for the dominated hand.

Hijack raises 1,700 and cutoff Martin B calls. Flop runs 9♠ K♠ 8♥ , hijack checks then calls Martin B’s 1,200 bet. Both players check the turn 6♠ . River opens K♣ , hijack checks again then calls a 3,100 bet. Martin shows 9♣ , hijack mucks.

Blinds are up, field has climbed to 26 entries. Plenty of time to join the action with registration closing at the start of Level 9.

Utg+2 raises 1,500 and gets two callers to the flop K♠ J♦ A♦ . Big blind checks, utg+2 c-bets 5,000, hijack Ralph Sasil and the big blind call. All three check down the turn 9♥ for a free river 5♦ . Utg+2 bets 13,000, Sasil calls, big blind folds, Sasil K♥ 2♠ wins against utg+2 T♣ J♥ .

Junnie Pamplona raises 3,500 from under the gun and finds two callers to the fllop A♦ 5♣ 8♣ . Action is checked to the button who bets 6,000, Pamplona responds with a check-raise all in for 29,400, hijack calls while the button folds. Pamplona opens A♥ K♥ top pair, hijack has Q♣ T♣ flush draw that eventually misses on the turn J♠ and river 3♠ .

Following a limp from utg, utg+1 Ronie Arguelles raises 1,300, small blind Jeff Ballester and utg call. The flop 8♦ 3♣ 9♣ is checked by all, while the turn 8♥ sees more action with Ballester betting 2,500, utg folds, Arguelles calls. The river K♦ , Ballester continues with a 4,400 bet, Arguelles calls and shows K♠ T♥ top pair exposing Ballester’s J♣ 7♣ missed draw.

Blinds are up, field has climbed to 26 entries. Plenty of time to join the action with registration closing at the start of Level 9.

Chris Boys raises 1,500 from under-the-gun+2 and Zack Elan on the cutoff calls. The flop runs J♣ 4♦ 9♣ , Boys c-bets 2,500 and Elan calls. Turn 4♠ is checked down for a free river Q♥ . Boys bets 5,000, Elan calls, Boys J♦ 8♠ loses to Elan Q♦ J♠ two pair.

Under-the-gun+1 Zack Elan raises 1,200 and is joined by three callers to the flop 7♠ 2♠ T♥ . Elan c-bets all-in for 12,900, hijack Chris Boys joins in for 30,300, and big blind Graham Colin calls with less for a three-way.

Zack Elan 4♠ 5♦ bluff Chris Boys J♥ T♠ top pair Graham Colin 8♠ 9♣ open ended

The turn and river Q♠ 9♠ , Zack and Colin are eliminated.

Under the gun raises all-in for 25,500 and next to act Jomar Rajo calls. Rajo has the hole nuts A♦ A♣ and proceeds to dust A♥ K♠ on a board 7♠ 4♠ 5♥ 9♠ 4♦ .

Under the gun+1 Zack Elan raises all-in for 12,600 and Edwin Law on the big blind calls. It’s a cooler with Elan A♦ A♠ up against Law’s K♦ K♣ . Board runs A♣ 8♦ 5♣ 9♣ 5♠ .

From utg+1 Graham Colin raises 1,200, hijack Zack Elan and big blind Jeff Ballester call. Flop Q♠ 5♣ 6♦ sees Ballester bet 5,000 and both players call. Ballester bets 8,500 on the turn 3♦ , this time both players fold.

Blinds are up, field has climbed to 19 entries. Plenty of time to join the action with registration closing at the start of Level 9.

From under the gun, Graham Colin raises 13,900 all-in and Robert Chracciola calls from hijack. Colin J♥ J♦ dominates Chracciola’s 9♦ 9♥ . Thoe board runs J♠ T♦ 2♥ 3♠ 8♣ , awarding Colin the pot.

Under-the-gun+1 raises 1,200, and everyone folds to Ralph Sasil on the big blind who calls. The flop runs A♣ 2♠ 4♠ . Sasil checks, utg+1 c-bets 3,000, Sasil check-raises 8,000 and is called. The turn drops 8♠ , Sasil leads out 12,000 then faces a shove of 20,200, Sasil calls. Utg+1 flips over A♥ 4♥ trips, Sasil K♠ 7♠ has the flush, river opens K♥ , Sasil ships it and boots one in the process.

Three-way all-in preflop, Edwin Law A♦ K♣ , cutoff 6♠ 7♣ , and Robert Chracciola A♠ K♠ . The board runs K♦ 2♣ J♠ 5♣ 6♣ . Cutoff goes bust as the big slicks split the pot.

A four-way unraised pot, flop runs J♦ 5♠ 6♠ . Small blind checks, Richard Tolentino on the big blind bets 500, hijack folds, and the two other players call. On the turn A♥ small blind checks again, Tolentino bets 1,700, button folds, and small blind calls. The river A♣ , Tolentino fires 6,200 and wins the pot as small blind folds.

Graham Colin on the button raises to 1,100 and Elan Zack on the big blind calls. Flop runs A♦ Q♦ 4♦ , Colin c-bets 1,100, Zack check-calls. Turn 9♦ Zack does another check-call on Colin’s 2,500 bet. On the river 5♠ , Zack goes all in for 7,000, Colin folds.

From hijack Pax raises 700, and both blinds call. Flop runs 7♠ 8♥ 9♥ with a check down. Turn opens 4♣ , small blind bets 800, big blind calls, Pax raises to 2,500, and both blinds call. The river 7♣ is another checked street. Small blind opens 7♥ T♥ , big blind mucks, and Pax shows 8♦ T♦ for the higher two pair.

Blinds are up, 9 players battling it out. Plenty of time to join the action with registration closing at the start of Level 9.

Under the gun Pax raises 600, utg+1 Raymond Gomez re-raises 1,500, Pax 3-bets to 4,000, and Gomez calls. Both players check the flop J♣ 9♦ K♦ , turn 6♠ sees Pax bet 1,500 and Gomez calls. Another bet by aggressor Pax on the river 4♣ , Gomez calls the 2,700. Pax reveals A♠ A♥ , Gomez mucks.

Small blind limps, big blind checks, they head to the flop 6♥ Q♦ 4♥ with a check down. Turn opens 5♥ small blind Richard Tolentino checks and big blind JJ bets 500. River opens A♦ Tolentino checks again then calls, JJ’s 2,600 bet. Tolentino has Q♥ T♠ and claims the pot over JJ’s K♥ 8♠ .

Button and blinds flat call pre-flop. The flop opens 8♥ Q♦ 9♣ . JJ on the small blind checks, big blind Edwin Law bets 500, button folds, JJ calls. The turn drops a 5♥ . Same action as JJ checks again, Law bets 700, and JJ calls. The river A♣ Law bets 2,000 and this time JJ gives up the challenge.

A bit of delay to gather a few more players and Day 1C is now underway! This inaugural event packs a mighty ₱5M guarantee so head on over. Registration closes at the start of Level 9.