Day 2
Abel Pilayo succumbs in 18th place - PHP 81,600
A blind vs blind battle, Abel Pilayo got his remaining 125,000 in with A♠ 2♠ and was dominated by Alex Cruz’s better A♥ J♠ . Drawing slim, Pilayo exited shortly after the board J♦ 8♦ Q♦ K♠ 2♣ faced up on the felt.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
625,000(25 BB) | 365,000 | |
busted | -35,000 |
Clyde Ravina outflops Abel Pilayo
Utg+1 Clyde Ravina open shoved 410,000 in with A♠ J♣ and faced Abel Pilayo’s better A♣ K♣ . At risk, Ravina was in luck after the flop Q♠ 8♠ J♥ 5♠ 8♥ paired up his jack to eventually secure the double up.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
880,000(44 BB) | 123,000 | |
35,000(2 BB) | -517,000 |
Jessie Leonarez takes a beat

Hijack Jessie Leonarez opened and called cutoff Abel Pilayo’s 261,000 all-in with 9♣ 9♠ . Pilayo reveals A♠ J♥ for a flip and landed an ace high board 8♦ 5♠ A♥ 4♦ 8♣ to lock up the win.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
552,000(46 BB) | 217,000 | |
366,000(31 BB) | -249,000 |
Jessie Leonarez plays back
Utg Abel Pilayo opened to 30,000 and saw small blind Jessie Leonarez come along on flop 9♥ 5♦ 2♥ . Both players checked it through, revealing turn T♠ . Leonarez led a 30,000 bet, raised by Pilayo to 60,000. Leonarez answered with a 130,000 click back and shipped the pot after Pilayo gave it up.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
615,000(51 BB) | -250,000 | |
335,000(28 BB) | 300,700 |
Day 1C
Abel Pilayo survives the race
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.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
34,300(34 BB) | 34,300 |