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Philippines, Poker8 Cebu
Day 2
Federick Cruz picks up back to back pots
Utg+2 Jharome Pena stuffed his remaining 31,000 in with 2♣ 2♥ , called by Federick Cruz behind with J♥ J♠ . Cruz scooped up the pot with no deuces showing on board 4♣ 3♦ 6♥ 9♠ Q♣ .
The following hand saw Cruz open from the hijack and call big blind Eric Alcantara’s jam for his remaining chips. Alcantara shows 9♣ T♠ , crushed against Cruz’s A♣ A♦ on board K♠ 2♣ 4♥ T♦ 6♥ .
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 226,000(45 BB) | 117,000 | |
| 109,000(22 BB) | 109,000 | |
| 48,000(10 BB) | 6,000 | |
busted | -44,000 |
Day 1D
Jharome Pena’s ducks stay tough
Utg+2 Jharome Pena opens 1,200, big blind three-bets all in for 5,800, Pena calls and it’s a flip. Pena 2♦ 2♥ , big blind A♦ 9♦ , board runs Q♥ 6♦ 3♣ Q♦ J♠ .
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 60,900(122 BB) | 60,900 |
Day 1E
Day 1E sees Jessie Leonarez top the list, 26 more advance to Day 2
Date: May 5, 2024 Buy in: PH₱ 18,800 (~USD 327) Guarantee: PH₱ 5,000,000 (~USD 86,900) Prize pool: PH₱ 8,162,000 (~USD 143,000) Day 1E: 204 entries ITM: 26 players
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 707,000 | 253,000 | |
| 591,000 | 303,000 | |
| 546,000 | 56,000 | |
| 411,000 | 214,000 | |
| 388,000 | 140,000 | |
| 341,000 | 71,000 | |
| 304,000 | 177,000 | |
| 271,000 | 198,000 | |
| 249,500 | -136,500 | |
AL | 239,000 | 194,200 |
| 235,000 | 36,000 | |
| 223,000 | 223,000 | |
RC | 208,000 | 2,000 |
| 156,000 | 156,000 | |
| 155,000 | 155,000 | |
| 130,000 | 130,000 | |
F | 119,000 | 119,000 |
| 110,000 | 67,600 | |
| 108,000 | -69,000 | |
| 107,000 | -24,000 | |
| 104,000 | 104,000 | |
| 98,000 | 98,000 | |
AT | 88,000 | 88,000 |
| 66,000 | 66,000 | |
| 44,000 | -64,000 | |
| 36,000 | -15,000 |
Payouts
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| 10 | AL |
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| 13 | RC |
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| 17 | F |
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| 23 | AT |
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Marc Rivera recovers loss
Cutoff Marc Rivera stuffed his remaining 92,000 in with A♦ Q♥ and was called behind by button Jharome Pena with J♥ J♣ . In search of overcards, Rivera luckily bagged one as the river 6♠ 3♣ 5♥ 9♥ A♥ landed him an ace to take it down.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 199,000(40 BB) | 76,000 | |
| 108,000(22 BB) | 47,100 |