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Day 1D
Kai Paulsen wins with big slick
Cutoff opens, button calls, small blind three-bets all in for 54,500, big blind Kai Paulsen four-bets all in for 90,000, two plays fold, small blind K♥ Q♠ calls then busts to Paulsen’s A♣ K♦ on board 6♦ 6♠ A♠ Q♣ J♣ .
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 158,000(53 BB) | 66,500 |
Richard Tolentino wins the three-way
Dek Cruz open shoves 32,000, Richard Tolentino three-bets all in 40,500, Kai Paulsen four-bets all in with the biggest stack.
Dek Cruz K♥ T♠ Richard Tolentino A♠ J♥ Kai Paulsen J♦ J♣
The board runs 6♥ 8♣ A♥ 7♣ Q♠ . Tolentino doubles up and more as Cruz goes bust.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 120,500(40 BB) | 85,500 | |
| 91,500(31 BB) | -40,500 | |
DC | busted | -65,000 |
Kai Paulsen hard-bets to claim it
Facing a raise and a call, button Kai Paulsen three-bets 19,000 and is called by initial raiser utg. On the flop 5♦ A♥ 9♦ , Paulsen c-bets 10,500 and claims the pot.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 132,000(66 BB) | -10,000 |
Benjie Ebarle doubles up on the bubble
Benjie Ebarle all in on the bubble with A♠ 9♦ , big blind Kai Paulsen calls with Q♣ T♠ . The board J♠ 6♣ A♦ 7♥ 6♥ keeps Ebarle ahead to double up.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 142,000(14 BB) | 142,000 | |
| 89,000(9 BB) | 89,000 |
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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Just the nuts for Kai Paulsen
Button Kai Paulsen opened to 18,000, called by Jojo on the big blind. Flop 4♥ 3♥ T♥ saw Paulsen continue for 12,000 and bet all-in on turn 2♦ . Jojo called both streets, running his last 19,000 in on the turn with 9♥ 5♣ . Unfortunately for Jojo, Paulsen held the nut flush A♥ J♥ to knock him out of the games completely.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 131,000(26 BB) | 37,700 | |
J | busted | -78,000 |
Kai Paulsen ahead all the way
Utg Kai Paulsen opened to 2,600, called by five other players behind. Action on big blind, he squeezed all-in for 31,000 with K♣ Q♣ and was called by the original raiser with A♦ K♦ . The board 9♥ 2♣ 6♥ 4♣ T♦ ran dry, leaving Paulsen’s ace high good for the taking.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 93,300(78 BB) | -64,700 |