Main Event

Joshua Figuerres tops Main Event Day 1A

Date: May 1, 2024 Buy in: PH₱ 18,800 (~USD 327) Guarantee: PH₱ 5,000,000 (~USD 86,900) Day 1A: 41 entries ITM: 6 players

First all in showdown of the bubble round, Eugene Dy limps, button Peter Ang raises 15,000, Dy three-bets 83,000 (leaving 5,000 behind), Ang flats. On the flop J♦ 9♦ J♥ , Ang bets 5,000, Dy tosses in his last chip. Dy has Q♠ Q♥ , Ang A♠ K♠ , the turn 5♥ and river 3♦ are good for a double up to Dy.

Utg+1 opens and cutoff Peter Ang calls, flop runs T♣ 4♥ 3♠ . Utg+1 c-bets 2,000, Ang calls. The turn J♣ , utg+1 bets all in for 25,600, Ang calls and is behind Q♦ Q♣ overpair to utg+1’s J♥ T♥ two pair. Luck comes for Ang on the river 3♣ for a higher two pair to send one packing.

Plenty of chips splash preflop starting with utg min-raising, cut-off Peter Ang and small blind call. Big blind three-bets 4,800, utg calls, Ang calls, small blind folds. Three players head to the flop T♥ 3♦ Q♣ , big blind bets 3,000, both opponents call. On the turn 3♥ , utg leads out 11,000, Ang calls, big blind folds. On the river 9♥ , Ang shoves 12,200, cutoff check-calls then mucks to Ang’s A♣ 3♣ trips.