Day 1D
Benhur destined to crush Kings
Utg+2 Benhur opens 10,000, cutoff Richard Tolentino three-bets 25,000, Benhur calls then bets 20,000 on the flop J♦ 3♥ 7♦ . Tolentino answers with a shove of 126,000, Benhur calls and reveals 3♣ 3♦ set, Tolentino K♥ K♦ . The turn 3♠ secures the win for Benhur as Tolentino packs up.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
419,000(84 BB) | 195,000 | |
busted | -120,500 |
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 |
Dek Cruz doubles up

Utg Richard Tolentino opens 6,000 and two callers join to the flop 7♦ K♥ 3♥ . Small blind Dek Cruz shoves his last 10 bb, Tolentino calls as one folds. Cruz K♣ 9♥ , Tolentino J♥ J♠ , turn and river 8♣ 5♥ are good to Cruz to double through.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
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DC | 65,000(33 BB) | 65,000 |
35,000(18 BB) | -11,000 |
Graham Colin loses some chips
Utg Graham Colin opens and is called by big blind Richard Tolentino. Colin c-bets the flop T♥ J♣ Q♣ , and is called again. However, on the turn 9♥ , Colin’s 2,300 bet sees a check-raise of 6,000, Colin folds.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
46,000(115 BB) | 46,000 | |
43,800(110 BB) | -29,100 |
Day 1E
Richard Tolentino cracks aces
Utg+2 Richard Tolentino moved all-in for his 61,000 stack with Q♥ T♥ and ran right into big blind Jason Ambata’s A♥ A♣ . Up against a monster, Tolentino had luck on his side as he ran a straight on board 5♦ J♥ 9♣ K♦ 3♣ to spare him from elimination.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
141,000(28 BB) | 141,000 | |
22,000(4 BB) | 22,000 |
Day 1C
Boyet Drilon rails Richard Tolentino

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♠ .
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
busted | -39,900 |
Richard Tolentino drives 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.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
39,900(133 BB) | 5,800 |
Richard Tolentino sniffs out JJ’s bluff
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♠ .
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
34,100(171 BB) | 600 | |
J | 20,000(100 BB) | -258,000 |
Day 1A
Richard Tolentino puts some muscle on it
Richard Tolentino opens 1,100 from utg and finds two callers to the flop 6♦ A♥ 8♠ . Tolentino c-bets 1,500, button raises 4,5000, big blind folds, Tolentino answers with an 11,000 three-bet, button folds.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
33,500(67 BB) | 33,500 |