Main Event

Main Event Day 2

Buy in: PH₱ 66,000 (~US$ 1,200)Guarantee: PH₱ 20,000,000 (~US$ 360,960) Total Entries: 499 Prize pool: PH₱ 28,751,400 (to be confirmed) Total Day 2 qualifiers / ITM: 77 players

Day 1A: 141 entries / 22 advanced (ITM) Day 1B: 265 entries / 40 advanced (ITM) Day 1C: 93 entries / 15 advanced (ITM)

Starting stack: 30,000 Final Day opening blinds: 20,000-40,000, 40,000 ante Chips in play: 14,970,000

40,000 ante

From utg Edwin Dela Cruz raises to 80,000, cutoff Beh Kok Weng calls, the flop lands 3♥ 6♦ 9♦ . Dela Cruz checks, Weng bets 80,000, Dela Cruz calls. On the turn 3♠ Weng bets 200,000, Dela Cruz check-raises to 500,000, Weng tank-shoves, Dela Cruz snap-calls.

Dela Cruz 6♣ 6♠ full house Weng K♦ K♣

The river 9♠ is not one of Weng’s outs to bust in 10th place.

40,000 ante

Before Czar Ian Marcos busts in 11th place, he pays a costly showdown to Terry Gonzaga with A♠ K♠ unable to improve against Gonzaga’s J♣ J♠ . Down to 1.5 bb, Marcos goes all in with A♥ 9♥ , big blind David Erquiaga calls with Q♠ 2♦ , a Queen finds the flop and holds.

40,000 ante

From utg, Terry Gonzaga shoves, hijack Czar Ian Marcos calls with A♦ Q♦ . Gonzaga ahead with A♥ K♥ . The board runs low 3♥ 9♣ 5♠ 2♥ 8♠ for the King kicker to play.

30,000 ante

Stephen Nathan all in with J♥ J♦ , Ryan McAllister puts him at risk with A♥ Q♥ . With the board running 9♠ A♦ 6♥ 5♦ T♥ , Nathan is out in 12th place.

30,000 ante

From utg +1 Won Jae Lee raises to 160,000, hijack Edwin Dela Cruz re-raises to 400,000, Le calls. At the flop Q♠ Q♣ 2♥ , Lee checks, Dela Cruz bets 100,000, Lee calls. On the turn 8♦ , Lee checks again, Dela Cruz tanks then bets 400,000, Lee tank-calls. On the river 4♦ , Lee send the rest of his chips out front (215K), easy call for Dela Cruz.

Lee has 5♥ 5♣ , Dela Cruz has him way beat with K♥ K♠ . Lee is eliminated.

30,000 ante

On a flop 5♦ J♥ K♠ and a large 200,000 in the pot, lojack William Teoh bet 120,000, hijack Anton Welo Tor calls, big blind folds. On the turn J♦ , Anton adds 220,000 more into the pot, Teoh raises to 500,000, Anton shoves, and Teoh calls.

Teo K♣ T♣ Anton A♥ J♣

The river is a lucky J♠ for a very lucky double up to Anton.

30,000 ante

Action folds to the small blind Anthony Tacda who raises to 70,000, big blind David Erquiaga three-bets all in, Tacda calls for his tournament life.

Tacda J♥ T♥ Erquiaga A♠ T♠

The board offers no help to Tacda running K♣ 6♠ Q♠ 6♣ 2♠ .

25,000 ante

Lojack Anton Del Rosario shoves his short stack, button Anton Welo Tor raises to 55,000, big blind Anthony Tacda calls. At the flop and turn 9♠ 8♥ 7♣ T♦ , both players check. On the river 3♥ , Tacda bets 60,000, Welo Tor folds.

Tacda K♦ J♣ straight, Del Rosario busts with K♥ 8♣ pair.

25,000 ante

Utg+1 raises to 65,000, hijack Suya Lee three-bets all in, Czar Ian Marcos calls, big blind William Teoh joins the shove with his massive stack, utg+1 and Marcos opt to fold.

Lee A♥ K♦ Teoh T♣ T♥

The board runs 7♦ 4♦ Q♦ 6♠ 7♠ . Lee is eliminated. Teoh rises to 2,200,000. Marcos drops to 900,000.

25,000 ante

From utg, William Teoh raises to 55,000, button David Erquiaga calls, the flop is K♣ Q♣ 3♠ . Both players check and the turn lands 4♠ . Teoh bets 50,000, Erquiaga calls. On the river 6♥ , Teoh checks the calls Erquiaga’s huge 350,000 bet. Erquiaga was bluffing with 8♣ {9}, Teoh shipped it with A♦ K♥ top pair.

25,000 ante

Two players brew up a 120,000 pot preflop then stare down a flop 9♠ 7♣ T♣ . Cutoff position Henrik Tollefsen bets 50,000, big blind spot Anton Welo Tor check-raises to 130,000, Tollefsen shoves, Anton calls to put the Norwegian pro at risk.

Tollefsen A♣ A♦ Anton 6♠ 8♦

With Anton sitting on a straight, Tollefsen is nearly drawing dead. The turn Q♣ assures it. The river Q♠ is of no consequence.

25,000 ante

Another shove at the feature table with Tay Wee Shen three-bet all in with 9♥ 9♣ , his caller Alessandro Taranto opens A♥ K♥ for a flip. With the board running 3♦ T♦ 5♠ A♦ J♠ , Shen is eliminated.

25,000 ante

After Emmanuel Segismundo busted, Joven Huerto quickly joined him at the rail. He pushed with A♥ 7♥ and was called by Czar Ian Marcos K♠ 9♦ . Huerto hit the flop 3♣ J♣ 7♦ , and stayed ahead on the turn 8♦ but the 9♥ burned him on the river.

25,000 ante

All in preflop, Emmanuel Segismundo at risk with A♥ 9♠ against David Erquiaga‘s J♦ J♣ . No help comes on a low board to end Segismundo’s run.

25,000 ante

Preflop action Joven Huerto raises to 55,000 big blind Won Jae Lee defends. At the flop 2♦ 2♥ 5♠ Lee checks, Huerto bets 60,000, Lee calls. On the turn A♣ , both players check to bring the river T♦ . Lee leads out 150,000, Huerto calls then pays Lee for his 3♠ 4♥ straight.

25,000 ante

Utg+1 Emmanuel Segismundo raises to 55,000, hijack Won Jae Lee calls, the flop comes 9♣ 7♣ J♦ , Segismundo c-bets 30,000, Lee calls. On the turn 9♦ , Segismundo fires again, this time a larger 155,000, Lee flats. On the river 6♣ , Segismundo checks, Lee shoves to send Segismundo tanking. Segismundo folds.

25,000 ante

Button player Anton Welo Tor raises to 50,000, big blind Edwin Dela Cruz defends, the flop comes 3♦ 9♣ K♥ . Dela Cruz checks to the aggressor Anton who sends out 30,000, Dela Cruz flats. On the turn J♠ , another barrel fired of 125,000 by Anton, this time Dela Cruz folds.

20,000 ante

Main Event is on a 50-minute dinner break. 21 players left. They play down to the final 9 players.

20,000 ante

Beh Kok Weng raises to 40,000 from utg, action folds to the button Stephen Nathan who three-bet jams. Weng calls and opens A♣ Q♦ , Nathan with A♥ Q♥ . Despite having similar cards, the board runs 7♥ 6♥ 2♥ 7♠ 4♥ for lucky flush to Nathan and a double up.

20,000 ante

On a board 9♣ J♥ 2♣ Q♣ 6♣ and a large 250,000 in the pot, big blind Emmanuel Segismundo bets 135,000, David Erquiaga raises to 310,000, Segismundo folds.

20,000 ante

Small blind Darren Yu goes all in with 7♥ 6♦ , big blind Stephen Nathan wakes up with 4♣ 4♥ and risks it all. With the board running K♦ 5♦ T♥ 4♦ 4♠ , it’s quads for Nathan and a double up to 300,000. Yu drops to 90,000.

20,000 ante

From under the gun, Sriharsha Doddapaneni shoves with 3d} 3♥ , big blind Valeriy Pak calls with A♠ 2♦ . With the board running 5♦ T♣ K♥ T♠ K♣ , both players play the two pair on the board. Pak has the better kicker to send Doddapaneni packing.

20,000 ante

From utg, Edwin Dela Cruz raises to 40,000, big blind Jhon Hendri defends. At the flop 5♥ 3♦ 3♠ , Dela Cruz c-bets 30,000, Hendri check-raises to 85,000, Dela Cruz calls. On the turn 2♦ , Hendri shoves, Dela Cruz calls. Hendri has 2♠ 4♠ and is at risk against Dela Cruz’s K♦ K♥ . The river Q♦ doesn’t help Hendri to bust out.

20,000 ante

With a 90,000 pot brewed and a turn board of T♣ 4♥ 8♥ 9♥ , big blind Tay Wee Shen bets 40,000, cutoff David Erquiaga calls. On the river 2♣ , Shen bets 60,000, Erquiaga answers with a 210,000 raise, Shen folds.

20,000 ante

Under the gun William Teoh raises to 40,000 then gets out of the way when Nicola Montalbano and Dinh Manh Hung three-bet and four bet that leads to both all in.

Montalbano A♠ A♥ Dinh Manh Hung A♣ K♠

The board runs 7♦ K♦ 6♣ A♦ 3♥ to end Hung’s run.

20,000 ante

Preflop action builds a 100,000 pot and two players staring down a flop 3♣ 4♣ J♠ . Hijack Henrik Tollefsen bets 35,000, small blind David Erquiaga check-calls. On the turn K♠ , Erquiaga switches up and shoves, Tollefsen folds.

15,000 ante

Three way all in preflop, two players with tens - Sriharsha Doddapaneni T♠ T♥ and cutoff Ricardo Torres T♦ T♣ , William Teoh with 6♦ 6♥ . When the flop lands 6♠ 9♥ 9♣ , it’s a quick full house for Teoh. The turn 3♠ and river 2♠ completes the board for a triple up to Teoh and Torres goes buts.

15,000 ante

Hijack Stephen Nathan raises to 100,000, big blind Edwin Dela Cruz shoves, Nathan folds and drops to 300,00. Dela Cruz rises to 1,100,000.

15,000 ante

Czar Ian Marcos raises to 30,000, hijack Terry Gonzaga three-bets to 90,000, Marcos calls. On the flop Q♠ J♦ Q♥ , Marcos check-calls a 60,000 bet. On the turn 4♦ and river 5♥ , both players check it down. Marcos opens 9♣ 9♥ , Gonzaga mucks.

15,000 ante

Ricardo Torres shoves from utg with A♥ 8♥ , small blind Sriharsha Doddapaneni calls with A♦ 6♦ . When the cards spread 5♣ 4♣ 7♦ 2♥ Q♠ , Torres’ kicker plays to double up.

15,000 ante

A big pot of around 200,000 brewed by the river board 9♠ Q♦ 3♣ 2♥ K♣ . Valeriy Pak goes all in for 450,000, Dinh Manh Hung folds.

15,000 ante

Button players Emmanuel Segismundo raises to 35,000, small blind Won Jae Lee calls, big blind Richard Tolentino shoves, Segismundo folds, Lee calls. Tolentino opens A♦ 2♥ and is at risk of elimination against Lee’s 7♣ 7♠ . With the board running 9♠ 4♥ 2♦ 5♦ T♥ , it’s the end for Tolentino.

15,000 ante

David Erquiaga raises to 35,000 from cutoff, big blind Ewe Eng Soon calls. At the flop A♥ J♥ 2♠ , Soon check-calls 30,000. On the turn 5♦ , Erquiaga sends out 90,000, this time Soon opts to check-fold.

15,000 ante

Two players pump up the pot to 100,000 preflop, the flop comes 9♥ A♣ 9♦ . Lojack Emmanuel Segismundo bets 20,000, cutoff Richard Tolentino raises to 50,000, Segismundo calls. On the turn 5♦ , Tolentino c-bets 75,000, Segismundo check-raises to 185,000, Tolentino folds.

10,000 ante

Jose Marquez Cheung three-bets all in and initial raiser Won Jae Lee calls. Cheung is ahead with Q♣ Q♠ , Lee with 9♥ 9♣ . The board runs safe for Cheung A♠ 4♠ A♣ 3♠ but with the river 9♦ , Lee spikes the two-outer to end Cheung’s run in brutal fashion.

10,000 ante

Hijack Tay Wee Shen raises to 30,000, button Emmanuel Segismundo and big blind call. At the flop 4♥ Q♦ K♥ , Shen c-bets 35,000, Segismundo calls, big blind folds. On the turn 5♥ , Shen slows to a check, Segismundo bets 87,000, Shen folds.

10,000 ante

Sriharsha Doddapaneni raises to 70,000 from hijack, small blind Gary Thompson shoves with A♦ K♦ , Doddapaneni calls with J♦ J♥ . With the board running 6♠ J♣ 6♣ J♠ 2♠ , it’s overkill with quads for Doddapaneni to rail Thompson.

10,000 ante

Preflop betting war leads to three players going mano a mano a mano. Maurillo Bulaitan with 7♣ 7♥ , How Chee Hong with A♣ 9♠ , and Cezar Quiambao ahead in chips and in pocket pair K♠ K♥ . With the board running 4♣ J♣ 6♦ T♦ 4♦ , it’s a sweep for Quiambao.

10,000 ante

On a flop 4♦ 7♣ 2♠ and 70,000 in the pot, small blind Alessandro Taranto bets 400,000, big blind Ryan McAllister calls to bring the turn 7♦ . Taranto checks, McAllister bets 105,000, Taranto gives it a thought then folds.

10,000 ante

On a board showing 3♣ Q♠ A♥ 7♣ J♦ and 90,000 already in the pot, small blind Wai Keong Yong bets 35,000, big blind Alessandro Taranto raises to 100,000, utg folds, back to Yong who calls and shows 8♦ 8♠ . Tarranto wins the pot with K♦ T♣ straight.

10,000 ante

Lojack Ryan McAllister raises to 24,000 and finds three callers to the flop 3♠ 4♥ T♦ . McAllister c-bets 70,000, cutoff Mok Hui Shen shoves, two players fold, back to McAllister who calls. McAlister has J♣ J♦ , Shen with K♥ T♣ , the turn is Q♥ and river 9♥ . McAllister ships it and Shen ships out.

10,000 ante

10,000 ante

Preflop betting war leads to three players all in, Tay Wee Shen ahead with A♣ A♦ , Linh Phuong Nguyen with J♦ J♣ , and Harun MZB with A♠ K♣ . The cards land 6♠ T♥ A♥ K♦ 5♥ for a commanding set to Shen for a sweep.

10,000 ante

Preflop raise war leads to Jason Kyle Magbanua all in with A♣ Q♣ and is up against bigger stacked Terry Gonzaga with T♦ T♠ . With the board running 2♠ 9♣ 9♦ 3♠ 4♣ , out goes Magbanua as Gonzaga ships it.

10,000 ante

From utg+1, Richard Tolentino raises to 24,000, hijack Ryan McAllister three-bets to 75,000, Tolentino flats. On the flop 9♥ 5♥ 5♣ , McAllister c-bets 50,000, Tolentino check-raises to 150,000, McAllister folds.

10,000 ante

On a board showing J♠ 8♣ 7♠ 2♣ and 50,000 in the pot, small blind Artem Utevskii bets 25,000, big blind Minseong Cho raises to 75,000, Utevskii folds.

8,000 ante

All in preflop by Linh Phuong Nguyen and is called by two players that check down the board 6♣ 2♦ 8♣ J♠ 4♠ . Nguyen opens 8♦ 8♥ , the callers muck for a triple up.

8,000 ante

After a preflop battle, Ryan McAllister opens K♦ K♥ , at risk player Anthony Tacda with Q♦ Q♥ . With the board running 6♠ 9♠ 9♣ 4♦ McAllister is coasting but when the river felted Q♠ , Tacda spiked the two-outer to avoid elimination.

8,000 ante

Button Suya Lee raises to 22,000 and big blind / big stacked Henrik Tollefsen calls. At the flop A♠ 4♦ 2♣ , Lee c-bets 24,000, Tollefsen check-calls. On the turn 8♦ both players check for a free river 7♣ . Tollefsen leads out 73,000, Lee calls. Tollefsen shows A♥ J♦ and is outkicked by Lee’s A♦ K♥ .

8,000 ante

Under the gun raises to 16,000, small blind Ngoc Anh Cao shoves, big blind Yin Liu calls, utg folds. Ngoc has T♥ T♣ and is up against Liu’s A♥ K♣ for a flip. The board runs Q♠ 5♦ 3♦ 5♠ Q♥ for a double up to Ngoc as Liu plunges to 2.5 bb.

8,000 ante

From cutoff, Ricardo Torres raises to 20,000 then four-bet shoves on top of Cezar Quiambao’s 60,000 re-raise. Quiambao folds.

8,000 ante

New level sees Junnie Pamplona go bust. Action opens with lojack raising to 16,000, cutoff Alessandro Taranto three-bets to 38,000, big blind Pamplona shoves, lojack folds, Taranto calls and opens A♣ A♠ . Pamplona sees the big pair and needs luck to survive however the board favors Alessandro as it runs 9♣ A♥ 4♠ 4♣ 8♦ for a full house.

On a flop 2♠ 7♦ T♦ and 82,000 in the pot, hijack William Teoh shoves and is check-called by small blind Anton Welo Tor. Teoh has A♦ 6♦ draw, Anton with K♠ K♥ , at the turn A♥ Teoh jumps ahead, and with river 7♠ Teoh scores a double up.

Having just paid a double up to Radbone, Artem Utevskii gained a full boost of his own. Action opened with lojack Dinh Manh Hung raising to 12,000, cutoff Utevskii three-bet to 33,000, back to Dinh who shoved well covering Utevskii. No thinking needed, Utevskii calls and opens A♠ K♠ , Dinh has A♥ 5♦ . The board runs 7♥ 8♥ 2♣ Q♣ K♥ .

On a flop 8♣ 2♥ J♠ and 30,000 in the pot, hijack Artem Utevskii overbets 50,000, small blind Tom Radbone check-raises all in. Utevskii calls with J♥ T♥ , Radbone ahead with Q♦ J♣ , the turn 5♠ and river 9♠ is good for a double up to Radbone.

Hijack Ng Wai Loon raises to 12,000, cutoff Emmanuel Segismundo three-bets to 37,000, Ng calls. At the flop 2♠ T♣ 8♣ , Segismundo bets 24,000, Ng check-calls. On the turn Q♣ both players check, and the river 9♦ is checked by Ng again. Segismundo goes the other direction with a shove, Ng folds.

More shoves going bust with Ryan Mesina sent packing. He risks it with A♣ J♣ and is called by Anton Del Rosario with A♠ Q♠ . The board runs low for Del Rosario’s kicker to play.

Jason Ong four-bet all in pushing Richard Sheils to the max, Sheils calls for his tournament life with K♠ J♠ and is behind Ong’s A♥ K♥ . The board drops an Ace on the turn to dust Sheils.

Cutoff Jose Marquez Cheung jams with 6♥ 7♥ , button David Erquiaga calls with A♣ Q♦ . The board favors Cheung as it runs 4♣ 6♦ 9♣ 5♥ J♣ . Cheung survives and doubles through.

Moses Saquing with 8 bb goes all in with K♦ J♣ , he is called by Jose Drilon with K♥ K♣ , no help comes for Saquing to pack up and go.

Another all in shove fest preflop with Terence Dizon A♥ K♥ and at risk player William Teoh T♦ T♥ . The board run Queen-high for Teoh to double through.

From under the gun, Cezar Quiambao shoves with A♥ K♣ , small blind Benigno Ledina snap calls with K♥ K♦ , the board runs an exciting A♦ K♠ 2♠ 4♣ A♣ for a full house over full house.

Welcome to Day 2 of the Main Event! The Main Event drew 499 entries over three starting days to more than crush the PHP 20M guarantee. The 77 returning players are now looking at a prize pool of over PHP 28.7 Million. We will have the official number and payout breakdown for you once that’s been made available. Today’ stage will play down to the Final 9 players. Leading the race is Ryan McAllister with a towering 777,000 stack which is equivalent to 129 bb. Live updates begin at 1pm.

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