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Philippines, Newport World Resorts
Day 2
Main Event Day 2 underway at 1pm
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.
Day 2 playersChip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 777,000 | 327,000 | |
| 622,000 | ||
| 483,000 | 383,000 | |
| 454,000 | ||
| 423,000 | 223,000 | |
| 421,000 | ||
| 416,000 | 166,000 | |
| 398,000 | ||
| 377,000 | 127,000 | |
| 368,000 | ||
| 350,000 | ||
| 336,000 | ||
| 300,000 | ||
| 282,000 | 282,000 | |
| 281,000 | ||
| 278,000 | 218,000 | |
| 278,000 | 78,000 | |
| 271,000 | ||
| 266,000 | ||
| 257,000 | ||
| 251,000 | ||
SL | 238,000 | |
| 233,000 | 153,000 | |
| 233,000 | 10,000 | |
| 226,000 | ||
| 223,000 | ||
| 207,000 | 207,000 | |
| 202,000 | ||
| 202,000 | ||
| 202,000 | ||
| 195,000 | -85,000 | |
| 195,000 | 125,000 | |
| 187,000 | 187,000 | |
| 186,000 | ||
| 176,000 | 6,000 | |
| 164,000 | 94,000 | |
| 161,000 | ||
| 155,000 | ||
| 152,000 | ||
| 145,000 | 95,000 | |
| 140,000 | ||
| 136,000 | 136,000 | |
| 130,000 | ||
| 126,000 | ||
| 123,000 | ||
| 122,000 | ||
| 120,000 | ||
| 119,000 | -201,000 | |
| 118,000 | ||
| 115,000 | ||
LH | 114,000 | |
| 112,000 | ||
| 110,000 | ||
| 106,000 | ||
| 106,000 | ||
YL | 103,000 | |
| 103,000 | ||
| 101,000 | ||
| 100,000 | ||
| 96,000 | ||
| 91,000 | ||
| 87,000 | ||
| 84,000 | 84,000 | |
| 83,000 | 79,400 | |
| 78,000 | ||
| 76,000 | ||
| 68,000 | -52,000 | |
| 66,000 | ||
| 65,000 | 5,000 | |
| 63,000 | ||
| 60,000 | ||
YC | 58,000 | |
| 57,000 | 17,000 | |
| 55,000 | 5,000 | |
| 48,000 | -42,000 | |
| 41,000 | -79,000 |
Day 1A
Main Event Day 1A
Wai Keong Yong ends Main Event Day 1A as chip leader
After 13 hours of play, the first flight of the Main Event concluded with 22 players and Wai Keong Yong up top with 421,000.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 421,000 | 371,000 | |
| 368,000 | 28,000 | |
| 282,000 | 222,000 | |
| 281,000 | -69,000 | |
| 271,000 | 96,000 | |
| 266,000 | -44,000 | |
| 251,000 | 91,000 | |
SL | 238,000 | |
| 223,000 | 133,000 | |
| 207,000 | 182,000 | |
| 186,000 | 186,000 | |
| 155,000 | 75,000 | |
| 136,000 | -14,000 | |
| 126,000 | 126,000 | |
| 119,000 | -81,000 | |
| 112,000 | -88,000 | |
YL | 103,000 | 103,000 |
| 103,000 | -17,000 | |
| 101,000 | -29,000 | |
| 100,000 | 100,000 | |
| 84,000 | 84,000 | |
| 78,000 | 78,000 |
Preflop betting war goes to Utevskii
6,000 ante
Cutoff Artem Utevskii raises to 12,000, button Gai Lax Lim three-bets to 34,000, big blind Lijun Zhang calls, back to Utevskii who jams, both Lim and Zhang fold.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 300,000(50 BB) | 300,000 | |
| 150,000(25 BB) | 85,000 | |
| 130,000(22 BB) | -20,000 |
Gai Lax Lim’s set of aces hold
5,000 ante
On a flop 5♥ 7♣ A♣ and 42,500 in the pot, under the gun Gai Lax Lim checks, cutoff Ma Yicun shoves, Lim calls. Yicun opens 5♣ 6♣ , Lim with A♠ A♥ trips, the turn 9♠ and river T♥ don’t produce the flush for Yicun to fall out of contention.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 150,000(30 BB) | 150,000 |