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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 |
Two good pots for Junho Kim
3000 ante
Two nice pots for Junho Kim. The first pot sees a flop 6♣ 7♣ 9♣ and a hefty 60,000 in the middle, lojack Kim and cutoff Artem Utevskii check. Same action on the turn 5♣ , but on the river 8♥ , lojack bets 30,000, Utevskii folds.
On the next hand, lojack Youngsoo Yang raises to 7,000, small blind Kim calls. On the flop Q♣ T♦ 6♦ , Kim check-calls a 6,000 c-bet. On the turn A♣ , Kim check-calls 11,000. Then on the river 3♦ both check. Kim has A♦ 9♣ top pair beating Yang’s 5♥ 5♠ .
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 310,000(103 BB) | 230,000 | |
| 120,000(40 BB) | 120,000 | |
| 80,000(27 BB) | 45,000 |
Junho Kim doubles through Dinh Tien Thanh
1,500 ante
Hand opens with utg raising to 3,000, and finds four callers to the flop 8♣ 9♠ T♠ . Utg+2 Junho Kim bets 5,500, and only small blind Dinh Tien Thanh calls to see the turn 3♦ . Kim bets 8,500, Dinh check-raises to 20,000, Kim shoves, Dinh calls.
Kim Q♠ J♠ straight Dinh Q♣ 9♥
The river 4♣ is no help to Dinh to pay the double up.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 80,000(53 BB) | -270,000 | |
| 75,000(50 BB) | 75,000 |
Junho Kim earns some off Harun
5,000 ante
On a turn board 5♥ 5♠ 3♥ 7♦ and 60,000 in the middle, cutoff Junho Kim bets 45,000 and Harun MZB calls. On the river T♦ , another 25,000 bet by Kim, Harun calls then mucks to Kim’s J♣ J♠ .
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 350,000(70 BB) | 130,000 | |
| 350,000(70 BB) | -130,000 |
Harun MZB with the better two pair
4000 ante
From under the gun, Harun MZB raises to 10,000 and is called by the blinds. At the flop K♠ 6♥ A♦ , action is checked to Harun who c-bets 8,000. Only big blind Junho Kim calls to bring the turn 2♠ . Again Harun bets 10,000 and Kim check-calls. On the river Q♣ , Harun fires a large 80,000, Kim check-calls and shows A♠ 6♠ two pair however it is not good enough to win the pot. Harun opens A♥ K♥ top two pair to ship it.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 480,000(120 BB) | 480,000 | |
| 220,000(55 BB) | 220,000 |