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Final Day
Edwin Dela Cruz drives the pot and ships it
80,000 ante
Big stacked Edwin Dela Crus raises from utg to 170,000, and Tor Anton Welo defends from the big blind. When the board completes A♥ T♣ 4♥ 5♠ 7♣ , Dela Cruz bets every street - 180,000, 600,000, 2,0000, Welo check-calls. Dela Cruz shows 6♥ 8♥ straight, Welo mucks.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 9,300,000(116 BB) | 3,100,000 | |
| 1,600,000(20 BB) | -3,200,000 |
Valeriy Pak eliminated in 7th place - PHP 885,000 (~US$ 16,000)
60,000 ante
Small blind Valeriy Pak raises to 650,000 then risks his entire stack on a three-bet shove by big blind Tor Anton Welo. Pak has A♣ 5♦ , Welo A♠ 4♠ , with the board running J♠ A♥ 4♣ K♠ 2♠ , Welo hits two pair to send Pak packing in 7th place.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 4,800,000(80 BB) | 700,000 |
Tor Anton Welo shaves a mil off Gonzaga
60,000 ante
From utg+1, Tor Anton Welo raises to 120,000, button Terry Gonzaga calls, the flop comes J♥ 7♥ A♥ . Welo bets 150,000, Gonzaga calls. On the turn A♣ , Welo checks then calls Gonzaga’s 250,000 bet. On the 8♣ river, Gonzaga bets 500,000, Welo check-raises all in, Gonzaga folds.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 4,100,000(68 BB) | 1,300,000 | |
| 1,200,000(20 BB) | -1,700,000 |
Nicola Montalbano eliminated in 8th place -
PH₱ 609,000 (~US$ 11,000) 60,000 ante
Nicola Montalbano tumbled out in 8th place after dropping to just 4 bb. The hand saw utg Tor Anton Welo raise to 120,000, hijack Terry Gonzaga three-bet to 300,000, Montalbano went all in with less chips. Back to Welo who called, the flop ran A♥ K♥ T♠ , Gonzaga c-bet 300,000, Welo check-called. On the turn 6♠ , Gonzaga shoved, Welo opted to fold. Gonzaga opened K♣ K♠ set, Montalbano was drawing dead with 4♣ 2♣ . The river was 4♥ .
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 2,900,000(48 BB) | 800,000 | |
| 2,800,000(47 BB) | -400,000 |
Tor Anton Welo wins a splash
50,000 ante
Alessandro Taranto raises from utg+1 and finds three callers to the flop 2♥ 8♠ 9♣ . Taranto c-bets 130,000, and everyone calls. On the turn, action is checked to the button Tor Anton Welo who sends out a 300,000 bet, no callers to claim the pot.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 4,800,000(96 BB) | -400,000 | |
| 3,200,000(64 BB) | 600,000 | |
| 1,700,000(34 BB) | -200,000 | |
| 1,000,000(20 BB) | -300,000 |
Hard betting Welo
50,000 ante
Under the gun William Teoh limps, small blind Tor Anton Welo raises to 250,000, back to Teoh who calls. On the flop Q♦ 6♦ 7♣ , Welo c-bets 220,000 and claims the pot.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 2,600,000(52 BB) | 520,000 | |
| 1,600,000(32 BB) | 130,000 |
Final 9 players of the Main Event
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips |
|---|---|
| 4,325,000 | |
| 2,080,000 | |
| 1,630,000 | |
| 1,470,000 | |
| 1,335,000 | |
| 1,180,000 | |
| 1,165,000 | |
| 1,030,000 | |
| 640,000 |
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips |
|---|---|
| 4,325,000 | |
| 2,080,000 | |
| 1,630,000 | |
| 1,470,000 | |
| 1,335,000 | |
| 1,180,000 | |
| 1,165,000 | |
| 1,030,000 | |
| 640,000 |
Day 2
Final 9 players of the Main Event
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 4,325,000 | ||
| 2,080,000 | 1,893,000 | |
| 1,630,000 | -70,000 | |
| 1,470,000 | 270,000 | |
| 1,335,000 | -265,000 | |
| 1,180,000 | 500,000 | |
| 1,165,000 | -135,000 | |
| 1,030,000 | 370,000 | |
| 640,000 | -260,000 |
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips |
|---|---|
| 4,325,000 | |
| 2,080,000 | |
| 1,630,000 | |
| 1,470,000 | |
| 1,335,000 | |
| 1,180,000 | |
| 1,165,000 | |
| 1,030,000 | |
| 640,000 |
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 |