Main Event

60,000 ante

From utg+2 Nicola Montalbano raised to 250,000, button William Teoh three-bet to 550,000, small blind Terry Gonzaga four-bet shoved, Montalbano folded, Teoh called and opened 8♣ 8♠ . Gonzaga had A♥ K♣ . The board ran 5♠ K♥ 4♦ J♣ T♦ for a double up to Gonzaga.

50,000 ante

Button Edwin Dela Cruz raises to 120,000, small blind William Teoh calls. On the flop and turn 4♣ T♥ 4♦ 2♥ , Teoh check-calls 100,000 and 300,000, then on the 2♣ river he bets all in. Dela Cruz folds.

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.

50,000 ante

Hijack Edwin Dela Cruz raises to 100,000 and finds three callers to the flop 3♥ 2♣ A♣ . Action is checked to cutoff William Teoh who bets 220,000, button Terry Gonzaga three-bet shoves, no callers.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

4000 ante

With 50,000 in the pot and a board completing K♥ A♥ T♦ J♥ 9♦ , Wooseok Kim checks, button William Teoh bets 187,000, Kim raises to 50,000, Teoh tank-calls. Kim shows his 6♥ 4♥ failed bluff, Teoh takes it down with 2♥ 9♥ bottom pair.

3000 ante

On a board showing Q♠ T♣ 3♠ and a pot of 19,500 brewed, utg William check-calls a 7,000 bet by cutoff Sze Chi Fu. No bets land on the turn 5♦ . On the river J♠ , Teoh checks, Sze bets 11,000, Teoh shoves, Sze calls. Teoh opens K♥ J♣ , Sze with 8♦ J♦ . Teoh’s kicker plays.

6,000 ante

From cutoff, Harun MZB raises to 15,000, small William Teoh jams A♦ J♣ . Harun calls with J♠ T♠ . With the flop running K♥ 5♦ Q♠ , it’s a sweat for Teoh, but with the turn Q♦ and river 2♣ , it’s a double up.

6,000 ante

Cutoff William Teoh enters another all in and ships it with A♥ T♣ both pairing up on a board 4♦ 8♠ T♥ A♠ 3♣ . He outdraws Sze Chi Fu’s A♦ Q♥ .

6,000 ante

William Teoh caught a lucky break earlier but on his next all in showdown, he dropped in chips. Allan Tsang was all in with K♦ K♥ , Teoh called with A♦ [qs}. With the board running 4♣ T♠ 3♣ T♦ 5♦ , no ace for Teoh to pay the double up.

5,000 ante

Allan Tsang all in from the button with J♥ T♣ , small blind William Teoh looks him up with 9♥ 9♠ . With the board running A♦ 5♣ 4♠ Q♣ T♠ , it’s a higher pair on the river for Tsang to avoid the rail.