Main Event

The flop was 6♠ 7♠ 8♥ , Hans Homner checked, Mark Gruendemann bet 35k, Homner called. On the turn 7♥ , Homner checked again, Gruendemann fired 35k, Homner folded.

Georges Chehade may not be out of the hole but he is doing his darndest to make sure he gets there. In this new level, he scored two double ups to help him. The first one was through Ivan Guillem. Chehade had 3♥ 3♠ , Guillem A♣ K♥ , the board ran 3♣ 2♦ J♦ 8♣ T♠ .

The next double up he had 5♦ 5♣ , Ken Foo Hsien Loong called with A♥ J♠ , Chehade hit a full house on the board 5♠ 7♣ 3♦ 3♥ K♠ .

James Yoo all in with A♥ 7♠ and faced Lester Edoc with 6♦ 6♣ . A 7 landed on the flop J♠ 7♦ Q♠ 8♣ 5♦ for a higher pair to double up to around 210k.

Lester Edoc raised to 28k, bb Hans Jurgen Homner shoved (273k), Edoc called. Homner 8♥ 8♦ , Edoc 7♥ 7♣ , the board ran J♥ 6♥ 8♣ 3♥ T♠ . Homner up to 560k.

Markus Garberg called Mike Takayama’s raise preflop and both went to see the cards land 4♣ 8♥ 8♣ . Garberg jumped out with a shove and Takayama wasted no time calling. Garberg K♣ Q♣ draw, Takayama K♦ K♠ . The turn 4♠ and river 5♥ were no help to Garberg. Takayama shipped a massive double up to 1.6M.

Catching the action on a fourth street, A♣ 3♥ 6♥ 5♥ , Lester Edoc bet 60k, Yong Tan shoved, Edoc called. Edoc had A♠ 3♠ two pair, Tan with Ax Qx , the river A♥ improved Edoc to a boat to drive his stack up to 650k.

Eliminations 26th - 30th - PHP 91,100026hth Rodgie Panila27th Wendell Garcia 28th Francis Villamor29th Terry Alindada30th Haydar Merih Arkun

Eliminations 31st - 35th - PHP 85,30031st Suipong Popitukkul32nd Metasit Pratipsangkom33rd Alexis Lim34th Abhinav Iyer35th Jim Bonanno

Eliminations 36th - 40th - PHP 83,400 36th Alex Lee 37th Victor Chong 38th Tran Thanh Dat 39th Loo Junzhong 40th Fidel Castro

Eliminations 41st - 43rd - PHP 81,400 41st Vamerdino Magsakay 42nd Carlo Calingasan 43rd Kenneth Anzano

Mark Amparo shipped in another stack. His latest victim was short stacked Thomas Lee. Amparo with A♣ 4♦ , Lee with K♣ 8♠ , the board fell A♠ 8♥ 9♥ 3♥ 5♠ .

We are down to 24 players.

Georges Chehade raised to 26k and Ken Foo Hsien Loong defended his big blind. At the flop J♣ 2♦ 9♣ , Loong checked, Chehade c-bet 20k, Loong called. On the A♣ turn, check again by Loong, Chehade fired 69k, Loong jammed then won the pot with Chehade folding up.

Markus Garberg added another tower of yellows to his stack by railing Rodgie Panila. Panila shoved with Ax Jx , Garberg with T♥ T♠ , no help arrived for Panila. He was eliminated in 26th place. Garberg over 1.4M.

Lester Edoc and James Yoo went head-to-head twice with each one doubling up the other. First to get a boost was Edoc. He raised to 22k, hijack Yoo three-bet 65k, Edoc called. On the flop 8♥ T♦ 3♥ , Edoc jammed and Yoo called. Edoc J♠ 9♠ , Yoo A♠ Q♠ , the turn 8♣ and river Q♦ improved Edoc to a straight.

Three hands later it was Yoo’s turn. Action kicked off with Gruendemann bumping it up to 25k, Edoc three-bet to 75k, Yoo shoved, Gruendemann folded, Edoc called. Yoo K♣ K♦ , Edoc A♦ 2♥ , the board ran dry for a double up to Yoo.

Mike Takayama raised to 24k preflop and found customer in the chip leader Markus Garberg on the big blind. At the flop 3♦ K♠ 9♠ , both checked and saw a turn land 6♦ . Garberg led 40k, Takayama raised to 104k, Garberg laughed and tossed his cards in the muck pile. Takayama sits with 790k.

Utg+1 Mark Gruendemann raised preflop, William Ysmael defended on the big blind. The flop ran Q♦ 5♠ A♦ , Ysmael checked, Gruendemann c-bet 35k, called. The turn 8♠ , action was the same with Ysmael check-calling a smaller bet of 15k. No bets arrived on the T♠ river. Ysmael spiked a pair with J♦ T♦ but Gruendemann had better with A♠ K♣ in the hole.

Wendell Garcia had a rollercoaster run all day, railing players and enjoying a big stack for sometime until the field downsized to three tables. His stack took several small hits and eventually pushed it all in the middle with A♣ K♦ . He was up against Ko Isayama’s made hand 9♥ 9♣ . The board bricked running low to end Garcia’s day in 27th place. Isayama grew to 360k.

Aun Sin is now at 580k after railing Francis Villamor. Short stacked Villamor was all in preflop with 7♠ 7♥ , Sin with A♥ J♥ , the board paired both of Sin’s cards. We are down to the final three tables with 27 remaining.

Terry Gonzaga was all in with T♣ T♠ but ran smack into Rajeev Kanjani’s K♥ K♠ . The board ran low and just like that another one bites the dust.

Short stacked Haydar Arkun all in with K♣ T♣ and had to get lucky on Richard Marquez’s A♥ 4♠ to double up. That didn’t happen with the board running 2♦ Q♠ 3♣ 9♦ Q♣ .

Next to fall was Alexis Lim. Lim was sitting with a very healthy above average stack of 470k but lost it all in one hand to Markus Garberg. Both players engaged in a preflop. Garberg raised to 23k, Lim three-bet to 100k, Garberg jammed his massive stack, Lim called putting himself at risk. Lim had Ax Kx , Garberg with Qx Qx , the board ran dry. Garberg zoomed to 1.4M and is now the player in command.

This level’s knockout madness continued with Abhinav Iyer as the next to hit the rail. Iyer sat with a monstrous stack early on but in the later level, his momentum downshifted. He paid two costly double ups and couldn’t recover from there. He met his end moments ago at the hands of Mark Amparo. Iyer had Ax Kx , Amparor Ax Ax , no bad beats arrived. Amparo now at 555k.

Jim Bonanno was the next burnout here. His A♥ 7♥ didn’t improve against William Ysmael‘s A♠ T♥ . The board was T♦ 4♦ J♦ K♥ 6♥ .

New level and it seems to be the bust out round. Ivan Guillem delivered the axe on two players in separate hands. His first victim was Alex Lee. Lee had 9♦ 9♣ , Guillem 4♣ 4♦ , despite Lee ahead, the board switched that right up as it ran 4♥ T♥ 6♠ J♦ 5♦ .

Several hands after, Guillem sent a Thai player out with Ax Ax over Qx Qx . He now sits with 580K.

Rajeev Kanjani raised from utgh and the bb defended. The flop 6♣ 3♠ T♣ was checked by the bb player Rajeev Kanjani bet 47k, called. On the 7♣ turn, bb switched up and led out 57k, Kanjani jammed, no call. Kanjani showed aces.

All in preflop action, Victor Chong T♦ T♣ , Alexis Lim A♦ K♣ , the board ran Q♣ 5♥ J♣ A♠ 3♣ . Lim won the flip to send Chong out of the running.

It was all in preflop, Rajeev Kanjani with A♣ J♥ , his challenger with A♦ K♥ , the board ran Q♦ K♣ 5♣ T♠ 7♣ for a straight to Kanjani. He sat back down to collect his double up.

WSOP champions Aditya Sushant and Mike Takayama have been sitting at the same table for sometime and they were bound to butt heads. We caught one of those moments. Takayama raised to 20k, Sushant three-bet 60k, Takayama answered with 160k, Sushant folded. Both players have big stacks. Takayama at 500k, Sushant at 350k.

Yong Tan had 9♠ 9♣ , Alex Lee looked to boot him out with A♣ A♥ , the board felt otherwise running 9♥ T♣ 2♣ Q♦ T♠ . Lee down to 100k, Tan at 700k.

Russian Denis is over 600k after his J♥ J♦ spiked a two-outer on the river to crush Q♣ Q♠ .

Players are on a one hour dinner break. There are 44 remaining. When they return, another four rounds will be played before bagging up.

Looks like the Filipino force is commanding the rankings at the moment. Here are the leaders:

William Ysmael 870k Richard Marquez 670k Aditya Sushant 470k Mike Takayama 400k Alexis Lim 350k Abhinev Iyer 310k Lester Edoc 290k

On a turn board 7♣ 8♣ 4♣ 8♠ and a pot of 55k in the middle, Victor Chong had 30k laid out, Wendell Garcia raisedto 72k, Chong tanked then folded. Garcia showed 3♦ as he happily scooped up the pot.

After a series of raises and re-raises preflop, two players were all in, one had K♦ K♠ , Aditya Sushant had 9♣ 9♥ . The board ran 3♣ 6♣ Q♦ 8♣ 2♣ for a flush to Sushant. He shipped it and now has 320k.

Eliminations 44th - 60th - PHP 81,400 44th Kah Boon Teh 45th Albert Nguyen 46th William Tjokro 47th Gerardo Lubas 48th Witch Witoonchart 49th Veterano Tan 50th Jimmie Javier

Eliminations 51st to 60th - PHP 79,500 51st Simon Burns 52nd Ha Carson 53rd Samuel Santa Puche 54th Clement Guilleminot 55th Ying Lin Chua 56th Frederic Fauchereau 57th Kalyan Chakravarthy 58th Jae Chang 59th Gregory Benjamins 60th James Mendoza

With the money guaranteed, short stacks began dropping out. We are down to 44 players. We will have that list for you shortly.

Abhinav Iyer had towers of chips before him amounting to 700k. That has now dropped to less than half with two players capitalizing. The first one was Richard Marquez. Action kicked off with Mark Amparo raising to 14k, button Marquez called, sb Iyer three-bet to 32k. Amparo folded while Marquez called. At the flop 2x 2x 5x , Iyer bet 26.5k, Marquez called. On the Qx turn, Iyer checked, Marquez bet 48k, Iyer all in, Marquez called (140k behind) putting his tournament life on the line. Iyer had Kx Qx , Marquez with Ax Qx , the river 7x completed the board and Marquez doubled up with a better kicker.

Next pot, Iyer had Ax Ax , his opponent had Ax Kx , the board ran Kx Jx 3x Kx 7x . Iyer’s rockets cracked. He paid out another 170k.

The money has been reached! The bubble burst on Bartolome Joseph Carbonell with Albert Nguyen delivering the bad news. Both players built up a preflop pot of around 28k, then stared down the flop 9♣ 5♠ 7♥ . Nguyen checked, Carbonell bet 17k, Nguyen all in, called by Carbonell while putting himself at risk. Nguyen Q♣ Q♥ , Carbonell 8♣ 8♠ . The turn K♥ and river K♠ were not the outs for Carbonell to send him out of the game as the bubble boy.

Congratulations to all the 60 remaining players! Money is now guaranteed. They play to the end of Level 20.

Another player doubled up in this crucial bubble round with 61 remaining. Kalyan Chakravarthy banked it off Alex Lee. The hand saw Lee raise on utg, called by Chakravarthy on the button. At the flop T♥ 5♠ 4♠ , Lee all in, Chakravarthy shoved, called by Lee. Chakravarthy had A♥ A♣ , Lee Q♠ 5♦ mid pair. The turn T♠ and river 9♦ sealed the win for Chakravarthy.

We have reached the bubble round and the first player to be at risk was Filipino pro Mike Takayama. He faced off against Alpheus Chan. Takayama had J♠ J♦ , Chan K♥ Q♥ , no hits on the board for Chan for a double up to Takayama to nearly 500k. Chan dropped to 250k.

No brainer hand, raise, re-raise, all in, called…. Alexis Lim wth A♦ K♣ , Alex Lee with Q♠ Q♦ . The board favored Lim as it ran J♦ 7♥ 9♠ K♠ A♠ for a double up to 300k.

Richard Marquez raised from utg+1 to 12.5k, sb player all in for 61.5k, Marquez called. Marquez had A♣ K♦ , sb with A♥ T♥ , the board ran 4♦ 3♥ 7♠ 3♣ A♣ .

Players are back from a break. 63 left, money at 60… bubble time coming.

Not long after he railed a player, Abhinav Iyer chomped up another, this time it was JC Sayo. Iyer raised to 9k, Sayo three-bet to 22k, Iyer all in, Sayo called for his tournament life. Sayo opened up a premium K♠ K♥ but was in a world of hurt upon seeing Iyer’s A♣ A♥ . No luck appeared on the board for Sayo. He was eliminated. Iyer now at 690k.

Jharome Pena all in with A-9 that didn’t improve against Alpheus Chan’s 8-8. Chan shipped it then proceeded to win a small pot against Carlo Calingasan to bring his stack up to 500k.

Mike Takayama raised to 9k, Benjie Mangaliman shoved, Takayama called. Takayama A♥ 4♠ , Mangaliman Q♦ 9♦ . The board ran A♠ 4♦ 8♣ 7♦ J♣ . Mangaliman eliminated.

Utg Abhinav iyer raised, cutoff Gandy Valle all in, Iyer called after some serious tanking. Valle had A♣ 9♣ , Iyer ahead with A♥ T♠ , the board threw blanks to send Valle out of the running.

Jimmie Javier entered Day 2 with just 33,500. Now he has well over 200k. Javier stormed up the ranks in the opening round to 165k. He has just eliminated a player with Q♠ Q♦ over 9♠ 9♣ .

Jerick Almusajin all in with 7♦ 7♥ , Yong Tan called with J♣ J♥ , the board bricked, Almusajin railed.

Cutoff Jim Bonanno raised to 6500, button Yoo Yong Hyun called, sb Mike Takayama called, bb Georges Chehade three-bet to 26k, Bonanno folded, Hyun folded, Takayama four-bet pushed, and Chehade called for his tournament life. Takayama with A♠ Q♠ , Chehade with 9♣ 9♠ , the board ran 4♦ 9♦ 5♣ 7♠ K♥ for a double up and more to Chehade.

A short stack went all in wth K♦ T♦ , Wendell Garcia called it with Q♥ Q♠ . The board ran J♣ K♥ 7♠ to give hope to the short stack but the turn Q♣ quashed it and with the river 3♠ Garcia shipped it to reach 230k.

One player all in preflop with two callers, the flop landed 7♠ 7♥ 2♥ . Bb Phuwadon Jhuthanuwong bet 15k for a side pot, called. The turn 7♠ both players checked. The river Q♦ , Phuwadon led for 20k then won the side pot with no call. All in player with A-K and fell to Phuwadon’s Q♥ Q♠ full house.

Not sure on the action but a full board was already laid out 7♦ 7♥ 2♣ T♣ A♠ , one player bet 12k and bb Ivan Guillem check-called. It was a good call exposing the Qx Jx bluff. Guillem won the pot with 8♠ 2♦ two pair.

Clement Guilleminot all in with A♠ K♠ , Lester Edoc called with 6♠ 6♦ , the board ran well for the shover 9♠ A♣ A♥ Q♦ K♥ for a dominating full house. Guilleminot doubled up.

Heated preflop action saw Benjie Mangaliman all in with Jx Jx , John Tech all in with Ax Kx , and utg+1 player hoping to bust them both out with Kx Qx . The board ran dry for jacks to hold. Tech busted while Mangaliman tripled up to around 100k.

All in preflop, Tran Thanh Dat with Q♣ Q♠ , bb player A♥ A♠ , the board ran T♠ J♥ J♠ Q♥ 2♠ for a full house to Tran to avoid elimination.

Abhinav Iyer 450k Alpheus Chan 328k William Ysmael 305k Mark Amparo 250k

On a turn board T♣ 3♣ 4♥ 5♦ , two players, the big stacked player bet 14.5k, Kannapong Thannarattrakul all in for 54k, called. Big stack held J♣ J♥ , Thannarattrakul A♦ 6♦ , the river T♥ finished off the Thai Teams Event captain.

Hijack player Ha Carson raised to 5k, button Jae Chang three-bet to 12.5k, Carson called. On the flop {4h 2♦ 6♦ , Carson checked, Chang c-bet 13.5k, called. On the 6♥ turn, Carson checked again, Chang bet 21.5k, Carson shoved, and snap-called by Chang. Chang with A♠ A♥ , Carson 8♠ 8♦ , the river 7♥ ended the hand for a double up to Chang. He now has 180k.

Lester Edoc with aces, Rebel Magdagaasang with kings, no bad beats arrived for aces to hold. Edoc doubled up to 126.6k, Magdagasang crippled to 12k.

Utg Seo Dongkyoon raised preflop and was looked up by two players, one of them was bb Daniel Smith. At the flop Jx Jx 6x , Smith checked, Dongkyoon bet 11.5k, next player folded, Smith called. On the Qx turn, Smith checked, Dongkyoon all in, Smith called. Smith had Ax Jx trips, Dnogkyoon Kx Kx , the river Qx didn’t help Dongkyoon and had to pay the double up. Smith climbed to around 180k.

Utg raised to 5800, action folded around to the blinds, sb Jim Bonanno three-bet to 16.2k, bb Marco Alvarez four-bet to 42.5k, utg folded, and after deliberating, Bonanno folded while showing Q♦ Q♣ . Alvarez didn’t show.

Utg Richard Marquez raised to 5500, Abhinav Iyer three-bet to0 15.5k, the flop ran Qx 7♦ 8x . Both players checked. On the turn 9♦ , Marquez sent out 10k, Iyer called. On the river 5♦ , Marquez checked, Iyer bet 30k, Marquez called. Iyer Kx Qx top pair, Marquez 7x 7x set. Marquez up to 270k.

Another big pot went down with two players along with it. Action began with utg Hanna Khalife all in A♥ K♥ , sb player all in A♠ A♣ , and bb Seo Dongkyoon with the largest stack K♦ K♠ . The board ran 8♣ T♥ K♣ 9♦ 8♦ for a two-outer spiked by Dongkyoon to knock out two players simultaneously. Dongkyoon over 300k.

Short stacked Vamerdino Magsakay is hanging in there. He was all in with 4♥ 4♠ on the blinds and survived against K♦ T♥ . He is now at 55k which is around 22 bbs.

One hour done, new round begins. 100 players remaining, that means we lost 30 players just like that. By the rate it’s going, we will reach the money today, possibly early too. We shall see!

Undoubtedly the biggest hand of the first level, Martin Gonzales took a hard fall against one of the leaders, Abhinav Iyer. Both players sported big stacks entering the day.

This hand kicked off with Gonzales bumping it up to 4300, late position players Richard Marquez and Abhinav Iyer called. Moving over to the blinds, sb folded, bb Kim Enriquez shoved his short 24k stack. Back to Gonzales, he called, Marquez folded, Iyer called.

At the flop T♥ 9x 3♥ , Gonzales c-bet 30k for a side pot, Iyer called. On the 8x turn, both checked. The river 8x Gonzales checked, Iyer all in (covering Gonzales), Gonzales tanked then decided to call, risking his remaining 140k+ stack. Iyer opened T♣ T♠ full house, Gonzales with K♦ 9♦ , Enriquez with Ax Jx . Double knockout for Iyer as he shipped easily over 400k.

Teoh Ming Hong is now into the century marker having doubled up once again. He was all in with A♣ K♦ and despite a scary race, he won it as the board ran J♣ 5♠ Q♣ T♦ 7♦ for a winning straight over set.

Short stacked was all in for his remaining 27k holding 4♠ 4♣ , Hajime Nakagawa with A♣ Q♠ , the board ran A♥ 3♥ K♦ 6♠ K♥ . Saigal eliminated.

Filipino Veterano Tan and Thailand’s Pakinai Lisawad tangled on this pot that sent the Thai out of the running. Preflop action, Tan raised to 5200 and bb Lisawad called. On the flop Ax 9x 6x , Lisawad checked, Tan c-bet 5k, called. On the Tx turn, Lisawad checked, Tan moved all in, Lisawad called for his tournament life. Tan Ax 9x two pair, Lisawad 8x 6x , the river 9x further improved the already ahead Tan to a full house to ship it in.

12:35PM: Alex Lee shakes some chips off Valle Level 11: 1000-2000 ante 300

With a raised pot built preflop, Alex Lee and Gandy Valle looked down on a board T♣ 3♥ K♣ . First to act Valle checked, Lee fired 7700, Valle called. On the {turn 9♥ , both players checked it. The river 7♦ , Valle checked again, Lee banged out 25.5k, Valle called. Lee had A♠ K♥ , Valle mucked.

30k in the middle, the flop J♥ K♣ K♥ , no bets by Marco Alvarez and his opponent. On the T♥ turn, player checked, Alvarez bet 10k, no call. Alvarez wins the pot and shows A♣ Q♣ straight.

With a pot of 18k in the middle, two players stared down a full board T♥ T♣ 5♠ 6♣ Q♥ . Tzai Wei Phua bet 16k and chip leader Alpheus Chan snap-called. Phua showed J♦ J♠ but Chan had better K♣ Q♣ to win the pot and increase his lead from the pack.

On a board 7♣ K♥ 9♦ 5♥ 4♣ , and a pot of 12k already brewed, Teoh went all in for his remaining 11k and with not much of a dent to his stack, Mark Gruendemann called. Teoh had K♠ 3♠ top pair and doubled up to around 80k. Gruendemann showed T♠ T♣ .

12:45AM: Final payouts in PHP

12:30AM: Day 2 is over! 16 players remain

After another long day at the Main Event races, the 130 starting runners thinned down to the final 16 players. We will have the official results for you shortly along with a recap.

Eliminations 17th - 20th - PHP 155,200 17th Aditya Sushant 18th Aun Sin 19th Yoo Yong Hyun 20th Ko Isayama

Eliminations 20th - 25th - PHP 100,800 21st Edison Marzan 22nd Yongquan Tan 23rd Alpheus Chan 24th Kim Choong Kon 25th Thomas Lee

Richard Marquez opened only to face a huge shove from Aditya Sushant. Marquez called it. Sushant A♥ A♣ , Marquez Q♦ J♠ , the board ran Q♣ 9♣ 7♠ Q♠ 6♠ for trips to Marquez. With Sushant’s aces cracked, he bowed out in 17th place.

On a full board 6♥ 5♠ T♠ A♣ Q♣ and a 155k pot in the middle, Mark Amparo checked, Mark Gruendemann bet 88k, Amparo called. Gruendemann showed A♦ Q♠ , Amparo mucked.

James Yoo moved all in with A♠ 9♠ but ran into Lester Edoc’s K♠ K♣ . He wasn’t able to improve on the board and exited in 19th place.