![Philippines [PHL]](/assets/images/flags/4x3/ph.svg "Philippines [PHL]"){kind=small}
Hans Jurgen Homner doubles up through Edoc
Mike Takayama switches places with Markus Garberg
Ken Foo Hsien Loong shoves for the pot
Tit for tat….. Lester Edoc vs James Yoo
Mike Takayama shakes some off the leader
Mark Gruendemann vs William Ysmael
Ko Isayama ends Wendell Garcia’s run
Rajeev Kanjani reaches 600k, Terry Gonzaga out
Richad Marquez boots Haydar Arkun
Markus Garberg skyrockets to 1.4M; Alexis Lim eliminated
Jim Bonanno falls to William Ysmael
Ivan Guillem knock out two in new level
Victor Chong exits; Alexis Lim at 500k
Rajeev Kanjani lands a lucky double to stay in
Battle of the WSOP champions
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.
Alex Lee chunked down by Yong Tan
Back on the grind…. 43 players remaining
Dinner break
Players are on a one hour dinner break. There are 44 remaining. When they return, another four rounds will be played before bagging up.
Chip leader update
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
Wendell Garcia shows one to Victor Chong
Eliminations….
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
Players dropping fast….
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 gets hit twice, drops to 300k
Bubble bursts! Albert Nguyen boots BJ Carbonell
Bubble round: Kalyan Chakravarthy’ rockets paid
Bubble time! Mike Takayama doubles up
Alexis Lim banks a double off Alex Lee
Approaching the bubble… 60 paid…. we are at 63 remaining
Players are back from a break. 63 left, money at 60… bubble time coming.
Cooler! Abhinav Iyer gobbles up another; JC Sayo out
Alpheus Chan busts Jharome Pena
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 busts Benjie Mangaliman
The rich get richer! Abhinav Iyer busts Valle
; Jimmie Javier coming back strong
Wendell Garcia rails one, rises to 230k
Ivan Guillem calls with bottom pair
Clement Guilleminot doubles through Edoc
Benjie Mangaliman triples up! John Tech busts
Aces cracked! Tran Thanh Dat saved
Chip leader update
Abhinav Iyer 450k Alpheus Chan 328k William Ysmael 305k Mark Amparo 250k
Cooler! Lester Edoc doubles up through Magdagasang
Daniel Smith doubles up through Seo Dongkyoon
Marco Alvarez with a four-bet
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.
Richard Marquez shaves some off Iyer
Seo Dongkyoon delivers a double KO
Martin Gonzales out! Abhinav Iyer leads with 400k
Teoh Ming Hong with another boost
Veterano Tan sends a Thai packing
Chip leader Alpheus Chan gains some off Tzai Wei Phua
Teoh Ming Hong doubles up through Gruendemann
Eliminations….
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
