Main Event

With the fall of Markus Garberg in 7th place, the final 6 has been formed. Day 3 is over, here are the chip counts by ranking:

Players return tomorrow, Thursday, February 20 at 12pm for the race to the title and the ultimate first prize of PHP 4,850,000 (US$93,000)

Final 6 remaining payouts (in PHP)

Markus Garberg was the next to fall into Richard Marquez’s firing line. He moved all in from hijack with T♣ T♥ and Marquez snap-called from the button with Q♦ Q♠ . The board ran 5♦ 7♣ A♦ 4♦ 9♥ . Garberg placed 7th and earned PHP 660,000 for his deep run.

Mike Takayama has just shaved off nearly half of Hans Jurgen Homner’s stack. The hand began with utg Homner raising to 85k, from hijack, Takayama called. At the flop 5♦ A♣ Q♥ , Homner c-bet 110k, Takayama called. On the Q♣ turn, Homner checked, Takayama slid out 90k, Homner called. On the river 4♥ , Homner checked, Takayama all in, Homner folded leaving himself around 400k. Takayama now at 2.6M.

Hijack player Richard Marquez raised to 90k, sb Rajeev Kanjani three-bet shoved with 355k remaining, bb Seo Dongkyoon shoved as well, and back to Marquez with a fold. Kanjani Q♣ J♣ , Seo A♠ Q♠ , the board ran T♦ T♣ 6♥ 2♠ 8♠ . Kanjani fell in 8th place and earned PHP 446,200 for his finish.

We are down to 7 players. Seo now at 1.3M. One more bust out before we wrap up Day 3.

Seat 1: Markus Garberg - 654K Seat 2: Richard Marquez - 2.4M Seat 3: Hans Jurgen Homner - 720K Seat 6: Rajeev Kanjani - 570K Seat 7: Seo Dongkyoon - 1.3M Seat 8: Mike Takayama - 2.3M Seat 9: Mark Gruendemann - 2.4M Seat 10: Lester Edoc - 1.030M

Average stack is 1.436M.

Richard Marquez sent the axe down on Ken Foo Hsien Loong to drive his stack to a commanding 2.7M. The hand saw utg Marquez raise to 75k, Loong all in for 380k, Marquez called. When the cards turned up, Marquez was ahead with A♦ K♦ , Loong with A♠ Q♦ . The board ran 9♦ 8♦ 7♣ 2♠ T♦ for the nut flush to Marquez. Loong packed up in 9th place and earned PHP 291,000.

We are down to 8 players. Average stack is 1.436M.

Action folded to the button, Seo Dongkyoon raised to 75k. Sb Mike Takayama three-bet to 255k, bb Mark Gruendemann called, back to Seo who folded. At the flop 5♣ 4♠ Q♠ , Takayama checked, Gruendemann bet 250k, Takayama folded.

First casualty of the final table has landed, Denis Cheremisin has fallen at the hands of Seo Dongkyoon. Action folded around to the button Cheremisin, he jammed, big blind Seo Dongkyoon called with more chips. Cheremisin K♠ T♦ , Seo J♠ J♦ , the board ran Q♠ 5♦ 7♥ T♣ 8♣ . Cheremisin earned PHP 232,800 for his deep run.

9 players remaining. Seo up to 1.5M.

From 383 players for the Main Event, we are now down to one table of 10 players. They will play until we reach the final 6 players.

Seat 1: Markus Garberg - 1M Seat 2: Richard Marquez - 2.2M Seat 3: Hans Jurgen Homner - 840K Seat 4: Ken Foo Hsien Loong - 435K Seat 5: Denis Cheremisin - 450K Seat 6: Rajeev Kanjani - 1.225M Seat 7: Seo Dongkyoon - 775K Seat 8: Mike Takayama - 1.725M Seat 9: Mark Gruendemann - 1.945M Seat 10: Lester Edoc - 945K

Second hand after the break and Mark Amparo has fallen out of the running. His last hand started with a raise by Richard Marquez on utg, Amparo three-bet on the small blind to 200k. Marquez called. On the flop 2♣ 7♠ 4♠ , Amparo shoved his remaining 370k, called by Marquez. Amparo A♣ 7♣ , Marquez Q♠ Q♦ , the turn K♣ and river K♦ were no help to Amparo. He was out in 11th place and earned PHP 232,800 for his efforts. Marquez now leads the race with 2.2M.

First break of the day. 11 players remaining. Estimated chip counts below.

Richard Marquez 1.6M Ken Foo Hsien Loong 450K Mark Amparo 610K Rajeev Kanjani 1.2M Denis Cheremisin 460K Markus Garberg 1.1M Hans Jurgen Homner 850K Mike Takayama 1.8M Lester Edoc 900K Seo Dongkyoon 800K Mark Gruendemann 1.5M

Catching the action on a turn board 3♠ K♠ 8♣ 9♠ , Mike Takayama bet 82k, called by Hans Jurgen Homner. On the river T♦ , Takayama bet 62k, Homner raised to 177k, Takayama called. Homner showed 6♦ 8♦ , Takayama won it with T♣ 5♥ .

Seo Dongkyoon raised to 52k, Lester Edoc called on the big blind. At the flop 8♦ A♦ 7♦ , Edoc checked, Seo c-bet 52k, Edoc check-raised to 155k, Seo called. On the J♥ turn and 9♠ river both checked. Seo showed J♠ 9♦ and won the pot. Edoc mucked. Seo now at 680k.

After losing a sizable chunk in a previous all in hand, Ivan Guillem was all in again. This time he had Q♦ T♠ . Mark Gruendemann called him with A♣ J♥ . The board was empty as it landed 6♥ 2♥ K♠ 5♦ 6♠ to send Guillem out in 12th place. He earned PHP 232,800 for his deep run. We are down to 11 players. Gruendemann at 1.25M.

All in preflop, Daniyar Auganbayev with 9♣ 9♦ , called by Richard Marquez with A♠ J♥ . It was a coin flip. Marquez won the bout with the board running 8♠ T♠ 4♣ 3♠ J♦ . Daniyar earned PHP 232,800 for his deep run. We are down to 12 players. Marquez now at 1.9M.

Georges Chehade met his end at the hands of Hans Jurgen Homner in 14th place. Action began with Homner raising preflop, called by Chehade on hijack. At the flop 9♥ 3♠ 6♦ , Homner c-bet and Chehade called. On the turn T♦ , Homner c-bet 161k, Chehade shoved, Homner called. Chehade 3♦ 3♣ set, Homner T♣ T♠ set, the river Q♦ ended the hand to send Chehade packing. He earned PHP 232,800 for his deep run. Homner now at 1.2M. We are down to 13 players.

Preflop action saw utg Lester Edoc raise, Ivan Guillem shoved, Hans Jurgen Homner shoved as well, Edoc folded. Guillem A♣ Q♣ , Homner Q♥ Q♦ the board ran J♣ 9♣ Q♠ 8♠ 8♣ for a crushing full house to Homner. He doubled up to 780k, Guillem dropped to 245k.

We had an error in the chip counts last night, Ken Foo Hsien Loong had 1.13M not 113k. Moving on to the hand, Daniyar Auganbayev raised to 50k, button Loong three-bet 175k, bb Rajeev Kanjani shoved his 511k stack. Back to Daniyar, he folded then Loong called. Kanjani K♦ K♥ , Loong A♠ K♣ , the board threw blanks 2♦ T♠ 5♣ 2♠ T♥ for a double up to Kanjani. Kanjani at 1.2M, Loong down to 440k.

A pot of 90k was weighing the middle with two players staring down a board 3♥ 8♣ 8♠ . Bb positioned Georges Chehade bet 110k and Ivan Guillem called. The turn 2♥ both checked it to bring on the river card 3♠ . Chehade led for 70k, Guillem folded. Chehade up to 350k.

Lester Edoc continues to shell out chips that his once massive stack of 1.88M is now down to 750k. His recent loss was to Mark Gruendemann. The hand began with Gruendemann raising to 43k from hijack, Edoc three-bet to 157k, back to Gruendemann with the call. On the flop 8♦ K♣ 8♦ , Gruendemann checked, Edoc fired 85k, called. On the A♦ turn, Gruendemann switched gears and led for 110k, Edoc called. Then on fifth street 2♣ , Gruendemann bet 75k, Edoc called. Gruendemann opened A♣ Q♥ and Edoc mucked. Gruendemann up to 1.54M.

Mid position Markus Garberg raised, Denis Cheremisin jammed on the big blind, Garberg called for a showdown. Cheremisin Q♠ Q♥ , Garberg 8♦ 8♣ , the board fell 9♠ 2♠ 2♥ 3♥ 6♥ for a double up to the Russian Denis. Cheremisin up to 420k.

Lo-jack Jeffrey Pamplona and hi-jack Rajeev Kanjani found themselves all in preflop. Pamplona with A♦ 8♦ , Kanjani with A♥ 9♥ , the board bricked 4♣ K♥ 6♦ 7♥ 7♠ . After the count, Pamplona was behind and was eliminated in 15th place. We are down to 14 players. Kanjani nearing 700k.

Hans Jurgen Homner was the next player to shave off some of Lester Edoc’s towers. He was all in for 280k, holding A♠ 9♠ , ATM machine Edoc called from the bb with K♥ J♦ . The board ran out A♣ 4♥ 6♦ 9♥ 7♦ . Homner now at 590k. Edoc dropped to 1.25M.

Utg Lester Edoc raised to 45k, sb Seo Dongkyoon all in for 318k, Edoc called. Seo K♣ 9♣ , Edoc A♥ T♥ , the board was kind to the short stack as it ran 5♦ 9♦ 6♣ 6♠ 9♠ for a full house and a double up to 650k.

Daniyar Auganbayev was all in with A♠ A♣ , Jeffrey Pamplona tangoed with A♠ K♣ , the board ran 5♣ J♦ 3♥ J♠ 6♠ for a double up to Daniya. He now has 335k.

Action folded around the orbit to the small blind Georges Chehade, he raised to 40k, called by bb Lester Edoc. At the flop 8♣ J♠ 8♠ , Chehade c-bet 35k, Edoc called. On the river 9♠ , Chehade all in, Edoc called. Chehade Q♠ 8♦ , Edoc 9♥ 5♠ , double up Chehade to 500k.

First hand of the day at table 1 and cutoff William Ysmael shoved his short stack. He was called by Ivan Guillem on the button. Ysmael Q♠ 9♠ , Guillem A♥ Q♦ , the board ran 7♣ A♣ 8♠ 5♥ 4♥ . And just like that, one down. 15 players remaining. Ysmael finished in 16th place and earned PHP 155,200.