Main Event

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Buy-in: PHP 15,000 (-USD 280)

Guarantee: PHP 5,000,000 (-USD 89,300)

Entries: 452

Prize Pool: PHP 5,787,408 (-USD 103,420)

ITM: 61 places

Chips in Play: 13,560,000

Average Stack: 1,506,667 (13 BB)

Main Event - Live Updates - Day 1B

Day 1B action has concluded with 47 players remaining in contention for the PHP 6,517,236 pot. Local runner Mark Dela Cruz ends the day with the lead, stacking a 593,000 high chip count, followed closely behind by Michael De Leon with 522,000.

Last chance to qualify runs tomorrow Day 1C at 13:00!

Top Chip Counts:

Oleg Alex Kaminski opened from early position and was called by Michael De Leon on the cut off. Flop came K♥ 4♠ J♣ and Kaminski bet all-in. De Leon made the call with Q♠ J♠ , behind against Kaminski’s overpair A♣ A♠ . The river Q♦ however, gave De Leon two pair to burst the bubble and eliminate Kaminski in a painful bad beat.

Facing an open from Ronald Acosta, Stephen Howell moved all-in behind for 107,000 total and was immediately called by the original raiser.

Howell A♣ Q♥ Acosta K♣ K♠

Two spots away from the money, Howell was in deep trouble after the flop came K♥ T♠ 2♥ . Acosta further improved to a full house following the runout 7♦ T♣ , leaving Howell headed for the exit.

Another button vs blind preflop all-in, Rio Shinohara dropped down to 50,000 in chips after Michael De Leon locked in the win with a set of sevens on board 7♦ 4♦ J♥ 3♦ 4♣ .

De Leon 7♥ 7♠ Shinohara Ax Jx

A button vs blind battle, all the chips went in preflop with big blind Kim Hyeongjae at risk for his tournament life.

Kim K♠ Q♠ Alexis Lim J♠ J♥

The flop J♦ 5♥ 3♣ was ready to send Kim packing yet changed things quickly after the runout 9♥ T♥ completed the board. Kim rivers the king-high straight to top Lim’s flopped set of jacks.

Small blind Hsieh Hao An started the action with an open to 15,000. Cowan Graham on the big blind came in and saw a flop of 3♦ 4♦ 6♠ . Hsieh continued with the aggression and fired 20,000, called by Graham. Turn K♥ saw Hsieh with another 74,000 bet, called again behind. The river 4♠ did nothing to stop Hsieh as he sent out a final 120,000. Graham decides to fold as Hsieh climbs past the 500k mark.

Utg Ang Kai Loon opened to 10,000 and raised all-in for 137,000 total after big blind Yee Shun Jian three bet to 30,000. Yee with a call, was in a good spot against Ang’s A♥ Q♥ , with A♦ K♦ .

The board ran A♠ T♥ T♣ 6♣ K♥ , leaving no chops and a huge win for Yee.

Hijack Otsubo Megumi shoved his 26,000 stack in and was called by both players on the blinds - Stephen Howell and Paolo Boccaletti. The board ran 8♣ 5♥ K♣ 9♠ A♥ with no side pot action seen between the two.

Megumi A♣ Q♣ Howell Q♦ J♠ Boccaletti K♦ 2♦

Megumi’s top pair ends up good for the win, earning him a nice triple up to 83,000.

Button Rio Shinohara opened to 10,000 and was met with a three bet to 32,000 from small blind Michael De Leon. Shinohara completes and sees the flop Q♣ 6♦ 8♠ . De Leon continues with a 30,000 bet and folded shortly after Shinohara raised all-in.

Utg Arnold Steve open shoved his 55,000 stack in and was called by small blind Ang Kai Loon with T♦ T♠ . Arnold’s A♦ 7♣ needed to spike an ace for his tournament life, none of which came on board 3♦ 4♣ 6♠ J♦ 3♠ . Ang’s pocket pair holds for the win, eliminating Arnold from the tables.

Hijack Otsubo Megumi opened to 8,000 and called small blind Paolo Boccaletti’s three bet to 22,000. Flop came 9♠ K♥ T♥ and Boccaletti continued with 18,000, called behind by Otsubo. The turn 7♠ was enough for Boccaletti to fire another 35,000, to which Otsubo folded.

With 50,000 left, Euryd Rivera open shoved all-in and was called by button Bryan Santos with A♣ J♠ . Rivera found himself behind with K♠ Q♦ yet flopped well on K♣ T♥ 9♠ . The turn Q♣ however, gave Santos the nut straight and sealed the win after the river 9♣ completed the board.

After firing a three bet to 22,000, Jason Kyle Magbanua called off Ho Tung Chun’s four bet jam for 78,000 total.

Ho T♣ T♠ Magbanua A♥ K♣

In for a crucial flip, the board 6♥ 8♥ 7♦ Q♠ 2♦ faded either Magbanua’s ace or king outs with Ho’s pocket tens holding for the win.

64 players left in the running with 17 more eliminations to go before Day 1B action wraps up.

Top Chip Counts:

Following the preflop battle, a massive 109 BB pot was seen in the middle with Mark Dela Cruz ahead with A♠ K♥ , dominating small blind Hachimine Munehiro’s A♣ Q♦ . The board 8♠ J♥ 4♣ 5♦ 2♣ failed to pair either player and awarded Cruz the huge stack with ace-king high.

Another crucial flip, preflop saw all the chips pile in the middle with Conrad Lumaban‘s 8♠ 8♥ up against big blind Maurillo Bulauitan’s A♦ T♥ . The board K♠ K♥ 4♠ 7♠ 6♣ failed to pair Bulauitan’s overcards, eliminating him from the games.

An all-in preflop situation, Ang Kai Loon’s J♣ J♦ was no match against Alexis Lim’s Q♦ Q♠ for the 61BB pot. The board A♦ 4♦ 4♣ T♣ T♦ served justice to Lim’s better pocket pair for the win.

Hijack Andy Chan opened to 6,500, called by Ireneo Javalera behind. Flop came 6♠ 7♥ 9♣ and Chan fired a 7,500 bet. Javalera raised to 15,000, called by Chan. The turn T♠ and river 3♣ saw no more action continue as Chan reveals pair of nines with A♣ 9♦ . Javalera mucks and moves on to the next hand.

Hijack Jason Kyle Magbanua opened to 6,000, called by Hsieh Hao An behind. Button Kirill Gladchenko squeezed to 22,500 and called Magbanua’s all-in preflop after Hsieh folded.

Magbanua A♠ A♥ Gladchenko K♥ Q♠

The board ran A♣ K♠ 3♠ 8♣ 3♥ and awarded Magbanua’s set of aces the win.

Defending his big blind against Ono Takuma, Alexis Cruz saw a flop of 5♦ 5♠ 2♥ . Cruz check-raised Takuma’s continuation bet and led out 21,000 on turn 7♥ . Takuma raised all-in and Cruz quickly made the call.

Cruz 5♥ T♠ Takuma Q♣ Q♠

The river A♦ sealed the win for Cruz’ trip fives, taking the pot away from his opponent.

Up against Fernan Co’s J♣ J♥ for his last 6.5BB, Jose Cheung’s 6♣ 6♠ luckily spiked his much need two outer to survive. The board ran 6♦ 5♣ Q♠ 8♦ K♦ , keeping Cheung in the action.

Facing an utg open from Alexis Lim, small blind Michael Philip Piedragoza slammed his 17,000 in with A♥ 9♥ and was snap called by the original raiser. Lim, ahead with Q♣ Q♠ , kept his advantage throughout the board T♠ 5♥ T♦ 5♠ 2♦ , and sent Piedragoza out of the Main Event games.

Utg+1 Kirill Gladchenko opened to 5,500, and was called by both Ho Tung Chun and big blind Jason Kyle Magbanua. Flop came A♥ 2♥ 4♣ , checked to Gladchenko, he continued with a 5,000 bet. Both players call and reveals turn J♣ . Action went check-check, and button Ho sent out 20,000 which was met with no calls from either opponent.

An all-in preflop situation, Yeo Chong Jin managed to bag a smooth double up with T♣ T♦ after his opponent showed 8♠ 8♦ . The board ran 6♠ Q♥ A♠ T♥ 3♠ , quickly earning him the 44BB pot.

Utg open and a call from Suzuki Kenjiroh, button Nick Hozjan raised to 15,000 total. Original raiser folds and Suzuki completes. Hozjan pushed all-in out of turn even before the flop ran 3♠ K♦ J♦ . Suzuki folds and Hozjan reveals A♦ A♠ while raking the pot.

After being spared from elimination just a few hands prior, Ogiwara Taisei stuffed his 23,500 once more and was called by big blind Gerardo Lubas. Whilst ahead this time with A♣ 6♦ , the board T♥ K♦ 8♦ 8♣ 3♣ gave Lubas’ K♣ J♥ two pair, serving Ogiwara his exit.

Having opened to 5,000, Chen Ying Chang called for his remaining 8,000 and found himself ahead of Zorig Angar’s K♣ T♠ . Chen with a slightly better K♦ J♠ left his opponent crippled down to 2BB after the board 7♦ 9♦ 6♣ T♦ 2♦ tabled four diamonds for a flush.

All the chips went in on the flop 4♦ 5♦ T♥ with Ricardo Torres’ overpair J♣ J♠ ahead against big blind Shikanai Shota’s A♣ T♠ . Unfortunately for Torres, the turn A♦ and river T♣ gave his opponent a runner-runner full house for the win.

A massive preflop all-in situation, Teck Guan Low pushed the final all-in for his 107,500 stack and was called by utg raiser Chua Boon Seah.

Teck J♥ J♦ Chua A♥ K♠

A flip for a pot over 145 big blinds, the board ran 9♥ 8♠ 4♠ 2♠ K♣ with the river sealing Teck’s fate and elimination.

A blind vs blind battle, Stephen Howell opened to 4,000, called by Chen Ting Yi behind. Flop came 2♠ 5♣ 6♦ and Howell continued with another 4,000 bet. Chen raised all-in, called by his opponent.

Chen 5♥ 3♥ Howell T♠ T♣

A pair with a straight draw, Chen missed to hit any of his outs on either turn K♦ or river 8♠ . Howell’s pocket pair holds for the win.

Hijack Gladchenko Kirill opened to 3,000, called by the button. Big blind Ho Tung Chun fired a raise to 14,000 total, to which Gladchenko answered with an all-in for 46,500. Button folds and Ho throws in the chips.

Gladchenko 4♣ 5♣ Ho Q♥ Q♦

Up against a monster, Gladchenko’s aggression earned him a double up after the board ran 2♣ 9♣ 2♠ T♣ T♦ for a flush.

Murase Hajime called an utg open and was up against a three bet from cut off Adel Bautista. Original raiser folds and Hajime raised all-in for 20,500 total, called by Bautista.

Hajime J♣ J♠ Bautista A♠ Q♣

The flop Q♠ J♥ 5♥ hit both players, Hajime with a set and Bautista with top pair. Turn 8♥ and 6♥ changed nothing as Hajime racked the double up.

Facing an open and a call, Chen Ying Chang flicked his 6.5BB in and was called by the original raiser Otsubo Megumi with K♥ 5♥ . Chen with A♥ J♠ secured the pot after the board missed to pair both parties, deeming Chen’s ace-high good for the take down.

That’s it for Day 1B with a total of 311 entries recorded across ten 30 minute levels. Prize pool has swelled to double in value amounting to PHP 6,517,236! Action will close when 15% of the field remains (ITM) at 47 players.

Big stacks spotted on the felt:

One starting flight left to go as Day 1C runs tomorrow at 13:00.

Hijack Dexter Santos open jammed his 10,000 stack in, called by small blind Archie Mariano. Big blind Cezar Quiambao reshoved for 65,000 total, called again by Mariano.

Santos A♥ 2♣ Mariano 9♥ 9♠ Quiambao A♣ K♥

The board ran 9♦ 4♣ 5♣ A♦ 8♠ and Mariano successfully knocks out both opponents, stacking 160,000 in chips following the win.

A three way all-in was spotted on wet flop 7♠ 4♣ Q♠ .

Jayvon Carreon K♣ Q♣ William Ysmael A♠ 5♠ Alexis Lim K♠ T♠

Turn 9♥ and river T♣ filled up the board with Carreon’s top pair holding for the win. Lim takes the side pot while defending champion Ysmael is eliminated.

Utg+1 Ron Ryan Mesina opened and called a three bet from Uchiyama Hiroaki behind. Board came 2♦ 9♠ 6♥ 4♠ and Mesina was seen check-calling two barrels from his opponent. River 6♣ saw both players check, with showdown revealing Mesina’s T♦ 9♥ for the win.

All the chips went in right on the flop 4♣ J♠ 2♣ with Chu Baekho drawing for a flush with A♣ T♣ against Ronald Gorgonia’s 2♥ 4♥ . Turn J♣ immediately completed Chu’s flush and the river missing to improve Gorgonia’s two-pair to a full house.

After utg Daniel Johnston limped, button Kim Jaegwang opened to 2,400 and was followed by a three bet to 8,000 from big blind Ivan Tabucal. Both players join in and see a flop of J♣ J♠ 8♦ . Checked to Kim, he bets all-in for 9,400 and Johnston with a call with K♥ Q♣ . Kim ahead with 7♣ 7♥ for two-pair, was eliminated shortly after the runout Q♥ 5♦ completed the board.

Utg+1 Cezar Quiambao opened to 2,200, called by the button. Big blind Joseph Magnotti decided to three bet to 8,000 with only Quiambao completing the action. Flop came 6♦ K♣ 4♠ , Magnotti check-calls Quiambao’s 2,500 bet. Turn saw 5♣ and Magnotti check-raised all-in, convincing Quiambao to fold.

An early open from Chua Boon Seah saw him call off Ting Yen Huang’s short stack shove with T♣ 9♣ . Ting ahead with A♣ 8♠ flopped top pair on A♠ T♠ Q♦ but failed to dodge Chua’s remaining outs on turn and river T♦ Q♣ . Chua bags the pot with a full house tens over queens for the win.

First hand of the day for Cezar Quiambao saw him pile all his chips right in the middle against Yoki Watanabe’s nutted A♣ A♦ . Quiambao with the second best K♣ K♥ , quickly turned the tables as the flop revealed 8♥ 4♣ K♦ . Turn and river saw 6♠ 6♥ improve his set kings to a full house for a complete double up.

Following an open and a call, button Benedict Koh pushed all-in for 15,000 total, called by Shayne Villanueva with A♦ Q♥ . Koh ahead with Q♦ Q♣ faded the ace up until the river A♠ completed the board.

On flop 4♥ T♦ 8♦ , small blind Christopher Mateo bet 5,000 on a 6,400 pot and called an all-in for 21,000 effective from Hachimine Munehiro.

Mateo T♠ 9♣ Munechiro 8♠ 8♣

Falling behind, the turn 4♠ left Mateo drawing dead against his opponent’s full house as he headed for the exit.

Having opened the cut off to 1,200, Ireneo Javalera called Lee Joongwon’s 5,500 shove behind with J♥ 9♥ . Lee’s A♦ 5♣ was slightly ahead but the board 6♠ 9♦ T♦ Q♣ K♠ favored Javalera and sent the former packing.

Following an open and two callers behind, big blind Jayvon Carreon squeezed to 13,500 and called for his remaining chips after original raiser Edmon Rebadulla pushed all-in.

Rebadulla Q♦ Q♥ Carreon 6♥ 6♠

Aggression paid off for Carreon as the board 7♠ 8♣ 9♦ 4♠ T♠ ran a one card straight to his six for the win.

Two players limped and cut off Richard Marquez bumped it up to 2,000, called by three opponents. The flop saw A♠ 5♦ J♣ and was checked around. Turn came 5♣ and small blind Kuen Chong led out for 3,700, player folds and Marquez raises to 14,000. Button folds and Chong calls for his remaining chips.

Marquez 5♥ 8♥ Chong A♣ T♦

Drawing dead against Marquez’ turned trips, Chong heads for the rails with Marquez taking the boost to his stack.

A total of 217 entries have joined Day 1B’s games with late registration open for five more levels. Pot is now listed at PHP 5,313,660.

Having limped from utg, Angar Zorig called Raymundo Gomez’ 11BB shove with 2♠ 3♠ . Gomez was ahead with A♠ Q♦ but failed to pair up on board 9♣ 2♦ T♣ 5♦ 8♦ . Zorig claims the pot with his bottom pair, eliminating Gomez from the table.

A four way pot preflop saw both players on the blinds build action on flop 4♦ 6♦ 8♠ . Raymond Mcglinchey led out a 3,000 bet, raised by Ireneo Javalera to 6,000, and folded back to Mcglinchey who raised for 16,500 total. Javalera calls another bet on turn 7♣ as well as an all-in from Mcglinchey on river T♦ .

Mcglinchey 4♥ 8♥ Javalera 6♣ 6♠

Javalera’s set of sixes tops Mcglinchey’s flopped two pair for the win.

Four players went on to see a flop of A♦ T♠ 4♥ and saw small blind Chu Baekho lead for 1,600. Ronald Morfe and Lemmor Patulot called behind, and headed to the turn 4♠ . Action checked round and Chu sent out 13,400 on river Q♠ . Both players fold and Chu is awarded the pot.

Utg+1 Dexter Santos opened to 1,300 and called an all-in from small blind Kevin Bortfeld.

Santos K♣ K♥ Bortfeld T♣ T♦

A huge underdog, Bortfeld was spared after the board ran a straight flush 3♠ 4♠ 5♠ 2♠ 6♠ for a chop.

A three way three bet pot ensued with small blind Ho Swee Ngee as the aggressor. Flop came 9♦ 8♥ 3♥ and Ho continued with a 6,500 bet on an 11,900 pot. Only Stephen Howell called and moved on to turn 4♣ . Ho checks, Howell moved all-in, pushing Ho to give up the battle.

Having called a three bet from Hsieh Hao An preflop, Kim Sangyoon check raised Hsieh’s continuation bet to 6,500 on flop K♠ 7♥ 5♥ . Hsieh calls and another K♣ popped up on the turn. Kim leads for 5,000, called by Hsieh. River A♦ prompts Kim to send out 13,500, to which Hsieh folded.

Beginning with an open and two callers behind, big blind Ohara Yuta fired a three bet to 3,500. Action went fold-fold, and small blind Reynaldo Tuason clicked back to 7,00. Ohara calls and the flop tables 5♠ A♠ K♥ . Tuason continues for 2,000, called by Ohara. Turn T♠ saw Tuason with another bet of 7,000, called again behind. River Q♦ was checked by Tuason, allowing Ohara to move all-in for his remaining 14,800. Tuason makes the call and mucks shortly after Ohara reveals J♠ J♥ for a straight.

On a flop of K♠ 3♣ Q♣ , all the chips piled in with Kim Hyeonjae’s set of threes 3♥ 3♦ ahead against John Jay Magadan’s top two pair K♥ Q♥ . The run out K♦ 7♣ however, hit Magadan’s four outer for a better full house and a humongous double up.

Cut off Oleg Alex Kaminski opened to 800, raised by big blind Murase Hajime to 2,000. Kaminski calls and sees a flop of 9♣ 6♣ K♥ . Murase check-calls Kaminski’s 3,000 bet and sees turn 2♥ . Murase opts for another check-call for a bigger 6,000 and heads on to river Q♣ . Murase leads out for 15,000, raised all-in to 21,600 by Kaminski. Murase makes the call with top pair A♣ K♦ and is crushed by Kaminski’s top set K♣ K♠ .

After only two levels of registration, the generated pot has already breached the PHP 3,000,000 (~USD 52,842) guarantee. 108 entries has been recorded so far with the prize pool now listed at PHP 3,918,024. 

Facing a limp, cut off Alejandro Rottier raised to 800, and big blind Benedict Koh three-bet to 3,200 total. Rottier completes and flop 5♠ 4♥ 2♣ is revealed. Both players check and move on to turn 3♥ . Koh check-calls a 6,000 bet from Rottier, with no more action seen on river 5♣ .

Rottier A♣ Q♣ Koh K♠ K♥

Rottier takes down the pot with a straight, cracking Koh’s Kings for the win.

Utg Teck Guan Low opened to 400 and was met with a three bet from big blind Huang Guo Lun. Teck pushed a four bet to 6,500, and a call from Huang. Pot is at 13,000 when flop came A♠ 4♥ 7♥ to which Huang check-called a 4,100 continuation bet from Teck. Turn saw another A♣ and Huang check-folded after Teck fired another 8,000.

Following a limp, small blind Cheun Eui Ho raised to 1,100, called by big blind Keun Chong. Flop came 9♣ 7♦ 6♠ , Cheun continued with a bet of 1,100, and Chong makes the call. Turn saw 8♦ and Cheun check-called a 2,400 bet from Chong. River came a 4♠ and raiser Cheun once again checked. Chong moved all-in for 6,000, called by Cheun. Chong shows a ten-high straight with A♠ T♠ , followed by a muck from his opponent.

Cut off Ho Young Jung opened to 400, called by button Yoki Watanabe. Small blind Murase Hajime decided to three-bet to 1,200 with only Watanabe completing the action. Flop came T♥ 7♥ 5♥ and Murase check-called a 1,000 bet from Watanabe. Turn saw 4♣ and Murase check-called another 1,500 bet. River J♥ was checked down and Murase showed 5♠ 4♠ for two pair, good for the win.

Watanabe A♦ T♠

Utg Johnston Daniel opened to 300, called behind by Alfredo Boligor and button Paolo Bocaletti. Flop came A♦ 5♠ K♥ , Johnston checks, Boligor bets 1,200, and Bocaletti calls. Original raiser folds and turn saw another A♠ . Boligor continues with 3,000, called again by Bocaletti. River 6♥ completed the board and Boligor once again fired 8,000. Bocaletti makes a final call and Boligor throws his hand face down.

Cards are in the air, good luck to all the players!