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Main Event - Live Updates - Day 1C

The third and last flight for the Manila Super Series 18 Main Event has closed the action with 79 players qualifying into Day 2. Today’s pack will join the 77 runners from Day 1A and Day 1B combined, in contention for the PHP 13,239,336 (~USD 233,240) prize pool. All remaining players are guaranteed a minimum payout upon their return to the felt tomorrow at 13:00 sharp.

Local runner Butch Bautista ends the day as the flight’s chip leader with a stack of 630,000. Bautista scored the boost minutes before the bubble burst after pushing Aoyama Takanobu to fold half of his remaining stack to the money.

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Action began with an open from Kim Enriquez to 14,000, called by Piete Douglas Tooley behind. Button Christopher Oswald threw in a three bet to 35,000 to which both players completed. Board ran all the way to the river 6♥ K♥ 3♣ A♦ 9♠ with no action seen prior. Checked to Piete, he bet all-in for 15,000 and was called behind by Oswald.

Piete Q♠ J♠ Oswald 7♦ 6♦

Piete bubbles with queen high, closing the action on the Day 1C festivities.

Utg Aoyama Takanobu opened to 16,000, called behind by Butch Bautista. The two head on to the flop A♠ 4♠ 3♣ and Takanobu continued for 34,000. Bautista fired a raise to 86,000, Takanobu clicked back to 150,000, and Bautista pushed the final all-in for his opponent’s 171,000 behind. Takanobu folds, giving up the fight as the bubble approaches.

An all-in preflop situation, there was nothing William Evans could do but get his pocket kings in against Michael Bueza’s A♥ A♣ . The jack-high board 5♣ J♠ T♠ 7♠ 9♦ locked in his fate as Bueza raked in the 58 BB pot.

With chips to spare, big blind Joshua Figurres called a 40,000 all-in from the hijack with 7♥ T♥ and was up against A♣ J♠ . The board 6♦ T♣ 8♠ 2♥ K♥ favored Figurres, giving him a pair of tens for the win.

Utg Joel Leo Sheng open shoved his 75,000 stack in and was called by small blind Isogai Taichi for a flip.

Sheng K♥ Q♥ Taichi 9♣ 9♠

A terrible flop Q♠ 9♦ A♥ for Sheng, Taichi’s set would remain ahead as the runout Q♦ 6♦ completed the board. Taichi claims the pot with a full house, eliminating Sheng from the running.

After bagging a double just the hand prior, Sim Myeonghun found himself in bad shape after piling all the chips in on flop 8♦ 6♣ Q♠ against small blind Ivan Tabucal’s overpair.

Sim A♠ Q♣ Tabucal A♣ A♦

Gunning for two outs, the runout 8♥ 5♣ sealed Sim’s defeat with ten players left to the money.

Hijack Sim Myeonghun opened to 10,000 and called off small blind An Jungwoon’s shove for his tournament life.

An A♥ Q♥ Sim 3♣ 3♥

In for a flip, An spiked top pair on flop A♠ 4♠ 2♠ but was immediately drawing dead when the turn 5♥ faced up on the table. Sim survives with a straight, crippling Sim to 1.5BB.

William Evans fired a three bet to 30,000 after utg opened and called off small blind Joseph Magnotti’s jam for 74,000 total.

Magnotti A♦ A♣ Evans A♠ J♥

Crushed by the best hand in poker, the Q♥ 8♦ 2♣ 4♣ 2♦ board did not save Evans from forking over the 34 BB pot.

Facing an utg open from Cheong Yun Rong, Li Minghui raised all-in for 73,000 total, called by Cheong.

Li 8♦ 8♣ Cheong J♦ J♣

In a pickle, Li failed to improve on board 9♣ 4♦ 5♣ J♠ 9♠ , giving up his chances of making it to Day 2.

Cut off Sim Myeonghun opened to 9,000, called by two players behind. Big blind Ivan Tabucal squeezed all-in for 77,000 and was called by the original raiser.

Tabucal A♦ K♦ Sim A♣ Ac

Dominated, the A♠ 9♠ 8♣ flop changed nothing for Sim with the runout 2♥ K♠ improving Tabucal’s top pair to two pair for the pot.

Cut off Tan Hai Shien opened to 8,000 and was met with a three bet from button Christopher Pasion to 20,000. Tan clicked back to 50,000 to which Pasion completed. Both players checked the flop 4♠ 6♠ Q♦ and headed to the turn T♠ . Tan bet all-in for 111,000, Pasion with a call.

Tan K♦ K♣ Pasion J♦ T♣

Tan’s overpair takes the cake after the river 2♦ ran blank for Pasion’s five remaining outs.

Hijack Berdejo Jean Paul shoved all-in for 17,000 and was called by small blind Isogai Taichi.

Berdejo J♦ 9♥ Isogai K♠ 8♥

The board ran 6♠ 4♥ J♥ A♠ 2♠ with Berdejo’s pair of jacks good for the double up.

Four players saw a flop of K♣ 2♠ 9♥ . Small blind Jimmy Suico and big blind John Clyde Tan moved all-in for 48,000. Two players fold behind and Suico makes the call.

Tan K♦ 5♥ Suico 6♥ 6♣

Tan ahead with top pair, scoops up the pot after runout J♥ T♥ completed the board.

Break time sees 133 / 525 players left in the running. Day 1C set to conclude with 79 players remaining.

Button Ellezer Castillo opened to 7,000, called by small blind Ang Boon Seng. Flop came 4♥ 4♣ 6♦ and Ang check-called Castillo’s all-in for his remaining 60,500.

Castillo 8♥ 8♠ Ang K♠ K♥

Ang remained ahead on turn Q♦ and river T♦ for the win.

Down to 12 BB, hijack Dave Erquiaga moved all-in for 36,500 and was called by big blind Richard Marquez.

Erquiaga A♥ 9♠ Marquez J♥ J♠

The board 4♠ T♣ 5♥ 5♦ K♦ ran king-high and was no scare for Marquez as he sent local pro Erquiaga out of the Main Event games.

Utg Zhang Lijun open shoved his 56,000 in and was quickly called by Michael Bueza behind. Zhang held premium A♠ K♦ but was no match against Bueza’s K♠ K♥ . A cooler spot, the board ran 5♥ J♦ 4♠ T♠ 3♠ , sealing Bueza’s win and Zhang’s unfortunate elimination.

With 20,000 in the pot, four players headed to a flop of 2♦ 5♥ 3♣ . Small blind Andrew Nicholas checks and big blind Eman Segismundo moved all-in for 16,000. Both players behind fold and Andrew makes the call.

Segismundo A♣ 6♠ Andrew 7♣ 2♣

A ton of outs for Segismundo, the turn 5♣ and river 9♥ changed nothing, leaving Andrew’s pair of deuces good for the pot.

Cut off opened, button Sakui Sho three bet to 20,000. Big blind Ron Ryan Mesina moved all-in for 110,000 total, pushing both players to fold.

Utg Ricardo Torres opened and called a three bet to 11,000 from Rick Jason Ambata. Flop came K♠ 9♠ 2♥ , Torres led out a 5,000 bet and again called Ambata’s raise to 16,000 total. Turn Q♠ and river 7♣ saw no more betting action as the two headed for showdown. Ambata reveals A♣ A♥ and Torres mucks behind.

Button Jose Colada opened to 6,000 and called a 57,000 shove from big blind Benedict Koh.

Colada Q♣ Q♥ Koh K♣ T♦

Board ran 3♣ 7♦ 6♥ Q♠ J♥ and Colada quickly picked up the pot with his set of queens.

Hijack Jayvon Carreon opened to 6,000 followed by a big blind call from Joven Huerto. Flop came 5♥ 7♣ 8♦ and Huerto check-raised to 14,000. Carreon clapped back and raised for Huerto’s entire stack. Huerto made the call and was ahead with top pair straight draw.

Carreon K♠ J♥ Huerto 8♥ 9♥

The turn 6♥ killed any chances for Carreon, giving Huerto the pot and a full double up.

Hijack Jimmy Suico opened to 4,500 and called big blind Lin Zhiqiang’s 36,000 shove with 9♦ 9♥ . Lin behind with A♦ 4♥ , saw no ace on board 3♥ J♥ 8♣ K♣ 4♠ leaving him to head for the exit.

Hijack Maxwell Rosete open shoved all-in and Marion Lato called with a shorter stack right behind.

Rosete J♣ J♠ Lato A♥ J♥

Rosete claimed the pot after the board 9♥ 7♣ 7♦ Q♥ 8♣ faded the ace for a 5BB boost to his stack.

Utg+1 Zhuo Xinghua open shoved all-in with A♦ T♠ and was called behind by Jeoffrey Sibal with a better A♣ K♥ . Lucky for Zhuo, the board 5♣ 3♦ 6♦ Q♦ 2♦ ran a one card flush to his diamond for the win. Zhuo claims the double and survives with 16BB.

Utg Cen Zhuoyue flicked in his short stack 13,500 and was called by big blind Kawai Yuki.

Cen T♥ T♣ Kawai K♠ 8♣

The board J♠ 8♦ 5♥ Q♦ steered clear of Kawai’s one overcard up until the river hit K♦ . Kawai wins with two pair and sends Cen packing.

Utg Hosoya Ryona open shoved all-in with A♥ 3♠ and was called behind by Shimabukuro Shoji with a better A♣ K♥ . The board 9♦ Q♠ K♣ A♠ 2♣ was an easy win for Shimabukuro’s top two pair and a quick bust for Hosoya’s weaker ace.

Utg+1 Jimmy Suico opened to 5,500 and Raymundo Gomez decided to move all-in for 30,500 one seat after. Suico made the call with A♣ K♦ , ahead of Gomez’ Q♠ 9♠ . The flop came Q♦ T♠ 2♠ giving Gomez top pair, but was soon followed by 2♥ K♣ , claiming justice for Suico’s overcards.

Left with 5BB to work with, Bonifacio Mondalo open shoved with Q♥ 9♥ , called by cut off Han Yoonseung with A♣ 2♥ . Already a favorite, Han flopped top pair on A♠ 6♣ T♣ and locked in the win shortly.

Having opened the button to 3,000, Suditu Madalin called the big blind’s shove with A♥ J♣ and was up against 5♣ 5♥ for a flip. Board A♦ 2♠ 6♥ 4♦ 6♠ ran in Suditu’s favor, busting his opponent from the table.

Action began on Jimmy Suico with an open to 3,500, called by Jayvon Carreon behind. Button Lin Zhiqiang fired a three bet to 12,500 and was joined by both opponents. Flop came 4♥ Q♣ 8♠ . Checked to Lin, he bet all-in, called only by Suico.

Lin A♠ T♥ Suico A♣ J♥

Holding a better ace, Suico secured the pot after the runout A♦ 5♣ gave both players top pair, Suico with a higher kicker.

Facing an open from cut off Do Songhyun, button Sugai Takatumi shoved all-in for 23,000 total and was called by Do.

Takatumi K♥ J♠ Do 8♣ T♥

The board ran 2♣ 2♠ 6♥ 7♠ 2♦ with Takatumi’s king-high earning him a double up.

A three bet pot preflop with button Do Songhyun as the aggressor, Do continued on flop A♣ T♣ K♣ with an all-in after action was checked to him. Original raiser Berdejo Jean Paul found the call and was in for a combo draw against Berdejo’s top pair.

Do A♠ 7♠ Berdejo J♦ J♣

Runout revealed 9♥ T♦ , leaving Do’s pair of aces good for the win.

Following two limps, Thomas Lamb shoved all-in for 40,500 and crashed into Jayvon Carreon’s A♣ A♠ right behind. Lamb with 9♣ 9♦ was left gunning for two outs which failed to show up on board 6♠ J♦ 2♥ 2♦ 5♥ , leaving him to exit the Main Event arena,

Day 1C registration for Manila Super Series 18 Main Event is now closed with a whopping total of 525 entries collected for the last flight on schedule. A record breaking prize pool of PHP 13,239,336 has been generated across three starting flights, making this season’s Main Event festivities the richest in its 18-installment history. Day 1C play will conclude after 15% of the field (ITM} or 79 players remain.

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Following an open and both blinds in the action, the flop 5♣ 4♠ 3♠ saw Jayvon Carreon lead out for 5,500. Big blind Rong Xiang pushed all-in for 33,000, raiser folds, and Carreon takes the spot.

Xiang J♣ 2♠ Carreon 5♦ 2♣

Both with an open ender, Carreon claimed the pot with his pair of fives after both draws missed.

Facing an open and a call, small blind Nino Carlo Mercado fired a three bet to 7,500 total and was called by both players. Flop came 8♣ 4♦ 2♣ , Mercado continued with another 7,500, original raiser folds, and button Aoyama Takanobu moved all-in. Mercado makes the call with overpair Q♦ Q♣ . Takanobu with K♥ Q♠ , lost his chance to win the pot after his three outer missed on runout 6♥ 3♦ .

Hijack Chan Wai Wallace opened to 2,500, called behind by John Harold Beveridge. Big blind Khalife Hanna stuffed his 9BB stack in, allowing Chan to reshove all-in. Beveridge makes the final call and covers both players.

Khalife A♣ 2♠ Chan A♥ 5♥ Beveridge J♥ J♣

Board ran 6♣ Q♠ 9♠ K♥ 4♦ with Beveridge’s pair of jacks enough to knock out both opponents in quick fashion.

Four players headed into the flop 4♦ T♣ 2♣ . Original raiser Christopher Pasion continued with a bet of 2,000 and was raised behind by Ng Wee Meng to 6,000. Two other players fold and Pasion makes the call. Turn A♣ and river K♥ were checked on both streets to showdown.

Pasion A♥ 5♥ Ng T♥ T♦

Ng claims the pot with his set of tens good against Pasion’s top pair.

With 11,400 in the middle on flop 9♣ 5♣ 3♠ , Kim Minsu check-raised all-in with Q♣ T♣ and was called by Aoyama Takanobu with A♣ 3♣ . Turn 6♣ immediately killed any hopes for Kim as his lower flush sent him to the rails.

Utg+2 Ernesto Sarmiento opened to 2,200, called by button William Teoh. Action on small blind, Michael Piedragoza threw in a three bet to 7,000 total, to which both players called. Flop came 4♣ 7♦ 3♥ and Piedragoza bet 6,500 into 22,000. Sarmiento calls, Teoh opts out. Turn saw A♥ and Piedragoza pulled the trigger with an all-in for 12,700, enough for Sarmiento to surrender.

Utg+1 Fujii Takuto open shoved 11,000, followed by another all-in from Bucinkas Darius, and a quick call from big blind Ivan Tabucal.

Fujii A♥ J♠ Bucinkas A♣ T♣ Tabucal K♠ K♥

The board ran jack-high with Tabucal raking in the 60 BB pot.

All the chips were seen stuffed in the middle preflop with Joseph Chong’s A♦ K♥ in deep trouble after running into William Kang’s A♣ A♥ . The board 9♣ 9♦ K♣ Q♣ 2♦ paired up Chong but was not enough to beat Kang’s pair of aces.

Utg Tay Fu Jie opened to 2,000 and saw mid position Thomas Lamb shove all-in for 222,000 total. Tay snap calls with K♥ K♦ and is way ahead of Lamb’s J♠ J♥ . The flop J♦ 2♥ 2♦ however, instantly crushed Tay’s premium pair, landing him a terrible badbeat after the runout 3♥ 8♣ sealed his fate.

Utg Tay Fu Jie opened to 2,000 and saw mid position Thomas Lamb shove all-in for 222,000 total. Tay snap calls with K♥ K♦ and is way ahead of Lamb’s J♠ J♥ . The flop J♦ 2♥ 2♦ however, instantly crushed Tay’s premium pair, landing him a terrible badbeat after the runout 3♥ 8♣ sealed his fate.

Utg Kim Yonggoo opened to 1,600, raised to 3,200 behind by chip leader Aoyama Takanobu. Kim completes and check-calls a flop bet of 4,500 on 7♥ 7♣ 5♠ . Turn K♣ went check-check and Kim led out 5,000 on the river 9♦ . Aoyama called the final bet but mucked quickly after Kim showed A♣ 5♣ .

Folded to the button, Cezar Quiambao pushed all-in for 8,400 total and was called by big blind Saito Tetsunori with A♠ 4♥ . Quiambao ahead with A♥ 7♠ , was saved after the turn 9♦ 4♠ 2♠ 7♦ 6♦ gave him a higher pair.

With 10,000 in the middle on board T♥ K♠ A♦ J♠ , Mike Takayama bet all-in for 5,200 and was called by the player behind. Button Nicholas Andrew raised to 35,000, pushing the third player to fold.

Takayama K♦ K♥ Andrew Q♠ T♦

River came 4♦ and failed to fill up Takayama’s set to a full house. Andrew takes the pot with a straight.

All the chips piled high in the middle preflop with Mike Takayama’s A♠ Q♣ behind against Zhang Lijun’s better A♣ K♦ . The board 2♠ J♦ 7♦ T♠ 6♣ offered no help to Takayama as he dropped down to 13 BB.

Utg+1 Anacleto Quijano opened to 1,300, called by two players behind. Action on small blind, Cezar Quiambao squeezed three bet to 9,000 total with only Quijano making the call. Flop came K♦ 9♥ 3♣ and Quiambao continued with a small bet of 4,500, Quijano, again with the call. Turn saw J♥ and Quiambao check-folded after Quijano bet for the rest of his chips.

Utg+1 Jayden Zalac opened to 1,200 and was met with a three bet to 2,100 from Roberto Alcano. Small blind Richard Tolentino pushed a cold four bet to 7,000 which did not convince Zalac to back down. Zalac jammed all-in for 27,900, urging both players to fold behind.

First break of the day sees 347 runners in for today’s flight. Prize pool has swelled to a sweet PHP 10,960,224! Late registration remains to be open until the end of Level 10 @ 18:20.

Utg+1 Ahmed Raul opened to 2,100, hijack George Manolas raised all-in and button Chia Ka Siong Roger called all-in with a smaller stack. Back to Ahmed, he makes the call, covering both opponents.

Manolas A♠ A♦ Chia Q♦ Q♣ Ahmed A♥ K♦

Lucky for Chia, the flop Q♥ 6♦ 7♠ instantly gave him a set with the last ace on deck missing to show up on turn 9♦ and river 3♠ . Chia takes the triple up while Manolas takes the side pot.

An all-in preflop situation, Ito Akira was in trouble after getting it in with J♥ J♠ against Nishike Nariyoshi’s A♦ A♠ . The flop 2♥ 5♦ 4♠ left Ito drawing to two outs, none of which came on turn K♣ and river K♠ .

Hijack Malortigue Lex opened to 1,200 and was called by three players behind. Flop came 6♠ T♦ K♥ and saw the small blind push all-in for 4,000. Malortigue bumped it up to 9,000, raised again by Ruderico Dela Cruz behind for 18,000 total. Button folds and Malortigue stuffs his remaining chips, called by Dela Cruz.

Malortigue K♠ T♠ Dela Cruz A♠ K♣ Small Blind K♦ 8♥

Malortigue’s flopped two pair scoops the pot, eliminating his short stacked opponent and crippling Dela Cruz to 6BB.

Nitatwichit Nutpakan opened from utg and called a short stack all-in of 5,600 from Monziar Villariza.

Villariza A♦ J♥ Nutpakan 2♣ 2♥

Board ran 9♠ 9♦ 9♥ 6♣ Q♠ , completing Nutpakan’s small pocket pair to a full house.

Hijack Eldee Lim opened to 900 and called a three bet behind from Kawai Yuki. Kawai continued with a 1,600 bet on flop Q♣ 3♣ J♥ but folded to Lim’s raise to 5,200.

Utg+1 Li Minghui opened to 800, called by both players on the blinds. Flop came A♦ 4♦ 4♠ and saw big blind Yuto Seki lead out for 1,500. Both players make the call and see a turn of 9♣ . Action checked to raiser Li who fired 2,500, called by blinds Oesterstroem Phenix and Yuto. River came 3♦ and both Oesterstroem and Yuto check-folded Li’s 7,000 bet.

Li shows A♥ 4♥ and takes the boost to his stack.

Following three limpers, big blind Giovanni Belcastro threw in his 2,200 stack and was called only by Zorig Angar.

Belcastro 2♠ 2♥ Zorig A♥ 5♦

Up for a flip, the board ran K♦ 9♥ Q♦ 8♦ 4♠ , saving Belcastro from elimination and a double to 5,400.

A few hands after, Belcastro open shoved with 5♣ 5♥ and was called by Yewale Jayant with A♥ Q♥ . Belcastro once again dodged his opponent’s overcards as the board ran J♦ 9♦ 9♣ 3♣ K♣ .

Three players went on to flop 2♥ 9♦ 7♠ after calling small blind Soh Phay Hwee’s three bet to 2,300. Soh continued for 2,500, called only by Khalife Hanna behind. Turn K♠ and action went check-check. River 9♣ saw Soh lead out for 3,500, called by Khalife.

Soh A♣ A♦

Soh’s overpair wins the pot as Khalife throws his hand in the muck.

Utg Toh Wei Min Alvin opened to 500 and was met with a three bet behind from Cho Minseong. Short stacked Carmona Adones shoved 3,100 from the big blind, called by both players. Board ran 8♥ 5♦ 2♦ 9♠ Q♣ with Toh and Cho checking back to the river. River saw Toh put a 3,000 into the side pot, to which Cho folded.

Toh K♠ Q♦ Carmona J♣ J♦

Toh claims the pot with his rivered top pair enough to beat Carmona’s pocket jacks.

A three bet pot preflop with big blind Shimazaki Kenji as the aggressor, Shimazaki double barreled on board K♦ 9♦ 2♠ 4♠ 6♣ against original raiser Huang Yu Chen. River saw no action and Shimazaki showed a pair of queens Q♠ Q♣ to claim the pot.

A 5-way pot on flop 9♣ 5♣ 7♠ , action checked to button Ang Boon Seng who bet 1,200. Only Seo Jung Il continued to the turn 3♥ . Seo check-called another 2,200, and check-folded on the river A♣ after Ang fired a final bet of 5,000.

Four players joined the action and saw a flop of 6♠ A♠ J♠ . Preflop raiser Ahmed Raul continued with a 1,100 bet, called by Aihara Takayaki and the button. Turn revealed 8♥ , Ahmed pulled another 5,000 bet, this time only called by Aihara behind. River J♣ saw Ahmed check-call a 5,000 bet from Aihara.

Aihara reveals full house 6♦ 6♥ for the win.

Utg Bhatt Yagyavalk opened to 400, called by the button and big blind Siang Theng Chee. Flop came 6♥ 4♦ 8♥ . Siang check-raises Bhatt’s 1,200 bet to 2,200, button folds, and Bhatt makes the call. Turn saw J♦ and Bhatt check-called Siang’s 2,600 bet. River 8♠ , Bhatt leads out for 7,500, and Siang with a fold.

Bhatt shows Q♥ 3♥ for a busted flush draw.

Shuffle up & deal, good luck to all the players!