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Philippines, Okada Manila
Day 1B
Day 1B action wraps up
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:
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 593,000(99 BB) | 265,000 | |
| 522,000(87 BB) | 112,000 | |
| 510,000(85 BB) | ||
| 425,000(71 BB) | 5,000 | |
| 401,000(67 BB) | 1,000 | |
| 346,000(58 BB) | 16,000 | |
| 333,000(56 BB) | 153,000 |
Hsieh Hao An triple barrels against big blind
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.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 510,000(85 BB) | 90,000 | |
| 400,000(67 BB) | 115,000 |
Break Time!
64 players left in the running with 17 more eliminations to go before Day 1B action wraps up.
Top Chip Counts:
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 420,000(140 BB) | 120,000 | |
| 328,000(109 BB) | ||
| 285,000(95 BB) | 255,000 | |
| 274,000(91 BB) | 274,000 | |
| 260,000(87 BB) | 20,000 |
Day 1A
Cowan Graham doubles up
Following a limp-limp, button Won Jongmin bumped it up to 800 and both players made the call. Flop came 5♠ 3♠ A♥ and action checked to Jongmin where he bet 1,500. Cowan Graham raised all-in and Jongmin made the call.
Cowan Graham 4♠ 9♠ Won Jongmin A♦ 9♣
Turn immediately saw a 7♠ , completing Graham’s flush for the win.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 30,000(150 BB) | 7,200 | |
| 18,000(90 BB) | 18,000 |
Top pair good for Ryoma Kochi
Preflop action began with an early open from under the gun and three callers behind. Ryoma Kochi on the big blind led out an 800 bet on flop T♣ 8♥ 2♠ , called by all three opponents. Turn came 5♦ and Kochi sent out another 2,000 bet. Only Cowan Graham threw in the chips and saw the river 4♦ . Kochi fired a 4,000 river bet, commanding another call from Graham. Kochi revealed A♠ T♦ for top pair, top kicker, good enough to take down the pot.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 40,000(400 BB) | 40,000 | |
| 22,800(228 BB) | 22,800 |