Main Event

Utg+1 Edilberto Gopez opened to 250,000, called behind by Xia Qi. No bets were seen on flop A♦ J♠ 5♥ with Gopez leading the turn 8♥ for 300,000, Xia with a call. River 3♠ completed the board and Gopez used up two time banks before moving all-in for his 500,000 left. Xia makes the call with top pair A♣ T♣ , beating Gopez’ bluff with K♠ 4♣ .

Midposition John Clyde Tan opened to 260,000, called behind by button Edilberto Gopez. Flop came A♦ 9♠ 3♣ , checked by both players to the turn 3♦ . Tan threw in a bet of 325,000, called by Gopez. River 5♠ saw Tan with another 700,000 bet, called again behind.

Tan shows A♥ Q♥ for two pair, Gopez with a muck.

Utg Edilberto Gopez opened to 250,000 and Ho Tung Chun defended his big blind to see a flop of J♣ 7♣ 4♠ . Ho check-called a 300,000 bet from Gopez and saw no more bets on either turn 8♣ or river A♥ . Ho shows A♣ Q♠ for top pair, Gopez with a muck behind after showing J♠ .

Hijack Edilberto Gopez opened to 225,000, called by Shah Chirag behind. Flop 8♠ 9♠ 8♣ saw Gopez quickly check fold to Shah’s 300,000 bet.

Hijack Ho Tung Chun opened to 200,000 and folded to a three bet behind from Edilberto Gopez to 550,000 total.

Main Event - Live Updates - Day 2

Day 2 action is officially closed with the final nine players returning tomorrow in contention for the PHP 2,400,000 (~USD 42,232) top prize. Xia Qi leads the pack with over 6.3 Million in chips, followed closely by Ho Tung Chun with 6.2 Million. Final table gameplay resumes tomorrow on Level 29: 50,000/100,000 ante 100,000 at 13:00 sharp!

Chip Counts:

Remaining Payouts

1st - PHP 2,400,000 2nd - PHP 1,450,000 3rd - PHP 1,020,000 4th - PHP 765,000 5th - PHP 590,000 6th - PHP 430,000 7th - PHP 315,000 8th - PHP 225,000 9th - PHP 176,336

Folded to small blind, Edilberto Gopez opened to 245,000 and called off a jam from big blind Paolo Boccaletti for 1,1650,000 total.

Boccaletti T♣ T♥ Gopez Q♦ J♦

The blind vs blind battle ran a board of T♠ 8♥ 7♠ 7♦ 6♥ , giving Boccaletti a full house for a crucial double up.

Cut off Edilberto Gopez limped call a raise from small blind Xia Qi to 425,000. Flop came Q♦ T♣ 7♣ and Xia check-called 200,000 from his opponent. Turn 8♥ and river 2♠ were checked round with Xia revealing A♥ T♦ by showdown. Xia’s pair of tens was good for the pot after Gopez threw his cards in the muck.

11 players left in the running, two more eliminations before the day wraps up. Final table gameplay will resume tomorrow at 13:00.

Chip Count Update:

Folded to small blind Edilberto Gopez, he opened to 120,000 and called off big blind Sidark Amanda’s jam for 420,000 total.

Sidark A♦ 6♦ Gopez 8♠ T♦

Slightly ahead, the runout 6♣ 2♥ 5♠ 4♣ T♠ couldn’t save Sidark from his unfortunate elimination after the river gave Gopez a pair of tens to beat his pair of sixes.

Hijack Edilberto Gopez opened to 100,000, called by button Hsieh Hao An. Flop came 2♥ T♥ 6♦ and Gopez continued for 150,000, called by Hsieh. Action on turn 4♥ went check check, leading up to the river Q♦ . Gopez threw in a final bet of 250,000, raking another call from his opponent behind. Gopez quickly mucks his hand and Hsieh wins by default but still shows 5♥ 5♦ .

21 players left in the game, each guaranteed a minimum payout of PHP 80,000. Day 2 action will close once the final nine is reached.

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Facing an utg open and a three bet behind from Edilberto Gopez, Ashley Patterson moved all-in for 700,000 total and was called by Gopez.

Patterson A♣ Q♣ Gopez K♠ K♦

The board K♥ Q♥ 7♥ 2♣ 5♣ quickly gave Gopez top set, leaving Patterson drawing dead by the turn.

Sidark Amanda defended his big blind against utg raiser Edilberto Gopez and saw a flop of K♠ 6♦ 4♣ . Sidark led out a bet of 55,000 and called a raise to 165,000 from Gopez. Turn 5♠ went check-check, leading to the river 4♠ . Sidark bet 350,000, enough for Gopez to chuck in the fold.

Hijack Edilberto Gopez opened to 65,000, called by big blind Chen Ying Chan. Flop came 5♣ 2♥ T♥ . Chen leads out for 110,000, called by the raiser. Turn 4♠ saw Chen with another bet of 120,000. This time, Gopez put him all-in for his 400,000 behind. Chen used up all of his remaining two time banks before making the fold.

A blind vs blind battle, all the chips went in the middle preflop and turned up a flip, Sidark Amanda being at risk.

Sidark 4♦ 4♣ Edilberto Gopez A♥ K♦

The flop 5♦ 3♥ 7♥ fared safe for Sidark and remained that way after the turn 6♥ completed his straight for the double up.

Cheong Yun Rong defended his big blind against utg Edilberto Gopez’ open to 40,000 and saw a flop of 5♥ 6♥ 7♥ . Cheong check-called a 30,000 continuation bet from his opponent and moved on to turn 2♣ . Action went check-check and Cheong led out for 65,000 on the river J♥ . Gopez answered with an all-in to which Cheong folded.

55 players left in contention for the Manila Super Series 18 Main Event title, minimum payout stands at PHP 42,000.

Top Chip Counts:

First break of the day sees 90 players left in contention for the PHP 2,400,000 (~USD 42,232) top prize. Remaining players are now guaranteed a minimum payout of PHP 30,000.

Top Chip Counts:

Utg+1 Edilberto Gopez opened to 13,000, called by the button. Small blind Chandra Wendy decided it was a good time to squeeze all-in for 70,000 total. Gopez takes the spot and moves all-in with the button folding behind.

Chandra K♦ 4♦ Gopez T♠ T♣

The board ran A♥ Q♠ 9♠ 9♦ T♥ and Gopez secured the easy boost.