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Philippines, Okada Manila
Final Day
Ivan Dela Cruz busts in 8th place - PHP 225,000
Facing an open and a call from Ivan Dela Cruz, small blind Xia Qi squeezed three bet to 950,00 and called Dela Cruz’ all-in for 2,300,000.
Dela Cruz J♦ J♥ Xia A♦ Q♦
Running a flip with Dela Cruz at risk, the board A♣ A♥ T♣ Q♣ 7♦ secured Xia the pot with a full house. Dela Cruz heads for the exit in 8th place after losing the flip.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
XQ | 8,600,000(54 BB) | 3,300,000 |
busted | -1,830,000 |
Ivan Dela Cruz outflops Ho Tung Chun
Following two shoves with no callers, short stacked Ivan Dela Cruz pushed all-in for 825,000 on the button and was finally called by big blind Ho Tung Chun.
Dela Cruz A♦ 4♦ Ho A♠ 7♣
Ho, ahead with a better ace, was left drawing thin after the flop 4♥ 9♦ Q♥ paired up Dela Cruz’ four. Turn 2♥ and river T♠ sealed the double up for Dela Cruz as he dodged his potential elimination.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 6,210,000(52 BB) | -490,000 | |
| 1,830,000(15 BB) | 1,055,000 |
Day 2
Day 2 closes with final nine set
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
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
XQ | 6,345,000(79 BB) | 645,000 |
| 6,215,000(78 BB) | ||
| 4,270,000(53 BB) | -130,000 | |
| 3,270,000(41 BB) | -30,000 | |
| 3,245,000(41 BB) | -955,000 | |
| 2,740,000(34 BB) | -60,000 | |
| 2,480,000(31 BB) | -220,000 | |
| 1,520,000(19 BB) | -280,000 | |
| 775,000(10 BB) | -525,000 |
Break Time!
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:
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
XQ | 5,000,000(63 BB) | -200,000 |
| 4,600,000(58 BB) | -600,000 | |
| 4,400,000(55 BB) | ||
| 4,200,000(53 BB) | ||
| 3,100,000(39 BB) | 100,000 | |
| 2,700,000(34 BB) | 700,000 | |
| 2,500,000(31 BB) | 650,000 | |
| 1,700,000(21 BB) | 100,000 | |
| 1,300,000(16 BB) | -50,000 | |
| 1,300,000(16 BB) | -200,000 | |
| 400,000(5 BB) | -490,000 |
Ivan Dela Cruz gets lucky
Following a late position open and a call, big blind Ivan Dela Cruz pushed all-in for 655,000 and was called by button Ho Tung Chun with 6♣ 6♠ . Dela Cruz with A♠ 5♥ needed to spike his overcard to survive. Fortunately for him, the board ran A♦ Q♦ 4♥ 4♠ 9♦ with his flopped top pair good for the win.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 3,000,000(50 BB) | -600,000 | |
| 1,500,000(25 BB) | -380,000 |
Chuck Peregrino gets rivered
Utg+1 Javalera Ireneo opened to 50,000, called by both button Ivan Dela Cruz and small blind Aihara Takayuki. Flop came 6♦ 5♥ 7♥ , Aihara led out a 65,000 bet, raised to 200,000 by Javalera. Dela Cruz and Aihara make the call behind and sees turn A♦ . Action checked to Dela Cruz allowed him to move all-in and collected no callers for the pot.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 1,880,000(75 BB) | 1,438,000 | |
| 1,300,000(52 BB) | 100,000 | |
| 600,000(24 BB) | 160,000 |
Day 1C
Day 1C concludes
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.
Top Chip Counts:
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 630,000(105 BB) | ||
LW | 547,000(91 BB) | 472,000 |
| 485,000(81 BB) | 485,000 | |
| 473,000(79 BB) | 473,000 | |
| 442,000(74 BB) | 272,000 |
Registration is closed!
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.
Top Chip Counts:
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 290,000(242 BB) | 80,000 | |
| 220,000(183 BB) | 220,000 | |
| 190,000(158 BB) | 120,000 | |
| 180,000(150 BB) | 20,000 | |
| 170,000(142 BB) | 170,000 | |
| 160,000(133 BB) | -10,000 |