Main Event

1,203,000

Button Xia Qi opened, called by small blind Paolo Boccaletti, and big blind John Clyde Tan squeezed all-in for 5,650,000. Xia folds and Boccaletti puts the chips in.

Tan A♥ 6♠ Boccaletti 7♦ 7♣

Ahead with his pocket pair, Boccaletti sent Tan packing after the board 9♥ Q♠ 8♠ 2♥ 9♠ feleted no ace.

Button John Clyde Tan opened to 700,000 and snap called big blind Xia Qi’s 4,800,000 all-in.

Xia 8♥ 8♠ Tan A♦ K♣

Up for a flip, the flop 8♣ 4♥ 2♦ quickly left Tan drawing thin with the runout K♠ T♥ sealing Xia’s set of eights good for the win.

Utg John Clyde Tan opened to 700,000, joined by Paolo Boccaletti from the big blind. Action was checked to the turn 8♦ 8♣ J♣ A♥ where Tan bet 400,000, check-called by Boccaletti. Another A♠ showed up on the river, killing the action altogether.

Tan Q♥ J♥ Boccaletti Q♣ 2♣

Tan collects the pot once again with a better two pair, aces and queens.

A limp pot between the blinds, the two saw a flop of 6♦ 4♠ 5♠ . Small blind Paolo Boccaletti led out for 300,000, called by John Clyde Tan behind. Turn 8♦ saw another 700,000 from the chip leader, called again by Tan. River 6♠ didn’t stop Boccaletti as he fired 1,500,000. Tan raised all-in for 875,000 more and Boccaletti with a call.

Tan shows two pair J♥ 8♠ for the pot, Boccaletti with a quick muck.

Talks of an ICM deal is being discussed at the table.

Chip Count Update:

Cut off John Clyde Tan opened to 450,000, called by both players on the blinds. Flop came A♠ 3♠ T♥ . Checked to Tan, he continued for 575,000, called only by small blind Xia Qi. Turn 4♠ went check check and river 8♥ saw Xia bet 1,300,000, called behind. Xia shows A♦ 8♣ rivered two pair for the win.

Utg Shah Chirag flicked in his 2BB stack and was called by both players on the blinds. Action was checked down to the river Q♣ 7♣ 4♠ 5♣ T♦ where John Jay Magadan claimed the pot with a pair of tens T♥ 9♣ .

Shah J♥ 9♥ John Clyde Tan J♣ 4♦

All the chips quickly piled high in the middle with John Clyde Tan at risk vs Shah Chirag.

Tan A♥ A♣ Shah K♠ K♣

A massive cooler, no kings were seen on board Q♠ 6♠ 6♣ 6♥ T♠ , giving Tan a sweet double up. Shah survives but is crippled down to less than 1BB.

First break of the day sees seven players remain in contention for Manila Super Series 18 Main Event title.

Chip Count Update:

Utg Xia Qi opened to 325,000, called behind by John Clyde Tan. Flop K♦ 3♦ 4♥ saw Xia check call a 300,000 bet from Tan. Action on turn Q♣ went check check, heading on to the river 6♣ . Xia led for 710,000, Tan with a tank-fold.

Hijack Paolo Boccaletti opened to 320,000 and faced a three bet to 950,000 from button John Clyde Tan. Boccaletti took a minute before shoving all-in for 3,340,000. Action back on Tan, he used up four time banks before finally making the fold.

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.

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

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 the small blind, John Clyde Tan opened to 150,000, called behind by Darrell Griffith. Flop came T♣ A♥ 9♠ , Tan continued for 100,000 and called a raise to 300,000. Turn came J♥ and saw both players check. Another J♠ completed the board and Tan sent out a bet of 550,000, called by Darrell after using up all his time banks.

Tan J♣ 8♠ Darrell A♦ Q♥

Tan claims the pot with his rivered trip jacks topping Darrell’s two pair.

Utg+1 Shin Hyeonho opened to 100,000 and saw both blinds complete to see a flop of A♥ 2♥ K♣ . Checked to Shin, he fired a bet of 105,000, called by John Clyde Tan. Action on big blind Kim Enriquez, he stuffed all-in for 680,000 total and was called by the original raiser.

Enriquez Q♥ 9♥ Shin A♠ Q♣

Top pair vs flush draw, no more hearts came on either turn J♣ or river 8♣ , sending Enriquez out in 16th place.

Keeping his momentum, utg John Clyde Tan opened and was joined by two other players. Flop came 7♦ 5♠ 4♣ and saw Tan check-call a 145,000 all-in from hijack Kim Yoonhee.

Kim A♣ J♥ Tan A♠ Q♥

Needing only a jack to stay alive, the turn 5♥ and river A♥ sealed Kim’s elimination from the running with Tan’s better ace good for the win.

Utg+1 John Clyde Tan opened to 85,000, called by John Jay Magadan behind as well as the big blind. Flop saw 2♦ 3♥ 7♠ and Tan continued for 125,000. Magadan makes the call with the two checking down the action through to the river A♥ 2♥ . Tan shows down 8♣ 8♠ , Magadan with a muck.

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.

Top Chip Counts:

Folded to the small blind, John Clyde Tan put in 75,000, called behind by big blind Shah Chirag. The two headed on to see a flop of T♦ 3♥ 9♥ . Tan continued for 55,000, raised by Shah to 125,000. Tan makes the call and peels turn 7♠ . Shah fires another 210,000, check-called by Tan. River 2♣ completed the board and Shah threw in a final bet of 750,000, to which Tan folded.

Cut off Tan Hai Shien opened to 60,000 and was joined by big blind John Clyde Tan. Flop came J♣ A♠ T♠ , John checks, Hai bets 65,000 and calls a raise to 150,000. Turn 4♦ saw John move all-in for Hai’s remaining 350,000. Hai used up four of five time banks before folding, but showed A♦ T♦ for two pair.

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

Top Chip Counts:

John Clyde Tan opened to 28,000 and called a 115,000 all-in from Ooi Chuan Ian behind.

Ooi 6♣ 6♠ Tan A♣ K♣

The flop A♥ T♦ 5♠ instantly put Tan way ahead, with the runout 9♠ A♠ further improving his top pair to trip aces.

Utg+1 John Clyde Tan opened to 13,000 and completed small blind Chua Boon Seah’s raise to 33,000 total. Flop came K♠ 6♣ 4♣ , and Chua continued for 25,000, called by Tan. Turn 3♦ saw Chua send out a bigger 60,000, alarming Tan to fold.

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.