Main Event

Button Alexis Cruz opened to 50,000 and called a raise to 225,000 from big blind Lee Wei. Flop came 6♦ 8♣ J♣ , checked by both players. Turn saw T♠ , Lee this time fired a bet of 45,000, called by Cruz. River 4♣ completed the board and Lee moved all-in for 150,000. Cruz puts in the fold and takes his stack to the next round.

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.

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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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Following the loss a few minutes beforehand, short stacked Lee Wei dodged a potential elimination after he moved all-in against utg Ashley Patterson’s open. From the small blind, Reiji Amada shoved behind for 68,000 total, prompting the original raiser to fold.

Lee 9♥ T♥ Amada A♦ K♦

The flop 3♠ 9♠ J♥ instantly gave Lee a pair of nines and was good enough to claim the 75,000 pot after Amada failed to pair up on the turn or river.

An early open from Jester Initia saw two players call behind, revealing a flop of 5♦ 5♣ 6♣ . Initia continued with an 8,000 bet, raised by cut off Lee Wei to 21,000. Initia made the call and moved on to turn T♣ . Both players checked round and the river 7♥ completed the board. Initia fired a 21,000 river bet and Lee made the final call. Initia showed trips 9♦ 5♥ , followed by a muck from Lee to secure his win.

Utg+1 Kenzo Mendoza opened to 11,000, called by cut off Ashley Patterson and button Lee Wei. On the small blind, Reynolds Nicholas opted to squeeze to 47,000 total, leaving only Patterson with the call behind. Heads up, the flop came K♥ J♥ 8♦ , and Reynolds bet folded 35,000 after Patterson raised for 65,000 more.

Beginning with a limp from Reiji Amada, small blind Lee Wei jumped the gun and moved all-in for his 34,000 stack. Amada made the call with T♠ T♦ and was up for a flip against Lee’s A♣ K♣ . The board ran J♠ 9♣ K♥ 2♣ 7♠ , giving Lee top pair for the win.

Utg Alvir Inocentes stuffed his short stack in and was called by small blind Lee Wei with Q♥ T♣ . Inocentes revealed K♥ 3♦ and secured a double up after the board ran 5♦ 7♦ J♦ 6♣ K♣ .