Main Event

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♦

A three way all-in preflop, Ho Tung Chun’s overcards were in for a flip against two pocket jacks.

Ho A♥ K♥ Shah Chirag J♣ J♠ Shin Hyeonho J♥ J♦

The board Q♣ 9♠ 4♦ 6♣ T♦ unfortunately for Ho, ran queen high with his two opponents splitting his 2,150,000 stack for the win.

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:

A limp pot between the blinds, the flop 3♥ 2♠ 8♥ was checked round and headed to turn Q♦ . Small blind Shah Chirag led out for 160,000, raised by Xia Qi to 500,000. Shah folds and Xia shows Q♣ 8♣ for two pair.

Utg+1 Shah Chirag opened to 325,000 and was met with a three bet from Xia Qi to 950,000. Shah resists to complete and makes the fold.

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.

Cut off Ho Tung Chun opened to 225,000 and was met with a three bet to 700,000 from small blind Shah Chirag. Ho makes the fold.

Utg+1 Paolo Boccaletti opened to 250,000, called by big blind Shah Chirag. Flop came A♣ K♥ Q♥ , and Shah check-called a 220,000 bet from Boccaletti. Turn saw 4♣ with Shah unable to continue after the preflop raiser fired another 475,000.

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:

Button Shin Hyeonho opened to 150,000 and called a click back to 300,000 from big blind Shah Chirag. Flop came 7♣ 4♣ 4♠ and Shah check-called a 220,000 bet from Shin. Another 7♥ showed up on the turn and Shah again, check-called for 450,000. River J♣ completed the board with both players checking to showdown.

Shah reveals A♥ J♦ for two pair jacks and sevens, Shin with a muck behind.

Cut off John Jay Magadan opened to 85,000 and called a three bet from big blind Shah Chirag to 250,000. Flop came T♣ T♦ 6♥ , Shah with a continuation bet of 180,000, called by Magadan. Turn saw 4♣ and Shah fired another 550,000. Magadan moved all-in for 345,000 more and Shah puts in the final call.

Magadan K♦ T♥ Shah A♣ A♠

River 4♦ completed Magadan’s full house tens over fours for the 67 BB pot.

Utg John Jay Magadan opened to 110,000 and was met with a three bet from button Shah Chirag to 250,000 total. Magadan opted not to call, but to push all-in for 1,075,000. Convinced to be behind, Shah makes the fold.

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:

Getting it all-in preflop, Tan Hai Shien was way ahead with the best hand in poker A♣ A♦ against Shah Chirag’s Q♣ Q♥ for a pot of 780,000. The board Q♠ 7♣ 8♦ 9♥ 2♣ however, crushed Tan’s dreams of a Main Event title as Shah’s set of queens claimed the win.

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.

Tan Hai Shien defended his big blind against Shah Chirag’s open and saw a flop of A♦ T♦ 7♥ . Tan checked and Shah threw in a 1 BB bet, raised by Tan to 90,000 (3BB). Shah moves all-in for his opponent’s 150,000 behind and Tan snap folds.

Button Hong Jung Gi opened to 60,000 and called a huge raise to 350,000 from big blind Shah Chirag. Hong makes the call and flops K♥ 2♥ 6♠ . Shah bets 100,000 and calls off Hong’s jam for 710,000 total.

Hong A♥ K♠ Shah Q♥ T♥

Top pair vs flush draw, the turn 7♥ filled up Shah’s flush with Hong’s two pair by the river A♠ not enough for him to survive.

Tan Hai Shien defended his big blind against cut off Shah Chirag’s open to 45,000 and saw a flop of J♠ 9♠ 7♥ . Both players checked and headed on to turn T♠ . Tan check-called a 40,000 bet from Shah and saw A♦ fill up on the river. Tan again with another check-call for 90,000 quickly mucked after seeing Shah’s K♥ Q♠ for the nut straight.

Folded to the small blind, Javalera Ireneo opened to 24,000, called by big blind Shah Chirag. Flop came 9♦ 6♦ 9♣ and Javalera continued with an overbet of 75,000, again called by Shah. Turn 3♥ saw another 75,000 bet from Javalera to which Shah answered with an all-in for 370,000 total. Javalera doesn’t put anymore chips in and makes the fold.

Folded to Javalera Ireneo on the small blind, he limp calls a 30,000 raise from big blind Shah Chirag. Action checked round on flop K♥ J♣ 9♣ and saw a turn of J♥ . Javalera led out a 50,000 bet to which Shah folded. Javalera shows two pair K♠ A♠ .