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David Rene Mar

Philippines

Place

2nd

Prize

$40,068

Prize (PHP)

₱2,320,000

Blind level

Level 30: 60,000 / 120,000 ante: 120,000

Entries

1/512

Total Chips

15,360,000

Average

15,360,000

Final Day

SMPSMP

12/8/2024, 2:18:20 PM

David Rene Mar Takes Home P2,320,000/$40,067.7 For 2nd Place

Level 30: 60,000 / 120,000 ante: 120,000

David Rene Mar - 2nd Place

Right the next hand David Rene Mar shoves with 7♠ 3♣ and Richard Marquez decides J♦ 8♣ is good enough to win the tournament right here and now. The dealer makes his premonition come true by hitting the felt with 2♣ K♣ T♥ K♥ 4♠ crowning him new Manila Megastack 20 Main Event Champion.

Player	Chips
RM Richard MarquezPhilippines	15,500,000(129 BB)
DR David Rene MarPhilippines	busted

SMPSMP

12/8/2024, 2:10:05 PM

Richard Marquez In Commanding Lead

Level 30: 60,000 / 120,000 ante: 120,000

Richard Marquez

After a few small pots went to David Rene Mar to take the lead it is Richard Marquez who kicks off the action with a raise to 250,000. BB David Rene Mar jams his massive stack to put Richard all-in. After some deliberation he decides it's go-time and calls his remaining 6,400,000 with Q♦ 9♦ . David flips over K♥ 6♦ for a close race. The dealer keeps it interesting until the end with T♣ 3♥ J♦ T♥ 8♠ to give Richard a straight on the river and pushes this massive pot into his direction.

Player	Chips
RM Richard MarquezPhilippines	13,000,000(108 BB)
DR David Rene MarPhilippines	2,500,000(21 BB)

SMPSMP

12/8/2024, 1:55:26 PM

William Ysmael Finishes His Historic Run In 3rd Banking P1,660,000/$28,669.13

Level 30: 60,000 / 120,000 ante: 120,000

William Ysmael - 3rd Place

With the BU opening 270,000 and SB Richard Marquez calling in SB, BB William Ysmael jams 2,430,000 with A♦ 2♠ . Richard calls with 9♥ 9♦ and it is looking dire for the defending champ. The dealer agrees by tabling 9♠ A♣ 7♣ Q♥ A♥ to take us heads up.

Player	Chips
RM Richard MarquezPhilippines	8,220,000(69 BB)
DR David Rene MarPhilippines	7,135,000(59 BB)
WY William YsmaelPhilippines	busted

SMPSMP

12/8/2024, 1:12:47 PM

David Rene Mar Extends His Lead Even Further

Level 29: 50,000 / 100,000 ante: 100,000

#135 and #136 both get picked up by Alvir Inocentes with min opens from BU an CO.

#137 kicks off with CO Richard Marquez raising to 200,000, BU William Ysmael calls and Alvir Inocentes puts down the hammer with a jam for 2,800,000 to scoop up the pot.

#138 is a walk for Richard Marquez

#139 has David Rene Mar raise to 225,000 to take BU Alvir Inocentes to the flop A♦ T♠ J♣ where a 175,000 c-bet gets called for the turn 4♣ that gets checked to the river A♠ . David slides out another 425,000 with A♣ 9♠ that's called by Alvir who mucks.

Player	Chips
DR David Rene MarPhilippines	6,900,000(69 BB)

SMPSMP

12/8/2024, 1:11:57 PM

David Rene Mar Extends Lead

Level 29: 50,000 / 100,000 ante: 100,000

Opening 225,000 from BU, David Rene Mar takes both blinds to the flop J♦ T♣ 9♠ that gets checked all the way to the river 3♣ 2♠ where BB Richard Marquez tries to bluff with 270,000, but immediately mucks when David says call.

Player	Chips
DR David Rene MarPhilippines	5,500,000(55 BB)
RM Richard MarquezPhilippines	2,700,000(27 BB)

SMPSMP

12/8/2024, 1:02:33 PM

David Rene Mar Takes Over Lead

Level 29: 50,000 / 100,000 ante: 100,000

David Rene Mar

#131 gets picked up by Alvir Inocentes with a min from BU.

#132 is a limped blind battle to the flop A♥ 5♥ 2♠ with BB David Rene Mar sliding out a 100,000 winning bet.

#133 has BU William Ysmael raise 200,000 and both blinds defend to see the flop 5♥ J♣ T♠ that gets checked round to the turn 3♥ where SB David Rene Mar leads 225,000 and only William continues to the river 7♠ . Separating another 500,000 from his stack with Q♠ J♠ , David gets paid by William who mucks.

Player	Chips
DR David Rene MarPhilippines	4,800,000(48 BB)
WY William YsmaelPhilippines	3,600,000(36 BB)

SMPSMP

12/8/2024, 12:52:30 PM

Some More Low Balling

Level 29: 50,000 / 100,000 ante: 100,000

#125 goes to Richard Marquez with a min from BU.

#126 has Alvir Inocentes raise 250,000 in SB to take it down.

#127 is another walk for William Ysmael.

#128 kicks of with SB William Ysmael limp, but decides to let it go after BB David Rene Mar pumped it to 300,000.

#129 goes to Alvir Inocentes with a walk.

#130 starts with David Rene Mar raise to 225,000 from BU and SB Alvir Inocentes calls to see the flop K♥ 4♠ 6♠ that gets checked to the river T♣ T♦ where Alvir takes over the reins with a 350,000 lead holding A♠ 9♦ , but gets called by David with J♥ 6♥ .

Player	Chips
DR David Rene MarPhilippines	3,900,000(39 BB)
AI Alvir InocentesPhilippines	2,300,000(23 BB)

SMPSMP

12/8/2024, 11:34:18 AM

With Four Players Left The Current Stacks Are

Level 28: 40,000 / 80,000 ante: 80,000

William Ysmael

Player	Chips
WY William YsmaelPhilippines	5,000,000(63 BB)
AI Alvir InocentesPhilippines	3,640,000(46 BB)
RM Richard MarquezPhilippines	3,390,000(42 BB)
DR David Rene MarPhilippines	3,300,000(41 BB)

SMPSMP

12/8/2024, 10:40:51 AM

Sham Wing Sheuk Bags P580,000/$10,016.93 for 7th Place

Level 28: 40,000 / 80,000 ante: 80,000

Sham Wing Sheuk - 7th Place

Jamming his remaining 245,000 with K♠ 8♠ from UTG, Sham Wing Sheuk watches BB David Rene Mar fill up and show K♣ 4♦ for a good chance to double up. The dealer has other ideas and flips over 3♦ 7♣ 4♥ 7♠ A♥ to bring us down to six players.

Player	Chips
DR David Rene MarPhilippines	3,740,000(47 BB)
SW Sham Wing SheukChina	busted

SMPSMP

12/8/2024, 9:24:59 AM

Yohei Katsuragawa First Elimination Taking Home P370,000/$6,390.11 For 9th

Level 27: 30,000 / 60,000 ante: 60,000

Yohei Katsuragawa - 9th Place

David Rene Mar opens hand #65 for 135,000 from UTG, Yohei Katsuragawa jams his remaining 320,000 with A♥ Q♠ and is flipping against David's J♦ J♠ . The Dealer tables T♦ K♦ 9♠ 7♣ 4♣ and delivers the first knockout of the day.

Player	Chips
DR David Rene MarPhilippines	2,000,000(33 BB)
YK Yohei KatsuragawaJapan	busted

SMPSMP

12/8/2024, 9:18:48 AM

William Ysmael Increases Lead Further

Level 27: 30,000 / 60,000 ante: 60,000

Hand #55 gets open-limped from BU Richard Marquez and BB William Ysmael waives his option to see the flop 5♣ 6♦ J♥ that gets checked around to the turn 8♠ . Will leads 70,000 and gets called for the board to complete 7♠ . Another 425,000 lead gets the job done.

Hand #56 is taken down by Alivir Inocentes with a 120,000 open from the LJ.

Hand #57 has William Ysmael back in the drivers seat, making it 120,000 from the button and BB David Rene Mar defends his big to see the flop 4♠ 6♦ 5♠ that gets checked to the turn 5♣ . David decides to switch gears with a 100,000 lead that gets called for the river T♣ to be revealed. Back to a check, David faces a 485,000 bet from Will and decides to fold, losing a time bank in the process.

Player	Chips
WY William YsmaelPhilippines	4,900,000(82 BB)
DR David Rene MarPhilippines	1,390,000(23 BB)

SMPSMP

12/8/2024, 8:20:59 AM

Chip Counts Going Into Level 27

Level 26: 25,000 / 50,000 ante: 50,000

William Ysmael

Player	Chips
WY William YsmaelPhilippines	3,835,000(77 BB)
AI Alvir InocentesPhilippines	2,700,000(54 BB)
DR David Rene MarPhilippines	2,100,000(42 BB)
RM Richard MarquezPhilippines	1,675,000(34 BB)
YR Yusuf Ronald CassidyIndonesia	1,560,000(31 BB)
AC Andy ChanSingapore	925,000(19 BB)
SW Sham Wing SheukChina	910,000(18 BB)
YK Yohei KatsuragawaJapan	750,000(15 BB)
OD Oliver DuranFrance	375,000(8 BB)

SMPSMP

12/8/2024, 7:26:01 AM

Small Skirmishes And A Jam

Level 26: 25,000 / 50,000 ante: 50,000

Sham Wing Sheuk

#40 has William Ysmael recover by taking down the pot with a 100,000 raise from CO

#41 sees William Ysmael kick off with another 100,000 from HJ to take CO and BB to the flop 3♦ 8♠ K♣ where he takes it down with a 125,000 c-bet.

#42 starts with David Rene Mar opening 110,000 to take CO Sham Wing Sheuk to the flop 5♦ T♥ 9♦ where a 110,000 c-bet and a call take us to the turn 8♥ . Slowing down to a check, David Rene Mar watches Sham Wing Sheuk consume two time banks before jamming his remaining 595,000. With the aid of one of his own time banks, David lets it go.

Player	Chips
DR David Rene MarPhilippines	2,100,000(42 BB)
SW Sham Wing SheukChina	1,160,000(23 BB)

SMPSMP

12/8/2024, 6:11:58 AM

Big Statement From David Rene Mar

Level 25: 20,000 / 40,000 ante: 40,000

Hand #13 goes to Alvir Inocentes with an 80,000 raise from +2.

Hand #14 kicks off with William Ysmael opening from HJ to take BU Rene David Mar to the flop 3♠ K♥ 5♠ that gets checked to the turn 5♥ , where a delayed c-bet of 125,000 slides over the line. Mar makes the call to see the board complete A♥ , is faced with another 285,000 barrel and goes in the tank before finally declaring raise to 750,000 with the addition of a time bank. Now it is Ysmael who has to brood, coming to the conclusion that fold is the best option and also hands two time banks to the dealer.

Player	Chips
WY William YsmaelPhilippines	2,900,000(73 BB)
DR David Rene MarPhilippines	2,300,000(58 BB)

Blind level

Level 25: 20,000 / 40,000 ante: 40,000

Entries

9/512

Total Chips

15,360,000

Average

1,706,667

Day 2

SMPSMP

12/7/2024, 1:34:19 PM

Main Event Final 9 Are Wrapped

Level 25: 20,000 / 40,000 ante: 40,000

Manila Megastack 20 Main Event Final Table

Having reached the Final 9 down from 77 that started Day 2 Richard Marquez came to life towards the end running up a massive chip lead that resulted in him bagging 3,070,000 in first, but Alvir Inocentes - the only player that qualified for day 2 twice - mounted a late charge that included the last minute elimination of Christopher Mateo on the final table bubble and brought him close to the leader with 2,825,000 in chips.

With an exiting journey through the ITM stage down to the final table done, we give the players some time to recover before we resume play tomorrow at 13:00 with the contenders battling over the lion share of the P20,113,920 prize pool and P3,713,920 on top.

We will see you here tomorrow for the live updates again and leave you with the chip counts of the final 9 :

Player	Chips
RM Richard MarquezPhilippines	3,070,000(77 BB)
AI Alvir InocentesPhilippines	2,825,000(71 BB)
WY William YsmaelPhilippines	2,305,000(58 BB)
DR David Rene MarPhilippines	1,645,000(41 BB)
YR Yusuf Ronald CassidyIndonesia	1,460,000(37 BB)
AC Andy ChanSingapore	1,305,000(33 BB)
OD Oliver DuranFrance	980,000(25 BB)
SW Sham Wing SheukChina	960,000(24 BB)
YK Yohei KatsuragawaJapan	850,000(21 BB)

SMPSMP

12/7/2024, 12:52:12 PM

Jonald Garcia Ends Another Deep Run In 11th For P310,000/$5,353.87

Level 25: 20,000 / 40,000 ante: 40,000

Jonald Garcia - 11th Place

Starting the day as massive chip leader, followed by a bumpy run to the lower end of the field in the past two hours, Jonald Garcia picks up A♠ 9♠ in the BB and jams 335,000 into HJ David Rene Mar's 85,000 opening. Mar fills up with A♥ 8♣ and the dealer delivers four hits on 8♣ 9♠ A♣ 8♥ T♥ letting the underdog emerge as the victor with eights full.

Player	Chips
DR David Rene MarPhilippines	1,600,000(40 BB)
JG Jonald GarciaPhilippines	busted

SMPSMP

12/7/2024, 11:34:04 AM

Complete Chip Counts Of The Last 15

Level 23: 10,000 / 25,000 ante: 25,000

Richard Marquez

Player	Chips
RM Richard MarquezPhilippines	3,000,000(120 BB)
AI Alvir InocentesPhilippines	1,700,000(68 BB)
WY William YsmaelPhilippines	1,550,000(62 BB)
OD Oliver DuranFrance	1,425,000(57 BB)
DR David Rene MarPhilippines	1,330,000(53 BB)
YK Yohei KatsuragawaJapan	1,130,000(45 BB)
AC Andy ChanSingapore	970,000(39 BB)
GJ Gun JegalSouth Korea	745,000(30 BB)
SW Sham Wing SheukChina	725,000(29 BB)
YR Yusuf Ronald CassidyIndonesia	720,000(29 BB)
JG Jonald GarciaPhilippines	420,000(17 BB)
CM Christopher MateoPhilippines	350,000(14 BB)
LP Lemmor PatulotPhilippines	350,000(14 BB)
VT Vito TjahyadiIndonesia	335,000(13 BB)
OY Ozaki YukiJapan	230,000(9 BB)

SMPSMP

12/7/2024, 11:31:12 AM

Wu En Ching Out In 16th Taking Home P195,000/$3,367.76

Level 23: 10,000 / 25,000 ante: 25,000

Wu En Ching - 16th Place

Open-jamming 175,000 with K♠ 9♠ from UTG, Wu En Ching watches BB David Rene Mar call and flip over K♦ J♠ to dominate the player at risk. The dealer has no help for the underdog on K♥ 7♦ 5♥ 4♠ 6♣ and we have 15 players left standing.

Player	Chips
DR David Rene MarPhilippines	1,330,000(53 BB)
EC En Ching WuTaiwan	busted

SMPSMP

12/7/2024, 11:11:38 AM

Daijiro Tomoto's Run Ends

Level 23: 10,000 / 25,000 ante: 25,000

Tomoto Daijiro

David Rene Mar opens 55,000 from the HJ and takes BB Daijiro Tomoto to the flop Q♣ K♣ 2♦ where a 35,000 c-bet gets called to see the turn A♣ . David Rene Mar puts his opponent all-in, who pays up with his remaining 225,000 but is at risk of being taken out of the tournament, showing Q♥ T♣ against David's A♥ Q♦ . The dealer only has a blank to offer 8♥ and sends Daijiro Tomoto on his way.

Player	Chips
DR David Rene MarPhilippines	890,000(36 BB)
TD Tomoto DaijiroJapan	busted

SMPSMP

12/7/2024, 10:57:58 AM

Seongjin Kim Bites The Dust

Level 22: 10,000 / 20,000 ante: 20,000

Seongjin Kim

Announcing all-in for 176,000 with K♦ Q♣ , Seongjin Kim needs a miracle when BU David Rene Mar calls and flips over K♠ K♣ . Nothing noteworthy on 8♥ 8♦ T♠ 4♠ 9♣ and we lose another player.

Player	Chips
DR David Rene MarPhilippines	380,000(19 BB)
KS Kim SeongjinSouth Korea	busted

SMPSMP

12/7/2024, 8:43:22 AM

Andy Chan Gets Paid With A Straight

Level 20: 6,000 / 12,000 ante: 12,000

Andy Chan

Starting us off with a raise to 25,000, David Rene Mar takes BB Andy Chan to the flop 3♦ A♥ 3♠ and continues for 18,000. Andy Chan pays up to see the turn T♣ that gets checked for the river 4♠ to be revealed where Andy Chan switches to a lead, value-betting for 76,000 holding 5♣ 2♥ . After taking his time, David Rene Mar makes the call to muck against Andy Chan's big blind special, losing a time bank in the process.

Player	Chips
AC Andy ChanSingapore	680,000(57 BB)
DR David Rene MarPhilippines	430,000(36 BB)

SMPSMP

12/7/2024, 7:21:20 AM

Top Chip Counts With 47 Players Left

Level 17: 3,000 / 6,000 ante: 6,000

Jonald Garcia

Player	Chips
JG Jonald GarciaPhilippines	1,000,000(167 BB)
RM Richard MarquezPhilippines	990,000(165 BB)
GJ Gun JegalSouth Korea	730,000(122 BB)
OY Ozaki YukiJapan	690,000(115 BB)
MA Martin AstorgaPhilippines	549,000(92 BB)
YR Yusuf Ronald CassidyIndonesia	510,000(85 BB)
KS Kim SeongjinSouth Korea	503,000(84 BB)
CM Christopher MateoPhilippines	470,000(78 BB)
DR David Rene MarPhilippines	456,000(76 BB)
YK Yohei KatsuragawaJapan	422,000(70 BB)
WY William YsmaelPhilippines	400,000(67 BB)

SMPSMP

12/7/2024, 6:11:16 AM

Jimin Lim Hits The Rail

Level 16: 2,000 / 5,000 ante: 5,000

Jimin Lim

UTG David Rene Mar lays out 10,000 with A♠ 3♣ and +2 Jimin Lim shoves for 23,000 holding K♣ Q♠ for a heads up showdown. The dealer keeps it interesting till the end by tabling 4♣ 9♥ 5♥ Q♣ A♣ but sends Jimin Lim packing all the same.

Player	Chips
DR David Rene MarPhilippines	408,000(82 BB)
JL Jimin LimSouth Korea	busted

TriciaTricia

12/6/2024, 10:35:34 PM

Final Day Chip Counts

Player	Chips
JG Jonald GarciaPhilippines	709,000
SJ Sehoon JinSouth Korea	478,000
AI Alvir InocentesPhilippines	434,000
MA Martin AstorgaPhilippines	417,000
FS Francisco SanchezSpain	379,000
KJ Kim JaejoongSouth Korea	367,000
TD Tomoto DaijiroJapan	352,000
KS Kim SehyeonSouth Korea	324,000
EL Ecarma LenartPhilippines	320,000
JT Joseph TalamayanPhilippines	310,000
JI Jester InitiaPhilippines	306,000
KY Kim YongkyunSouth Korea	285,000
MM Masakazu MiyamotoJapan	283,000
KS Kim SeongjinSouth Korea	282,000
RH Remigiusz HajdukPoland	281,000
GJ Gun JegalSouth Korea	280,000
YR Yusuf Ronald CassidyIndonesia	277,000
FR Ferrer Roland JeromePhilippines	265,000
OD Oliver DuranFrance	263,000
EC En Ching WuTaiwan	255,000
BE Benjamin EbarlePhilippines	251,000
SO Shobu OdaJapan	246,000
AS An Seung YongSouth Korea	245,000
AJ Alvarez JannoPhilippines	245,000
DY Darren YuPhilippines	243,000
KJ kim JunhyeokSouth Korea	241,000
HM Hiroyuki MatzusakiJapan	237,000
RM Richard MarquezPhilippines	224,000
DL Darren LeeUnited States of America	222,000
JS Joseph SiaPhilippines	218,000
VT Vito TjahyadiIndonesia	211,000
PX Po Xiang Jun ThomasSingapore	188,000
ME Marco EspelaPhilippines	181,000
MB Michael BrunnerUnited States of America	174,000
NM Naohiro MatsudaJapan	172,000
YK Yohei KatsuragawaJapan	171,000
MG Manuel GeronimoPhilippines	167,000
TT Takumi TakedaJapan	164,000
KB Ki Bum ParkSouth Korea	160,000
LP Lemmor PatulotPhilippines	158,000
RG Renniel GalvezPhilippines	158,000
JC Jose ColadaPhilippines	155,000
SS Sergius SantosPhilippines	155,000
SW Sham Wing SheukChina	153,000
MM Michihiko MatsudaJapan	150,000
KJ Kim Jae JungSouth Korea	150,000
CR Czardy RiveraPhilippines	148,000
OY Ozaki YukiJapan	147,000
MC Michael CalungsodPhilippines	139,000
SL Seojin LeeSouth Korea	137,000
AF Alang Fu ZhenboChina	134,000
KH Kim Hong KoSingapore	132,000
KK Kim KunwooSouth Korea	117,000
FR Fukui RyomaJapan	116,000
HY Hisashi YamanouchiJapan	115,000
AC Anthony CastroPhilippines	114,000
TK Tatsuya Kaji	113,000
WY William YsmaelPhilippines	111,000
TK Takayuki KogaJapan	107,000
CM Christopher MateoPhilippines	105,000
CW Chua Woo HianSingapore	100,000
RJ Rick Jason AmbataPhilippines	94,000
JH Junho HyeonSouth Korea	82,000
NR Noel RegenciaPhilippines	82,000
ZE Zhang EvaChina	76,000
KW Khiam Wei TeoSingapore	74,000
AT Alex TaneoPhilippines	67,000
HK Hyeongjung KimSouth Korea	65,000
AD Aoki DaisukeJapan	56,000
JL Jimin LimSouth Korea	50,000
KS Kim SulbumSouth Korea	49,000
IM Ishihara MasanoriJapan	48,000
JM Jeniel MuerePhilippines	36,000
DR David Rene MarPhilippines	34,100
MM Masafumi MatsushitaJapan	31,000
AC Andy ChanSingapore	21,300

Blind level

Level 15: 2,000 / 4,000 ante: 4,000

Entries

19/126

Total Chips

3,780,000

Average

198,947

Flight B ₱20M GTD

SMPSMP

12/5/2024, 4:32:39 PM

Flight B Of The Manila Megastack Main Event Adds 19 More

Level 15: 2,000 / 4,000 ante: 4,000

Francisco Sanchez - Manila Megastack 20 Main Event Flight B Chipleader

After another 15 levels of Day 1 play in the Main Event are under our belts we reached the final 19 out of a starting field of 126 advancing to Day 2 on Saturday 13:00.

With the top 5 eclipsing yesterdays Flight A chip leader we saw Mystery Bounty's biggest winner Fransisco Sanchez come out on top with 379,000 to his name, after another stellar performance. In close quarters we have 2nd in chips Kim Jaejoong bagging 367,000 and David Rene Mar in 3rd with 341,000.

For all the players missing out today, we have Flight C on Friday at 13:00 with the usual 10 levels of late registration until around 20:10.

Enjoy the rest of your night and see you tomorrow for another round of live updates!

Our 19 qualifiers all in on place:

Player	Chips
FS Francisco SanchezSpain	379,000(95 BB)
KJ Kim JaejoongSouth Korea	367,000(92 BB)
DR David Rene MarPhilippines	341,000(85 BB)
KS Kim SehyeonSouth Korea	324,000(81 BB)
EL Ecarma LenartPhilippines	320,000(80 BB)
YR Yusuf Ronald CassidyIndonesia	277,000(69 BB)
AS An Seung YongSouth Korea	245,000(61 BB)
RM Richard MarquezPhilippines	224,000(56 BB)
PX Po Xiang Jun ThomasSingapore	188,000(47 BB)
ME Marco EspelaPhilippines	181,000(45 BB)
RG Renniel GalvezPhilippines	158,000(40 BB)
SS Sergius SantosPhilippines	155,000(39 BB)
CR Czardy RiveraPhilippines	148,000(37 BB)
KK Kim KunwooSouth Korea	117,000(29 BB)
TK Takayuki KogaJapan	107,000(27 BB)
RJ Rick Jason AmbataPhilippines	94,000(24 BB)
ZE Zhang EvaChina	76,000(19 BB)
KS Kim SulbumSouth Korea	49,000(12 BB)
AI Alvir InocentesPhilippines	31,000(8 BB)

SMPSMP

12/5/2024, 3:43:16 PM

Eva Zhang Doubles On The Bubble

Level 15: 2,000 / 4,000 ante: 4,000

Eva Zhang

David Rene Mar raises to 8,500 with 7♠ 7♦ from CO, Eva Zhang jams 29,500 with K♦ Q♥ and we have a flip on our hands. The dealer turns over 8♦ J♦ T♣ T♠ Q♣ for a last minute hit, granting Eva Zhang a much needed double up.

Player	Chips
DR David Rene MarPhilippines	310,000(78 BB)
ZE Zhang EvaChina	64,000(16 BB)

SMPSMP

12/5/2024, 3:28:31 PM

David Rene Mar Defends Small Blind

Level 14: 1,500 / 3,000 ante: 3,000

David Rene Mar

Koga Takayuki continues to make plays with another open from UTG for 6,500 to take SB David Rene Mar to the flop A♥ 4♠ 7♦ with the latter donk-betting 5,000 and be met with a call to see the turn Q♥ . Another 16,000 lead from David Rene Mar ends the hand.

Player	Chips
DR David Rene MarPhilippines	170,000(57 BB)
TK Takayuki KogaJapan	130,000(43 BB)

SMPSMP

12/5/2024, 2:39:51 PM

Five Left To Bust

Level 13: 1,000 / 2,500 ante: 2,500

With 24 out of 126 remaining we are inching closer to the cut-off with 19 players qualifying for day 2. Here are the top chip counts:

Player	Chips
FS Francisco SanchezSpain	330,000(132 BB)
EL Ecarma LenartPhilippines	316,000(126 BB)
PX Po Xiang Jun ThomasSingapore	300,000(120 BB)
DR David Rene MarPhilippines	300,000(120 BB)
AS An Seung YongSouth Korea	264,000(106 BB)
KS Kim SehyeonSouth Korea	240,000(96 BB)
KJ Kim JaejoongSouth Korea	203,500(81 BB)
SS Sergius SantosPhilippines	189,500(76 BB)
KK Kim KunwooSouth Korea	186,000(74 BB)
RG Renniel GalvezPhilippines	170,000(68 BB)
YR Yusuf Ronald CassidyIndonesia	160,000(64 BB)
VT Vito TjahyadiIndonesia	158,000(63 BB)

SMPSMP

12/5/2024, 1:20:27 PM

David Rene Mar Hero Calls

Level 11: 1,000 / 1,500 ante: 1,500

David Rene Mar

Hisashi Yamanouchi opens 3,000 from CO and takes the remaining three players to the flop 4♣ 2♦ 5♦ . Checked to the preflop raiser, a 6,000 c-bet goes over the line and only SB David Rene Mar pays to see the turn J♥ that gets checked around to complete the board 9♣ . When David Rene Mar checks and is faced with another 18,000 bet he gets suspicious and makes the right call with A♥ 4♥ against 7♦ 6♦ from Hisashi Yamanouchi.

Player	Chips
DR David Rene MarPhilippines	86,000(57 BB)
HY Hisashi YamanouchiJapan	20,500(14 BB)

SMPSMP

12/5/2024, 8:10:51 AM

Current Chip Stacks

Level 4: 200 / 400 ante: 400

Ecarma Lenart

Player	Chips
EL Ecarma LenartPhilippines	87,000(218 BB)
AP Anastasios PavlouCyprus	64,600(162 BB)
DM Darren MovesAustralia	62,500(156 BB)
YR Yusuf Ronald CassidyIndonesia	55,800(140 BB)
DR David Rene MarPhilippines	53,000(133 BB)
PA Pozdnyakov AndreyRussia	48,000(120 BB)
ZE Zhang EvaChina	47,000(118 BB)
AF Alang Fu ZhenboChina	45,000(113 BB)
KK Kim KunwooSouth Korea	44,500(111 BB)
YT Yun TaeilSouth Korea	41,300(103 BB)

SMPSMP

12/5/2024, 7:17:46 AM

David Rene Mar Chips Up

Level 3: 100 / 300 ante: 300

David Rene Mar

Raising to 700, HJ David Rene Mar takes the button and BB to the flop J♠ Q♠ 4♣ with a 1,500 continuation going in the middle that gets countered by a raise to 3,500 from BU Yusuf Cassidy to see the turn 7♣ heads up. Cassidy lays out another 3,700 to complete the board K♠ with two checks and reveal David Rene Mar's winner A♦ Q♣ .

Player	Chips
YR Yusuf Ronald CassidyIndonesia	59,500(198 BB)
DR David Rene MarPhilippines	48,500(162 BB)

SMPSMP

12/5/2024, 7:11:57 AM

Sham Wing Sheuk Back Over Starting Stack

Level 3: 100 / 300 ante: 300

Sham Wing Sheuk

Picking up the action on the flop 5♦ 8♣ 6♦ and 7,500 in the pot, Sham Wing Sheuk lays out a winning bet of 5,800.

Player	Chips
DR David Rene MarPhilippines	36,000(120 BB)
SW Sham Wing SheukChina	31,300(104 BB)