Main Event

Cutoff Hopper Paul Darcy flicked in his 22,000 stack and was called by both button John Carlo Sayo and small blind Choe Hwanho. Playing for a side pot, Sayo bet the turn 9♦ T♠ 5♠ 9♣ and convinced Choe to fold.

Hopper K♦ T♦ Sayo 3♠ 3♦

Hopper ahead, the river 4♥ changed nothing, earning him a triple up to 15 BB.

It’s almost bubble time with 29 players left in today’s Main Event Flight A. Only 27 are guaranteed a spot into Day 2!

With a few more eliminations to go, big blind Christopher Mateo put maximum pressure on his opponents and squeezed all-in for 124,000 against an early open and a call. Edwin Dela Cruz with A♥ K♥ put in the chips, leaving Mateo’s 3♠ 2♦ at risk. Still a race, Mateo luckily found a pair on board 2♣ 6♦ 8♣ T♠ 8♠ to survive.

Utg+2 Edilberto Gopez opened and called off for his 10 BB stack with A♣ Q♥ and found himself in rough shape against chip leader Shin Hyeonho’s Q♦ Q♣ . Drawing slim, the queen high board 6♠ 7♥ Q♠ 6♦ T♣ offered no help for Gopez, leaving him to exit the Main Event arena.

An all-in preflop situation, Ciklamini Patrik got his 195,000 stack in with Q♦ Q♣ and faced Andrew Nguyen’s A♦ K♠ . A classic NLH flip, the board Q♠ J♠ 2♥ 7♥ 4♣ quickly favored Ciklamini, saving him from elimination.

Facing a cutoff open, button Shin Hyeonho threw in a three bet to 18,500 and called off small blind Edgar Asehan’s 103,000 jam. Shin shows 8♥ 8♦ and is in for a flip against Asehan’s A♦ T♣ . The board Q♥ 9♦ 5♠ A♣ 8♠ landed Shin a set of eights on the river to knock out his opponent.

33 players remain in today’s Main Event Flight A with six more eliminations to go before the day wraps up.

Utg+1 Liu Zhiqiang opened to 7,500 and called a 21,000 three bet from Edilberto Gopez behind. On flop J♠ T♣ 3♣ , Liu went with a check call for 18,000 and headed to turn A♥ . Gopez fired another 30,000 yet folded shortly after Liu moved all-in for his remaining 35,000.

Utg Alvir Inocentes opened to 8,000 and called Takami Kohei’s three bet to 25,000. Both players checked the board Ax Qx 4x Jx 2x through to the river where Inocentes led all-in for 45,000. Takami puts in the call, revealing his opponent’s top two pair Ace-Queen to beat his pocket kings.

Utg+1 Nakanishi Hirotaka open shoved his 35,000 stack in with K♣ Q♥ and was called by Ciklamini Patrik with A♠ T♣ . Up for a race, the board ran 8♥ 7♥ 2♦ T♦ J♠ , leaving Nakanishi’s king high headed for the muck.

Button Marc Rivera opened to 8,000 and called off big blind Edgar Asehan’s 35,000 all-in with K♣ J♦ . Asehan a favorite with A♠ 8♠ , remained ahead all the way on board 6♣ 7♠ 2♠ T♣ J♠ and went on to secure the double up with his nut flush.

38/176 players remain in the running with the day set to conclude at 27 players remaining.

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Utg Jaeki Choi opened to 5,000 and called Anthony Cierco’s 45,000 jam with Q♥ Q♣ . Cierco is behind with 9♥ 9♠ and failed to catch up on board Q♠ 5♣ 3♦ T♥ 2♣ for his elimination.

Facing an open and a three bet, button Andrew Nguyen shoved his remaining 63,000 in and was called by Chan William Chun Kuang. Nguyen with A♠ K♣ is in for a flip against Chan’s J♥ J♣ . The board ran ace high Q♠ 7♠ 2♦ 6♦ A♦ , keep Nguyen in the Main Event games with his top pair.

Cutoff Edwin Dela Cruz opened to 5,000 and called the 9,000 more three bet from button Cheong Yun Rong. On flop K♦ T♦ 7♦ , Dela Cruz check called 9,000 and headed to turn J♠ . Again with a check, Cheong barreled a heftier 22,000 to which Dela Cruz was unable to continue.

Cutoff Ciklamini Patrik completed his raise following a 15,000 three bet from button Leon Alf Marlon. Flop T♠ 3♣ K♠ saw Ciklamini check call 12,000 and another 22,000 on turn A♣ . River J♠ completed the board and Ciklamini this time, bet all-in, called by Leon for his remaining 95,000. Ciklamini reveals 8♠ 9♠ for a rivered flush, good against Leon’s Q♥ J♣ turned straight.

Utg Lewis Anthony Thomas opened and called off Tsujisaka Tetsuya’s 65,000 jam with Q♠ Q♥ . Tsujisaka with A♣ J♥ , is in search of an ace which failed to come on board 4♣ 3♠ 2♦ K♥ T♦ . Lewis’ premium pair holds up for the pot, sealing Tsujisaka’s fate.

52 players remain in the Main Event Flight A games with 27 runners geared to make it through to Day 2.

Edilberto Gopez completed his big blind against utg Nguyen Andrew’s open and saw flop 5♣ J♦ 9♠ . Checked to Nguyen, he bet 5,000 and called Gopez’ raise for 7,000 more. Turn 3♠ saw Gopez fire 23,000 and a final 37,500 on river 5♦ . Nguyen called both streets with T♥ 9♥ and was crushed to see his opponent’s better J♠ 9♣ .

Utg+2 Arberg Mads Andahl completed his open against Edilberto Gopez’ three bet to 11,000 and headed to flop 9♠ 2♠ T♥ . Checked to Gopez, he continued for 15,000 yet quickly gave up the fight after his opponent raised all-in.

A five way raised pot saw flop 8♣ 6♦ 4♠ roll on the board. All players check it through, revealing turn 4♥ . Small blind led for 8,000, called by the big blind. Action on Tsujisaka Tetsuya, he shoved all-in, called by button Alvin Jeff Sembrano. Both blinds get out of the way and Tsujisaka finds his A♣ 4♦ drawing thin against Sembrano’s flopped straight 5♦ 7♦ . The river 5♥ bricks and Tsujisaka heads for the exit.

Folded to small blind Stochita Ionut, he slammed all-in his remaining 19,000 and was called by big blind Virgo Ang with K♠ Q♦ . Stochita, dominating his opponent with A♦ K♣ , was out of luck after the board K♦ Q♠ 3♦ 9♣ J♠ turned up on the felt.

58/176 players remain in the Main Event Flight A games with 27 runners guaranteed a spot into Day 2.

Utg opened and saw three players join the action behind. Flop J♠ 9♣ 8♣ was checked to button Michael Bueza, who fired a bet of 8,000. Small blind Shin Hyeonho calls and is followed by a raise to 22,000 from big blind Michael Cerbito. Original raiser folds and Bueza stuffs in his 41,000 stack. Shin raises all-in and Cerbito makes the final call for his 100,000 stack for a three way pot.

Bueza Q♣ 4♣ Shin 6♣ 7♣ Cerbito K♥ T♦

All with draws, the turn T♣ sealed the win for Shin Hyeonho, giving him a straight flush to knock both opponents out.

Morvan Romain defended his big blind vs lojack Cezar Quiambao’s open to 3,500 and saw flop 9♥ 7♥ 2♣ . Both players check it through and head to turn Q♣ . Morvan leads out a bet of 7,000 and calls a raise for 9,000 more from his opponent. Morvan checks the river 6♠ , pushing Quiambao to send out 24,000. Morvan answers with an all-in for Quiambao’s tournament life (31,000 behind) with the latter finding the call with A♦ 3♦ . Quiambao’s ace high is good against Morvan’s busted J♠ T♣ for the win.

Registration for Flight A is sealed with a total of 176 entries. Play will wrap up once the field is down to 15% at 27 players.

68 players remain out of the 176-entry field with registration set to close after the break.

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Hijack John Carlo Sayo opened to 2,500, called by button Kyung Ho Moon and big blind Anthony Cierco to see flop 6♦ 8♦ T♠ . Sayo continued for 4,400, Kyung with a call. Action on Cierco, he check raised all-in for 39,400 and merited no calls from either opponent.

Cutoff Edwin Dela Cruz completed his open vs button Cheong Yun Rong’s three bet to 7,000 and saw flop K♥ 2♥ T♣ . Cheong continued for 5,500, check called by his opponent. Turn J♥ merited no bets and saw Dela Cruz lead for 8,000 on river A♥ . Cheong gives up the fight and makes the fold.

Utg Mike Takayama opened to 2,500, called by Kapoor Jason Tyler behind. Button Khodov Vladimir shoved all-in for 17,000, followed by another all-in for 27,000 from the raiser and a final call from Kapoor for the three way rumble.

Khodov 7♣ 7♦ Takayama 9♣ 9♠ Kapoor A♦ K♥

The board ran 5♣ T♣ 4♥ 8♥ 3♦ , leaving Takayama’s pocket pair to hold up for the win.

Last level to register! 172 entries have so far been recorded for today’s Main Event Flight A with the field set to play down to 15% of the field.

Cutoff Renniel Galvez opened to 2,500 and was met with a three bet to 5,000 from button Talampas Marius. Galvez clapped back with another raise to 18,000 yet shortly folded after Talampas shoved all-in for 44,500.

An all-in preflop situation, Renniel Galvez collected a quick double up after his A♥ A♣ went to showdown against Leon Alf Marlon’s J♠ J♣ . Galvez cruised through the queen high board to ship the 73 BB in the middle.

Cutoff Hyodo Kazuya opened to 2,500, called by small blind John Carlo Sayo. Flop came A♦ T♥ Q♥ and saw Sayo check call for 3,500. Hyodo continued for another 16,000 on turn 7♥ , Sayo with another call. River 7♦ completed the board, pushing Sayo to shove all-in for 21,400. Hyodo makes the final call, revealing Sayo’s flush 6♥ 4♥ to claim the pot.

169 entries have so far been collected for today’s Main Event Flight A with registration open for two more levels. Hyodo Kazuya continues to lead the pack with a massive stack of over 200 BB.

Utg+2 Michael Bueza opened to 2,500 and called Anthony Cierco’s 23,200 jam with A♠ J♣ . At risk, Cierco’s K♥ Q♥ needs to pair up for his survival which unfortunately didn’t come on board 7♠ 5♣ 8♣ 9♣ 4♥ .

Facing an open and a three bet, button Leon Alf Marlon fired another raise behind to 15,000. Big blind Lewis Anthony Thomas shoved all-in for 32,000 and was called by Leon with A♠ Q♣ . Holding the same hand A♦ Q♥ , the two split the pot on a queen-high board.

Khodov Vladimir defended his big blind vs utg Cezar Quiambao’s open to 2,200 and saw flop 7♦ T♣ 9♥ . Quiambao continued for 1,800, Khodov with a check call. Turn 7♥ raked in no bets, leading to river 7♠ . Khodov sent out a 12,000 bet and Quiambao makes the call. Khodov shows a busted straight draw Q♥ J♥ , no good against Quiambao’s 8♣ 8♠ for a full house.

Folded to button Shin Hyeonho, he opened to 2,100 and was met with a three bet to 5,500 from big blind Joemark Vasay. Shin followed with a four bet to 15,500 to which Vasay made the fold.

163 entries in so far for today’s Main Event Flight A. Pot is now up to PHP 6,403,455, registration open for two more hours.

Utg+1 Joemark Vasay opened to 1,600, joined by two opponents on flop 6♦ 6♥ 2♦ . Big blind Li Jun led out a 4,500 bet, called by the raiser. Turn K♣ saw Li barrel another 6,500 and another 15,000 on river 3♠ . Two-time MSS champion Vasay called both streets and takes the pot down with trips 6♠ 7♠ , good against Li’s ace-high.

An all-in preflop situation, small blind Arberg Mads Andahl got his stack in with A♦ K♦ against big blind Takagi Yosuke’s A♥ K♥ . Both with suited ace-kings, the board 2♦ J♦ 8♥ 8♦ 5♣ favored Arberg’s diamonds, awarding him the pot and delivering Takagi his elimination.

149 entries are in so far for today’s Main Event Flight A with registration open through Level 10 @ 20:10.

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With 9,000 in the pot blind vs blind, flop A♠ 2♠ 3♣ saw small blind Kyung Ho Moon check raise all-in, called by Jacky Ho for his remaining 37,200. Kyung tables 2♦ 2♣ , way ahead of Ho’s top pair A♥ T♠ . The runout runs blank and Kyung piles it high with a 138 BB stack.

Hijack Czar Ian Marcos opened to 1,800 and shortly got the rest of his stack in after William Ysmael five bet jammed all-in.

Ysmael T♠ T♣ Marcos K♠ K♣

A great spot for Marcos, no tens were seen on board 8♥ 8♦ 6♥ 3♦ 9♣ , earning him an easy double up.

133 entries in for today’s Main Event Flight A with over three hours left on the clock before registration closes.

Utg+2 Shin Hyeonho opened to 1,000, joined by three players on flop T♠ T♥ 6♣ . Board is checked through, peeling turn Q♣ . Checked to Shin, he bets 1,500 and is met with a raise to 5,500 from big blind Edilberto Gopez. Shin min clicks to 10,500, called by his opponent. Gopez shoves all-in for 23,700 on river 4♥ and Shin makes the final call. Gopez shows full house T♣ Q♠ , crushing Shin’s A♦ Q♥ entirely.

Shin Hyeonho defended his big blind vs Lester Edoc’s open and saw flop 6♠ Q♥ 3♠ . An action packed flop, stacks flew to the middle - Edoc with top pair Q♣ J♥ way behind against Shin’s 3♣ 3♦ . Drawing thin, Edoc was crippled down to 12 BB shortly after and went on to bust the following hand.

Hijack Murakami Yuta pushed a three bet to 3,100, called behind by Kyung Ho Moon to see flop 9♦ 8♦ 4♦ . Murakami check called a 5,900 bet from his opponent and headed to turn A♥ . Both players check it through, revealing river 6♠ . Murakami shoved all-in for 22,000, Kyung with a fold.

Flight A has racked up a total of 123 entries so far with registration open through Level 10 @ 20:10.

Utg Tsujisaka Tetsuya opened to 900, called by two players behind. Button Stanley Damien Peter put in a squeeze to 5,500 and saw Tsujisaka shove all-in for 19,800 total. Stanley makes the call with A♦ K♣ and is in for a flip against Tsujisaka’s 5♥ 5♣ . The board ran 2♣ T♠ T♥ 8♦ T♣ , awarding Tsujisaka a full double up.

A four bet pot preflop, all the chips went in the middle on 3♠ 4♠ 4♣ . Hyodo Kazuya ahead with A♠ A♣ against Liu Yen Hung’s Q♣ Q♥ . Gunning for two outs, Liu found no help on the runout and was eliminated from the table.

Utg opened to 900, called by two other players. Hijack Kravchenko Maksim fired a three bet to 4,000 to which only Ghanem Michel made the call. Board 5♦ J♥ T♣ 7♥ Q♦ was checked down to the river and saw Kravchenko fire a 5,000 bet. Ghanem folds and Kravchenko claims the pot.

89 entries have so far been recorded for today’s Main Event Flight A! Registration open through Level 10 @ 20:10.

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Already 14,700 in the pot, action was seen with Marvin Cerbito all-in for his remaining 21,000 on board 9♠ Q♥ 5♠ 7♥ . Unfortunately for him, Christian Lortie held a higher set with Q♦ Q♠ , sending him out early from the Main Event games.

69 entries in for today’s Main Event Flight A with seven more levels to go before registration closes.

Another three bet pot preflop, Michael Bueza defended his open and found all his chips in the middle on flop Q♥ T♣ 4♦ . Bueza in a good position to double up with T♥ T♦ against John Dela Cruz’s A♠ Q♠ , did just so after the turn A♣ and river J♣ completed the board.

Utg Asnani Harish Kumar opened to 700, called by a player behind. Cutoff Kuroda Shohei pushed a three bet to 4,200, urging Asnani to bump the stakes even more to 18,000 total. Both players fold and Asnani claims the boost.

A three bet pot preflop, both players checked flop 7♣ Q♣ T♥ through and saw turn 5♦ . Aggressor big blind Christian Lortie led for 10,000 and called Rodillo Parsacalla Jr’s 21,000 jam with A♣ A♠ , ahead of his opponent’s mid pair K♣ T♦ . The river K♥ however, turned things around, saving Parsacalla from elimination.

With 9,000 in the middle on board 3♣ K♦ T♥ J♦ 8♥ , Liu Yen Hung bet all-in for 10,300, check called by big blind Kravchenko Maksim. Liu reveals a set with 3♠ 3♥ , good against Kravchenko’s two pair K♠ 8♠ .

45 entries in so far for today’s Main Event Flight B! Registration remains open through Level 10 @ 20:10.

Small blind Khalife Hanna defended his open and called big blind Hayashi Tatsushiko’s three bet to 1,500. On board 9♠ 6♥ J♣ 3♦ 9♦ , Tatsushiko bet all three streets and saw his opponent snap call all the way to showdown. Tatsushiko reveals A♥ A♣ and secures the boost after Khalife threw it in the muck.

Preflop action saw button Christian Lortie three bet to 1,000, joined by small blind Yoon Kyosung along with the original raiser. Flop came 8♣ 3♣ 6♥ and Lortie was seen with a raise to 3,600, check called by Yoon. Other player folds and turn comes 9♣ . Yoon leads out for 6,400, Lortie quickly snap folding his way out.

Cutoff Taehwa Paul Kim pushed a three bet to 1,200, called by the button and original raiser Raphael Bulaong. On flop 7♠ 5♠ 4♥ , Kim continued for 2,000, called by Bulaong. Kim bet another 4,500 on turn K♠ and took the pot down after Bulaong threw in the fold.

Main Event Flight A action begins, good luck to all the players!

Main Event - Flight A - Live Updates

After nearly 11 hours of play, action on today’s Main Event Flight A has concluded with 27 players making it through to Day 2 out of the 176-entry field. South Korea’s Shin Hyeonho leads the pack with a 511,000 chip count after delivering at least four crucial eliminations throughout the day. Joining him are ₱25K NLH Turbo winner Christopher Mateo, last season’s Manila Megastack Kickoff champion Alvir Inocentes, and Philippines #1 All-Time Money Lister Marc Rivera.

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Cutoff Parsacalla Rodillo Jr. opened to 11,000 and called off small blind Chan William Chun Kuang’s 36,500 all-in.

Chan J♥ J♦ Parsacalla Q♠ 6♥

The board 5♠ 7♣ 8♣ 4♦ 9♠ ran a straight for Parsacalla, sending Chan packing as the stone cold bubble.

Following a monstrous loss just minutes ago, Edwin Dela Cruz got his last 120,000 in with Q♥ Q♣ and faced opponent Christopher Mateo once more. Unfortunately for Dela Cruz, Mateo had it this time, with his K♥ K♦ remaining to be a huge favorite. The board 3♠ A♠ A♥ 4♥ K♠ sealed the win for Mateo, busting Dela Cruz two spots short of the money.