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Main Event - Flight C - Live Updates

A staggering 306 entries have been recorded for today’s Main Event Flight C, pumping up the prize pool to a massive PHP 28 Million. Registration open through Level 10 along with Flight D Turbo later on tonight.

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Facing an open and a call, small blind Renjie Ye fired a three bet to 3,300 and called off original raiser Bellanger Adams’ 10,000 jam with 9♠ 9♥ . Bellanger is behind with A♣ 4♣ and failed to catch up on board J♥ 9♣ 6♠ 8♣ 8♠ for his elimination.

With a ton of preflop action in front of him, big blind Ghanem Michel opted to five bet 20,000 and call off with Q♠ Q♦ against Calvin Tan’s 46,100 all-in with A♣ K♦ . A classic NLH flip, the board 7♣ 7♠ 6♠ 6♥ 6♦ missed to pair up Tan, leaving his overcards headed for the muck.

Cutoff opened to 1,200, called by button Cezar Quiambao along with big blind Ching Li Lok. Flop Q♦ T♠ 6♥ saw the raiser continue for 1,500, called by both players. On turn J♠ , action was checked to Quiambao who bet 6,500. Ching put in a raise to 15,500, raiser folds, and Quiambao makes the call. River came another Q♠ and Ching tank called for his remaining 22,800 after Quiambao moved all-in. Quiambao reveals a busted straight draw K♥ 8♥ and hands over the win to Ching with a straight 9♠ 8♣ .

281 entries have so far been recorded for today’s Main Event Flight C with registration open through Level 10 @ 20:10.

Utg+1 Tsunoda Motoharu opened and called Jose Ruzzel’s three bet to 1,300, revealing flop Q♥ T♣ 9♣ . Tsunoda led for 2,000 and called a raise from his opponent to 6,000. Jose barreled another 9,700 on turn 2♥ , check called by Tsunoda. River 8♠ saw Tsunoda lead for 6,000 once more yet fold after Jose bumped it up to 26,000 total.

With 6,800 in the middle on flop J♥ 9♥ 8♣ , both Khalife Hanna and Ching Li Lok found themselves all-in - Hanna with the nut straight Q♦ T♦ against Ching’s flush draw A♥ T♥ . The runout T♠ Q♠ however, ran a straight on board, chopping up the chips for both players.

Utg opened to 1,200, called by button Ishibashi Tsuyoshi and big blind Aitani Michio. Flop came 3♦ 6♣ K♠ , checked to Ishibashi, he bet all-in for 6,600 and was called by Aitani with 5♦ 4♦ for a straight draw. Ishibashi is ahead with A♣ 7♥ and locked in the win after the runout K♥ T♠ bricked for the chip leader.

261 entries in for today’s Main Event Flight C! Pot continues to rise with PHP 26.2 Million now on the table.

A multiway raised pot saw flop J♦ 5♦ 3♥ where raiser Anton Del Rosario continued for 1,600. Big blind Jose Ruzzel put in the call, revealing turn 7♥ . Del Rosario fired another 2,500 and an all-in for 9,800 on river 2♠ . Jose called all three streets with top pair J♣ T♦ and is good against his opponent’s king high K♥ Q♥ to knock the latter out.

Facing an open from hijack Christian Lortie, small blind Vincent Wong shoved his remaining 11,000 in with A♥ T♠ and was called by the raiser with A♣ J♣ . Dominated, Wong failed to catch up on board 9♣ 6♠ 4♦ 5♦ 8♥ , leading to his elimination.

Utg Ryan Jerico Platon opened to 800 and was met with a three bet to 2,500 from Jinlong Hu behind. One seat away, Opekunov Dmitrii pushed a four bet to 6,500 total and found no calls from either opponent.

194 entries in for today’s Main Event Flight C with the pot at a roaring PHP 23.6 Million! Registration open through Level 10 @ 20:10.

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Utg Cezar Quiambao opened to 800 and called Edwin Dela Cruz’s three bet to 2,800. Flop 7♠ 6♣ 3♦ saw Quiambao pull a check raise to 4,500, Dela Cruz with a call. Dela Cruz proceeded to bet all-in turn 5♠ checked to him, for 13,900. Quiambao makes the final call with 9♠ 9♣ and is behind Dela Cruz’s A♣ A♦ . No nine on the river meant a full double up for Dela Cruz while Quiambao slips down to 28,000.

Cutoff Hyung Kim Tae opened to 900, joined by both players on the blinds on flop 2♠ K♦ 6♥ . Small blind Tsunoda Motoharu led for 1,500, called by the big blind. Action on Hyung, he raised to 5,000 and was met with another raise from Tsunoda to 16,500. Big blind folds and Hyung shoves all-in for 41,600 total. Tsunoda makes the call with K♣ 2♥ , ahead of Hyung’s K♠ J♥ . The turn 9♦ and river 4♠ complete the board, eliminating Hyung from the flight early in the game.

The Manila Megastack 18 Main Event pot is now up to PHP 21.1 Million with Flight C open for six more hours and Flight D Turbo slated for later on tonight. 131 entries in so far for today’s Flight C.

Cutoff Drago Leonardo opened to 500, called by button Ghanem Michel and big blind Aquino Prince. Flop 7♦ 5♦ 5♣ rolled on board and saw Drago continue for 800, called by both opponents. Drago fired another 2,100 on turn K♣ and found two stacks rushing to the middle. Drago gets out of the way, revealing Aquino’s 7♥ 7♠ against Ghanem’s 5♥ 6♠ . Down to a one outer, Ghanem forked over half his stack and is back to the starting chip count after the river 3♦ sealed his loss.

Utg Tamilsilvam Arvin opened to 500, joined by three other players on flop 9♠ T♦ J♣ . Small blind Soh Puay Hwee led out a bet of 1,500, called by the raiser and button Choi Chang Gi. On turn 4♦ , Soh barreled 1,800 and another 2,000 on river 5♥ . While both players called the turn, only Tamisilvan got to showdown where Soh revealed 9♣ 9♥ for the win,

76 entries are in for today’s Main Event Flight C with the generated pot about to eclipse the PHP 20 Million guarantee.

With 14,000 in the pot on board 5♥ A♥ 6♠ A♣ , action was seen on big blind Cenicola Silvio who firred a bet of 5,700. Opponent Nover Daniel Martin raised all-in for 11,200 total and was called by Cenicola with 6♦ 6♣ . Nover’s trips A♠ J♠ , is crushed by Cenicola’s full house with the river 7♥ sealing his fate.

Button Joseph Talamayan opened to 300 and called a raise to 1,200 from big blind Steiner Bernhard Michael. Flop 6♠ 2♠ 4♣ saw Steiner bet over pot (3,200), called by his opponent. Turn A♣ and river 8♥ went check check, Steiner shows K♦ K♥ to take it down.

Utg Mehra Rishi defended his open and called small blind Hui May Yan Anthonia’s three bet to 900. On flop 8♦ 4♥ Q♣ , Hui continued for 1,500, called by Mehra. Turn K♥ saw Hui pull another 2,500. Mehra raised to 7,500 and saw Hui bump it up to 13,300. Mehra folds and Hui ships the pot.

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