Main Event

Button Jose Cheung opened to 400,000 and called off big blind Alvin Jeff Sembrano‘s 1,460,000 jam with 4♦ 4♠ . At risk once more, Sembrano with A♦ Q♠ failed to win the flip after missing to pair up on 9♦ 6♠ 2♥ K♥ 7♣ for his elimination.

Small blind John Paul Flores raised all-in with K♥ 3♣ and saw Alvin Jeff Sembrano call off his 770,000 stack with Q♥ 6♦ . Up for a race, Sembrano doubled his way through after the board J♠ 2♥ 8♠ Q♠ 6♥ landed him two pair.

6 players remaining in today’s Main Event Final Table, each guaranteed at least PHP 1,260,000 in prizes.

Chip Count Update

Hijack Alvin Jeff Sembrano opened to 200,000 and was followed by a three bet to 725,000 from Chang Jae Yi behind. Sembrano tank folds and Chang claims the boost.

Alvin Jeff Sembrano defended his big blind vs cutoff Jeremy Catalig‘s open and saw flop 7♣ 9♥ 5♦ . Both players check it down to the river K♥ K♣ where Sembrano churned out a 550,000 bet. Catalig makes the call yet mucks his hand after seeing Sembrano’s K♠ T♥ roll trips.

Utg Sawma Gaby shoved in his last 630,000 with 9♦ 9♣ and was called by button Alvin Jeff Sembrano with A♥ 9♥ . At risk, Sawma was able to dodge the ace, but not the board 5♣ 4♥ 5♥ 2♠ 7♥ running three hearts for Sembrano’s flush.

Alvin Jeff Sembrano defended his big blind against utg+1 Jeremy Catalig‘s open and flopped 8♥ 8♦ A♠ . Catalig continued for 175,000, check raised by Sembrano to 400,000. Catalig answered with a click back, leaving Sembrano to put in his 405,000 behind.

Sembrano A♥ 6♥ Catalig Q♠ J♦

With only a runner runner to save him, Catalig forked over the win with Sembrano packing in a full house after the turn came A♦ .

Cutoff Nakanishi Hirotaka opened to 160,000 and was met with a three bet to 450,000 from Alvin Jeff Sembrano. Nakanishi re-raised all-in for 1,345,000 total, urging Sembrano to put in the fold.

Button Sung Hakyoung opened to 55,000, followed by a three bet to 135,000 from small blind Alvin Jeff Sembrano. Big blind Bernard Chua raised all-in and merited two folds one after the other.

Utg Rick Jason Ambata opened to 20,000 and faced a three bet to 65,000 from Alvin Jeff Sembrano. Button Leonard Aban shoved all-in for 336,000, followed with another jam from Ambata to isolate. Sembrano gets out of the way and the two go to showdown.

Aban A♣ A♦ Ambata A♠ K♠

Both with premium holdings, Aban’s pocket aces takes the cake after Ambata’s top pair on 6♥ 5♥ 3♠ 9♣ K♣ remains no good.

Facing an open and a call, Marco Almerez stuffed in his 74,000 stack with A♥ A♣ and was called by original raiser Alvin Jeff Sembrano with A♦ K♥ . Whilst behind, Sembrano flopped some straight outs on J♦ T♠ 9♠ 7♠ 2♣ but went on to brick the runout, awarding Almerez the win.

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.