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Alvin Jeff Sembrano

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Final Day

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2/25/2024, 4:34:00 PM

Alvin Jeff Sembrano heads for the rails in 4th place - PHP 2,135,000

Level 32: 100,000 / 200,000 ante: 200,000

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.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
JC Jose Cheung	5,800,000(29 BB)	935,000
AJ Alvin Jeff Sembrano	busted	-1,740,000

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2/25/2024, 4:29:00 PM

Alvin Jeff Sembrano survives race

Level 32: 100,000 / 200,000 ante: 200,000

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.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
JP John Paul Flores	2,700,000(14 BB)	-2,500,000
AJ Alvin Jeff Sembrano	1,740,000(9 BB)	90,000

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2/25/2024, 3:14:00 PM

Break Time!

Level 31: 80,000 / 160,000 ante: 160,000

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

Chip Count Update

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
HT Henrik Tollefsen	13,700,000(86 BB)	-800,000
JC Jeremy Catalig	7,300,000(46 BB)	1,200,000
JP John Paul Flores	2,100,000(13 BB)	-100,000
AJ Alvin Jeff Sembrano	1,650,000(10 BB)	-950,000
YM Yuta Morikawa	1,000,000(6 BB)	-2,500,000
JC Jose Cheung	800,000(5 BB)	-40,000

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2/25/2024, 2:13:00 PM

Chang Jae Yi fires three bet

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

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.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
AJ Alvin Jeff Sembrano	2,600,000(26 BB)	-100,000
CJ Chang Jae Yi	2,500,000(25 BB)	250,000

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2/25/2024, 2:06:00 PM

Alvin Jeff Sembrano runs trips

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

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.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
AJ Alvin Jeff Sembrano	2,700,000(27 BB)	100,000
JC Jeremy Catalig	1,700,000(17 BB)	-700,000

Day 2

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2/24/2024, 11:08:00 PM

Sawma Gaby exits in 12th place - PHP 380,000

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

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.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
AJ Alvin Jeff Sembrano	2,600,000(26 BB)	440,000
SG Sawma Gaby	busted	-1,460,000

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2/24/2024, 10:53:00 PM

Alvin Jeff Sembrano bags a double up

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

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♦ .

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
JC Jeremy Catalig	3,600,000(36 BB)	-1,200,000
AJ Alvin Jeff Sembrano	2,160,000(22 BB)	1,260,000

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2/24/2024, 10:08:00 PM

Alvin Jeff Sembrano saves his chips

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

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.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
NH Nakanishi Hirotaka	2,000,000(25 BB)	425,000
AJ Alvin Jeff Sembrano	900,000(11 BB)	-300,000

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2/24/2024, 6:27:00 PM

Bernard Chua slams it in

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

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.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
AJ Alvin Jeff Sembrano	1,200,000(48 BB)	790,000
SH Sung Hakyoung	865,000(35 BB)	595,000
BC Bernard Chua	800,000(32 BB)	180,000

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2/24/2024, 3:27:00 PM

Rick Jason Ambata loses half his stack

Level 19: 5,000 / 10,000 ante: 10,000

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.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
LA Leonard Aban	762,000(76 BB)	762,000
RJ Rick Jason Ambata	490,000(49 BB)	-360,000
AJ Alvin Jeff Sembrano	410,000(41 BB)	40,000

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2/24/2024, 2:52:00 PM

Alvin Jeff Sembrano runs into aces

Level 18: 4,000 / 8,000 ante: 8,000

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.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
AJ Alvin Jeff Sembrano	370,000(46 BB)	250,000
MA Marco Almerez	185,000(23 BB)	60,000

Flight A

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2/21/2024, 9:07:00 PM

Alvin Jeff Sembrano flops the nuts

Level 12: 1,000 / 2,000 ante: 2,000

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.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
AJ Alvin Jeff Sembrano	120,000(60 BB)	120,000
TT Tetsuya Tsujisaka	busted	-42,400