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Philippines, Okada Manila
Day 2
Christopher Mateo quickly recovers
After a crushing blow a few minutes earlier, Christopher Mateo managed to recover after calling off his remaining 105,000 against small blind Arberg Mads Andahl’s jam onto his big blind.
Arberg Q♠ 8♦ Mateo Q♣ J♠
Dominated, Arberg forked over the win to Mateo after neither player paired up on board T♠ K♥ 7♦ 6♥ 4♣ .
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 300,000(25 BB) | -89,000 | |
| 222,000(19 BB) | 165,000 |
Arberg Mads Andahl dodges elimination
Cutoff Riener Magbutay opened to 20,000 and called off big blind Arberg Mads Andahl’s 187,000 jam with Ax Qx. Arberg is dominated with A♠ T♦ but was spared from elimination after the board K♥ Q♣ J♣ Q♠ 4♠ landed him the nut straight.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 389,000(39 BB) | 249,000 | |
| 110,000(11 BB) | -160,000 |
Flight A
Arberg Mads Andahl stuffs it in
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.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 140,000(70 BB) | 43,000 | |
| 75,000(38 BB) | 1,900 |
No chop for Arberg Mads Andahl
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.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 97,000(121 BB) | -54,000 | |
busted |
Shin Hyeonho tops the first Main Event flight!
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.
Chip Counts
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 511,000(102 BB) | 511,000 | |
| 445,000(89 BB) | 445,000 | |
| 423,000(85 BB) | 423,000 | |
| 407,000(81 BB) | 407,000 | |
| 352,000(70 BB) | 352,000 | |
| 260,000(52 BB) | 260,000 | |
| 256,000(51 BB) | 256,000 | |
| 250,000(50 BB) | 250,000 | |
| 245,000(49 BB) | 245,000 | |
| 235,000(47 BB) | 235,000 | |
| 231,000(46 BB) | 231,000 | |
| 218,000(44 BB) | 218,000 | |
| 216,000(43 BB) | 216,000 | |
| 203,000(41 BB) | 203,000 | |
| 151,000(30 BB) | 151,000 | |
| 105,000(21 BB) | 105,000 | |
| 103,000(21 BB) | 103,000 | |
| 86,000(17 BB) | 86,000 | |
| 80,000(16 BB) | 80,000 | |
| 79,000(16 BB) | 79,000 | |
| 79,000(16 BB) | 79,000 | |
LJ | 79,000(16 BB) | 79,000 |
| 73,000(15 BB) | 73,000 | |
| 64,000(13 BB) | 64,000 | |
| 48,000(10 BB) | 48,000 | |
| 46,000(9 BB) | 46,000 | |
| 36,000(7 BB) | 36,000 |