Utg Rodolfo Cruz limped and saw cutoff Gur Ben bump it up to 12,500. Small blind Haitao Luan joins the action along with Cruz and heads to flop 2♥ 8♥ J♦ . All three players check it through, revealing turn Q♣ . Haitao leads for 16,000 and Cruz stuffs in his 57,000. Gur makes the call and faces another jam for a bigger 126,000 total. Gur folds and the two go to showdown.
Cruz Q♠ J♥ Haitao 8♣ 8♦
Drawing to four outs, Cruz was knocked out after the river 9♦ failed to fill up his two pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 285,500(71 BB) | 170,500 | |
busted |
Utg Haitao Luan opened to 2,000, followed by a three bet to 5,600 from Lesmana Charles. Action on small blind Rex Richard, he sent out another raise to 20,500 total. Both players fold and Rex picks up the dead money.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 115,000(115 BB) | -132,000 | |
| 90,000(90 BB) | 90,000 | |
| 65,000(65 BB) | -295,000 |
After almost 12 hours on the felt, the Main Event Flight B games wrapped up with a total of 231 entries recorded and 35 players qualifying through to Day 2. Philippines’ own Lester Edoc topped the charts with a massive 159 BB stack after cracking both pocket aces and kings as the last hand of the day. Also making the list are APPT Main Event champion Henrik Tollefsen, WPT winner Jonald Garcia, and Metro Team pro Joseph Sia.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 797,000(159 BB) | 797,000 | |
| 465,000(93 BB) | 465,000 | |
| 403,000(81 BB) | 403,000 | |
| 360,000(72 BB) | 360,000 | |
| 302,000(60 BB) | 302,000 | |
| 289,000(58 BB) | 289,000 | |
| 255,000(51 BB) | 255,000 | |
| 247,000(49 BB) | 247,000 | |
| 242,000(48 BB) | 242,000 | |
GB | 239,000(48 BB) | 239,000 |
| 235,000(47 BB) | 235,000 | |
| 233,000(47 BB) | 233,000 | |
| 224,000(45 BB) | 224,000 | |
| 223,000(45 BB) | 223,000 | |
| 222,000(44 BB) | 222,000 | |
| 190,000(38 BB) | 190,000 | |
| 189,000(38 BB) | 189,000 | |
| 171,000(34 BB) | 171,000 | |
| 170,000(34 BB) | 170,000 | |
| 166,000(33 BB) | 166,000 | |
| 155,000(31 BB) | 155,000 | |
| 126,000(25 BB) | 126,000 | |
| 124,000(25 BB) | 124,000 | |
| 122,000(24 BB) | 122,000 | |
| 109,000(22 BB) | 109,000 | |
| 106,000(21 BB) | 106,000 | |
| 95,000(19 BB) | 95,000 | |
| 75,000(15 BB) | 22,000 | |
ZE | 71,000(14 BB) | 71,000 |
| 70,000(14 BB) | ||
| 66,000(13 BB) | 66,000 | |
| 61,000(12 BB) | 61,000 | |
| 49,000(10 BB) | 49,000 | |
| 34,000(7 BB) | 34,000 | |
| 27,000(5 BB) | 27,000 |
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