Main Event

Small blind Henrik Tollefsen opened to 450,000 and was met with an all-in for 4,650,000 total from big blind Jeremy Catalig. Tollefsen snap calls with K♠ K♣ , crushing Catalig’s A♦ 2♠ ultimately. The board ran 2♣ 4♥ 7♠ 7♦ K♥ and offered no salvation for the aggressive Filipino runner.

Utg+1 Morikawa Yuta shoved in his 1,100,000 stack, followed by another all-in from button Jeremy Catalig. Big blind John Paul Flores calls off for his 1,930,000 stack and goes on to a three way showdown.

Yuta K♥ Q♥ Catalig A♣ J♣ Flores J♠ J♥

The board ran K♠ 9♠ 7♠ 5♠ A♠ all spades, giving Flores the win with his jack of spade, eliminating Yuta from the Main Event games.

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

Chip Count Update

Cutoff Henrik Tollefsen opened to 240,000 and called a three bet to 750,000 from button . Jeremy Catalig. Flop came K♥ 5♠ 6♣ and saw Tollefsen check call for another 750,000. Turn 2♣ and river K♣ was checked through, revealing Catalig’s 7♦ 7♣ , good against Tollefsen’s A♦ Q♠ .

Button Jeremy Catalig opened to 240,000, called by small blind Jose Cheung. Action on big blind John Paul Flores, he shoved all-in for 2,200,000 and collected two folds behind. Flores shows T♣ 6♦ , raking in the dead money.

Cutoff Chang Jae Yi open shoved for 960,000 with K♥ J♦ and was called by Jeremy Catalig with A♦ Q♠ . In for a race, the board A♥ 5♥ 4♠ 2♦ 5♣ offered no help for Chang, leaving him out of the running.

Utg+1 Jeremy Catalig opened to 250,000, joined by both players on the blinds on flop K♥ K♣ T♠ . All three checked the flop through, revealing turn T♠ . Checked once more to Catalig, he bet 200,000, called by Chang Jae Yi. River 4♣ this time, saw Chang lead for 550,000, snap called by his opponent. Chang reveals A♣ Q♦ and is crushed against Catalig’s full house K♠ J♠ .

Utg+1 Chang Jae Yi opened to 300,000 and was met with two all-ins - Jeremy Catalig (1,420,000) and John Paul Flores with a bigger stack. Chang puts in the fold, showing A♣ K♥ .

Catalig 9♠ 9♣ Flores Q♥ Q♣

At risk, Catalig was spared this time after his two outer showed up on A♥ 9♦ 7♦ 8♠ 3♦ to steal the pot away.

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.

Cutoff Jeremy Catalig opened to 200,000 and called the 370,000 more after button Landry Craig moved all-in. Craig shows A♥ 4♥ , slightly ahead of Catalig’s J♠ 9♠ . Catalig however, was able to roll a flush on board A♠ 6♠ 6♥ Q♥ 2♠ to knock Craig out.

Small blind Henrik Tollefsen opened to 300,000, called by big blind Jeremy Catalig. On flop K♦ 3♦ J♥ , Tollefsen continued for 225,000 and another 650,000 on turn A♠ . Catalig called both streets and headed to river J♦ . Tollefsen bet all-in, convincing Catalig to make the fold and save his chips.

Hijack Henrik Tollefsen opened to 200,000, followed by a three bet to 625,000 from Jeremy Catalig behind. Tollefsen gives it up and Catalig picks up the pot.

Utg Chen Jingliang open shoved 880,000 with 6♥ 6♠ and was called by Jeremy Catalig with Q♦ K♠ . Running a flip, Chen was happy to find none of his opponent’s overcards on 3♥ 7♦ A♥ J♥ 9♥ .

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♦ .

Small blind Chang Jae Yi opened to 190,000 and called a three bet to 420,000 from big blind Jeremy Catalig. On flop 4♠ K♠ 7♥ , Catalig continued for 300,000, Chang with a check fold.

Utg Choi Jaeki shoved his remaining 455,000 and was called by big blind Jeremy Catalig with 7♠ 7♦ . Choi is behind with A♦ 4♥ but quickly caught up to his opponent after the board A♠ J♠ 5♦ Q♠ 8♥ gave him top pair.

Utg Jeremy Catalig opened and proceeded to four bet to 670,000 against Choi Jaeki‘s 400,000 three bet. Choi completes and sees flop Q♠ 5♥ 8♥ . Catalig bets all-in for 1,720,000 and Choi snap calls with A♠ Q♣ . Catalig reveals overpair K♣ K♥ , leaving Choi’s top pair crushed. The turn 3♦ and river T♥ does no help as Choi slips down to 5 BB.

Utg+1 Jose Ruzzel open shoved his last 330,000 in with K♦ T♥ and was called by Jeremy Catalig with A♣ Q♣ for a race. The board ran A♠ Q♥ 3♥ K♥ T♦ quickly giving Catalig two pair to knock his opponent out.

In a massive rumble between Jeremy Catalig and Tetsuya Tsujisaka, Catalig was seen showing down a full house vs two pair to ship a 125 BB pot.