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Philippines, Okada Manila
Day 2
John Paul Flores rivers the nuts
Cutoff John Paul Flores open shoved his remaining 100,000 with K♦ Q♥ and was called by button John Carlo Sayo with K♣ J♠ . In a good spot to double up, Flores did so after spiking the nut straight on J♣ A♠ 6♣ 7♠ T♥ .
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 400,000(25 BB) | -100,000 | |
| 240,000(15 BB) | -75,000 |
John Carlo Sayo sends two packing
Utg+2 Shah Chirag open shoved 59,000 in with A♥ 3♠ and was followed with another all-in from Foster Mitchell Alan (38,000) with T♦ T♥ . Big blind John Carlo Sayo put in the final call with K♦ Q♥ and the three run the board Q♣ 7♣ 3♦ 8♥ 6♦ . Tabling top pair, Sayo scooped up the pot, busting the two simultaneously.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 500,000(63 BB) | 100,000 | |
busted | -156,000 | |
busted | -350,000 |
Flight A
Hopper Paul Darcy triples up
Cutoff Hopper Paul Darcy flicked in his 22,000 stack and was called by both button John Carlo Sayo and small blind Choe Hwanho. Playing for a side pot, Sayo bet the turn 9♦ T♠ 5♠ 9♣ and convinced Choe to fold.
Hopper K♦ T♦ Sayo 3♠ 3♦
Hopper ahead, the river 4♥ changed nothing, earning him a triple up to 15 BB.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 400,000(80 BB) | 70,000 | |
| 90,000(18 BB) | 11,000 | |
| 76,000(15 BB) | 28,000 |
Break Time!
38/176 players remain in the running with the day set to conclude at 27 players remaining.
Top Chip Counts
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 345,000(115 BB) | -45,000 | |
| 330,000(110 BB) | 140,000 | |
| 330,000(110 BB) | 210,000 | |
| 305,000(102 BB) | 125,000 | |
| 275,000(92 BB) | -45,000 |
Anthony Cierco stacks high
Hijack John Carlo Sayo opened to 2,500, called by button Kyung Ho Moon and big blind Anthony Cierco to see flop 6♦ 8♦ T♠ . Sayo continued for 4,400, Kyung with a call. Action on Cierco, he check raised all-in for 39,400 and merited no calls from either opponent.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 120,000(100 BB) | 18,000 | |
| 57,500(48 BB) | 57,500 | |
| 21,000(18 BB) | -62,000 |
John Carlo Sayo gets max value
Cutoff Hyodo Kazuya opened to 2,500, called by small blind John Carlo Sayo. Flop came A♦ T♥ Q♥ and saw Sayo check call for 3,500. Hyodo continued for another 16,000 on turn 7♥ , Sayo with another call. River 7♦ completed the board, pushing Sayo to shove all-in for 21,400. Hyodo makes the final call, revealing Sayo’s flush 6♥ 4♥ to claim the pot.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 200,000(167 BB) | 55,000 | |
| 102,000(85 BB) | -305,000 |
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 |