Day 2

TriciaTricia
2/24/2024, 8:17:00 PM

Leonard Aban exits painfully

Level 26: 25,000 / 50,000 ante: 50,000
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Sawma Gaby

An all-in preflop situation saw Leonard Aban all-in for his remaining 610,000 with Q Q against Sawma Gaby’s Q Q . Both with pocket queens, the board J 9 6 3 K gave Aban a crushing beat after it ran all clubs.

Chip Counts

PlayerChipsProgress
1,700,000(34 BB)
600,000
busted
-1,160,000
TriciaTricia
2/24/2024, 3:36:00 PM

Leonard Aban rises to chip lead

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

Utg+1 Leonard Aban defended his open and called a 70,000 three bet from Rick Jason Ambata. Both players checked flop T 4 A through, heading to turn 7 . Checked to Ambata, he bet 40,000 and called his opponent’s raise for 100,000 more. River came another 7 to which Aban fired 200,000, Ambata with a final call. Aban shows T T for a full house, crushing Ambata’s A K .

Chip Counts

PlayerChipsProgress
1,160,000(116 BB)
398,000
13,000(1 BB)
-477,000
TriciaTricia
2/24/2024, 3:27:00 PM

Rick Jason Ambata loses half his stack

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

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

PlayerChipsProgress
762,000(76 BB)
762,000
490,000(49 BB)
-360,000
410,000(41 BB)
40,000