Day 2
Leonard Aban exits painfully

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
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
1,700,000(34 BB) | 600,000 | |
busted | -1,160,000 |
Leonard Aban rises to chip lead
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
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
1,160,000(116 BB) | 398,000 | |
13,000(1 BB) | -477,000 |
Rick Jason Ambata loses half his stack

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
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
762,000(76 BB) | 762,000 | |
490,000(49 BB) | -360,000 | |
410,000(41 BB) | 40,000 |