Main Event

Utg+2 Shin Hyeonho opened to 55,000 and called Lester Edoc’s jam for 2 BB more with A♥ 7♣ . Edoc shows K♥ T♠ , needing to pair up to survive. The flop A♦ 4♥ 4♦ 6♦ 3♦ quickly came ace high, leaving Edoc eliminated from the table not long after.

Hijack Chang Jae Yi opened to 45,000 and was met with a three bet to 130,000 from button Lester Edoc. Chang pushed a four bet to 345,000 and shortly called off for his entire 630,000 stack after Edoc moved all-in. Edoc reveals A♥ K♦ , dominating Chang’s A♠ Q♠ . The board J♦ 2♣ 7♣ Q♥ 2♠ however, had other plans for the Day 2 chip leader, leaving him crippled down to 6 BB.

Cutoff opened to 45,000 and saw small blind Lester Edoc churn out a three bet to 105,000. Big blind Ernest Tan pushed all-in for 270,000, leaving Edoc with a tank call.

Tan Q♠ Q♥ Edoc 4♠ 6♠

In great shape, Tan locked in the win after his pocket queens held up on board A♦ K♠ K♣ J♠ J♣ .

Button Chang Shao Chi opened to 36,000 and called off for his entire 290,000 stack after big blind Lester Edoc moved all-in.

Edoc 8♠ 8♦ Chang A♣ J♦

Up for a flip, Edoc immediately flopped a set on 8♥ K♥ 2♣ Q♥ J♥ to knockout his opponent.

Utg Lester Edoc opened to 20,000 and called off Jose Ruzzel’s 106,000 all-in with A♦ 3♣ . Jose stands ahead with a premium pair K♥ K♠ and bagged the win after a king high board turned up on the felt.

85 players remain in the Main Event games, locking in a minimum payout of PHP 90,000.

Top Chip Counts

Utg+1 Lester Edoc opened to 10,000 and called off Euryd Rivera’s 57,000 jam with A♣ J♣ . Rivera shows 9♠ 9♦ and is up for a flip against Edoc’s overcards. The board ran 9♣ A♠ 3♥ Q♥ T♥ , quickly saving Rivera from a potential elimination.

Utg+1 Lester Edoc opened to 10,000, called by button Norietis Rolands. Flop came 3♥ 8♠ 2♠ and saw Edoc continue for 8,000. Norietis put in a raise to 25,000 yet folded after Edoc re-raised to 55,000 total.

An insane three way all-in was caught right on bubble time with Foster Mitchell Alan covering both opponents with A♠ A♣ . Ionov Sergei is at risk with K♠ K♦ - 117,000, along with Lester Edoc with Q♥ Q♠ - 335,500. The board drew Q♦ 8♦ T♥ A♦ Q♣ and wrapped up the flight with Edoc’s pocket queens rivering quads for the win.

Shin Hyeonho defended his big blind vs Lester Edoc’s open and saw flop 6♠ Q♥ 3♠ . An action packed flop, stacks flew to the middle - Edoc with top pair Q♣ J♥ way behind against Shin’s 3♣ 3♦ . Drawing thin, Edoc was crippled down to 12 BB shortly after and went on to bust the following hand.