Main Event

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♠ .

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.

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

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Mitsugi Shunsuke defended his big blind against button Rick Jason Ambata’s 12,000 open and saw flop 5♥ 4♣ 2♠ . Ambata continued for 7,000, check called by Mitsugi. On turn 5♣ , Ambata went for another 20,000 and was met with a raise to 60,000. Ambata moved all-in, leaving Mitsugi to call off his 100,000 behind.

Ambata A♥ 3♣ Mitsugi A♣ J♣

Drawing to any club, the river 7♦ didn’t spare Mitsugi from elimination, falling at two spots short of the money.