Main Event

Utg Morikawa Yuta opened to 32,000 and snap called Riener Magbutay’s 211,000 all-in with T♣ T♦ . Magbutay shows K♥ 9♥ and fails to catch up on board T♥ 9♣ 6♣ 8♣ 3♣ for his elimination.

Cutoff Riener Magbutay opened to 20,000 and called off big blind Arberg Mads Andahl’s 187,000 jam with Ax Qx. Arberg is dominated with A♠ T♦ but was spared from elimination after the board K♥ Q♣ J♣ Q♠ 4♠ landed him the nut straight.

An all-in preflop situation saw Morikawa Yuta put his tournament life (254,000) at risk with Q♥ Q♣ and was up against bigger stacked Riener Magbutay with K♣ K♠ . Drawing to two outs, Morikawa was in luck after the flop revealed Q♦ 3♣ 8♥ A♥ J♣ , allowing him to survive through.

Small blind Riener Magbutay opened to 29,000 and called off big blind Lesmana Charles’ 78,500 all-in with Q♦ 4♠ . Lesmana tables A♣ 5♠ and is up for a race. The board ran K♥ Q♥ K♠ Q♣ 2♦ , giving Riener a full house to bust Lesmana from the running.

Utg Lesmana Charles opened to 16,000, joined by button Benor Daniel along with big blind Riener Magbutay. Flop ran Q♦ 2♦ 2♠ and saw Lesmana continue for 25,000. Benor makes the call and is met with a raise to 75,000 from Magbutay. Both players complete, revealing turn 9♥ . Magbutay bets all-in 105,000, called by Lesmana with K♣ Q♠ . Magbutay ahead with 4♣ 2♣ , locked up the win after another 9♦ showed up on the river.

Utg John Tech put in half his stack (15,000) and called off after big blind Riener Magbutay moved all-in. Magbutay shows Q♠ J♥ and is ahead against Tech’s J♠ T♣ . At risk, Tech found no salvation on board 6♣ A♣ A♥ 8♣ 6♥ , leaving him out of the Main Event games.