Main Event

After a preflop battle just a level ago, Henrik Tollefsen and Shin Hyeonho was at it again, yet this time Shin called off for his 1,200,000 stack with T♠ T♥ . Tollefsen is ahead with J♠ J♦ and scooped up the win after no bad beats were delivered on 9♠ Q♥ 4♣ 2♥ 4♥ .

Shin Hyeonho defended his big blind vs utg Alvir Inocentes’ open and saw flop Jx 8x 5x. Both players checked, revealing turn 4x. Inocentes bet 60,000 and another 95,000 on river 4x with Shin check calling both streets. Inocentes shows pocket aces and Shin mucks.

Utg Shin Hyeonho opened to 50,000 and was met with a three bet to 150,000 from button Henrik Tollefsen. Shin clapped back with another raise to 325,000 yet fold shortly after his opponent pushed all-in.

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.

Utg+2 Ryan Jerico Platon opened to 10,000 and saw Shin Hyeonho put in a raise to 35,000. Platon clapped back with a four bet to 90,000, pushing Shin to bump it up once more to 135,000. Platon fired a six bet to 270,000 and Shin is finally convinced to lay it down.

Utg+2 Edilberto Gopez opened and called off for his 10 BB stack with A♣ Q♥ and found himself in rough shape against chip leader Shin Hyeonho’s Q♦ Q♣ . Drawing slim, the queen high board 6♠ 7♥ Q♠ 6♦ T♣ offered no help for Gopez, leaving him to exit the Main Event arena.

Facing a cutoff open, button Shin Hyeonho threw in a three bet to 18,500 and called off small blind Edgar Asehan’s 103,000 jam. Shin shows 8♥ 8♦ and is in for a flip against Asehan’s A♦ T♣ . The board Q♥ 9♦ 5♠ A♣ 8♠ landed Shin a set of eights on the river to knock out his opponent.

38/176 players remain in the running with the day set to conclude at 27 players remaining.

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Utg opened and saw three players join the action behind. Flop J♠ 9♣ 8♣ was checked to button Michael Bueza, who fired a bet of 8,000. Small blind Shin Hyeonho calls and is followed by a raise to 22,000 from big blind Michael Cerbito. Original raiser folds and Bueza stuffs in his 41,000 stack. Shin raises all-in and Cerbito makes the final call for his 100,000 stack for a three way pot.

Bueza Q♣ 4♣ Shin 6♣ 7♣ Cerbito K♥ T♦

All with draws, the turn T♣ sealed the win for Shin Hyeonho, giving him a straight flush to knock both opponents out.

68 players remain out of the 176-entry field with registration set to close after the break.

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Folded to button Shin Hyeonho, he opened to 2,100 and was met with a three bet to 5,500 from big blind Joemark Vasay. Shin followed with a four bet to 15,500 to which Vasay made the fold.

Utg+2 Shin Hyeonho opened to 1,000, joined by three players on flop T♠ T♥ 6♣ . Board is checked through, peeling turn Q♣ . Checked to Shin, he bets 1,500 and is met with a raise to 5,500 from big blind Edilberto Gopez. Shin min clicks to 10,500, called by his opponent. Gopez shoves all-in for 23,700 on river 4♥ and Shin makes the final call. Gopez shows full house T♣ Q♠ , crushing Shin’s A♦ Q♥ entirely.

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.

Main Event - Flight A - Live Updates

After nearly 11 hours of play, action on today’s Main Event Flight A has concluded with 27 players making it through to Day 2 out of the 176-entry field. South Korea’s Shin Hyeonho leads the pack with a 511,000 chip count after delivering at least four crucial eliminations throughout the day. Joining him are ₱25K NLH Turbo winner Christopher Mateo, last season’s Manila Megastack Kickoff champion Alvir Inocentes, and Philippines #1 All-Time Money Lister Marc Rivera.

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