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5/29/2024, 9:35:00 PM

Lenart Ecarma tops Flight A field

Level 16: 2,000 / 5,000 ante: 5,000

Main Event - Flight A - Live Updates

The first flight of the Manila Super Series 19 Main Event closes with Lenart Ecarma as the chip leader, having bagged a hefty 769,000 stack for Day 2. Ecarma surged to the top beginning midday after delivering a double elimination with pocket aces. Since then, Ecarma’s momentum continued all the way through the evening, eliminating several more opponents along the way to top the 14-player pack.

Flight A Chip Counts

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
EL Ecarma Lenart	769,000(154 BB)	769,000
SG Salud George	359,000(72 BB)	359,000
GR Gomez Raymundo	275,000(55 BB)	275,000
QI Quiambao Ii Cezar	236,000(47 BB)	236,000
BA Boligor Alfredo	185,000(37 BB)	185,000
CA Cruz Alexis	173,000(35 BB)	173,000
CM Cerbito Marvin	171,000(34 BB)	171,000
BL Benigno Ledina Jr	160,000(32 BB)	160,000
IS Ionov Sergei	153,000(31 BB)	33,000
DL De Leon Chierro	111,000(22 BB)	111,000
AM Almusajin Mark	97,000(19 BB)	97,000
GB Ganbold Battulga	90,000(18 BB)	90,000
EL Edoc Lester	54,000(11 BB)	54,000
TM Takeda Minoru	33,000(7 BB)	33,000

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5/29/2024, 9:34:00 PM

Lee Youngjun exits as Flight A bubble

Level 16: 2,000 / 5,000 ante: 5,000

Utg Lenart Ecarma opened to 10,000 and was met with a 108,000 all-in from Lee Youngjun behind. Ecarma makes the call with 7♣ 7♥ and is up against Lee’s A♥ K♦ for a flip. The two run the board Q♠ T♣ 5♦ 7♦ 3♠ , with Ecarma’s pocket pair holding up for the win.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
LE Lenart Ecarma	769,000(154 BB)	249,000
LY Lee Youngjun	busted	-140,000

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5/29/2024, 9:20:00 PM

Blinds up!

Level 16: 2,000 / 5,000 ante: 5,000

Action is on bubble time with 15/93 players remaining in today’s Flight A games.

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5/29/2024, 9:10:00 PM

Lenart Ecarma scoops up huge pot

Level 15: 2,000 / 4,000 ante: 4,000

Rundulf Gonzales defended his big blind vs utg Lenart Ecarma’s open and saw flop 8♣ 3♠ 2♠ . Ecarma continued for 8,000, check raised by Gonzales to 19,000. Ecarma clapped back with an all-in and Gonzales called off for his 120,000 stack.

Ecarma 9♥ 9♦ Gonzales 6♣ 8♠

Crushed against his opponent’s overpair, Gonzales railed shortly after the turn 5♣ and river K♦ offered him no help. 16 players remain in the games with two more eliminations left to go.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
LE Lenart Ecarma	520,000(130 BB)	160,000
RG Rundulf Gonzales	busted	-250,000

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5/29/2024, 9:07:00 PM

Czardy Rivera falls short

Level 15: 2,000 / 4,000 ante: 4,000

Folded to the small blind, Czardy Rivera pushed all-in for his remaining 47,000 and was called by big blind Cezar Quiambao.

Rivera A♦ T♥ Quiambao K♠ J♣

Up for a race, Rivera was left immediately drawing dead on the flop J♥ J♦ 3♠ Q♠ 3♦ with Quiambao eventually taking the pot down with a full house.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
CQ Cezar Quiambao	150,000(38 BB)	48,000
CR Czardy Rivera	busted

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5/29/2024, 8:58:00 PM

Lester Edoc bags a double up

Level 15: 2,000 / 4,000 ante: 4,000

Button Cezar Quiambao opened to 10,000 and called small blind Lester Edoc’s 52,000 jam.

Edoc A♣ J♦ Quiambao A♠ 8♦

A possible chop, this wasn’t the case as Edoc paired up on the river K♠ 7♣ 7♦ 2♥ J♥ to take the full double up.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
LE Lester Edoc	112,000(28 BB)	12,000
CQ Cezar Quiambao	102,000(26 BB)	-78,000

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5/29/2024, 8:52:00 PM

Lee Youngjun outflops Rick Jason Ambata

Level 15: 2,000 / 4,000 ante: 4,000

Utg Lee Youngjun opened to 8,000 with K♠ J♣ and called off Rick Jason Ambata’s 30,000 all-in. Ambata is ahead with K♣ Q♣ yet was instantly crushed after the board 3♣ J♠ A♥ A♦ 5♠ paired up Lee’s jack for the win.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
LY Lee Youngjun	140,000(35 BB)	-5,000
RJ Rick Jason Ambata	busted

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5/29/2024, 8:40:00 PM

Break Time!

Level 15: 2,000 / 4,000 ante: 4,000

21 players still in the Main Event Flight A games with seven more eliminations before the day closes.

Top Chip Counts

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
LE Lenart Ecarma	360,000(90 BB)	40,000
GS George Salud	300,000(75 BB)	-7,000
RG Raymundo Gomez	280,000(70 BB)	150,000
AC Alexis Cruz	230,000(58 BB)	189,000
CQ Cezar Quiambao	180,000(45 BB)	-13,000

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5/29/2024, 8:10:00 PM

Blinds up!

Level 14: 1,500 / 3,000 ante: 3,000

21 players remain in the Main Event Flight A games with only 14 guaranteed a spot into Day 2.

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5/29/2024, 8:08:00 PM

Rundulf Gonzales gets there on the river

Level 13: 1,000 / 2,500 ante: 2,500

Hijack Schumann Christoph opened to 6,500, joined by both players on the blinds. Flop 9♠ J♠ 3♣ saw Schumann continue for 15,000, check called by the small blind. Action on big blind Rundulf Gonzales, he put in a raise to 55,000, leaving only Schumann in for his entire stack.

Gonzales Q♠ 3♠ Schumann 9♣ 8♠

Gunning for a ton of outs, the runout 7♣ 3♥ landed Gonzales trip three’s to earn him the pot and knock Schumann out of the running simultaneously.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
RG Rundulf Gonzales	250,000(100 BB)	250,000
SC Schumann Christoph	busted

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5/29/2024, 7:58:00 PM

Cezar Quiambao shows bluff

Level 13: 1,000 / 2,500 ante: 2,500

Having built up an 80,000 pot, action by the river on board T♦ J♦ 6♥ 5♣ 6♠ saw big blind Cezar Quiambao move all-in for 113,000. Cutoff Raymundo Gomez saves his 130,000 behind and shows Jx. Quiambao returns the favor and shows 4♥ 8♠ for a bluff before shipping the pot.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
CQ Cezar Quiambao	193,000(77 BB)	-67,000
RG Raymundo Gomez	130,000(52 BB)	-15,000

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5/29/2024, 7:53:00 PM

Choi Jaeki runs into the nuts

Level 13: 1,000 / 2,500 ante: 2,500

Utg George Salud opened to 7,500 and was met with a huge all-in from small blind Choi Jaeki. Salud quickly called off for his 151,000 stack with A♠ A♣ , crushing Choi’s A♥ Q♦ . The board 3♣ 7♠ J♥ 3♦ J♣ offered no help for Choi as he plummeted down to 18 BB remaining.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
GS George Salud	307,000(123 BB)	307,000
CJ Choi Jaeki	45,000(18 BB)	45,000

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5/29/2024, 7:43:00 PM

Lee Youngjun scores a boost

Level 13: 1,000 / 2,500 ante: 2,500

Hijack Lee Youngjun opened to 5,000 and called off small blind Huang Cheng Wen’s 32,000 jam.

Huang A♠ 3♠ Lee 6♥ 6♠

At risk, Huang managed to flop a straight draw but eventually bricked out on 7♦ 4♠ 2♥ 6♦ 3♦ to land him his elimination.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
LY Lee Youngjun	145,000(58 BB)	145,000
HC Huang Cheng Wen	busted

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5/29/2024, 7:41:00 PM

Blinds up!

Level 13: 1,000 / 2,500 ante: 2,500

The 93 player field is down to 25 runners with the day set to close at 14 players remaining.

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5/29/2024, 7:39:00 PM

Raymundo Gomez claims three bet pot

Level 12: 1,000 / 2,000 ante: 2,000

Hijack Lester Edoc defended his open and called a 15,500 three bet from button Raymundo Gomez. Flop T♣ 3♣ 4♠ was checked through, moving on to turn K♦ . Checked to Gomez, he fired a 10,000 bet to which Edoc folded.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
RG Raymundo Gomez	145,000(73 BB)	40,000
LE Lester Edoc	100,000(50 BB)	-20,000

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5/29/2024, 7:20:00 PM

No sweat for Lester Edoc

Level 12: 1,000 / 2,000 ante: 2,000

A three way pot saw 30,000 already in the middle on flop 9♥ T♣ 5♠ . Utg Lester Edoc sent out an 8,000 bet, called behind by Raymundo Gomez. Action on small blind Jesus Rivera, he shoved all-in for 25,000 total with only Edoc completing for showdown.

Rivera T♠ 7♠ Edoc Q♥ Q♣

Ahead with his overpair, Edoc easily bagged the win after the runout failed to improve Rivera’s top pair.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
LE Lester Edoc	120,000(60 BB)	120,000
RG Raymundo Gomez	105,000(53 BB)	105,000
JR Jesus Rivera	busted

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5/29/2024, 7:14:00 PM

Chzhen Evgenii gets coolered

Level 12: 1,000 / 2,000 ante: 2,000

An all-in preflop situation, Chzhen Evgenii got his 56 BB stack in with Q♣ Q♠ and ran right into Lenart Ecarma’s A♥ A♠ . At risk, Chzhen headed for the rails shortly after the board 6♠ 5♥ 7♥ T♠ 5♠ delivered no bad beats.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
LE Lenart Ecarma	320,000(160 BB)	80,000
CE Chzhen Evgenii	busted

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5/29/2024, 6:40:00 PM

Registration is closed!

Level 11: 1,000 / 1,500 ante: 1,500

Main Event Flight A entries comes down to a total of 93 with 35 runners remaining in the games. Play is set to conclude once the field is down to 14 players left.

Top Chip Counts

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
CQ Cezar Quiambao	260,000(173 BB)	10,000
LE Lenart Ecarma	240,000(160 BB)	10,000
AB Alfredo Boligor	160,000(107 BB)
CJ Chae Jaeki	140,000(93 BB)	140,000
IS Ionov Sergei	120,000(80 BB)	15,000

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5/29/2024, 6:18:00 PM

Overpair no good for Shin Hyeonho

Level 10: 600 / 1,200 ante: 1,200

With 9,500 in the middle, all the chips piled in right on the flop 4♠ 5♠ 8♥ . Both with overpairs, Shin Hyeonho found his J♥ J♣ behind Marvin Cerbito’s K♦ K♥ . No jack on either turn 7♣ or river Q♠ meant Shin was shortly eliminated from the games.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
MC Marvin Cerbito	100,000(83 BB)	100,000
SH Shin Hyeonho	busted	-18,000

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5/29/2024, 6:01:00 PM

Blinds up!

Level 10: 600 / 1,200 ante: 1,200

A total of 89 entries have been recorded for the Flight A games with registration remaining open until the end of this level.

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5/29/2024, 5:47:00 PM

Alfredo Boligor wins crucial flip

Level 9: 600 / 1,200 ante: 1,200

Utg Alfredo Boligor opened to 2,500 and was met with a three bet to 10,000 behind from James Dela Cruz. Boligor answered back with a 35,000 jam to which Dela Cruz called all-in.

Boligor 9♦ 9♠ Dela Cruz K♥ T♦

Running a flip, the board 5♥ 7♦ J♠ A♥ 3♦ dodged Dela Cruz’ overcards to send him packing out of the Main Event arena.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
AB Alfredo Boligor	160,000(133 BB)	160,000
JD James Dela Cruz	busted	-50,000

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5/29/2024, 5:34:00 PM

Blinds up!

Level 9: 600 / 1,200 ante: 1,200

46/88 players remain in the Flight A games with roughly an hour left before registration closes.

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5/29/2024, 5:32:00 PM

Lenart Ecarma continues to ascend

Level 8: 500 / 1,000 ante: 1,000

Utg Lenart Ecarma opened to 2,500 and was met with two all-ins behind - Jeon Jihwan (15,900) and Tan Johnson (7,100). Ecarma makes the final call and the three run the board.

Jeon A♠ J♠ Tan A♥ J♥ Ecarma K♠ Q♥

Covering both opponents, Ecarma scooped up the pot after the turn 2♣ 9♠ 6♥ Q♣ 4♣ gave him top pair for the win.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
LE Lenart Ecarma	230,000(230 BB)	79,600
JJ Jihwan Jeong	busted
SJ Stan Johnson	busted

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5/29/2024, 5:11:00 PM

Ionov Sergei outpips Adrian Motos

Level 8: 500 / 1,000 ante: 1,000

A button vs small blind battle, 18,000 was already seen in the middle on flop 4♥ 6♠ K♣ . Sb Ionov Sergei led for 8,000 and called a raise to 20,000 from his opponent Adrian Motos. Turn 5♠ saw Motos slam all-in for 19,100, check called by Sergei.

Motos K♥ 9♠ Sergei K♦ J♠

Both with top pair, Sergei’s better kicker runs in play, successfully knocking Motos out after the river 3♠ sealed his win.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
IS Ionov Sergei	105,000(105 BB)	105,000
AM Adrian Motos	busted	-13,000

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5/29/2024, 5:01:00 PM

Blinds up!

Level 8: 500 / 1,000 ante: 1,000

55/82 players have registered so far for the first flight of the Main Event. Registration remains open through Level 10 @18:20.

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5/29/2024, 4:54:00 PM

Cezar Quiambao scores double knock out

Level 7: 400 / 800 ante: 800

Utg William Ysmael opened to 1,600 and was joined by three opponents on flop 5♣ 3♦ 2♣ . Checked to hijack Cezar Quiambao he bet 3,000, called by button Mark Almusajin. Original raiser Ysmael reshoved for 21,000 total and saw both players behind get their stacks in the middle.

Ysmael K♦ J♦ Quiambao 5♥ 5♦ Almusajin 6♣ 9♣

Ahead with another set, Quiambao picked up the sizeable pot after the turn T♦ and river 3♣ filled up his boat.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
CQ Cezar Quiambao	250,000(313 BB)	70,000
WY William Ysmael	busted
MA Mark Almusajin	busted

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5/29/2024, 4:42:00 PM

Cezar Quiambao running hot

Level 7: 400 / 800 ante: 800

Utg opened to 1,600 and was joined by four other players to make it a five way pot on flop J♣ T♦ 5♥ . Big blind Mark Kavaleu led for 3,000 and was met with a raise to 8,000 from hijack Cezar Quiambao. Kavaleu bumped it up to a bigger 18,000 and pulled the trigger for another 38,000 on turn 6♣ . Two easy calls for Quiambao with a set 5♦ 5♠ , left Kavaleu’s top pair K♦ J♥ drawing dead. Quiambao bags another hefty boost and surges to the top while Kavaleu heads for the exit.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
CQ Cezar Quiambao	180,000(225 BB)	100,000
MK Mark Kavaleu	busted	-55,000

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5/29/2024, 4:30:00 PM

Blinds up!

Level 7: 400 / 800 ante: 800

71 players in with registration remaining open for three more blind levels through Level 10 @ 18:20!

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5/29/2024, 4:29:00 PM

Lenart Ecarma piles it high

Level 6: 300 / 600 ante: 600

Utg Shin Hyeonho opened to 1,500, called by James Dela Cruz behind. Button Lenart Ecarma bumped it up to 6,500 to which both opponents completed. Flop A♠ 2♠ 8♦ checked to Ecarma, he continued for 4,500, called by both Shin and Dela Cruz. Turn 6♠ was checked round, revealing river 8♣ . Shin led out for 35,000, called by Dela Cruz. Action on Ecarma, he raised all-in for 41,200 total, and Dela Cruz threw in the additional 10 BB.

Ecarma reveals A♦ A♣ for a full house aces over eights, well enough to crush Dela Cruz’ T♠ 9♠ flush.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
LE Lenart Ecarma	150,400(251 BB)	150,400
JD James Dela Cruz	50,000(83 BB)	-40,000
SH Shin Hyeonho	18,000(30 BB)	18,000

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5/29/2024, 4:06:00 PM

Joseph Talamayan slams it in

Level 6: 300 / 600 ante: 600

Hijack Joseph Talamayan sent out a three bet to 4,600, joined by original raiser Chen Ting Yi and the small blind. Flop J♣ T♦ 6♠ saw Talamayan continue for 6,000, check called by Chen. Turn Q♥ went check check, leading to river 8♣ . Chen led out a small bet of 1,800 and snap folded after Talamayan shoved all-in.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
JT Joseph Talamayan	45,000(75 BB)	45,000
CT Chen Ting Yi	15,000(25 BB)	15,000

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5/29/2024, 3:55:00 PM

Break Time!

Level 6: 300 / 600 ante: 600

Main Event Flight A has so far collected 66 entries for today’s games. Registration remains open through Level 10 @ 18:20.

Top Chip Counts

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
JD James Dela Cruz	90,000(150 BB)	90,000
SV Shayne Villanueva	85,000(142 BB)
CQ Cezar Quiambao	80,000(133 BB)	12,000
CD Chierro De Leon	60,000(100 BB)	60,000
MK Mark Kavaleu	55,000(92 BB)	55,000

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5/29/2024, 3:32:00 PM

Back to back pots for Cezar Quiambao

Level 5: 200 / 500 ante: 500

A limp pot, five players headed on to see flop 3♦ 5♦ Q♦ . Checked to last to act John Paul Flores, he bet 1,500. Small blind calls and big blind Cezar Quiambao raised all-in, called by Flores.

Quiambao 3♣ 3♥ Flores 8♣ 8♥

Drawing to two outs, Flores was eliminated from the table after the runout J♦ T♦ spared no eights.

On to the next hand, Cezar Quiambao got it in with A♦ K♦ against short stacked Joseph Talamayan’s 5♠ 5♥ and ran board K♣ 6♣ Q♣ A♣ J♦ . Quiambao won the flip and collected another boost for his two pair.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
CQ Cezar Quiambao	68,000(136 BB)	13,000
CQ Cezar Quiambao	55,000(110 BB)	55,000
JP John Paul Flores	busted
JT Joseph Talamayan	busted

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5/29/2024, 3:20:00 PM

Blinds up!

Level 5: 200 / 500 ante: 500

56 players have registered so far for the first flight of the Main Event. Registration remains open through Level 10 @18:20.

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5/29/2024, 2:50:00 PM

Blinds up!

Level 4: 200 / 400 ante: 400

46 runners in with registration remaining open for six more blind levels through Level 10 @ 18:20!

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5/29/2024, 2:36:00 PM

Shayne Villanueva delivers double elimination

Level 3: 100 / 300 ante: 300

A three way all-in preflop situation, Shayne Villanueva found himself behind with Ax 10x up against two players’ Ax Kx. Whilst dominated, luck was on Villanueva’s side as he managed to spike a ten on the turn to pair up and knock both opponents out. Villanueva earns the massive boost and rises to the chip lead.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
SV Shayne Villanueva	85,000(283 BB)	85,000

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5/29/2024, 2:29:00 PM

Alexis Cruz wins showdown

Level 3: 100 / 300 ante: 300

A multiway raised pot, four players checked flop T♦ 5♥ 6♠ through and headed to turn J♦ . Checked once more to Alexis Cruz, he bet 3,000, called only by big blind Gambold Battulga. River 6♣ completed the board, Cruz with a final bet of 7,000 and Battulga with a call. Cruz shows K♥ J♠ and claims the pot.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
AC Alexis Cruz	41,000(137 BB)	41,000
GB Gambold Battulga	18,000(60 BB)	18,000

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5/29/2024, 2:23:00 PM

Blinds up!

Level 3: 100 / 300 ante: 300

30 players have registered so far for the first flight of the Main Event. Registration remains open through Level 10 @18:20.

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5/29/2024, 2:21:00 PM

Marcial Lou gives up the river

Level 2: 100 / 200 ante: 200

With 4,500 already in the middle, utg John Dela Cruz was seen firing 3,500 on flop 8♥ 5♦ 9♥ . Opponent Marcial Lou called behind and called another 6,000 barrel on turn 7♣ . Dela Cruz bet all-in for 15,300 on river 7♣ , enough to convince Lou to give up the fight and make the fold.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
JD John Dela Cruz	38,800(194 BB)	38,800
ML Marcial Lou	16,500(83 BB)	16,500

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5/29/2024, 2:17:00 PM

Richard Marquez takes it down

Level 2: 100 / 200 ante: 200

Beginning with an utg open and a call, button Richard Marquez sent out a three bet to 2,000 and completed Adrian Motos’ four bet to 10,000 behind. Heads up, the flop came 4♥ 3♥ 7♦ and Motos continued for 7,000, called by Marquez. Turn 8♦ saw Motos check and fold shortly after Marquez pushed all-in for 10,000.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
RM Richard Marquez	45,000(225 BB)	45,000
AM Adrian Motos	13,000(65 BB)	13,000

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5/29/2024, 1:50:00 PM

Blinds up!

Level 2: 100 / 200 ante: 200

19 players in with registration remaining open for eight more blind levels through Level 10 @ 18:20!

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5/29/2024, 1:20:00 PM

Shuffle Up & Deal!

Level 1: 100 / 100 ante: 100

Main Event Flight A action begins, good luck to all the players!