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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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Top Chip Counts

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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