Main Event

Main Event - Day 2 - Live Updates

The final nine is set with local runner Alfredo Boligor in the lead, having bagged a 4,080,000 (52 BB) chip count to start tomorrow’s final games. Boligor maintained his big stack by playing preflop aggressively and being more modest postflop in crucial spots. By the last level, Boligor took down a few more pots to inch over the field and cap the night as the Main Event Final Table chip leader.

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Button Cezar Quiambao shoved his remaining 755,000 in with A♦ 7♦ and ran into Ivan Dela Cruz’ better A♥ J♥ . Dominated, Quiambao found no help on board 8♦ Q♦ 9♥ 6♣ Q♥ , busting him out as the final table bubble.

Utg Cezar Quiambao opened to 160,000, called by chip leader Alfredo Boligor. Flop came A♥ 2♠ 5♦ and Quiambao continued for 100,000, Boligor with a call. Turn 4♠ saw Quiambao this time check call for 225,000 and check the river 7♦ through to showdown. Quiambao shows K♠ 9♠ for a busted flush draw, Boligor with top pair A♣ 6♣ .

Utg Renniel Galvez opened to 160,000 and shortly folded after Harish Asnani moved all-in for 825,000 total. Galvez shows A♣ while Harish reveals J♣ J♦ .

The field is down to 10 players left with one more elimination to go before the day wraps up.

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Button Lee Youngjun shoved his 260,000 stack in with 8♣ 9♣ and was called by big blind Alfredo Boligor with T♠ 8♠ . Dominated, the board T♦ 8♦ A♥ 4♦ 6♦ didn’t help Lee’s case and sealed his fate for 11th place.

Short stacked Alexander Lai got his remaining 430,000 in with A♦ 7♠ and saw raiser Kim Michael Enriquez call off with Q♠ J♥ . The board T♥ 6♠ 5♥ K♣ 5♠ missed to pair up either player, leaving Lai’s ace high good for the takedown.

Small blind Kim Michael Enriquez bumped up the action to 180,000, called by big blind Ionov Sergei. Flop A♠ A♣ 3♦ was again checked through, revealing turn 6♠ . Enriquez bet 70,000 and threw in a raise to 570,000 after Ionov raised it up to 225,000. Ionov completes and moves on to river 7♦ . Enriquez sends out a final bet of 900,000 to which Ionov made the fold.

Utg Cezar Quiambao opened and called a 300,000 three bet from Ionov Sergei behind. Both players checked flop 5♦ 6♦ A♣ through and headed to turn 9♦ . Quiambao led for 150,000, called by Ionov. River peeled J♣ and welcomed another 480,000 bet from Quiambao. Ionov makes the final call with top pair A♦ Q♣ , well crushing Quiambao’s J♠ T♠ .

Utg Mar David Rene shoved all-in for 700,000 with 8♣ 8♦ and faced small blind Ivan Dela Cruz’ J♦ J♥ . Drawing slim, Mar soon headed for the rails after his two outer failed to show up on 9♦ 6♦ 3♥ A♣ 4♦ .

Utg Ionov Sergei open shoved 725,000 in with T♦ T♥ and was called by Renniel Galvez with A♣ Q♣ . At risk, Ionov managed to dodge Galvez’ overcards on 9♦ 3♣ 8♥ 4♥ 5♥ and run his stack back up to 26 BB.

Utg+1 Cezar Quiambao opened and called off Ong Kang Rui Ryan’s short stack jam with A♠ 3♠ . Ong is ahead with A♥ T♠ up until the turn A♣ Q♣ 8♦ 3♥ A♦ changed it altogether. Quiambao ends with a full house, beating Ong’s trip aces for his elimination.

Another all-in preflop situation saw Edilberto Gopez push his remaining 545,000 in with Q♥ Q♣ up against Ivan Dela Cruz’ A♦ K♣ . A classic NLH flip, the board ran T♠ 9♦ Q♦ J♦ K♦ , earning Dela Cruz the victory with his nut flush.

Utg+1 Ionov Sergei flicked in his 225,000 stack with T♥ 8♥ and was called by Renniel Galvez with A♥ 6♠ . The flop 8♠ 9♥ 9♠ 4♠ 5♦ quickly gave Ionov the advantage and eventually bagged him the double up shortly after.

Cutoff Renniel Galvez opened to 120,000 and was met with a three bet to 350,000 from button Cezar Quiambao. Galvez clapped back with an all-in for 1,120,000 and successfully collected a fold from his opponent.

14 players still in the Main Event games, each guaranteed a minimum payout of PHP 104,000.

Folded to Cezar Quiambao in the small blind, he shoved all-in with Q♥ T♦ and saw Ong Kang Rui Ryan call off his last 3 BB with A♦ 9♣ . In need of a double up, Ong survived the race having paired up on 9♥ 6♣ K♦ 7♥ 4♣ and is back to 10 BB.

Utg+1 Renniel Galvez opened to 100,000, called by big blind Alfredo Boligor. Flop 8♦ 5♦ 4♦ saw Boligor lead for 100,000 and fire another raise to 600,000 after Galvez bumped it up. Galvez chooses not to continue and shows A♦ . Boligor returns the favor, revealing J♦ J♥ .

Cutoff Mar David Rene opened to 100,000 and called off 350,000 more after big blind Alexander Lai moved all-in.

Lai A♥ 7♠ Mar K♣ Q♣

Up for a race, the board J♠ 8♥ 3♥ 4♣ A♠ gave Lai top pair by the river for another chance at the Main Event trophy.

Facing an utg+1 open, button Lee Youngjun sent out a three bet to 300,000. Big blind Alfredo Boligor squeezed all-in to which both opponents made the fold. Lee shows A♣ K♠ before throwing it in the muck.

Cutoff Cezar Quiambao opened to 110,000 and called a three bet to 270,000 from button Ong Kang Rui Ryan. Flop A♥ 6♠ T♣ was checked through and saw turn J♦ . Quiambao led for 125,000, called by Ong. Quiambao fired all-in on river 6♦ , convincing Ong to fold K♣ K♦ and save his 9 BB.

Button Ong Kang Rui Ryan open shoved for 300,000 with Q♠ T♦ and faced big blind Lenart Ecarma’s 3♦ 3♥ . Running another flip, the board 7♦ A♦ 6♦ T♥ 4♦ favored Ong, felting a one card flush to knock out Ecarma.

15 players left in the Main Event games with only nine advancing through to the Final Day.

Cutoff Ong Kang Rui Ryan opened to 80,000 and called a 190,000 three bet from big blind Alfredo Boligor. Flop came K♠ K♦ 4♥ and saw Boligor continue for 100,000. Ong clicked back to 200,000, Boligor with a complete. Turn 9♥ didn’t stop Boligor as he led out for 500,000 and ushered a fold from his opponent shortly after.

Folded to small blind Czardy Rivera, he shoved all-in for 550,000 total with A♥ 9♣ and crashed right into Lee Youngjun’s A♦ A♠ . In rough shape, Rivera was unable to hold on any longer following the board 6♠ 9♠ 8♦ J♦ 4♦ .

Hijack Kim Michael Enriquez opened to 80,000 and called Mark Almusajin’s short stack all-in with 8♥ 9♥ . Almusajin in for a flip with 3♥ 3♦ , bid his Main Event chances goodbye after the board 5♥ 6♠ Q♠ J♦ 9♣ faced up on the felt.

Folded to Ong Kang Rui Ryan on the small blind, he raised all-in with Q♣ J♥ and was met with a call from Czardy Rivera for his last 295,000. Rivera at risk with K♥ 9♠ , claimed a double up after the river 4♠ 7♦ 2♥ 3♣ K♣ landed him top pair for the win.

Utg Cezar Quiambao opened to 80,000, joined by small blind Joemark Vasay. Both players check the board K♣ 8♣ 6♣ 2♥ Q♣ all the way down to the river, where Quiambao pulled the trigger and bet all-in. Vasay called off for his 465,000 stack and showed J♣ T♣ , good against Quiambao’s T♥ 7♥ air.

Button Renniel Galvez opened to 100,000 and called off big blind Emmanuel Segismundo’s 335,000 jam with K♠ 8♠ . Segismundo is slightly ahead with A♠ 4♠ but busted not long after an eight showed up on board 3♣ 8♣ 9♦ 7♠ J♦ to earn Galvez the pot.

Utg Kim Michael Enriquez opened to 80,000 and called the 160,000 more from Lee Youngjun behind. Flop came 5♥ T♥ T♠ and Enriquez proceeded with a check raise to 375,000. Lee completes, heading to turn 9♥ . Enriquez bets all-in for 745,000 and Lee snap calls with a flush K♥ J♥ . Ahead against Enriquez’ trips K♦ T♦ , the river T♣ unfortunately for Lee, gave his opponent quads to snag the win.

18 players remain in the Main Event Day 2 games with minimum payout now at PHP 79,000.

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Facing an utg open and a three bet from Czardy Rivera, big blind Kawaguchi Akihiro stuffed his 865,000 in with A♦ A♠ . Rivera put in the call with T♣ T♦ and dropped down to 12 BB after the board J♥ Q♥ 5♥ 7♠ 7♣ delivered no bad beats.

Utg+1 Rick Jason Ambata opened to 65,000 and jammed 795,000 in after button Lee Youngjun fired a three bet. Lee makes the call with A♥ J♥ and takes a flip against Ambata’s 7♣ 7♦ . At risk, Ambata was crushed to see Lee land two pair right on the flop J♣ 8♣ A♣ A♠ 3♥ and carry on to seal the win with a full house by the turn.

Another all-in preflop situation saw Joemark Vasay get his remaining 405,000 in with J♠ J♥ up against Mar David Rene’s A♦ K♦ . Running a flip, Mar flopped the nut straight on J♦ T♠ Q♣ J♣ 8♣ yet was left drawing dead shortly after after Vasay turned quads.

Utg William Ysmael opened to 60,000 and four bet jammed 435,000 in with A♠ A♦ and faced Czardy Rivera’s Q♠ Q♦ . Whilst ahead, Ysmael’s third rockets for the day led to his doom after the board ran 8♦ 7♣ 9♣ Q♥ T♦ serving him his elimination.

Hijack Bonifacio Mondalo opened and completed a 200,000 three bet from button Lenart Ecarma. Flop came K♥ 3♥ 2♣ and Ecarma continued for 200,000. Mondalo check folds and shows 8♣ 8♠ .

21 players remain in the running for the PHP 2,200,000 top prize with play geared to conclude once the final table is set.

Button William Ysmael opened to 50,000 and called a 160,000 three bet from small blind Harish Asnani. Flop came 5♣ 9♦ T♦ and saw Harish bet all-in for 395,000, called by Ysmael.

Harish K♥ K♦ Ysmael A♣ T♣

Up against an overpair, Ysmael forked over the 46 BB pot after the turn 7♦ and river J♣ completed the board.

Hijack Edilberto Gopez opened to 55,000, followed by a three bet to 140,000 from button Mar David Rene. Big blind Alfredo Boligor squeezed all-in for 1,225,000 total and merited no calls from either player.

Folded to button Ionov Sergei, he pushed all-in for 270,000 with Q♣ 7♣ and was called by big blind Rick Jason Ambata with A♠ Q♠ . Dominated, Sergei was saved from elimination after the river 8♣ 3♥ K♥ 2♥ 7♥ paired up his seven to bag the pot.

Cutoff Rick Jason Ambata opened to 55,000 and called small blind Ivan Dela Cruz’ three bet to 170,000 to see flop 6♦ 5♦ 9♥ . Dela Cruz continued for 125,000 and was quickly followed with a muck from his opponent.

Czardy Rivera defended his big blind vs utg William Ysmael‘s open and flopped 7♦ T♣ K♣ . Checked to Ysmael, he bet jammed 400,000 after Rivera threw in a raise. Rivera snap calls with two pair K♥ T♠ and is up against raiser’s A♥ A♠ . The turn A♣ flipped the advantage towards Ysmael, eventually earning him another double up with top set.

A three way all-in was seen starting with utg Alexander Lai who shoved all-in for 240,000. Jung Yonghwa followed suit for a lesser 185,000 and Sim Myeonghun with the final jam covering both.

Lai A♠ 8♥ Jung Q♦ Q♣ Sim Q♠ J♠

The three ran the board J♥ 8♠ 4♠ A♣ 5♥ , giving Lai two pair for a triple up back to 28 big blinds. Sim survives with 6 BB and shortly busts the following hand.

24 players still in the Main Event games with the minimum payout now listed at PHP 60,000.

Button Cezar Quiambao opened to 50,000, called by big blind Edilberto Gopez. Flop K♠ Q♣ 4♦ saw Gopez check call 30,000 and move on to turn Q♥ . Quiambao barreled another 90,000 and shortly called Gopez’ check raise for 100,000 more. River 7♣ was checked to Quiambao and prompted him to bet all-in for 435,000. Gopez tank folds and decides to save his 30 BB behind.

Big blind Lee Youngjun called utg+1 Lloyd Locsin’s open and headed to flop 2♠ 5♥ K♥ . Lee led for 60,000, called by the raiser. On to turn A♥ , Lee fired another 120,000 and shipped the pot after Locsin was unable to continue.

Utg+2 Lenart Ecarma opened to 45,000, followed by a three bet to 135,000 from Joemark Vasay. Small blind Bonifacio Mondalo threw in a four bet to 250,000 and Ecarma answered back with a shove for the rest of his opponents’ chips. Both Vasay and Mondalo make the fold and Ecarma rakes in the 21 BB boost.

Utg+1 Edilberto Gopez opened to 40,000 and was joined by big blind Cezar Quiambao on flop Q♣ J♦ 5♥ . Gopez continued for 35,000, check called by Quiambao. Both players check turn 4♣ through, leading to river K♣ . Checked to Gopez once more, he bet 45,000 and collected a final call from Quiambao. Gopez shows Q♦ 9♦ and earns the pot with his midpair.

24 players remain the Main Event games and will play down to the final nine.

Button John Michael Rivera pushed all-in for 245,000 with A♥ 5♥ , called by big blind Lloyd Locsin with T♠ 9♠ . Up for a race, the board 7♦ J♠ 7♣ 2♥ T♦ ran in favor of Locsin, knocking out Rivera from the running.

Hijack Jester Initia moved all-in for 260,000 with A♥ K♥ and was called by small blind Emmanuel Segismundo with A♦ Q♥ . A huge favorite, Initia remained ahead up until the river T♣ 7♥ J♠ 4♠ K♦ gave his opponent the nut straight to bust him out.

Czardy Rivera defended his big blind vs utg+1 Sim Myeonghun’s open and saw flop 5♣ K♣ 7♥ . Sim continued for 30,000, check called by Rivera. Turn came K♦ and Rivera this time check raised to 120,000. River T♣ completed the board, checked to Sim, he bet 150,000. Rivera put in the final call and shipped the pot with K♠ 6♠ beating Sim’s 9♥ 9♦ .

A cooler situation, William Ysmael four bet all-in for 460,000 total with A♠ A♦ and was up against Kim Michael Enriquez‘ K♥ K♠ . The board 9♣ 3♣ 3♠ 5♦ 4♠ ran nine high with Ysmael cruising through for a quick double up.

Facing an open, Jeffrey Pamplona stuffed his 145,000 stack in with 9♣ 9♠ and ran smack into Ionov Sergei’s J♣ J♦ . In rough shape, Pamplona headed for the exit after the board 4♦ 5♦ Q♠ 3♥ K♠ spared no nines.

31 players remain in contention for the MSS 19 Main Event title with each guaranteed a minimum payout of PHP 52,000.

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Utg Ricardo Torres limp jammed his 200,000 stack in with 4♣ 4♠ after Kawaguchi Akihiro bumped up the stakes. Putting the chips in with 9♥ 9♠ , Kawaguchi busted Torres shortly after 5♣ J♣ 8♣ 7♠ 2♥ rolled on board.

Utg+1 Mar David Rene opened and called off a 20 BB jam from Jayvon Carreon with J♠ J♥ . Carreon is behind with 7♣ 7♥ and remained that way all through the river K♣ 6♥ 2♣ J♦ 2♠ for his elimination.

Cutoff Jeffrey Pamplona flicked in his remaining 54,000, called by button Ricardo Torres. Big blind Ionov Sergei reshoved all-in and successfully isolated Pamplona for heads up.

Pamplona Q♦ J♠ Ionov T♠ T♣

Still a flip, Pamplona managed to land top pair on 7♣ 2♣ 3♦ Q♠ 6♠ and collect a triple up allowing him to bounce back in the game.

Emmanuel Segismundo defended his big blind vs utg+1 Ryan Platon’s open and saw flop 6♣ 7♠ T♦ . Checked to Platon, he continued for 100,000, called by Segismundo. Platon barreled all-in on turn 5♥ , convincing his opponent to tap out.

Facing an utg+1 open, button Kim Michael Enriquez fired a three bet to 95,000 and was followed with a cold four bet behind from small blind Cezar Quiambao. Completing the raise, Enriquez goes on to flop 9♠ 7♣ J♣ . Quiambao bets 85,000, called by his opponent. Both players checked turn Q♠ through and moved on to river 7♠ . Quiambao bet all-in for 301,000 and ushered a fold from Enriquez.

Button Song Sang Yoon open shoved his 176,000 stack in with A♥ J♠ and ran into big blind Renniel Galvez’ A♠ Q♥ . Dominated, the ace high board A♣ 9♦ 8♣ 6♣ 7♦ changed nothing and left Song out of the Main Event games for good.

Utg+1 Emmanuel Segismundo opened to 32,000 and called a 100,000 three bet from button Lenart Ecarma. Flop came K♣ 6♠ 4♠ , Segismundo with a check call for 75,000. Ecarma fired another 150,000 on turn 5♣ , called once more by his opponent. River 6♦ went check check and Ecarma reveals top pair A♦ K♥ , good against Segismundo’s 7♦ 7♠ .

37 players remain in the Main Event Day 2 games with each locking up a PHP 46,000 payout.

Utg Cezar Quiambao opened to 25,000, joined by button Ryan Platon and big blind Kim Michael Enriquez. Flop 9♦ 8♠ 2♥ saw Quiambao continue for 30,000, raised by Platon to 100,000. Action back on Enriquez, the aggressive runner bumped it up to 250,000 and merited no calls from either opponent.

Utg Christopher Mateo opened to 25,000 and called the 148,000 more after Jayvon Carreon moved all-in

Carreon J♣ J♠ Mateo A♦ K♥

In for a flip, Carreon survives through after the board 3♥ 3♣ T♦ Q♣ Q♦ missed to pair up Mateo’s overcards.

A raised pot by Jayvon Carreon saw three players head to flop T♦ 5♠ 6♠ . All connecting with the board, three stacks quickly went in the middle with Carreon covering both opponents.

Carreon A♠ T♥ John Dela Cruz A♦ A♣ Mar David Rene 6♣ 6♥

Crushed against a set, big blind Mar scooped up the 136 BB pot and rises to the top the field.

Action began with an utg open, followed by a three bet to 100,00 from Ryan Platon. Button Czar Ian Marcos raised all-in and saw Platon call off for his 283,000 stack with A♠ A♥ . Marcos behind with A♣ K♥ , dwindled down to 16 BB after the board 5♣ J♥ 4♣ J♠ 8♥ left him with just ace high.

Facing a utg+1 open, Jester Initia shoved all-in for 91,000 total with 9♥ 9♣ . Button Thomas Lee reshoved to isolate and tabled a better Q♥ Q♣ . Drawing to two outs, Initia found luck on his side after the board revealed 9♦ 3♠ 2♠ T♣ 5♦ , giving him a set to turn the tables around.

Button Czardy Rivera opened to 25,000 and faced a three bet to 90,000 from big blind Thomas Lee. Rivera clapped back with a four bet to 205,000 and took the pot down shortly after Lee threw in the fold.

Utg+1 Noel Araniel opened to 26,000 and called a 76,000 three bet from small blind Emmanuel Segismundo. Flop came 2♥ 8♦ 7♠ and saw Segismundo send out a 42,000 bet, called by Araniel. Turn 3♠ went check check, moving on to river 3♥ . Segismundo bet all-in and left Araniel to tank fold, saving his 15 BB behind.

44 runners remain in the running with play set to conclude once the Final Table is set.

Cezar Quiambao defended his big blind vs cutoff Ryan Platon’s open and saw flop Q♠ 2♣ 5♣ . Platon bet out 25,000 and another 100,000 on turn 6♦ . Quiambao check called both streets and put in the final call on the river 9♠ for his remaining 238,000 after Platon moved all-in.

Platon 4♣ 7♣ Quiambao A♣ 6♠

Platon reveals a busted flush draw, leaving Quiambao’s midpair good for the full double up.

Utg+1 Kim Michael Enriquez opened to 22,000 and called a three bet to 53,000 from Battulga Ganbold behind. On flop 5♦ 6♥ 4♠ , Enriquez was seen check raising for 125,000 after Battulga continued for 55,000. Battulga raised it up to 235,000 and shortly called all-in for his remaining 105,000.

Enriquez 8♣ 5♣ Battulga Q♣ Q♥

Facing an overpair, Enriquez clutched the win after the turn peeled 7♦ , giving him a straight to surge past the 1 million mark.

Button Jayvon Carreon opened to 22,000 and called a min three bet to 37,000 from big blind Jeffrey Calma. On flop K♦ 6♦ 6♠ , Calma continued for 25,000, raised by Carreon to 50,000. Calma bumped it up to a higher 130,000, convincing Carreon to give it up. Carreon shows Kx and Calma returns the favor, revealing A♥ 2♣ for a bluff.

Utg Czar Ian Marcos opened to 21,000, called by the hijack. Small blind Alexis Cruz took a shot and shoved all-in for 202,000 with A♠ T♠ . Unfortunately for him, Marcos completed with A♦ K♣ and dominated his opponent all the way through board 7♣ 2♣ 3♠ Q♣ J♥ .

Utg+2 Noel Araniel opened to 23,000 and put in the additional 36,000 after Jeffrey Pamplona flicked in his short stack with A♦ K♣ . Araniel finds himself behind with A♥ T♥ and fails to catch up on board 3♥ J♣ A♣ 5♥ J♠ . Pamplona earns the pot with his higher kicker in play, boosting to a 14 BB stack.

54 players remain in the Main Event Day 2 games, each guaranteed a minimum payout of PHP 40,000.

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Hijack Joemark Vasay opened and called off a 136,000 jam from big blind Jung Ian.

Jung 7♣ 7♠ Vasay A♠ J♦

In for a flip, the board 6♦ T♠ A♣ A♥ 8♥ ran in favor of Vasay, giving him trip aces to land the win.

Rick Jason Ambata defended his big blind and called an 18,000 button raise from Ricardo Torres. The two headed to flop A♥ K♠ 4♣ where Ambata check called 11,000. Turn 9♥ went check check, leading to river T♥ . Ambata this time, bet out 40,000, convincing Torres to throw in the fold.

Cutoff Raymundo Gomez got his 141,000 stack in with 5♦ 5♠ and saw big blind Ong Kang Rui Ryan put in the call with 4♦ 4♥ . A great spot to double up, Gomez instead faced elimination after Ong flopped a set on 4♣ T♥ 7♦ 2♣ 3♣ to steal the pot away.

Utg Matsuda Michihiko opened and called off for his 90,000 stack with 9♦ 9♣ after Piedragoza Michael Philip moved all-in. Piedragoza reveals better pocket pair J♣ J♠ and cruises to a win after the board 2♥ T♣ Q♦ 3♦ T♦ steered clear of Matsuda’s outs.

Folded to small blind Lloyd Locsin, he slammed all-in for 61,000 with T♣ 9♣ and was quickly called by big blind Jayvon Carreon with A♦ Q♠ . Behind his opponent, Locsin luckily ran two pair on board 5♠ 9♠ 3♦ T♠ 3♣ to dodge elimination.

A three way all-in preflop ensued beginning with a jam from Jeurg Mangalindan for 79,000. Jester Initia made the call and completed after small blind Kang Seungyeop reshoved for 174,000 total.

Mangalindan K♣ J♦ Kang K♠ K♦ Initia 9♦ 9♠

The board ran J♠ 2♠ Q♦ Q♠ 7♠ , leaving Kang’s pocket kings to scoop up the 55 BB pot.

Hijack John Niko Constiniano shoved in his last 60,000 with J♥ 9♥ and faced Jester Initia’s 9♦ 9♣ . In rough shape, Constiniano found no help on board K♠ 4♦ 5♣ K♥ 2♥ and exited the Main Event arena not long after.

67 players remain in contention for the Main Event title, each locking up a PHP 35,000 payout.

Utg+2 Ryan Platon opened to 12,000 and called a 35,000 three bet from Kim Michael Enriquez behind. Enriquez continued for 10,000 on flop K♣ 7♠ 7♣ , check called by Platon. Turn 4♠ didn’t stop Enriquez as he sent out another 45,000, Platon with a call once more. River J♠ raked in no bets, revealing Enriquez’ T♠ T♥ , good against Platon’s A♣ 8♣ .

Cutoff Jeffrey Pamplona pushed all-in for his remaining 53,000 with Q♥ J♥ and was called by big blind Emmanuel Segismundo with 7♣ 7♥ . Flipping for his tournament life, Pamplona was glad to see one of his overcards show up on board J♠ 2♠ 4♦ 9♠ 5♠ to survive through.