Main Event

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♣ .

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

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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+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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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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.

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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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.

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.