Main Event

Folded to button Ionov Sergei, he shoved his 1,200,000 stack in with A♣ 4♣ and ran into Ivan Dela Cruz’s A♦ A♥ . Up against a monster, Ionov exited shortly after the board T♣ 6♠ 8♥ J♦ 8♦ sealed his fate.

Six players remain in the Main Event games with Ivan Dela Cruz in the lead.

Chip Counts

Utg Ionov Sergei opened to 250,000, called by button Renniel Galvez. On flop 2♠ 4♠ Q♠ , Ionov was seen continuing for 200,000, Galvez with a call. Turn 8♠ went check check, revealing river 3♥ . Ionov pushes another 200,000 and Galvez throws it in the muck. Ionov shows A♠ 9♠ for the nut flush.

Utg Ivan Dela Cruz opened to 200,000, called by button Joemark Vasay along with big blind Ionov Sergei. Flop came 6♣ 5♣ T♥ and saw Dela Cruz continue for 200,000. Vasay makes the call followed by a check raise from Ionov to 600,000. Only Dela Cruz completes and heads to turn T♠ . Dela Cruz leads for 700,000 and convinces Ionov to fold, showing 3♦ 4♦ for a straight draw.

Joemark Vasay defended his big blind vs hijack Ionov Sergei’s 250,000 open and saw flop A♥ 7♥ 8♦ . Ionov continued for another 250,000, check called by Vasay. No bets went in on turn 7♣ , revealing river 2♦ . Vasay leads for 800,000, Ionov with a fold showing K♥ Q♥ .

Facing a hijack open and a call, big blind Ionov Sergei fired a three bet to 700,000 and merited no calls from his opponents.

Hijack Ionov Sergei opened to 160,000 and was met with a three bet to 410,000 behind from Kim Michael Enriquez. Ionov answered back with an all-in and Enriquez snap folds.

Utg+1 Alfredo Boligor opened to 120,000 and called a three bet to 250,000 from Ionov Sergei behind. Flop came A♣ T♠ 8♦ and Boligor led for 355,000, called by his opponent. Turn J♠ saw Boligor check call Ionov’s 385,000 all-in, revealing the latter’s A♠ A♦ . Boligor with a flush draw 5♠ 3♠ missed to fill up on river K♣ and slips down to 20 BB.

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.

Chip Counts

Remaining Payouts

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

Chip Counts

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 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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.