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Philippines, Okada Manila
Day 2
No sweat for Ionov Sergei
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.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 600,000(30 BB) | 200,000 | |
busted | -185,000 |
Jeffrey Pamplona triples up
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.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 400,000(25 BB) | 247,000 | |
| 185,000(12 BB) | 42,000 | |
| 160,000(10 BB) | -90,000 |
Jeffrey Pamplona scores a double up
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.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 430,000(43 BB) | -70,000 | |
| 143,000(14 BB) | 28,000 |
Jeffrey Pamplona survives through
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.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 320,000(53 BB) | 320,000 | |
| 115,000(19 BB) | 115,000 |