Main Event

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.

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.

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.

Cutoff Jester Initia open shoved 88,000 with K♣ Q♥ and was called by small blind Tor Anton Welo with 4♥ 4♦ for a lesser 74,000 stack. The two ran the flip and felted a king high flush K♥ 9♣ 3♣ 2♣ 5♣ for Initia to eliminate Tor from the Main Event games.

Utg+1 Jose Drilon opened to 1,200, called by cutoff Jester Initia. The two headed to flop 8♦ 9♥ J♣ where Drilon check called a 1,800 bet from his opponent. Initia barreled another 2,700 on turn 2♣ and shortly took the pot down after Drilon threw in the fold.