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Philippines, Okada Manila
Day 2
Lenart Ecarma succumbs in 15th place - PHP 104,000
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.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 655,000(13 BB) | 205,000 | |
busted | -1,800,000 |
Bonifacio Mondalo fights another day
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♠ .
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 1,800,000(60 BB) | 400,000 | |
| 420,000(14 BB) | -30,000 |
Lenart Ecarma wins preflop war
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.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 1,400,000(70 BB) | 415,000 | |
| 1,000,000(50 BB) | -300,000 | |
| 450,000(23 BB) | 128,000 |
Lenart Ecarma gets two streets of value
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♠ .
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 985,000(62 BB) | 305,000 | |
| 380,000(24 BB) | -320,000 |
Break Time!
54 players remain in the Main Event Day 2 games, each guaranteed a minimum payout of PHP 40,000.
Top Chip Counts
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 900,000(90 BB) | 300,000 | |
| 800,000(80 BB) | 70,000 | |
| 770,000(77 BB) | 130,000 | |
| 770,000(77 BB) | ||
| 680,000(68 BB) | -89,000 |
Day 1A
Lee Youngjun exits as Flight A bubble
Utg Lenart Ecarma opened to 10,000 and was met with a 108,000 all-in from Lee Youngjun behind. Ecarma makes the call with 7♣ 7♥ and is up against Lee’s A♥ K♦ for a flip. The two run the board Q♠ T♣ 5♦ 7♦ 3♠ , with Ecarma’s pocket pair holding up for the win.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 769,000(154 BB) | 249,000 | |
busted | -140,000 |
Lenart Ecarma scoops up huge pot
Rundulf Gonzales defended his big blind vs utg Lenart Ecarma’s open and saw flop 8♣ 3♠ 2♠ . Ecarma continued for 8,000, check raised by Gonzales to 19,000. Ecarma clapped back with an all-in and Gonzales called off for his 120,000 stack.
Ecarma 9♥ 9♦ Gonzales 6♣ 8♠
Crushed against his opponent’s overpair, Gonzales railed shortly after the turn 5♣ and river K♦ offered him no help. 16 players remain in the games with two more eliminations left to go.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 520,000(130 BB) | 160,000 | |
busted | -250,000 |
Break Time!
21 players still in the Main Event Flight A games with seven more eliminations before the day closes.
Top Chip Counts
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 360,000(90 BB) | 40,000 | |
| 300,000(75 BB) | -7,000 | |
| 280,000(70 BB) | 150,000 | |
| 230,000(58 BB) | 189,000 | |
| 180,000(45 BB) | -13,000 |
Chzhen Evgenii gets coolered
An all-in preflop situation, Chzhen Evgenii got his 56 BB stack in with Q♣ Q♠ and ran right into Lenart Ecarma’s A♥ A♠ . At risk, Chzhen headed for the rails shortly after the board 6♠ 5♥ 7♥ T♠ 5♠ delivered no bad beats.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 320,000(160 BB) | 80,000 | |
busted |
Registration is closed!
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
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 260,000(173 BB) | 10,000 | |
| 240,000(160 BB) | 10,000 | |
| 160,000(107 BB) | ||
| 140,000(93 BB) | 140,000 | |
| 120,000(80 BB) | 15,000 |
Lenart Ecarma continues to ascend
Utg Lenart Ecarma opened to 2,500 and was met with two all-ins behind - Jeon Jihwan (15,900) and Tan Johnson (7,100). Ecarma makes the final call and the three run the board.
Jeon A♠ J♠ Tan A♥ J♥ Ecarma K♠ Q♥
Covering both opponents, Ecarma scooped up the pot after the turn 2♣ 9♠ 6♥ Q♣ 4♣ gave him top pair for the win.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 230,000(230 BB) | 79,600 | |
busted | ||
busted |
Lenart Ecarma piles it high
Utg Shin Hyeonho opened to 1,500, called by James Dela Cruz behind. Button Lenart Ecarma bumped it up to 6,500 to which both opponents completed. Flop A♠ 2♠ 8♦ checked to Ecarma, he continued for 4,500, called by both Shin and Dela Cruz. Turn 6♠ was checked round, revealing river 8♣ . Shin led out for 35,000, called by Dela Cruz. Action on Ecarma, he raised all-in for 41,200 total, and Dela Cruz threw in the additional 10 BB.
Ecarma reveals A♦ A♣ for a full house aces over eights, well enough to crush Dela Cruz’ T♠ 9♠ flush.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 150,400(251 BB) | 150,400 | |
| 50,000(83 BB) | -40,000 | |
| 18,000(30 BB) | 18,000 |