Philippines, Okada ManilaEVENT #23

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Brenton Buttigieg

Australia

Blind level

Level 15: 2,000 / 4,000 ante: 4,000

Entries

13/83

Total Chips

2,490,000

Average

191,538

Flight A

Janette BeeJanette Bee

1/23/2025, 1:46:20 PM

Mark Almusajin Finishes Brenton Buttigieg

Level 12: 1,000 / 2,000 ante: 2,000

Brenton Buttigieg opened on the hijack, and went on to four bet jam 55,500 in against Mark Almusajin's raise from the small blind. Almusajin called off, putting his opponent at risk over a flip.

Board K♦ Q♣ 3♥ 7♠ 8♦ missed to fill up Buttigieg's suited connectors, shipping Almusajin the pot with his pocket pair.

Player	Hand	Chips
MA Mark AlmusajinPhilippines	9♦9♣ SB	438,000(219 BB)
BB Brenton ButtigiegAustralia	J♠T♠ HJ	busted

Janette BeeJanette Bee

1/23/2025, 1:38:20 PM

Mark Almusajin Running Good

Level 12: 1,000 / 2,000 ante: 2,000

Mark Almusajin

With a pot 11,000 situated on flop Q♠ 3♦ 4♦ , Brenton Buttigieg fired a bet of 5,500, and called a check raise to 16,000 from Mark Almusajin on the big blind. On turn T♦ , Almusajin sent out another 18,000, followed by a final 44,000 on river 5♠ . Buttigieg called him down, yet mucked as Almusajin revealed nut flush A♦ 6♦ .

Player	Chips
MA Mark AlmusajinPhilippines	378,500(189 BB)
BB Brenton ButtigiegAustralia	55,500(28 BB)

Janette BeeJanette Bee

1/23/2025, 12:30:27 PM

Chip Count Update

Level 11: 1,000 / 1,500 ante: 1,500

Mark Almusajin

Player	Chips
MA Mark AlmusajinPhilippines	287,500(192 BB)
SK Sergei Korzhenko	177,000(118 BB)
DM Darren MovesAustralia	165,000(110 BB)
BB Brenton ButtigiegAustralia	141,000(94 BB)
RT Ricardo Torres (2)Philippines	138,000(92 BB)
PW Patrick WahlquistDenmark	123,000(82 BB)
HT Ho-Tai TsaiTaiwan	120,000(80 BB)
RJ Rick Jason AmbataPhilippines	118,000(79 BB)
VM Vamerdino MagsakayPhilippines	107,000(71 BB)
DK Daito KameiJapan	101,000(67 BB)
MT Masahiro ToyodaJapan	98,000(65 BB)
TA Teruhisa AoyamaJapan	93,200(62 BB)
SJ Seonghun JeongSouth Korea	70,000(47 BB)
MG Martin GonzalesPhilippines	70,000(47 BB)
MF Maxim FanaUnited Kingdom	58,000(39 BB)
FC Florencio CampomanesPhilippines	53,000(35 BB)
PE Paul ElliottUnited Kingdom	53,000(35 BB)
IT Ilia TimofeevRussia	48,000(32 BB)
MC Ma Carmen Esdaile	43,000(29 BB)
JC Joshua CuevasUnited States of America	33,000(22 BB)
TY Takahiko Yachiya	30,000(20 BB)
RV Roxanne Victorino	30,000(20 BB)
LT Leslie TsuiHong Kong	30,000(20 BB)
RR Rey RocaPhilippines	30,000(20 BB)
LE Lester EdocPhilippines	30,000(20 BB)
NA Naohiro AritaJapan	25,500(17 BB)
BV Bernard VuFrance	22,000(15 BB)

Janette BeeJanette Bee

1/23/2025, 10:29:17 AM

Chip Count Update

Level 8: 500 / 1,000 ante: 1,000

Mark Almusajin

Player	Chips
MA Mark AlmusajinPhilippines	160,100(160 BB)
SK Sergei Korzhenko	140,000(140 BB)
IT Ilia TimofeevRussia	108,000(108 BB)
DK Daito KameiJapan	102,000(102 BB)
BB Brenton ButtigiegAustralia	84,200(84 BB)
VM Vamerdino MagsakayPhilippines	79,500(80 BB)
CQ Cezar QuiambaoPhilippines	79,000(79 BB)
RV Roxanne Victorino	79,000(79 BB)
MT Masahiro ToyodaJapan	79,000(79 BB)
PW Patrick WahlquistDenmark	74,000(74 BB)
MG Martin GonzalesPhilippines	58,000(58 BB)
SJ Seonghun JeongSouth Korea	58,000(58 BB)
DM Darren MovesAustralia	55,000(55 BB)
SC Sun Chao Hsuan	52,400(52 BB)
WJ William JonesUnited States of America	48,000(48 BB)
MF Maxim FanaUnited Kingdom	46,200(46 BB)
MC Ma Carmen Esdaile	46,000(46 BB)
PE Paul ElliottUnited Kingdom	44,200(44 BB)
RR Rey RocaPhilippines	43,000(43 BB)
RJ Rick Jason AmbataPhilippines	41,300(41 BB)
JM Joris MichlNetherlands	38,800(39 BB)
BV Bernard VuFrance	35,800(36 BB)
HT Ho-Tai TsaiTaiwan	35,200(35 BB)
DF Daniel FrancisUnited Kingdom	34,000(34 BB)
JC John ConstinianoPhilippines	31,900(32 BB)
ED Emmanuel DerechoPhilippines	31,000(31 BB)
SA Sangjin AnSouth Korea	30,300(30 BB)
MR Maxwell RosetePhilippines	30,000(30 BB)
KL Kyoungsun Lee	29,200(29 BB)
CK Carsten KlugGermany	22,000(22 BB)
TY Takahiko Yachiya	14,000(14 BB)
TY Taeil YunSouth Korea	13,500(14 BB)
JC Joshua CuevasUnited States of America	7,100(7 BB)

Janette BeeJanette Bee

1/23/2025, 10:02:43 AM

Darren Moves Takes Initiative

Level 7: 400 / 800 ante: 800

Darren Moves

Brenton Buttigieg opened 1,600 on the hijack and was joined by four more players to flop 8♦ 5♥ T♠ . Action was checked to Darren Moves on the cutoff, allowing him to bet 5,000. All else folded, easily earning Moves the pot.

Player	Chips
BB Brenton ButtigiegAustralia	68,700(86 BB)
DM Darren MovesAustralia	58,600(73 BB)

Janette BeeJanette Bee

1/23/2025, 9:03:00 AM

Brenton Buttigieg Extracts Value

Level 6: 300 / 600 ante: 600

Brenton Buttigieg

Brenton Buttigieg opened 1,500 on the hijack and was called by two players behind. Action on board 9♥ J♣ T♠ 8♠ 7♥ was checked all the way down to the river, where Buttigieg fired a final 4,000. Claude Henoud made the call, and mucked as Buttigieg revealed a queen-high straight A♣ Q♥ .

Player	Chips
BB Brenton ButtigiegAustralia	76,200(127 BB)
CH Claude HenoudCanada	9,500(16 BB)