Philippines, Okada ManilaEVENT #3

2025.01.20 - 2025.01.22Add to Calendar

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Hogyun Kang

South Korea

Blind level

Level 26: 25,000 / 50,000 ante: 50,000

Entries

1/283

Total Chips

8,490,000

Average

8,490,000

Final Day

Janette BeeJanette Bee

1/22/2025, 4:51:23 AM

Mike Takayama Gets a Payday

Level 18: 4,000 / 8,000 ante: 8,000

Mike Takayama

Hogyun Kang defended his big blind vs Mike Takayama's 20,000 button open, and went on to battle on board T♠ 3♥ A♥ 9♠ K♦ . Takayama triple barreled - 18,000, 37,000, 80,000, and saw Kang check call all the way to showdown, only to muck as Takayama revealed top pair A♠ J♠ .

Player	Chips
MT Mike TakayamaPhilippines	432,000(54 BB)
HK Hogyun KangSouth Korea	110,000(14 BB)

Blind level

Level 19: 5,000 / 10,000 ante: 10,000

Entries

20/128

Total Chips

3,840,000

Average

192,000

Flight B

Janette BeeJanette Bee

1/21/2025, 9:29:42 AM

David Lennard Ang Takes It Down

Level 9: 600 / 1,200 ante: 1,200

David Lennard Ang

Hogyun Kang defended his big blind vs David Lennard Ang's 2,500 cutoff open, and went on to check raise 7,500 on flop Q♥ T♦ T♠ . Ang completed, revealing turn 9♦ . Both checked it through to river 2♠ , where Kang opted to check fold after Ang pulled a final 8,000.

Player	Chips
DA David AngPhilippines	43,000(36 BB)
HK Hogyun KangSouth Korea	14,600(12 BB)

Blind level

Level 20: 6,000 / 12,000 ante: 12,000

Entries

13/89

Total Chips

2,670,000

Average

205,385

Flight C [20 min]

Janette BeeJanette Bee

1/21/2025, 5:00:25 PM

Nichols Manalo and Hogyun Kang Fall on Bubble Time

Level 20: 6,000 / 12,000 ante: 12,000

Nichols Manalo

Nichols Manalo raised all-in on the button for his last 65,000 and was called by Brenton Buttigieg right on the big blind.

At risk right on bubble time, Manaho headed out shortly after missing board 5♥ T♣ 4♠ 2♣ 7♥ .

Player	Hand	Chips
BB Brenton ButtigiegAustralia	8♠8♣ BB	313,000(26 BB)
NM Nichols ManaloPhilippines	A♣Q♣ D	busted

Hogyun Kang

Christopher Richards opened 25,000 utg and was met with two all-ins - Kiril Gelev (42,000) and Hogyun Kang (115,000). Richards put in the final call, making it a three way showdown.

Up against two aces, Kang's snowmen bound for the muck shortly after board 6♣ Q♣ K♥ Q♠ 4♠ sealed his fate as the stone cold bubble.

Player	Hand	Chips
CR Christopher RichardsUnited States of America	A♥A♠ UTG	494,000(41 BB)
KG Kiril GelevCanada	A♦A♣ HJ	78,000(7 BB)
HK Hogyun KangSouth Korea	8♥8♣ D	busted

Janette BeeJanette Bee

1/21/2025, 4:32:05 PM

Roland Ferrer Picks Up More Chips

Level 18: 4,000 / 8,000 ante: 8,000

Hogyun Kang completed his big blind vs Roland Ferrer's utg open, and read a flop of K♦ K♣ 3♦ . Both players checked to turn 8♦ , where Kang led 20,000. Ferrer called behind, and arrived at showdown shortly after river T♠ collected no more bets.

Ferrer revealed A♦ A♣ for the win.

Player	Chips
RF Roland FerrerPhilippines	496,000(62 BB)
HK Hogyun KangSouth Korea	162,000(20 BB)

Janette BeeJanette Bee

1/21/2025, 4:17:14 PM

Hogyun Kang Rakes In a Boost

Level 17: 3,000 / 6,000 ante: 6,000

Hogyun Kang

Masakazu Miyamoto opened to 15,000, called behind by Hogyun Kang. On board A♥ 4♠ J♦ A♣ , Miyamoto double barreled 13,000 and 19,000, with Kang calling both streets. Miyamoto slowed down on river 6♣ and Kang checked back, revealing two pair K♥ J♠ , good against Miyamoto's 3♦ 3♥ .

Player	Chips
HK Hogyun KangSouth Korea	222,000(37 BB)
MM Masakazu MiyamotoJapan	90,000(15 BB)

Janette BeeJanette Bee

1/21/2025, 3:57:07 PM

Chip Count Update

Level 17: 3,000 / 6,000 ante: 6,000

Roland Ferrer

Player	Chips
RF Roland FerrerPhilippines	260,000(43 BB)
AI Alvir InocentesPhilippines	195,000(33 BB)
GC Graham CowanAustralia	182,000(30 BB)
HK Hogyun KangSouth Korea	175,000(29 BB)
BB Brenton ButtigiegAustralia	153,000(26 BB)
MM Masakazu MiyamotoJapan	138,000(23 BB)
NF Nazariy Fedyk	136,000(23 BB)
ED Emmanuel DerechoPhilippines	134,000(22 BB)
HV Hernan VillaPhilippines	126,000(21 BB)
JP Jeffrey Ponce (2)Philippines	123,000(21 BB)
KK Kim KunwooSouth Korea	105,000(18 BB)
NM Nichols ManaloPhilippines	101,000(17 BB)
CR Christopher RichardsUnited States of America	100,000(17 BB)
HS Hochung SongSouth Korea	97,000(16 BB)
KG Kiril GelevCanada	95,000(16 BB)
JS Jeoffrey SibalPhilippines	87,000(15 BB)
YS Younghwan SungSouth Korea	84,000(14 BB)
JW Jundy WalkerUnited States of America	78,000(13 BB)
MG Manuel GeronimoPhilippines	75,000(13 BB)
XQ Xia QiChina	73,000(12 BB)
JA Jhun AballaPhilippines	64,000(11 BB)
RG Renniel GalvezPhilippines	61,000(10 BB)

Janette BeeJanette Bee

1/21/2025, 3:51:16 PM

Midpair Good for Hogyun Kang

Level 16: 2,000 / 5,000 ante: 5,000

Hogyun Kang

Hogyun Kang opened 10,000 utg+1, called behind by Jeffrey Ponce along with the big blind. Action on flop 6♠ T♣ 2♥ was checked to Ponce, who bet 13,000. Kang check called, revealing turn 9♣ . No more bets went in all the way through river A♣ , where Kang showed J♥ 9♥ for the win.

Player	Chips
HK Hogyun KangSouth Korea	213,000(43 BB)
JP Jeffrey Ponce (2)Philippines	123,000(25 BB)

Blind level

Level 17: 3,000 / 6,000 ante: 6,000

Entries

10/66

Total Chips

1,980,000

Average

198,000

Flight A

Christian ZetzscheChristian Zetzsche

1/20/2025, 3:03:30 PM

Nearing the Last Two Tables

Level 14: 1,500 / 3,000 ante: 3,000

With 17 players remaining in an eight-handed format, the final two tables on Day 1a are in sight. Joining Hogyun Kang on the rail are the two local players Nichols Manalo and Lenart Ecarma, who will have to try again in the remaining two flights at Okada Manila to earn their share of the prize pool.

Player	Chips
HK Hogyun KangSouth Korea	busted
NM Nichols ManaloPhilippines	busted
LE Lenart EcarmaPhilippines	busted

busted

Christian ZetzscheChristian Zetzsche

1/20/2025, 2:51:31 PM

Hogyun Kang Eliminated by Akihiro Kawaguchi

Level 13: 1,000 / 2,500 ante: 2,500

Hogyun Kang

In a four-way limped pot to the ten-high flop, Akihiro Kawaguchi in the small blind check-raised to 14,000. Hogyun Kang on the button had bet 4,000 and then jammed for 28,000, which Kawaguchi called.

The turn was the instant bad news for Kang, as Kawaguchi improved to an unbeatable flush.

Player	Hand	Chips
AK Akihiro KawaguchiJapan	7♠4♠ SB	111,000(44 BB)
HK Hogyun KangSouth Korea	Q♣T♦ D	busted

Board:T♠8♠5♦2♠9♦

all-in

busted

Christian ZetzscheChristian Zetzsche

1/20/2025, 2:15:34 PM

Akihiro Kawaguchi Three-Bets Successfully

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

Akihiro Kawaguchi

Hogyun Kang opened to 4,000 from under the gun and Lenart Ecarma called in the next seat. Akihiro Kawaguchi then three-bet to 17,000 and forced out both opponents to pull ahead of Ecarma.

Player	Hand	Chips
AK Akihiro KawaguchiJapan	MP	72,000(36 BB)
HK Hogyun KangSouth Korea	UTG	92,000(46 BB)
LE Lenart EcarmaPhilippines	UTG+1	52,000(26 BB)

Christian ZetzscheChristian Zetzsche

1/20/2025, 1:43:04 PM

Assorted Counts in the Field

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

John Jay Magadan

Player	Chips
JJ John Jay MagadanPhilippines	204,000(136 BB)
SK Sergei KorzhenkoRussia	153,000(102 BB)
MH Masaaki HibinoJapan	128,000(85 BB)
PC Peter Chung (2)United States of America	120,000(80 BB)
RR Rey RocaUnited States of America	117,000(78 BB)
MM Michihiko MatsudaJapan	110,000(73 BB)
SW Sham Wing SheukChina	103,000(69 BB)
PC Paul ColesUnited Kingdom	86,000(57 BB)
HS Hochung SongSouth Korea	84,000(56 BB)
TJ Taehyun JangSouth Korea	81,000(54 BB)
TW Tan Wee JieChina	77,000(51 BB)
DK Daito KameiJapan	65,000(43 BB)
HT Ho-Tai TsaiTaiwan	62,500(42 BB)
SA Sunhwi AnSouth Korea	50,600(34 BB)
JC Jose CheungPhilippines	50,500(34 BB)
LP Lemmor PatulotPhilippines	50,000(33 BB)
JT Jansen TiuPhilippines	48,000(32 BB)
HK Hogyun KangSouth Korea	47,000(31 BB)
AK Akihiro KawaguchiJapan	43,500(29 BB)
BB Brenton ButtigiegAustralia	34,000(23 BB)
NM Nichols ManaloPhilippines	30,000(20 BB)
LE Lenart EcarmaPhilippines	28,000(19 BB)
SI Seigi ImaiJapan	26,500(18 BB)
PF Prolan FandialanPhilippines	26,000(17 BB)
SC Seonghun CheongSouth Korea	23,500(16 BB)
AA Anju AbrolIndia	19,700(13 BB)
JK Jinhyun KimSouth Korea	17,000(11 BB)
MT Mike TakayamaPhilippines	14,000(9 BB)

chip counts

Christian ZetzscheChristian Zetzsche

1/20/2025, 12:52:05 PM

Hongyun Kang Doubles Through Rey Roca

Level 9: 600 / 1,200 ante: 1,200

Hogyun Kang

Rey Roca made it 2,500 to go and then called the shove by Hogyun Kang for 17,600. The classic flip went to the Korean after a nine-high runout.

Player	Hand	Chips
HK Hogyun KangSouth Korea	J♠J♦ D	38,200(32 BB)
RR Rey RocaUnited States of America	A♣K♥ HJ	109,200(91 BB)

Board:8♣6♥5♥6♠9♣

all-in

Christian ZetzscheChristian Zetzsche

1/20/2025, 12:17:12 PM

Sunhwi An vs Hogyun Kang

Level 7: 500 / 1,000 ante: 1,000

Sunhwi An

Hogyun Kang raised to 2,500 for fellow Korean player Sunhwi An to defend the big blind. On the T♠ 2♠ 2♣ flop, An check-raised from 1,200 to 6,000 and that did the trick to force out Kang.

Player	Hand	Chips
SA Sunhwi AnSouth Korea	BB	22,000(22 BB)
HK Hogyun KangSouth Korea	HJ	26,500(27 BB)