
Flight C
No Split Pot Here
Nichols Manalo open shoved his remaining 21,500 utg and was looked up by Chanhwi Kim on the big blind.
A potential chop, Manalo instead locked in the double up, having found a pair of sevens on board J♣ Q♦ 7♠ 9♣ 8♠ .
Player | Hand | Chips |
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NM Nichols Manalo | A♣7♦ UTG | 47,500(16 BB) |
KC Kim Chanhwi | A♠5♦ BB | 270,000(90 BB) |
Noel Araniel Takes from Nichols Manalo
Noel Araniel opened 5,000 utg and saw Nichols Manalo complete on the big blind.
Action checked to turn A♠ 4♥ 2♠ K♠ , where Araniel continued for 8,000. Manalo check called to see river 8♦ and paid another 15,500, only to muck as Araniel revealed top pair A♦ J♣ .
Player | Chips |
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NA Noel Araniel | 89,000(36 BB) |
NM Nichols Manalo | 25,500(10 BB) |
Player Chip Counts on Table 27
Player | Chips |
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KC Kim Chanhwi | 291,500(146 BB) |
PW Patrick Wahlquist | 134,000(67 BB) |
AI Alvir Inocentes | 122,000(61 BB) |
JL James Lee | 93,500(47 BB) |
FF Florin Filip | 68,500(34 BB) |
NA Noel Araniel | 68,000(34 BB) |
NM Nichols Manalo | 54,000(27 BB) |
JC John Clyde Tan | 35,000(18 BB) |
Player Chip Counts on Table 27
Player | Chips |
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KC Kim Chanhwi | 160,000(80 BB) |
JL James Lee | 137,000(69 BB) |
PW Patrick Wahlquist | 124,500(62 BB) |
AI Alvir Inocentes | 103,000(52 BB) |
FF Florin Filip | 100,000(50 BB) |
NA Noel Araniel | 56,000(28 BB) |
NM Nichols Manalo | 41,500(21 BB) |
JC John Clyde Tan | 19,500(10 BB) |
Patrick Wahlquist with a Smooth Sailing Victory

Patrick Wahlquist open shoved 13,800 utg and was challenged by Nichols Manalo on the hijack.
Wahlquist well ahead, easily scooped up the pot as his better pair ran ahead all the way on board 5♣ 9♠ 6♦ 3♠ 3♦ .
Player | Hand | Chips |
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PW Patrick Wahlquist | T♥T♠ UTG | 28,800(58 BB) |
NM Nichols Manalo | 7♦7♥ HJ | 31,000(62 BB) |
Darius Nass Doubles Through Nichols Manalo
Action on flop 9♥ 5♦ 7♠ was caught on Darius Nass with a button bet of 700 into a pot of 2,700. Nichols Manalo check called, and faced another 1,400 on turn 2♥ . Manalo this time, bumped it up to 3,500, and followed with a final 5,000 on river 8♣ . Nass pushed for 4,600 more, and revealed a straight 7♥ 6♥ to take the win and crush Manalo's set 5♥ 5♠ altogether.
Player | Chips |
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DN Darius Nass | 30,000(100 BB) |
NM Nichols Manalo | 28,000(93 BB) |
Kaito Hashimoto Exits Early

Kaito Hashimoto opened 600 early position and was joined by four other players onto flop 6♥ 7♣ 2♦ . Action checked round to turn 4♦ , where player on the hijack donk bet 1,000. Nichols Manalo right behind, made it 2,000 and faced a check raise to 6,000 from Hashimoto. Manalo went for the rest, leaving Hashimoto to call off his entire 23,000.
Manalo 5♥ 3♥
Hashimoto 2♥ 2♣
Crushed against Manalo's turned straight, Hashimoto headed out after river K♦ missed to fill up his set of deuces.
Player | Chips |
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NM Nichols Manalo | 51,600(258 BB) |
KH Kaito Hashimoto | busted |
Darius Nass Pulls River Raise
Nichols Manalo defended his big blind vs Darius Nass's 300 cutoff open and check called another 300 on flop 4♣ Q♣ 4♥ . Both checked turn 2♣ to river 8♥ , where Manalo led for 500. Nass bumped it up to 5,000 and convinced Manalo to give up the pot, open folding a Q♥ .
Player | Chips |
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NM Nichols Manalo | 33,800(338 BB) |
DN Darius Nass | 30,500(305 BB) |
Nichols Manalo Fills Up on the River

With a pot of 1,500 seen on board T♣ 6♣ A♦ 4♦ , turn action saw Kaito Hashimoto check call an 800 bet from Nichols Manalo on the button. Hashimoto paid a final 3,200 on river 3♣ , yet mucked as Manalo revealed flush 9♣ 2♣ .
Player | Chips |
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NM Nichols Manalo | 34,900(349 BB) |
KH Kaito Hashimoto | 25,300(253 BB) |