Philippines, Okada ManilaEVENT #1

2025.02.01 - 2025.02.02Add to Calendar

PokerStars Live

Christian Lortie

Canada

Blind level

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

Entries

24/159

Total Chips

4,770,000

Average

198,750

Flight B

TriciaTricia

2/1/2025, 6:02:48 PM

Christian Lortie Leads Kick Off Day 2

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

Christian Lortie

Action is heating up at PokerStars LIVE, Okada Manila with both qualifiers for its opening highlight, Kickoff, wrapped up. The final heat drew in a slightly bigger field of 159 entries, bumping up the final count to 283. Well over the expected turnout, PHP 3,019,610 (~USD 51,690) in total prizes are on the table, all to be awarded across tomorrow's Day 2 battle.

Twenty four more survivors joined the list across the later flight, with Canada's Christian Lortie topping the charts with a massive 540,000 (90 BB) stack. Lortie's rise to the lead came at the cost of Mike Takayama by the final hour after the latter hero called with pocket jacks against Lortie's two pair. Lortie’s late surge pushed him past Flight A chip leader James Moriles, who finished with 437,000 (73 BB), to take the overall lead. Trailing behind are seasoned locals David Erquiaga 456,000 (76 BB), and Richard Marquez 316,000 (53 BB), to round up the top three spots.

Other players to keep an eye on include Martin Gonzales 186,000 (31 BB), Renniel Galvez 176,000 (29 BB), Ashley Patterson 166,000 (28 BB), and Joseph Sia 161,000 (27 BB).

Action resumes at 12 noon this Sunday, February 2nd, with blinds set at Level 17: 3,000/ 6,000 ante 6,000. Stay tuned for more updates as SMP brings you all the latest directly off the floor!

Kickoff

Date/s: February 1-2, 2025

Buy-in: PHP 12,500 (~USD 215)

Guarantee: PHP 2,000,000 (~USD 34,235)

Entries: 283

Prize pool: PHP 3,019,610 (~USD 51,690)

ITM: 43 places

Flight A: 124 entries, 19 qualified

Flight B: 159 entries, 24 qualified

Day 2/ Final: Sunday, February 2

Janette BeeJanette Bee

2/1/2025, 4:50:40 PM

End of Flight B - 24 Players

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

Player	Chips
CL Christian LortieCanada	540,000(90 BB)
DE David ErquiagaPhilippines	456,000(76 BB)
RM Richard MarquezPhilippines	316,000(53 BB)
JT Joseph TalamayanPhilippines	289,000(48 BB)
AC Anthony CastroPhilippines	285,000(48 BB)
JE Jiego ErquiagaPhilippines	278,000(46 BB)
TN Tamon NakamuraJapan	234,000(39 BB)
LT Lester TimoneraPhilippines	230,000(38 BB)
PC Peter Chung (2)United States of America	229,000(38 BB)
MR Martin Rundulf GonzalesPhilippines	186,000(31 BB)
RG Renniel GalvezPhilippines	176,000(29 BB)
AP Ashley PattersonUnited Kingdom	166,000(28 BB)
YP Yongseok Park	165,000(28 BB)
JS Joseph SiaPhilippines	161,000(27 BB)
JN June NuestroPhilippines	155,000(26 BB)
SJ Seonghun JeongSouth Korea	140,000(23 BB)
JK Jeon KihoonSouth Korea	115,000(19 BB)
MS Minsub SoSouth Korea	112,000(19 BB)
FF Florin FilipRomania	110,000(18 BB)
CP Christopher PasionPhilippines	106,000(18 BB)
SK Sergei KorzhenkoRussia	101,000(17 BB)
YJ Yonghwa JungSouth Korea	97,000(16 BB)
PX Po Xiang Jun ThomasSingapore	89,000(15 BB)
AV Andrei VavilonskiiRussia	30,000(5 BB)

Janette BeeJanette Bee

2/1/2025, 4:14:00 PM

David Erquiaga Turns Up the Aggression

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

David Erquiaga

Christian Lortie opened 12,000 utg, called by Jiego Erquiaga on the button. David Erquiaga on the small blind, squeezed to 60,000, and convinced both opponents to give it up with action right on bubble time.

Player	Chips
CL Christian LortieCanada	491,000(98 BB)
DE David ErquiagaPhilippines	485,000(97 BB)
JE Jiego ErquiagaPhilippines	227,000(45 BB)

Janette BeeJanette Bee

2/1/2025, 4:06:20 PM

Christian Lortie Finishes Mike Takayama

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

Christian Lortie

Christian Lortie opened on the cutoff and called a 45,000 three bet from Mike Takayama on the big blind. On board A♣ 2♠ 8♠ 3♠ , Takayama check called both streets - 52,000 and a final all-in for his last 79,000, with J♠ J♣ . Lortie however, smashed the board with two pair A♦ 8♦ , and eliminated Takayama just as river Q♥ hit the table.

Player	Chips
CL Christian LortieCanada	487,000(97 BB)
MT Mike TakayamaPhilippines	busted

Janette BeeJanette Bee

2/1/2025, 4:03:47 PM

David Erquiaga Bets to Win

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

David Erquiaga

A button vs big blind battle brewed a pot of 87,000 even before flop 3♦ 4♠ 2♣ landed on the felt. Christian Lortie led out 30,000 and was called by David Erquiaga behind. On turn 6♥ , Lortie check folded after being faced with a 60,000 bet from his opponent.

Player	Chips
DE David ErquiagaPhilippines	456,000(91 BB)
CL Christian LortieCanada	303,000(61 BB)

Janette BeeJanette Bee

2/1/2025, 3:37:47 PM

Chip Count Update

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

With 29 players left holding onto their seats, that means only five more eliminations are due before the day wraps up, with 24 survivors advancing onto Day 2. A total of 43 players are geared to cut a share of the PHP 3,019,610 (~USD 51,690) prize pool, 19 already qualified from today's initial flight.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips
DE David ErquiagaPhilippines	380,000(76 BB)
RM Richard MarquezPhilippines	347,000(69 BB)
JE Jiego ErquiagaPhilippines	328,000(66 BB)
CL Christian LortieCanada	287,000(57 BB)
PC Peter Chung (2)United States of America	283,000(57 BB)
JT Joseph TalamayanPhilippines	213,000(43 BB)
TN Tamon NakamuraJapan	212,000(42 BB)
MT Mike TakayamaPhilippines	204,000(41 BB)
SK Sergei KorzhenkoRussia	193,000(39 BB)
AC Anthony CastroPhilippines	193,000(39 BB)
MG Martin GonzalesPhilippines	183,000(37 BB)
LT Lester TimoneraPhilippines	182,000(36 BB)
AP Ashley PattersonUnited Kingdom	180,000(36 BB)
FF Florin FilipRomania	167,000(33 BB)
RG Renniel GalvezPhilippines	156,000(31 BB)
SJ Seonghun JeongSouth Korea	135,000(27 BB)
MS Minsub SoSouth Korea	125,000(25 BB)
YP Yongseok Park	119,000(24 BB)
PX Po Xiang Jun ThomasSingapore	98,000(20 BB)
YJ Yonghwa JungSouth Korea	89,000(18 BB)
JK Jeon KihoonSouth Korea	83,500(17 BB)
AC Aj Cris AcdalPhilippines	82,000(16 BB)
JN June NuestroPhilippines	81,000(16 BB)
TG Terry GonzagaPhilippines	73,000(15 BB)
MC Ma Carmen EsdailePhilippines	73,000(15 BB)
JS Joseph SiaPhilippines	63,000(13 BB)
AV Andrei VavilonskiiRussia	59,000(12 BB)
CP Christopher PasionPhilippines	56,000(11 BB)
AD Alexander DonnAustralia	55,000(11 BB)

Janette BeeJanette Bee

2/1/2025, 3:33:59 PM

David Erquiaga Puts On the Pressure

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

David Erquiaga

David Erquiaga opened on the hijack and was met with a 33,000 three bet from Christian Lortie on the button. Erquiaga responded with a raise to 90,000, enough to convince Lortie to give it up.

Player	Chips
DE David ErquiagaPhilippines	387,000(97 BB)
CL Christian LortieCanada	305,000(76 BB)

Janette BeeJanette Bee

2/1/2025, 3:25:37 PM

Christian Lortie Shoots to the Top

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

Christian Lortie

Christian Lortie opened 9,000 utg, raised by Manuel Geronimo on the button to 22,000. Lortie clapped back with an all-in, and Geronimo called off for his remaining 140,000.

Flipping for nearly 90 big blinds, Lortie cleaned out his opponent shortly after spiking top pair on board 6♠ A♠ 4♣ 2♣ J♦ to take the win.

Player	Hand	Chips
CL Christian LortieCanada	A♥Q♠ UTG	363,000(91 BB)
MG Manuel GeronimoPhilippines	T♦T♣ D	busted

Janette BeeJanette Bee

2/1/2025, 2:38:12 PM

Christian Lortie Takes a Stab

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

Christian Lortie

Christian Lortie opened 6,000 utg+1, called by Mike Takayama on the button along with both players on the blinds. On flop A♦ 6♣ 6♥ , Lortie continued for 7,000, and picked up the pot straight away.

Player	Chips
CL Christian LortieCanada	336,000(134 BB)
MT Mike TakayamaPhilippines	139,000(56 BB)

Janette BeeJanette Bee

2/1/2025, 1:09:45 PM

Top Chip Counts

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

Christian Lortie

Player	Chips
CL Christian LortieCanada	238,500(199 BB)
SK Sergei KorzhenkoRussia	171,000(143 BB)
JT Joseph TalamayanPhilippines	142,000(118 BB)
MS Minsub SoSouth Korea	137,600(115 BB)
YN Yoshiki NakamuraJapan	127,800(107 BB)
AC Aj Cris AcdalPhilippines	123,000(103 BB)
CG Conor GrimsleyUnited Kingdom	105,000(88 BB)
JC Jaegill ChoiSouth Korea	101,700(85 BB)
ED Edwin Dela CruzPhilippines	88,300(74 BB)
PS Park SungtaeSouth Korea	87,500(73 BB)
EC Eunji ChuSouth Korea	85,000(71 BB)
YJ Yonghwa JungSouth Korea	83,200(69 BB)
CH Crisanto Hernandez	79,000(66 BB)
RG Raymundo GomezPhilippines	74,500(62 BB)
NR Noel RegenciaPhilippines	73,600(61 BB)
JA Janno AlvarezPhilippines	73,200(61 BB)
AP Ashley PattersonUnited Kingdom	72,000(60 BB)
BL Benigno LedinaPhilippines	70,600(59 BB)
FF Florin FilipRomania	68,000(57 BB)
CI Czar Ian MarcosPhilippines	67,700(56 BB)