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Jiego Erquiaga

Philippines

Blind level

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

Entries

24/159

Total Chips

4,770,000

Average

198,750

Flight B

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, 3:51:44 PM

Jiego Erquiaga Bricks Runout

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

Jiego Erquiaga

With a pot of 41,000 in the middle on board 7♣ 2♣ 3♠ A♠ , Jiego Erquiaga made a bet of 25,000, and called 33,000 more following a check jam from Jeon Kihoon on the big blind.

Jeon Kihoon 7♦ 7♠

Jiego Erquiaga T♣ 9♣

Erquiaga on the lookout for a third club, found none on river 3♥ , improving Kihoon further to a full house for the double up.

Player	Chips
JE Jiego ErquiagaPhilippines	255,000(51 BB)
JK Jeon KihoonSouth Korea	157,000(31 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, 2:45:40 PM

Jiego Erquiaga Back on the Saddle

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

Jiego Erquiaga

With a pot of 44,000 in the middle across board 6♣ T♦ K♥ J♥ 3♠ , three way action was checked to Janno Alvarez on the button, who gunned for a final 22,500. Jiego Erquiaga called from the big blind with a pair of jacks J♠ 7♠ , and secured the pot after Alvarez showed T♥ 9♥ .

Player	Chips
JE Jiego ErquiagaPhilippines	93,000(37 BB)
JA Janno AlvarezPhilippines	77,000(31 BB)

Janette BeeJanette Bee

2/1/2025, 2:24:39 PM

Manuel Geronimo Wins Flip Against Jiego Erquiaga

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

Manuel Geronimo

Following an open and two calls, Jiego Erquiaga squeezed to 22,000 on the big blind, and called for the rest after initial raiser Manuel Geronimo shoved all-in for 60,000.

In for a flip, board 8♣ 8♠ Q♥ 7♠ 5♠ landed Geronimo's way, earning him a full double up along with another run at the trophy.

Player	Hand	Chips
MG Manuel GeronimoPhilippines	A♣Q♠ UTG	131,000(66 BB)
JE Jiego ErquiagaPhilippines	9♥9♠ BB	14,000(7 BB)