Christian LortieChristian Lortie opened on the cutoff and called a 45,000 three bet from Mike Takayama on the big blind. On board A⣠2ā 8ā 3ā , Takayama check called both streets - 52,000 and a final all-in for his last 79,000, with Jā J⣠. Lortie however, smashed the board with two pair A⦠8⦠, and eliminated Takayama just as river Qā„ hit the table.
| Player | Chips |
|---|---|
CL Christian Lortie | 487,000(97 BB) |
MT Mike Takayama | busted |
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 Erquiaga | 380,000(76 BB) |
RM Richard Marquez | 347,000(69 BB) |
JE Jiego Erquiaga | 328,000(66 BB) |
CL Christian Lortie | 287,000(57 BB) |
PC Peter Chung (2) | 283,000(57 BB) |
JT Joseph Talamayan | 213,000(43 BB) |
TN Tamon Nakamura | 212,000(42 BB) |
MT Mike Takayama | 204,000(41 BB) |
SK Sergei Korzhenko | 193,000(39 BB) |
AC Anthony Castro | 193,000(39 BB) |
MG Martin Gonzales | 183,000(37 BB) |
LT Lester Timonera | 182,000(36 BB) |
AP Ashley Patterson | 180,000(36 BB) |
FF Florin Filip | 167,000(33 BB) |
RG Renniel Galvez | 156,000(31 BB) |
SJ Seonghun Jeong | 135,000(27 BB) |
MS Minsub So | 125,000(25 BB) |
| 119,000(24 BB) | |
PX Po Xiang Jun Thomas | 98,000(20 BB) |
YJ Yonghwa Jung | 89,000(18 BB) |
JK Jeon Kihoon | 83,500(17 BB) |
AC Aj Cris Acdal | 82,000(16 BB) |
JN June Nuestro | 81,000(16 BB) |
TG Terry Gonzaga | 73,000(15 BB) |
MC Ma Carmen Esdaile | 73,000(15 BB) |
JS Joseph Sia | 63,000(13 BB) |
AV Andrei Vavilonskii | 59,000(12 BB) |
CP Christopher Pasion | 56,000(11 BB) |
AD Alexander Donn | 55,000(11 BB) |
Mike TakayamaFacing an open and a button three bet from Janno Alvarez, Mike Takayama bumped it up further to 65,000 on the small blind, and called off for his remaining 23,000 after Alvarez raised all-in.
A crucial flip, Takayama quickly landed the advantage on board Jā„ J⦠Aā A⦠4⦠, sending Alvarez' pocket pair flying towards the muck.
| Player | Hand | Chips |
|---|---|---|
MT Mike Takayama | Aā„K⣠SB | 202,000(51 BB) |
JA Janno Alvarez | 9ā„9⣠D | 6,000(2 BB) |
Peter ChungMike Takayama opened 6,500 utg+1 and was joined by player on the cutoff along with Peter Chung on the big blind. All three checked flop 8ā 3ā„ Kā through to turn 5ā„ , where Takayama bet 11,000. Chung check raised for 20,000 more, and barreled a final 70,000 on river 3ā . Takayama paid the price, only to muck as Chung revealed a flush 4ā 2ā .
| Player | Chips |
|---|---|
PC Peter Chung (2) | 320,000(128 BB) |
MT Mike Takayama | 113,000(45 BB) |
Mike TakayamaWith a pot of 128,000 situated around board Q⦠3⦠8ā T⣠5ā„ , action was caught on Mike Takayama with a final all-in on the river. Eunji Chu on the big blind, check folded, giving up the pot to his opponent.
| Player | Chips |
|---|---|
MT Mike Takayama | 217,000(87 BB) |
EC Eunji Chu | 97,000(39 BB) |
Christian LortieChristian 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 Lortie | 336,000(134 BB) |
MT Mike Takayama | 139,000(56 BB) |