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Patrick Wahlquist

Denmark

Bounty

Blind level

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

Entries

24/155

Total Chips

4,650,000

Average

193,750

Flight A

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2/6/2025, 1:56:19 PM

David Erquiaga Bags Main Event A Lead

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

David Erquiaga - Main Event A chip leader

The first of four starting flights has ended in the Manila Super Series ₱18,500 Main Event at Okada Manila. Flight A featured 155 entrants and by the end of the night only 24 players managed to find a bag and advance to Day 2.

David Erquiaga finished the night with the chip lead after bagging 433,000. Erquiaga is most closely followed by Patrick Wahlquist (371,000) while Alex Gelev rounds out the top three with 358,000.

There are still three more starting flights to go. Flight B takes place tomorrow at noon while Flight C takes place on February 8 at noon. Later that evening the final flight, featuring a turbo structure, will begin at 6:00 p.m.

Somuchpoker will be on sight to provide all the action throughout the Main Event.

Chip Counts - 24 players

Player	Chips
DE David ErquiagaPhilippines	433,000(72 BB)
PW Patrick WahlquistDenmark	371,000(62 BB)
KG Kiril Gelev (Alex)Canada	358,000(60 BB)
JP Jean Paul BerdejoPeru	278,000(46 BB)
MC Man Chung TsuiHong Kong	265,000(44 BB)
MR Maxwell RosetePhilippines	247,000(41 BB)
FF Fred Farboud FeridounUnited States of America	243,000(41 BB)
SK Siddharth KariaIndia	218,000(36 BB)
IT Ilia TimofeevRussian Federation	213,000(36 BB)
AB Andrea BurzioItaly	211,000(35 BB)
BS Billy SorianoPhilippines	194,000(32 BB)
MM Makoto MiyatakeJapan	191,000(32 BB)
RB Raphael BulaongPhilippines	180,000(30 BB)
EF Emanuel FlorendoPhilippines	173,000(29 BB)
JT John Tech (2)Philippines	159,000(27 BB)
SP Shawn Philip BenitezPhilippines	146,000(24 BB)
NC Nemesio CarneroUnited States of America	129,000(22 BB)
NM Nichols ManaloPhilippines	116,000(19 BB)
JC Juhoon ChungKorea (Republic of)	113,000(19 BB)
GS George SaludPhilippines	100,000(17 BB)
MG Muthukumaran GovindasamyMalaysia	100,000(17 BB)
TA Taeil AhnKorea (Republic of)	82,000(14 BB)
ID Ionut DragomirRomania	79,000(13 BB)
MB Maurillo BulauitanPhilippines	72,000(12 BB)

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2/6/2025, 11:50:56 AM

Wahlquist Scoops The Three-Way

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

Patrick Wahlquist

Kento Chogo moved all in for a short 27,000 from under the gun, Patrick Wahlquist shoved over the top for 50,000 from the hijack and Shuhei Hiroshima called with a covering stack to put both players at risk.

Player	Hand	Chips
KC Kento ChogoJapan	A♦8♦ UTG	busted
PW Patrick WahlquistDenmark	A♣Q♣ HJ	135,000(34 BB)
SH Shuhei HiroshimaJapan	A♥J♥ SB	47,000(12 BB)

Board:3♣4♥T♥8♣T♣

Wahlquist was good at showdown with ace-high and the best kicker to knock out Chogo and leave secure nearly a full triple up.