Philippines, Okada ManilaEVENT #23

2025.02.06 - 2025.02.09Add to Calendar

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Milbert Bautista

Philippines

Blind level

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

Entries

37/246

Total Chips

7,380,000

Average

199,459

Flight C

SMPSMP

2/8/2025, 11:20:28 AM

Lee Rivers the Goods

Level 14: 1,500 / 3,000 ante: 3,000

Seoha Lee

Milbert Bautista opened to 6,000 from the cutoff and received calls from a player in the small blind and Seoha Lee in the big blind. The flop came Q♣ 4♣ 3♠ and action checked around to Bautista who bet 6,000. The small blind folded, Lee raised to 16,000 and Bautista called.

On the 9♠ turn Seoha bet 24,500. Bautista raised to 90,000, Lee shoved for 139,000 and Bautista called with a covering stack to put Lee at risk.

Player	Hand	Chips
MB Milbert BautistaPhilippines	9♦3♣	83,000(28 BB)
SL Seoha Lee	9♣7♣	331,000(110 BB)

Bautista was ahead with two pair while Lee had a pair of nines and a flush draw. The flush came in on the 2♣ river and Lee dragged in a massive pot at Bautista’s expense.

SMPSMP

2/8/2025, 10:58:05 AM

Bautista Finds the Right Call

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

Milbert Bautista

Milbert Bautista opened to 5,500 from the hijack and Kotaro Hayashida defended from the big blind. The flop came 3♠ 4♥ 6♥ . Hayashida bet 4,000 and Bautista called.

Both players checked the Q♣ turn leading to the A♣ river. Hayashida checked, Bautista bet 8,000, Hayashida check-raised to 30,000 and Bautista tank-called.

Hayashida only had king-high with K♦ 8♣ . Bautista turned over A♥ 7♥ for top pair to take down a nice pot.

Player	Chips
MB Milbert BautistaPhilippines	263,000(105 BB)
KH Kotaro Hayashida	23,000(9 BB)

SMPSMP

2/8/2025, 9:33:14 AM

Top Stacks

Level 10: 600 / 1,200 ante: 1,200

Player	Chips
JL Jack LiUnited States of America	220,000(183 BB)
KO Ko OkuboJapan	185,000(154 BB)
SL Seoha Lee	173,000(144 BB)
KW Kim WhanSouth Korea	167,000(139 BB)
VJ Vasay JoemarkPhilippines	138,000(115 BB)
MC Michael CalunsodPhilippines	129,000(108 BB)
YN Yoshida NozomuJapan	128,000(107 BB)
MB Milbert BautistaPhilippines	128,000(107 BB)
LZ Liu ZhiqiangChina	128,000(107 BB)
LL Liu Li MingTaiwan	121,000(101 BB)
KY Kazuki YamashitaJapan	120,000(100 BB)
RY Ryutaro YamamotoJapan	119,000(99 BB)
RR Ron Ryan MesinaPhilippines	119,000(99 BB)
EA Edgar AsehanPhilippines	112,000(93 BB)
CC Chun-Yuan ChenTaiwan	108,000(90 BB)
BE Benjamin EbarlePhilippines	106,000(88 BB)
AP Ashley PattersonUnited Kingdom	79,000(66 BB)
LP Lemmor PatulotPhilippines	77,000(64 BB)
JC John Carlo SayoPhilippines	76,000(63 BB)
AP Anastasios PavlouCyprus	73,000(61 BB)
JG Jonald GarciaPhilippines	73,000(61 BB)
RK Rikuhito KomachiJapan	73,000(61 BB)
HV Hernan VillaPhilippines	72,000(60 BB)
JA Jaehyoun Ahn	68,000(57 BB)
IS Ighani SohielUnited States of America	67,000(56 BB)

SMPSMP

2/8/2025, 7:38:16 AM

Bautista Comes Out on Top of Three-Way Collision

Level 7: 400 / 800 ante: 800

Milbert Bautista

With three players seeing a board of 4♦ 5♦ T♦ and 6,000 in the middle Milbert Bautista checked from the small blind, Jinsung Chung checked from under the gun, Yuji Tsuboi bet 2,000 from the button and Bautista shoved, covering both players. Chung called with his remaining stack of 28,600 and Tsuboi called with a remaining stack of 21,500.

Player	Hand	Chips
JC Jinsung ChungSouth Korea	A♦K♣	busted
MB Milbert BautistaPhilippines	K♦3♦	142,800(179 BB)
YT Yuji Tsuboi	5♠5♥	busted

Tsuboi had a set of fives but was behind Bautista who had flopped the second-nut flush while Chung was on the nut-flush draw. Bautista remained ahead on the K♥ J♣ runout to send both opponents to the rail and claim a massive pot.

SMPSMP

2/8/2025, 6:59:04 AM

Bautista Gets a Shove Through

Level 5: 200 / 500 ante: 500

Milbert Bautista

Van Dong an Nguyen limped in from under the gun, Milbert Bautista raised to 1,600 from the hijack, a player on the button called and Saito Takashi defended from the big blind.

The flop came 7♦ 8♥ 5♠ and action checked around to Nguyen who bet 2,000. Bautista raised to 6,000, the button folded and both Takashi and Nguyen called.

All three remaining players checked the 3♦ turn leading to the Q♦ river. Action checked around to Bautista who shoved for 24,300 and both opponents folded.

Player	Chips
MB Milbert BautistaPhilippines	57,400(115 BB)
NV Nguyen Van DongViet Nam	15,300(31 BB)
TS Takashi Saito	12,500(25 BB)