Main Event (18,500 PHP)

Ushering in the weekend, 311 entries descended upon Pokerstars Live here at Okada Manila for (Event #30B) Day 1B of the Manila Super Series 22 Main Event as 47 runners advanced to Day 2 of this PhP10,000,000 (~US$178,210) GTD centerpiece.

Day 2 is on Sunday (June 15th) at 12:00NN (UCT+8).

Like Day 1A, the chip lead moved quickly as at one point India’s Siddarth Mishra had over 200,000 in chips in the early goings but was slowly whittled down by the intense competition to advance to ITM and a shot at the bigger prizes in Day 2.

The short stacks started dropping out of the picture one by one and the bubble saw Japan’s Daiki Goto going all-in and called by Craig Gray of the United States who had a shorter stack. Goto’s J♥ J♠ held against the American’s 7♦ 7♣ on a runout that went 5♠ 4♦ T♦ A♠ 8♠ . The elimination of Gray at the hands of Goto ensured that all those remaining trudge join the 34 qualifiers from 224 entries in yesterday’s Day 1A.

Korea’s Hong Soojing went on an elimination spree as he knocked out three consecutive players en route to the Day 1B chip lead of 649,000. His stack was followed by three Filipinos bunched together as Reiner Magbutay (478,000), Hernan Villa (426,000) and Rodrigo Sequite, Jr. (413,000) occupy second to fourth. Goto placed fifth with 375,000.

Day 1A chip leader Germ de Haas of the Netherlands still holds the overall chip lead of 715,000.

Day 1C commences tomorrow (June 14) still at 12:00NN while the Turbo Day 1D (initially using 20-minute levels) takes flight later at 5:00PM. The buy-ins are still PhP18,500 (~US$330) with unlimited re-entries and with registration remaining open until the end of the tenth level.

The action gets folded to the blinds where Daiki Goto of Japan shoves from the SB against American Craig Gray in the BB who opts to make the call for his last 145,000.

Goto shows J♠ J♥ and is way ahead of Gray’s 7♣ 7♦ .

The runout goes 5♠ 4♦ T♦ A♠ 8♠ as the Jacks hold and Gray is issued his walking papers as the last elimination in Day 1B.

There 47 players remaining and all will advance to Day 2 of the Main Event.

Jose Cheung of the Philippines and Japan’s Daiki Goto engage in a preflop raising war that ends up in all of their chip going into the pot as the Filipino is at risk for his last 30,500.

Cheung shows Q♣ Q♦ while Goto sees he is behind with 9♠ 9♣ .

The flop is 8♦ K♣ 7♣ but then the T♦ arrives on the turn to give the Japanese player an open-ended straight redraw which he hits on the river as the J♠ shows up to bust Cheung and bring Goto into the chip leader conversation.