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.

Singapore’s Ang Lim Yong opens from the +1 position for 4,000 and gets caller in Park Eunseo of Korea in the HJ and Japan’s Hirotaka Matsunaga from the D.

The flop goes 3♣ Q♠ T♣ as Ang continues for 8,000. Park raises it to 16,000 and Matsunaga moves all-in for 35,500. Ang then commits his last 39,500 into the pot. Park makes the snap call.

Matsunaga tables K♠ Q♥ for top pair on the flop as Ang reveals he has Q♣ J♣ and is outkicked. However, they are both behind against Park’s concealed A♣ A♥ .

The turn card is the A♦ to give both pursuers a semblance of a chance with a gutshot that never arrives when the river card is the 3♦ .

The double elimination ups the Korean’s stack to way past the century mark.

Japan’s Tsuyoshi Kimura raises to 1,600 from the +2 position and gets a call from the D. From the SB, Park Eunseo of Korea 3-bets it to 7,100 as it gets back to Kimura who 4-bet shoves his remaining stack of 27,300. Park quickly calls.

Kimura tables A♥ K♣ and has one over-card to the K♦ K♠ of his Korean opponent.

The runout goes bogey free for Park: 8♣ J♥ T♥ J♣ 9♣ as Kimura misses all his outs and gets sidelined by Park for now.