Philippines, Okada ManilaEVENT #16

2025.04.07 - 2025.04.09Add to Calendar

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Nikolas Rivera

Philippines

Blind level

Level 19: 5,000 / 10,000 ante: 10,000

Entries

19/158

Total Chips

3,950,000

Average

207,895

Day 1C

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4/8/2025, 1:09:11 PM

Nikolas Rivera Takes Overall Lead At Flight C

Level 19: 5,000 / 10,000 ante: 10,000

Nikolas Rivera

Flight C of the Okada Micro is a wrap! At the top of the counts was Nikolas Rivera who steadily climbed the ranks throughout the day, trailing behind young gun Maxwell Rosete as the bubble round approached.

Rivera eventually surged ahead after bursting the bubble, eliminating Bumyeol Lee to overtake and finish as flight leader with 532,000 in chips. This not only put him at the top of the Day 2 qualifiers list but also set the benchmark for the ongoing final flight. Rosete was very close behind, bagging an equally strong 524,000 for second in chips.

Flight C drew the largest turnout of 158 entries, and when combined with the two earlier flights, it easily surpassed the PHP 1M guarantee. From this flight, 19 players advanced to the ITM round.

Flight A: 115 entries / 14 qualifiers

Flight B: 121 entries / 15 qualifiers

Flight C: 158 entries / 19 qualifiers

Buy-in: PHP 4500 (~$80)

Guarantee: PHP 1,000,000 (~$17,500)

Entries: ongoing

Prize pool: TBA

Scroll below for the flight's action.

Flight C - Chip Counts

Player	Chips
NR Nikolas RiveraPhilippines	532,000(53 BB)
MP Maxwell Philippe RosetePhilippines	524,000(52 BB)
FF Feridoun Fred FarboudUnited States of America	300,000(30 BB)
JJ Joseroy JeremiasPhilippines	259,000(26 BB)
JD Jonathan DuquePhilippines	257,000(26 BB)
JK Jihyun KangUnited Kingdom	223,000(22 BB)
NK Norbert KohSingapore	204,000(20 BB)
SH Seung Hyun HanSouth Korea	203,000(20 BB)
RJ Rick Jason AmbataPhilippines	186,000(19 BB)
RL Rolf LopezPhilippines	173,000(17 BB)
JT Justine TalarocPhilippines	129,000(13 BB)
YM Yuki MiyakuraJapan	123,000(12 BB)
HK Hyunjin KimSouth Korea	102,000(10 BB)
WS Wout SandersNetherlands	87,000(9 BB)
RR Romit Raj BanfaiFiji	86,000(9 BB)
KP Kai Ping ChooMalaysia	85,000(9 BB)
LB Lionel BasilioPhilippines	83,000(8 BB)
BP Benjamin Perez (2)Philippines	8,700(1 BB)
MC Michael CapinpuyanPhilippines	busted

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4/8/2025, 12:18:08 PM

Nikolas Rivera Delivers The Bubble

Level 19: 5,000 / 10,000 ante: 10,000

Bumyeol Lee

The bubble has burst at Flight C of the Okada Micro! Taking the hard fall was Bumyeol Lee who risked his last chips of 67,000 (6 bb). Big stacked Nikolas Rivera called with a pocket pair.

Player	Hand	Chips
NR Nikolas RiveraPhilippines	9♦9♣ CO	532,000(53 BB)
BL Bumyeol LeeSouth Korea	A♠7♥ HJ	busted

Board:K♣9♠8♠7♦2♣

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4/8/2025, 11:24:31 AM

Chip Counts

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

Player	Chips
MP Maxwell Philippe RosetePhilippines	394,000(66 BB)
HS Hsun Sun ChiTaiwan	340,000(57 BB)
NR Nikolas RiveraPhilippines	337,000(56 BB)
FF Feridoun Fred FarboudUnited States of America	307,000(51 BB)
RL Rolf LopezPhilippines	208,000(35 BB)
LW Lin WanTaiwan	180,000(30 BB)
JJ Joseroy JeremiasPhilippines	180,000(30 BB)
JT Justine TalarocPhilippines	171,000(29 BB)
ST Shunsuke TakataJapan	170,000(28 BB)
JK Jihyun KangUnited Kingdom	167,000(28 BB)
HK Hyunjin KimSouth Korea	153,000(26 BB)
KP Kai Ping ChooMalaysia	145,000(24 BB)
LB Lionel BasilioPhilippines	132,000(22 BB)
JD Jonathan DuquePhilippines	131,000(22 BB)
WS Wout SandersNetherlands	130,000(22 BB)
YM Yuki MiyakuraJapan	128,000(21 BB)
NK Norbert KohSingapore	112,000(19 BB)
BY Benhur YbarsabalPhilippines	99,000(17 BB)
SH Seung Hyun HanSouth Korea	89,000(15 BB)
SY Seki YutoJapan	82,000(14 BB)
BL Bumyeol LeeSouth Korea	80,000(13 BB)
RR Romit Raj BanfaiFiji	67,000(11 BB)
RJ Rick Jason AmbataPhilippines	53,000(9 BB)
JS Joseph SiaPhilippines	45,000(8 BB)
BP Benjamin Perez (2)Philippines	44,000(7 BB)
AP Andrii PinchukUkraine	35,000(6 BB)

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4/8/2025, 10:59:58 AM

Nikolas Rivera Continues To Chip Up

Level 16: 2,000 / 5,000 ante: 5,000

Nikolas Rivera

Nikolas Rivera has won several blinds and ante to chip up to 337,000, that's nearly 100K more since our last report on him.

One of his most recent hands was up against Norbert Koh. Both players built a pot of 42,000 by by the turn 2♣ 2♥ 7♣ A♥ . Koh took a stab for 20,000 and Rivera check-called. Both players then checked the river 5♠ .

Koh mucked to Rivera's 5♣ 6♣ two pair.

Player	Chips
NR Nikolas RiveraPhilippines	337,000(67 BB)
NK Norbert KohSingapore	126,000(25 BB)