Day 2
Main Event Day 2 ends with Jia Song Liu leading final 11 players
Main Event - Day 2
80,000 BB Ante

That’s it! A scheduled 12 rounds was played at Main Event Day 2. 11 players survived which means we are still two spots away from the final table. They return tomorrow, Sunday, February 19 at 1pm for the final race to glory.
Remaining payoutsChip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
5,005,000(63 BB) | 4,145,000 | |
4,425,000(55 BB) | 2,325,000 | |
4,050,000(51 BB) | 950,000 | |
3,140,000(39 BB) | 3,140,000 | |
3,050,000(38 BB) | 500,000 | |
2,745,000(34 BB) | 1,245,000 | |
2,715,000(34 BB) | 1,155,000 | |
2,120,000(27 BB) | 2,120,000 | |
2,035,000(25 BB) | 1,635,000 | |
1,035,000(13 BB) | 355,000 | |
940,000(12 BB) | -260,000 |
Noel Llamedo in action
25,000

Noel Llamedo gets involved in three pots. The first sees a raise from cutoff Tiong Lek Lim to 55,000, button Lllamedo and the blinds call. At the flop 4♠ Q♣ 5♥ , action is checked around to Llamedi who value-bets 130,000. That’s good enough to take down the pot with no callers.
Next hand, cutoff Llamedo raises to 100,000, small blind Hong Che Wang three-betst to 250,000, Llamedo calls. At the flop T♦ 7♠ 6♥ , Wang c-bets 250,000, Llamedo tank-folds while showing a J♦ .
Third hand Llamedo raises from lojack to 50,000, again Wang calls and the board runs J♣ Q♥ 7♠ . Hong fires a 55,000 bet, Llamedo check-calls. The turn A♣ both players check for the river to come 7♥ . Llamedo leads out a small 100,000 bet and Wang folds.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
1,200,000(48 BB) | 728,000 |
Noel Llamedo doubles through Hieu Tran
16,000 BB Ante
Noel Llamedo all in with A♣ J♣ , Hieu Tran hopes to eliminate with A♥ Q♥ . With the board running A♦ K♦ T♦ 4♥ K♠ , Llamedo denied the trips with a straight on the flop to double up.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
687,000(43 BB) | 687,000 | |
472,000(30 BB) | 100,000 |
Day 1B
Main Event Day 1B ends with Filipino Edwin Dela Cruz bagging a monster stack
Main Event - Day 1B

It took hours for the 201 entry field to crunch down to ITM of 26 players. Filipino player Edwin Dela Cruz bagged an enormous stack of 573,000 (95 BB). Sliding in during bubble to claim second rank was Taiwan’s Hong Che Wang 王洪哲. Cruz and Huang 王洪哲 were the only two players to close the day in the 500K mark. Other notable players through to the next stage were decorated high roller Wai Kiat Lee and WSOP bracelet winners Paul Ming Juen Teoh and Webster Chin Wei Lim. You can read up on the day’s action via the Live Updates.
Top 10 in chips
The Main Event has drawn a combined 462 entries over two starting days (Day 1A - 261, Day 1B - 201). Up next are Day 1C and Day 1D (Turbo) both take place on Friday, February 17. The TWD 10 Million guarantee is headed for a crushing, how high it will go has yet to be seen. A combined 59 players are now in the money and are through to Day 2.
For the Day 1B results, click on the Live Updates Main Event CHIP COUNTS tab
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
573,000 | 123,000 | |
508,000 | 14,000 | |
391,000 | 391,000 | |
372,000 | 82,000 | |
370,000 | 370,000 | |
336,000 | 336,000 | |
299,000 | 219,000 | |
286,000 | 286,000 | |
282,000 | 282,000 | |
279,000 | 279,000 |
Random big stacks
2,000 BB Ante
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
350,000(175 BB) | 350,000 | |
290,000(145 BB) | 125,000 | |
260,000(130 BB) | 110,000 | |
210,000(105 BB) | 210,000 | |
200,000(100 BB) | 200,000 |
Random big stacks
1,000 BB Ante
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
165,000(165 BB) | 165,000 | |
130,000(130 BB) | 130,000 | |
130,000(130 BB) | 65,000 | |
110,000(110 BB) | 110,000 | |
110,000(110 BB) | 110,000 | |
JK | 105,000(105 BB) | 105,000 |