Main Event

Button James Dela Cruz opened to 10,000, called by both players on the blinds. On flop T♥ 4♠ 8♣ , small blind Marvin Cerbito was seen leading out for 21,000. Big blind Lesmana Charles made the call and was followed with a raise to 55,000 from Dela Cruz. Cerbito jams all-in for 112,500 total, Lesmana folds, and Dela Cruz puts in the rest.

Cerbito A♣ A♦ Dela Cruz Q♠ T♠

Crushed against Cerbito’s over pair, Dela Cruz found no help on either turn 6♣ or river J♠ , shipping the pot to his opponent.

Almost bubble time! 37 players remain on the felt with 35 guaranteed a spot in the Day 2 games.

Both Tsujisaka Tetsuya and Rex Richard were spotted with their stacks in the middle, each holding a premium pocket pair. Rex is ahead with A♣ A♠ against his opponent’s K♠ K♥ . A cooler situation, Tsujisaka immediately flopped quads on K♦ K♣ 9♣ T♦ 8♦ to steal the pot.

Facing a utg open and a call, small blind Ricardo Torres shoved his 112,000 stack in with A♦ J♣ and was called by original raiser Ang Bong Seng with K♣ K♥ . Up against a premium, Torres exited shortly after no ace peeled on board 5♥ 8♣ T♠ 8♦ T♥ .

Utg Rodolfo Cruz limped and saw cutoff Gur Ben bump it up to 12,500. Small blind Haitao Luan joins the action along with Cruz and heads to flop 2♥ 8♥ J♦ . All three players check it through, revealing turn Q♣ . Haitao leads for 16,000 and Cruz stuffs in his 57,000. Gur makes the call and faces another jam for a bigger 126,000 total. Gur folds and the two go to showdown.

Cruz Q♠ J♥ Haitao 8♣ 8♦

Drawing to four outs, Cruz was knocked out after the river 9♦ failed to fill up his two pair.

Cutoff Yoo Gyeong Tae opened to 6,500 and called off button Khodov Vladimir’s 117,500 jam with J♥ J♦ . Khodov is behind with 8♥ 8♣ and headed out the door shortly after the board K♥ A♥ A♠ 2♥ 3♥ rolled up on the felt.

41 players remain in today’s Flight B with six more eliminations before the day wraps up.

Button Leon Alf Marlon opened to 7,000 and was met with a three bet to 20,000 from small blind Yoo Gyeong Tae. Leon answered with an all-in for his entire 88,500 stack to which Yoo folded. Leon shows A♥ K♣ and secures the pot.

With an open and two calls in front of him, big blind Ang Bong Seng threw in a squeeze to 80,000 and was met with no callers. Ang takes the boost, picking up the dead money.

An all-in preflop situation saw Li Jun (92,500) at risk with T♣ T♦ , called by slightly bigger stacked Christopher De Lara with A♥ K♣ . In for a flip, the board ran 9♥ 9♠ 8♥ Q♣ K♥ , pairing up De Lara’s overcards for the win.

50 players remain in today’s Main Event Flight B with 15 eliminations to go before the day concludes.

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Utg+1 Ungria Jr Alexander opened to 5,000 and was called by button Bernard Chua. On board 2♦ 9♠ 4♥ 6♦ K♥ , Ungria triple barreled all the way to the river with Chua calling behind two streets. Facing a final bet of 40,000, Chua gave it up and put in the fold.

With an open in front of him, Khodov Vladimir pushed his 84,500 stack in with T♥ T♠ and ran right into big blind Thoo Ming Ken’s K♠ K♦ . In rough shape, the runout Q♣ J♥ 8♠ T♦ 4♣ landed Khodov a set to dodge elimination.

Facing an open and a call, cutoff Marvin Cerbito slammed all-in his 70,500 stack and was cold called behind by Ricardo Torres with A♥ K♥ . Cerbito is dominated with K♦ 7♦ but immediately turned the tables after the board 7♠ 4♠ 2♦ Q♠ 9♦ paired him up.

Utg Paulsen Kai open shoved his 64,000 in with T♠ T♣ and was called by Christopher De Lara with J♣ J♦ . At risk, Paulsen luckily was able to spike his two outer on board T♥ {qc 9♠ 7♣ 2♣ to save him from elimination.

60 players remain out of the 231 entry field with only 35 runners geared to make it through to Day 2. Foster Mitchell Alan currently leads with a stack of 370,000.

Button Noel Llamedo opened to 5,000, called by big blind Jose Cheung. On flop A♠ T♦ 4♦ , Cheung bet all-in for 28,000. Llamedo put in the call with a straight draw K♠ J♣ and is drawing slim against Cheung’s 4♣ 4♠ . Turn 2♣ and river 3♥ ran blank, giving Cheung a quick double up.

A five way raised pot saw flop 7♦ 8♣ J♠ . Action was checked through to turn Q♦ where hijack Jose Ruzzel churned out a 12,000 bet. Only small blind Christopher De Lara made the call and peeled river T♠ . Both players checked it down with De Lara showing a set 7♥ 7♣ , good against Ruzzel’s T♦ J♦ .

71/231 players remain in today’s flight with half the field guaranteed a spot into Day 2.

That’s it for Main Event Flight B! 231 entries were recorded following ten levels of registration with play set to conclude once the field is down to 35 players.

Registration will close following the ten minute break. 225 entries are in so far for today’s flight with 83 players remaining on the felt.

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Utg+1 Jung Kelvin Hyuki opened to 2,500, called by the cutoff. Small blind Tominaga Yuma squeezed all-in for 17,300 and was called by the raiser with A♣ J♦ . Tominaga is dominated with 7♣ J♣ and found no help on board 2♠ 6♦ 3♥ 6♥ T♠ to knock him out.

Button open was followed by an all-in from Stochita Ionut for 15,400. Big blind Ching Li Lok puts in the chips and reveals A♥ A♠ , crushing Stochita’s 9♥ 9♦ . Lucky for the short stack, the board 3♠ 2♥ T♦ 9♠ J♣ peeled a nine to save him from elimination.

Utg John San Nicolas opened to 2,600, joined by three other players on flop K♣ 7♥ 9♦ . All four check it through, leading to turn T♥ . Checked to the raiser, he bet 4,000. John Paul Flores behind, bumps it up to 10,000, prompting both players on the blinds to fold. San Nicolas puts another raise to 20,000 and takes it down after Flores makes the final fold.

Last level to register! Total entries for today’s Main Event Flight B currently stands at 221. Generated pot up to PHP 15.5 M with two more flights to go.

Cutoff Shah Chirag open shoved 19,000 in with 7♠ 7♥ and was called by Mehra Rishi with T♣ T♥ . In rough shape, Shah was eliminated after the board rolled T♠ J♥ 8♣ 8♠ A♠ .

With an open and call in front of him, big blind John Niko Constiniano threw a three bet to 10,300. Both players complete and head to flop 6♦ 7♥ J♠ . Small blind Florencio Campomanes leads out for 21,500 and was awarded the pot after both opponents folded.

Utg Li Jun opened to 2,500, called behind by Christopher De Lara to see flop K♣ T♠ 4♠ . Li continued for 2,000 and another 7,000 on turn J♥ with De Lara calling both streets. Li checked the river 8♥ where De Lara fired a 10,200 bet. Li gives it up and throws his hand in the muck.

Utg Ungria Jr. Alexander defended his open vs Jinlong Hu’s three bet to 8,500 and saw flop 9♣ 9♥ 4♥ . Both players check it through, revealing turn A♠ . Ungria leads for 7,000 yet folds shortly after Hu put in a raise to 26,500.

219 entries in for today’s Main Event Flight B with closing of registration approaching in ~an hour.

Utg Haitao Luan opened to 2,000, followed by a three bet to 5,600 from Lesmana Charles. Action on small blind Rex Richard, he sent out another raise to 20,500 total. Both players fold and Rex picks up the dead money.

A raised pot from utg Javalera Ireneo saw flop 7♣ 9♣ 5♦ against two opponents. Javalera bet all-in for 20,300, called behind by Kim Byungsung with 9♥ 8♥ . Javalera is ahead with A♠ 9♦ but quickly came crashing after the turn J♣ and river T♠ rolled on board.

Utg+2 Katsuragawa Yohei opened to 2,500, called by both players on the blinds. Flop Q♦ K♦ 5♥ saw big blind Joseph Sia lead out all-in for 8,700. Katsuragawa raises to 25,000 and the small blind folds. Sia shows J♦ 5♦ for pair flush draw against the raiser’s A♥ A♦ . The runout 4♦ 4♥ gave Sia the flush, cracking Katsuragawa’s aces along the way.

213 entries in for today’s Main Event Flight B! Players have until Level 10 to register at 20:10.

Utg+2 Seonghun Jeong opened to 1,600, joined by two players on flop K♠ 3♠ 9♥ . Seonghun continued for 3,000 and another 13,500 on turn 6♥ , called by Mehra Rishi behind on two streets. River A♥ saw Seonghun pull a final 28,500 which merited a fold from his opponent.

Facing an open and a call, small blind Tai Chun Min three bet to 6,600 to which both players completed. On flop 3♦ 6♦ 5♣ , all the chips piled in the middle with original raiser Christopher De Lara ahead of both opponents with 5♠ 5♦ .

Tai 9♣ 9♥ Cezar Quiambao Q♦ 8♦

The turn T♥ and river J♥ completed the board, leaving De Lara’s flopped set good for the take down.

With both players all-in preflop, Mehra Rishi found himself left drawing thin with his J♠ J♣ up against James Dela Cruz’s K♣ K♠ . The board ran 6♣ 3♣ 4♥ 7♠ A♣ , sparing no bad beats this time.

Utg+1 Ma Keon Yong opened to 2,000, called by button Seonghun Jeong. Flop came J♥ 6♦ 9♦ and saw Ma pull a check raise to 6,000. On turn A♥ , checked to Seonghun, he bet 13,500. Ma put in the fold, saving his 19 BB behind.

Total entries now up to 203 for today’s Main Event Flight B! More to come with registration open for three more hours.

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An all-in preflop situation saw Iwaki Yosuki at risk with K♣ K♥ , running smack right into Foster Mitchell Alan’s A♠ A♦ . No kings on board 2♦ J♣ 7♦ T♥ J♥ meant Iwaki is knocked out of the flight and a big boost for Foster.

Facing a three bet from small blind Park Sangyong, Jonald Garcia reshoved all-in for 24,100 with A♥ K♥ and was called by Park with Q♣ Q♠ . Running a flip, the board revealed A♠ 7♠ 8♥ 6♦ T♣ , giving Garcia top pair for the double up.

Utg+1 Alessandro Taranto opened to 1,200 and saw both players on the blinds make the call. Flop came 7♣ 9♣ 4♠ and small blind Takagi Yosuke led for 1,300. Big blind Monziar Villariaza bumped it up to 5,000, called by both opponents. On turn 9♦ , Villariaza pushed another 7,000 and collected two folds behind. Villariaza claims the pot and shows 7♥ 4♥ .

Utg+2 Mehra Rishi opened to 1,300, joined by two opponents on flop A♦ J♦ Q♥ . Checked to Mehra, he continued for 3,500, called by big blind James Dela Cruz. Turn 6♥ saw Mehra bet all-in and Dela Cruz check called off for his remaining 14,700. Mehra shows Q♣ J♥ for two pair, ahead of Dela Cruz’s A♥ 2♥ . The river 2♠ however, gave Dela Cruz a better two pair enabling him to survive.

A staggering 188 entries have so far been recorded for today’s Main Event Flight B, already exceeding yesterday’s turnout. Registration open for five more levels!

Utg Li Jun opened to 1,000, called by a player behind. Kim Byuong Soo a seat after, shoved all-in for 6,700 with 2♥ 2♣ , allowing Li to isolate with 6♠ 4♠ . Caller gets out of the way and the two run the board 3♣ 6♣ 9♦ Q♦ 5♥ . Kim loses the flip and is eliminated from the games.

Hijack Florencio Campomanes opened to 1,100, called by three other players. Flop came 4♥ 6♠ 2♦ and saw Campomanes continue for 3,100. Button Kim Siung put in a raise to 7,000, leaving both players on the blinds to fold and Campomanes to reshove all-in. Kim puts in the call with 9♣ 9♥ and is behind his opponent’s A♦ A♥ . Turn 3♣ and river 2♥ changed nothing, giving Campomanes the double up and Kim crippled to 1.5 BB.

Hijack Shah Chirag opened to 1,100, joined by Mehra Rishi and Cheong Mun Leong on flop 9♠ 2♣ 8♦ . Checked to Mehra, he bet 2,000, called by both opponents. All three checked turn T♥ through, leading to river 2♠ . Mehra fired a final bet of 8,500 to which both players folded.

With 8,000 in the middle on flop A♣ 2♠ Q♥ , three players found theirs stacks rushing in to build a 128 BB pot. Chang Shao Chi is ahead with top two pair A♦ Q♦ against Lugman Alghanim’s A♥ 4♣ and Lee Yongsung’s A♠ 2♦ . The turn 9♠ and river 7♣ sealed the win for Chang, giving him a full triple up to continue through.

167 entries are in so far for today’s Main Event Flight B with registration open through Level 10 @ 20:10.

A five bet pot preflop, utg Amada Reiji and big blind Soh Puay Hwee found themselves in a battle for the 15,700 in the middle on flop 4♠ 4♦ 5♠ . Checked to Amada, he bet all-in for 7,800, called by Soh with Q♣ Q♦ . Amada is ahead with K♥ K♦ and secured the boost not long after.

Utg+2 Shah Chirag opened to 1,000 and called a three bet to 3,000 from hijack Mehra Rishi. On flop T♣ K♦ 4♥ , Shah check called a 5,500 continuation bet and headed to turn 3♦ . Mehra fired a heftier 16,000, successfully convincing Shah to put in the fold while showing K♠ .

With 15,000 in the middle on board 4♠ A♠ 6♥ 6♠ , James Dela Cruz was left in a pickle after his opponent Mehra Rishi raised him all-in following his 8,500 bet. Dela Cruz tank folded, saving his 45 BB behind.

A three-way three-bet pot preflop saw aggressor Seonghun Jeong continue for 4,000 on flop K♠ 4♣ 3♠ . Both opponents make the call, revealing turn A♦ . Checked to Seonghun, he bets another 5,000. Button Mehra Rishi bumps it up to 20,500, original raiser folds, and Seonghun snap calls. River J♥ goes check check, revealing Seonghun’s A♠ T♠ to be no good against Mehra’s A♥ 3♥ two pair.

127 entries have so far been recorded for today’s Main Event Flight B with registration open for seven more levels.

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Utg Ibarra Juanito defended his open vs big blind Katsuragawa Yohei’s three bet to 2,500. On flop 9♣ 6♠ 4♠ , both players found their stacks in the middle with Ibarra’s Q♥ Q♠ behind against Katsuragawa’s K♠ K♦ . Left drawing to two outs, Ibarra found himself out of the games shortly after the turn J♦ and river 2♣ failed to reveal a queen.

Another all-in preflop situation, 133 BB was spotted in the middle with Ebarle Benjamin at risk with Q♠ Q♣ against Kapoor Jason Tyler’s A♥ K♠ . The classic flip ran board J♠ 4♠ 6♥ 6♠ A♠ , giving Kapoor’s overcards a higher flush for the win.

Cutoff Yoo Gyeong Tae opened and called a three bet to 4,100 from small blind Sergei Sergio to see flop T♦ 8♦ 4♠ . Sergei continued for 3,500 and was met with a raise to 9,000. Sergei answered with an all-in for 30,000, called by Yoo.

Sergei A♦ T♣ Yoo 8♣ 8♥

Top pair vs set, Yoo cruised to a win after the runout K♦ J♥ completed the board.

95 runners are in so far for today’s Main Event Flight B with a long way to go before registration closes!

An all-in preflop situation, Wallac Chan Wai got his stack in with A♣ K♣ and ran right into Seonghun Jeong’s A♥ A♠ . Drawing slim, the board 7♦ 6♥ K♥ 5♣ J♦ offered no help for Wallac, leaving him crippled down to 5BB and out the next hand.

Facing an open and a three bet, button Koh Tsunezawa shoved all-in for 12,600 with J♣ J♠ and was called by Khodov Vladimir with T♥ T♣ . A good spot to double up, Koh was instead sent packing after the board K♠ T♦ 8♥ K♥ A♠ rolled a full house for Khodov.

A five way raised pot on flop 7♥ 6♦ 4♦ saw the original raiser continue for 1,000. Cutoff Christopher De Lara made the call and big blind Tamura Marcelo shoved all-in for 9,400 total. All the rest got out of the way with only De Lara putting in the chips.

Tamura 7♣ 4♣ De Lara J♣ J♠

Ahead with two pair, Tamura unfortunately, ran out of luck as the turn 5♥ and river 5♣ gave his opponent a better two pair to send him out as the day’s first casualty.

With 5,500 in the middle on board Q♣ A♣ 4♦ T♥ , action was seen on button Sergei Davydov Sergio with a bet of 2,800. Opponent Lenart Ecarma check called and headed to river A♦ . Sergei fired another 5,600 and took the pot down shortly after Ecarma put in the fold.

On an early start, 48 entries have so far been recorded for today’s Main Event Flight B! Registration runs through Level 10 @ 20:10.

Joseph Magnotti defended his big blind against button Mehra Rishi’s open and saw flop 4♠ 3♦ 5♥ . Mehra continued for 600, check called by Magnotti, and another 1,200 on turn Q♦ . Magnotti this time, put in a check raise to 3,600 to which Mehra folded.

Button Cheong Mun Leong opened to 400 and called a three bet to 1,400 from small blind Magnotti. On board A♠ Q♠ 9♠ 5♦ , Magnotti barreled two streets, convincing Cheong to throw in the towel by the turn.

Main Event Flight B action begins, good luck to all the players!

Main Event - Flight B - Live Updates

After almost 12 hours on the felt, the Main Event Flight B games wrapped up with a total of 231 entries recorded and 35 players qualifying through to Day 2. Philippines’ own Lester Edoc topped the charts with a massive 159 BB stack after cracking both pocket aces and kings as the last hand of the day. Also making the list are APPT Main Event champion Henrik Tollefsen, WPT winner Jonald Garcia, and Metro Team pro Joseph Sia.

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An insane three way all-in was caught right on bubble time with Foster Mitchell Alan covering both opponents with A♠ A♣ . Ionov Sergei is at risk with K♠ K♦ - 117,000, along with Lester Edoc with Q♥ Q♠ - 335,500. The board drew Q♦ 8♦ T♥ A♦ Q♣ and wrapped up the flight with Edoc’s pocket queens rivering quads for the win.

Folded to small blind Chen Jingliang, he shoved his remaining 24,000 with A♥ T♥ and was called by big blind Marco Almerez with 4♥ 8♣ . Running a race, Chen secured the double up on board T♦ Q♣ 3♥ K♠ 7♣ and avoids bubble elimination.