HomeCristopher Runas got all his 97K chips in the middle and was called by Alex Lee.
Runas: 6-6
Lee: J-J
With no hits on the board for Runas, he exited in 15th place. Runas earns P204,000 for his finish.
Ian Brion fell at the hands of Samad Razavi during this hand.
Brion all in with 6♥ 9♥
Razavi called with A♠ A♦
The board ran 4♥ 2♣ 4♣ offering Brion no help, but with the turn of 3♥ Brion was looking at a straight draw/flush draw opportunity. However, the river landed 10♦, and with that, Brion was out in 16th place. Brion takes home P163,000 for his finish.
With a very short stack of 60K left, Tomochika Kamiya went all in with A♠ A♦ and was called by big stacked Jay Lubas with J♥ 7♥. With the board running K♠ 4♣ 7♦, Lubas landed a pair but not good enough against Kamiya’s hand. However, at the turn of J♣, Lubas overtook Kamiya with two pairs. Then with the river of 5♦, Lubas cracked Kamiya’s rockets and eliminated him in 17th place. Kamiya takes home P163,000 for his finish.
Aaron Abel Chew with around 300K chips entered a raise preflop raise war against big stacked Raymi Sanchez until both were all in.
Chew: 9♣ 9♥
Sanchez: A♦ K♦
With the board of J♥ 6♣ K♠, Sanchez connected with a higher pair and with the turn of 3♠ and river 8♥, Sanchez railed Chew in 18th place. Chew collects P163,000 for his finish.
Sanchez chip stack continues to escalate.
Tan Tai Zheng could not take his run further as he was eliminated in 19th place by Emmanuel Imperial. Catching the hand at the flop of J♣ 9♦ 5♣ and a pot of around 80K already piled up in the middle, Imperial bet 55K which was doubled by Zheng to 110K. Imperial then announced all in and Zheng called for his tournament life.
Imperial: Q♠ 10♠ straight draw
Zheng: A♦ J♥ top pair
With the turn of 7♣, Zheng was looking pretty good, but with the river slapping an 8♦, Imperial won the hand with a straight. Zheng earns P131,000 for his run at the Main Event felt.
Luke Pangan went all in preflop with his 111K chips and big stacked Alex Lee called.
Pangan: K♠ K♥
Lee: A♦ K♣
The board ran dry for Lee and Pangan doubled up to around 250K.
Having only 99K in his court, Mike Takayama shoved and was called by Tan Gay Peng.
Takayama: 10c} 6♣
Peng: A♥ Q♣
With the flop of 4♣ 9♠ 5♥, Peng was still ahead, but with the turn of 10♦, Takayama landed a pair. And with the river of J♦ no help to Peng, Takayama won the hand and doubled up to over 200K.
Last woman at the felt, Annica Ivert, was just eliminated by Marc Rivera. Ivert pushed with 70K chips left in her arsenal and was immediately called by Rivera who had initially raised to 25K.
Rivera: A♣ 3♦
Ivert: Q♥ Q♦
With the board running A♦ 8♦ 6♥, Rivera took the reins with a higher pair, and with the turn of J♥ and river of 10♠, Ivert exited in 20th place and earned P131,000 for her finish.
Dhanesh Chainani was halted in his tracks by Raymi Sanchez and was eliminated in 23rd place. During the hand, both players faced a turn board of J♣ 8♦ 5♥ 10♣ which Sanchez checked giving the option to Chainani to bet. Chainani obliged and slid out 91K chips which Sanchez check-called. At the turn of 8♥, Sanchez checked again and Chainani shoved his massive 271K chips which sent Sanchez tanking for quite some time. Sanchez eventually called and saw his K♥ J♥ call was a good one as Chainani’s bluff of K♣ Q♣ was exposed. Chainani exited in 23rd place and earned P131,000 for his finish.
Sanchez is the current chip leader with around 1.3M chips.