HomeStephen Nathan all in for his 185k stack, called by Mikya Kudo. Nathan A♣ J♣, Kudo A♥ J♦, the board ran 2♥ 5♥ 9♦ J♥ giving Kudo a flush draw and Nathan a sweat… then the river 8♦ was a relief for Nathan. They split.
Jiego Erquiaga is the first casualty of the final table and he fell on a crushing river card against chip leader Mikiya Kudo. The hand began with a raise by Kuo to 65k, Erquiaga jammed his 225k stack, back to Kudo with the call.
Erquiaga A♦ Q♥
Kudo 9♠ 6♠
Both players got a piece of the flop A♠ 6♦ K♣. Erquiaga stayed ahead on the 5♦ turn, but the river 9♦ improved to two pair to boot Erquiaga in 8th place. He earned PHP 378,200 for his deep run.
Intense out there from the get-go. The fourth and fifth hands went to Kosei Ichinose. First pot he called Koji Asaka’s 65k raise defending his big blind. At the flop Q♥ 3♥ 6♠, Asaka c-bet 55k and Ichinose check-called. On the A♠ turn, both checked. Then on the river 8♣, Ichinose led for 230k and won it with Asaka folding.
Next hand Ichinose limped from the small blind then called Lim Yohwan’s 100k bb raise. The flop K♣ Q♠ 6♠. Ichinose check-called 70k. On the 4♠ turn, no bets by either. On the 2♦ river Ichinose led for 150k and won it with Yohwan folding.
Ichinose up to 1.560M.
On the third hand of the final table, Lim Yohwan raised again to 65k and this time he was called by Koji Asaka on the button. At the flop Q♣ Q♠ 7♠, both checked. On the J♠ turn, Yohwan checked, Asaka bet 70k, called. On the 10♥ river Asaka sent out 250k, and again Yohwan check-called. Asaka won the pot with 10♠ 9♠ flush. Yohwan mucked. Asaka up to 1.6M. Yohwan dropped to 1.2M.
Lim Yohwan aka Boxer won the first two pots. He raised preflop on both and everyone folded.
Shuffle up and deal! The first deal of the Final 8 is underway here at Resorts World Manila! Blinds resume from yesterday’s 15K/30K ante 30K. Counting down from 33:11. Good luck to all the players!
Mikiya Kudo 2,070,000
Lim Yohwan – 1,525,000
Koji Asaka – 1,230,000
Kosei Ichinose – 1,155,000
Victor Chong – 675,000
Le Ngoc Khanh – 520,000
Jiego Erquiaga – 300,000
Stephen Nathan – 200,000
Final payouts
1st PHP 2,844,200
2nd PHP 1,896,100
3rd PHP 1,323,800
4th 963,600
5th 728,200
6th 569,000
7th 458,000
8th 379,200
Average stack is 959,375 with 7,675,000 total chips in play.