HomeAt the time of posting, 100 players remaining.
Day 1A – 92 entries
Day 1B – 185 entries
Day 2 – 29 entries
Total – 306 entries
Prizepool: PHP14,841,000
1st place – PHP2,849,600
ITM – 51 places
Joseph Talamayan
Joseph Talamayan and Teck Seng Lee stared down a flop J♠ Q♣ 5♥ and a pot of 17.5k already brewed. Catching the action with a 9k bet in front of cutoff Talamayan and faced a raise from Lee to 20k. Talamayan called and the turn dropped 2♦. Lee jammed it and Talamayan snap-called.
Lee K♦ J♣
Talamayan A♠ Q♦
River 4♦ completed the board and Lee was eliminated. Talamayan up to 225K.
Liu Zhiqiang has been trimmed down to around 150k. One player taking some of his chips was Andrew Doyle. On a board 4♠ 7♥ 9♠ 6♦, sb Doyle was all in sending co Zhiqiang tanking. Zhiqiang folded while showing his Q♠ 5♠ draw.
Mark Robert Sy
Hanna Khalife raised to 1600, called by three players. The flop ran 2♦ K♦ 7♦, action was checked to Mark Robert Sy who bet 2k. Christopher Constanzo check-raised all in and the rest folded.
Constanzo 10♥ 7♥
Sy A♦ 8♦ nut flush
The turn 5♥ secured the win for Sy and Constanzo was eliminated.
En Cheng Hung
On a flop 9♥ J♣ 6♠, Jeremy Wee shoved and after tanking, En Cheng Hung called.
Wee A♦ K♦
Hung J♦ 8♦ top pair
The turn 2♦ and river 2♥ sent Wee out.
Roberto Tomas Aguila
We missed the action on this hand but filing out was Phua Tzai Wei and shipping it was Roberto Tomas Aguila. Aguila had K♥ 5♥, Phua 9-6, board 8♦ J♥ 3♦ 4♥ 10♥.
Yong Hyun Yoo
Yong Hyun Yoo is even richer than our last report. He railed Jack Mardabeigi with K♦ K♠ over Q♥ Q♠. He now has around 340K. Average stack is 64,800.
Two players currently stand out as the chip leaders:
Yong Hyun Yoo – Korea – 266K
Liu Zhiqiang – China – 250K
132 players remaining
57,854 average stack
7,650,000 chips in play
During the opening level of Day 2, we happen to catch a rare hand with Konstantin Pogodin shipping in a double up with a straight flush.
Pogodin had K♣ Q♣ on a board of A♣ 10♣ 3♥ J♥ J♣.
Registration is closed! While we await the official tally, we wish everyone “good luck!”
Day 2 of the Main Event
Day 2 takes off at 1pm with 130 qualifiers from the starting flights. For those on the sidelines, late registration is still open for one hour. Don’t miss out on the action!
We will begin live reporting once the freezeout stage begins at Level 10 so check back with us, we’ll be back around 2pm.