HomeEliminations 19th to 22nd – P212,900
19th Le Tuan Anh – Vietnam
20th Joseph Sia – Philippines
21st Thomas Lee – Canada
22nd Gerard Lubas III – Philippines
Eliminations 23rd to 27th – P177,400
23rd Hirasawa Fumimasa – Japan
24th Ron Tate – USA
25th Taichi Ichikawa – Japan
26th Sandro Bruni – Italy
27th Yoo Yong hyun – Korea
Eliminations 28th to 36th – P147,900
28th Alvin Sembrano – Philippines
29th Akio Kawano – Japan
30th Joven Huerto – Philippines
31st Brandon Yates – USA
32nd Joe Jae Kyung – Korea
33rd Fu Bang Huang – Taiwan
34th Yosuke Kojima – Japan
35th Ryo Kotake – Japan
36t Naoki Yamamoto – Japan
Craig Landry raised to 55k, Vamerdino Magsakay called, Joseph Sia three-bet shoved 255k, Landry called while Magsakay bowed out.
Sia 6♥ 6♦
Landry A♥ K♦
The board 9♣} 9♦ Q♠ Q♣ 3♥ to counterfeit Sia’s pocket pair and Landry’s hand producing the higher kicker. Sia out, Landry up to 816k.
Not long after chip leader Christopher Mateo doubled up Keichiro Sugimoto, he paid off another short stack, this time it was Kyung Kun Lee. It was all in preflop.
Lee A? K?
Mateo A♠ Q♠
The board spread K♣ 7♣ 7♥ 3♣ K♥ for a full house to Lee. Lee rose to 600k. Mateo dropped to 1.4M.
Craig Landry raised to 55k and big stacked Magsakay defended on the big blind. At the flop J♣ 10♠ 7♥, Magsakay led for 60k, Landry called. On the turn 5♠, Magsakay checked, Landry shoved, Magsakay folded. Landry climbed to 450k.
Keichiro Sugimoto
Overwhelming chip leader Christopher Mateo paid Keichiro Sugimoto a double up to bring his stack down to 1.710M which is still well ahead of the competition. The hand began with Sugimoto raising to 40k, called by Mateo. At the flop 10♥ 7♠ J♠, both checked. On the turn A♣, Sugimoto bet 70k, Mateo pushed his massive stack, Sugimoto called for his tournament life.
Sugimoto 10♦ 10♣ set
Mateo A♥ 7♥ two pair
The river J♦ kept Sugimoto ahead for a double up to 690k.
Vamerdino Magsakay picked up two pots back-to-back railing two players in succession. The first one was Hirasawa Fumimasa who three-bot shoved his short stack with 6♣ 7♥. Initial raiser Magsakay made the easy call. He had 6♥ Q♥. The board threw blanks.
The next hand saw Gerard Lubas III fall. He was all in with 5♣ 5♥, Magsakay with A♠ K♥. The cards felted K♦ 7♥ 4♥ 4♦ A♥ for a higher two pair to Magsakay.
Utg Thomas Lee went all in with 106k holding Q♥ 9♠ and down the orbit, Su Tian Hong called from the button with A♦ Q♦. Though Lee was dominated, the board granted him a win as it ran 8♠ 8♦ 7♥ 6♥ 9♥ to double up.