HomeWith the elimination of the day’s entering chip leader Yuto Hishikawa in 9th place, Day 3 ended. The final 8 players will return tomorrow for a race to the title and the massive Php 3,098,400 first prize. Congratulations to all the qualifiers! Stay tuned for the recap or you can read through the live updates for all the action.
| Seat | Player | Country | Chips | BB |
| 1 | Ahmed Ibrahimi | Morocco | 752,000 | 37 |
| 2 | Enrico De Rosa | Italy | 1,216,000 | 60 |
| 3 | Lam Cheuk “Nam Jai” | Hong Kong | 322,000 | 16 |
| 4 | David Erquiaga | Philippines | 1,480,000 | 74 |
| 5 | Czar Ian Marcos | Philippines | 737,000 | 36 |
| 6 | Moe Jiggy | Philippines | 1,867,000 | 93 |
| 7 | Thomas Ward | New Zealand | 708,000 | 35 |
| 8 | Thijs Hilberts | Netherlands | 943,000 | 47 |
Final 8 opening blinds: 10k-20k-20k BB Ante
Level timer: 40:57 remaining
Chips in play: 8,033,300
Average stack: 1,004,162
Japan’s lone flag bearer will not be advancing to the final 8 having just been eliminated in 9th place by David Erquiaga. The hand kicked off with a raise by cutoff Enrico De Rosa to 40k, small blind Erquiaga called, then big blind Hishikawa shoved. De Rosa folded, Erquiaga called.
Erquiaga A♠ K♠
Hishikawa A♠ 9♠
The board ran 8♣ 2♦ 7♠ 6♠ K♣ for a winning pair to Erquiaga. Hishikawa earned Php 322,700 for his deep run.
From cutoff, David Erquiaga raised to 45k, a few spots over, Moe jiggy called and joined by the big blind Lam Cheuk. At the flop 2♦ 4♣ 6♣, all checked. On the turn 10♦, Lam led for 135k, called by Erquiaga, and a fold from Moe jiggy. The river J♠ it was check check again. Lam 2♥ 5♥ bottom pair, Erquiaga won it with Q♣ Q♥. Lam down to 322k, Erquiaga rises to 960k.
First big action we’ve seen since the round started. From utg+1, Thijs Hilberts raised to 41k and big blind chip leader Moe jiggy called. Both checked the flop 3♦ 6♠ 9♥, on the turn 10♠, Moe jiggy bet 60k, Hilberts called. On the river J♥, Moe jiggy announced all in with a stack that dwarfed Hilberts, the Dutchman tanked then called for his tournament life.
Moe jiggy turned over 7♣ 4♦ bluff, Hilberts shipped it with Q♦ J♦ top pair. He doubled up to 830k.
Chip leader Moe jiggy raised to 40k, big blind Thijs Hilberts three-bet to 130k, Moe jiggy four-bet to 260k, fold by Hilberts.
Thijs Hilberts scooped up three pots in a row. The first one saw Ian Marcos raise to 41k, called by Hilberts on the big blind. At the flop Q-5-J, Hilberts led out and a quick fold from Marcos. Next hand, Enrico De Rosa raised to 42k, from the small blind Hilberts three-bet to 160k, and De Rosa folded. Now sitting on the button, Hilberts three-bet David Erquiaga’s open to 45k, and no callers.
9 players remaining, average stack 900,000.
Seat 1 – Ahmed Ibrahimi – 640,000
Seat 2 – Enrico De Rosa – 1,550,000
Seat 3 – Lam Cheuk – 469,000
Seat 4 – David Erquiaga – 490,000
Seat 5 – Yuto Hishikawa – 605,000
Seat 6 – Ian Marcos – 733,000
Seat 7 – Moe jiggy – 2,152,000
Seat 8 – Thomas Ward – 729,000
Seat 9 – Thijs Hilberts – 580,000
All in by Czar Ian Marcos with A♣ J♥, called by Ahmed Ibrahimi with A♦ Q♠. The board ran clean until the river 2♠ 6♦ 4♥ 3♦ J♣ for a lucky pair to Marcos. He doubled up to 768k. Ibrahimi down to 640k.
Chip leader Moe jiggy is back collecting chips and hs risen over the 2M mark. From utg+1 he raised to 32k, got three bet by hijack Ahmed Ibrahimi to 100k, Moe jiggy called. At the flop 5♥ 7♣ K♠ and turn A♣, both checked. On the river A♥, the leader bet 150k, Ibrahimi with the fast call. Moe jiggy showed A♦ Q♦ and Ibrahimi mucked.