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Another big pot to switch up the counts. From the button Villa raised to 200k and David Erquiaga flatted. At the flop 8♣ 4♠ J♥, Villa with a c-bet of 300k, check-called by Erquiaga. On the turn 2♠, Villa continued to pump the pot with a 500k bet and Erquiaga quickly called to build a 2.1M pot. On the river 6♦, both players checked. Villa had 9♦ 8♦ pair and was outkicked by Eruiaga’s K♦ 8♠. Erquiaga shipped the big pot and is now chip leader.
The biggest heads up pot so far opened with button raise by Hernan Villa to 180k, called by David Erquiaga. At the flop 2♠ A♥ 4♣, more chips landed with Villa betting 200k, Erquiaga raising to 650k, called by Villa. The turn J♥ slowed them down to get a free river look 5♣. Erquiaga sent out a large 1.2M to beef up the pot to 2.9M. Villa called then paid Erquiaga’s Q♣ 3♣ straight. Villa had K♣ 5♠. Erquiaga chipped up to 6M to just about even up with Villa.
Heads up started with an average stack of 100+ BB, and after seven hands not much change in the chip counts with Hernan Villa keeping his big stack intact.
David Erquiaga limped, Hernan Villa checked. At the flop 5♥ 9♥ 8♦, Erquiage c-bet 90k, Villa called. The turn A♦ kept both players honest with a check, and the smae on the river 8♣. Villa won the pot with 9♦ 2♣ two pair.
On their second attempt, a deal was finally reached between the finalists. The chip leader Hernan Villa is guaranteed Php 4,200,000 and David Erquiaga 3,830,000. A pot of Php 360,300 was set aside for the eventual winner.
Hernan Villa raised to 185k and David Erquiaga called. At the flop 3♦ 6♥ 6♣, both checked. The turn K♦ saw Erquiaga take a stab with a 100k bet, Villa called. On the river J♣, checked by both. Both had a high-card queen to split the pot.
David Erquiaga and Hernan Villa
We are now heads up here at the Main Event with Hernan Villa leading 7.7M to David Erquiaga’s 4.725M.
Chips in play: 12,425,000
Average stack: 6,212,500 (103 BB)
Remaining payouts
| 1st | Php 5,046,000 (~US$ 88,800) |
| 2nd | Php 3,364,000 (~US$ 59,200) |
The day’s entering chip leader Sofia Lovgren Fullmer was sent packing in 3rd place by none other than Hernan Villa who once again found the courage to call her river shove. The hand opened with a raise by Fullmer to 135k on the button, small blind Villa called. The flop 5♣ Q♣ 6♠, Fullmer c-bet 175k, Villa replied with a check-raise to 440k, Fullmer called to amass a 1M pot. The turn 8♠ Villa checked, Fullmer triple-barreled 700k and Villa called for the pot to grow to 2.7M. The river 8♦, Villa checked again, Fullmer slid all of her chips out front, Villa tanked with roughly the same stack behind.
Like previous, Villa found the call to expose Fullmer’s K♣ 2♣ bluff. Villa shipped it with K♥ Q♦ top pair. Fullmer exited in 3rd place for Php 2,338,800 (~US$ 41,160).
From the button, Sofia Lovgren Fullmer raised to 135k, big blind David Erquiaga called. On the flop Q♣ 10♠ 5♦, Fullmer c-bet 100k, Erquiaga check-called. The turn A♣ no bets landed to bring a free river card 8♠. This time, Erquiaga switched up with a pot bet of 600k, Fullmer folded.
