HomeDay 2 is in the books! Closing the night is Sam Razavi with a dominating 788K chips. We will return at 1:30pm tomorrow for the race to the finish! Goodnight and congratulations to all the players who made it in the money and all the players who made it into the final 8!
Ferlyn Cabaling moved all in with 101K chips and was called by Piyush Gupta. Action moved to Gerard Bringley who thought about calling but eventually folded. Then Sam Razavi who initially raised to 35K, showed his ace and then folded as well.
Cabaling: 4♣ 4♠
Gupta: K♠ K♥
The board bricked and Gupta eliminated Cabaling in 9th place denying her a seat to the final table of 8 players.
Gerard Bringley got chunked down in a crushing hand against Calvin Tan. Tan was all in with 6♠ 6♦ against Bringley’s A♠ A♦. The board ran 8♠ 6♥ 5♠ Q♥ Q♣ cracking Bringley’s aces by giving Tan a full house. Tan now has almost 300K while Bringley went down to 160K.
Piyush Gupta loses more chips, this time to Antonio Angeles. The hand began with Gupta min-raising to 24K and was called by Angeles. At the flop of J♠ 5♦ 9♣, Angeles led out for 40K and Gupta called. On the turn of K♠, Angeles laid out another bet, this one for 40K, and Gupta called. On the river of 4♠, Angeles continued and slid out a 35K bet. Gupta called and Angeles showed his A♥ J♦. Gupta mucked and Angeles scooped a nice pot to bring his stack to around 420K.
Julian Hasse was all in with A♣ J♠ and had to find a partner on the board because he was up against Piyush Gupta with 10♥ 10♦. The board ran Q♠ 7♣ A♦ giving Hasse one of his outs and with the turn of 8♥ and river of 4♠, Hasse doubled up.
John Beveridge got all his chips in the middle and found himself up against Piyush Gupta.
Beveridge: A♦ 9♥
Gupta: Q♣ Q♠
Board ran 5♣ K♠ 9♠ 2♥ J♣ and with that, Beveridge bowed out and headed for the rail. Beveridge earns himself PHP93, 000 for his 10th place finish.
Chip leader Sam Razavi amassed more chips after eliminating two players simultaneously. During the hand, Gerald Casey was all in with K♦ K♥, Angelo Felix with 5♥ 3♦, and Razavi with 9♥ 9♠. With the board running 6♠ 7♣ 9♣, Razavi connected with a set, then with the turn of A♦ and river of 10♠, Razavi won the hand and the field narrowed down to 10.
Gerald Casey is in 11th place and earns PHP86,000 for his finish.
Angelo Felix is in 12th place and earns PHP86,000 for his finish.
Chiu Tzu Cheng had a dramatic hand before he was eliminated in 13th place. He was all in for 37K and John Beveridge called. Cheng had J♣ J♣ against Beveridge’s K♥ J♥. When the board ran Q♣ 10♦ A♣, Beveridge landed a quick straight but with the turn of K♣, both now had a straight. With the river of 9♠, they split the pot.
Not long after, Cheng was all in again along with short stack Angelo Felix. Gerald Casey called and it was a three-way show.
Cheng: 5♦ 9♦
Felix: 6♠ 6♦
Casey: A♣ 9♣
Board ran K♦ 3♥ 3♦ 8♣ 6♥ giving Felix the full house while railing Cheng in the process. Cheng leaves in 13th and collects PHP75,000 for his finish.
Erick Marzan tangled in a pot against Piyush Gupta with Gupta raising to 24K and Marzan shoving for 100K. Gupta called and their hole cards were revealed.
Gupta: A♦ A♥
Marzan: A♣ Q♣
The board bricked and Marzan was eliminated in 14th place. Marzan earns PHP75,000 for his finish.