Four players were in the pot for a flop, including cutoff Jacky Wang and button Amit Varma. Wang made the first bet after two checks, tossing 18,500 into the pot. Varma raised to 38,500, driving the other two players out of the hand. Wang called.
Both players checked the turn. Wang also checked the river, then sighed when Varma bet 35,000.
"Queen-jack?" he asked as he called the bet. Varma showed for a rivered set of jacks.
There was approximately 55,000 in the pot already when we walked up to Table 2. The board showed , and the out-of-position player, Victor de Guzman, was faced with an all-in bet of 42,500 from his opponent, Sammy Huang. Guzman agonized for a minute before slamming a call into the center of the table. His was in bad shape against Huang's pocket jacks, but picked up a lot of life when the turn came to give him a flush draw to go with his overcards. The river was a total blank to secure the double-up for Huang.
The action started with an open to 11,000 from Sameer Rattonsey in the cutoff. Carter Gill flat-called from the button after studying Rattonsey's stack and Hyung Kook Shin called from the big blind as three cards would be spread across the felt.
On the flop, Shin checked and Rattonsey bet 14,000. Gill made the call, Shin got out of the way and the dealer flipped over a . This time Rattonsey would get down to business, announcing he was all in. Gill immediately jumped out of his seat and said, "count it!"
It turned out Rattonsey had Gill covered and Gill looked pained as he decided what to do. Eventually Gill would fold, turning over for a flush draw and gut-shut straight draw.
Antonio Martins finished up Day 1b as the overall chip leader, but his tournament has now come to an end. We didn't catch all the details of the hand, but Martins opponent was Bobb Zhang. Martins was out of his chair and Zhang had out in front of him as the dealer raked in the pot and started shuffling the cards.
For his 22nd-place finish, Martins heads home with PHP 175,500.
Day 1c chip leader Sang Yong Lee has played his last hand. After Bobo Chen opened to 16,000, Lee moved all in for a total of 75,000. He then stood up and started jogging in place while Chen tanked. It was a surprisingly short tank for Chen, who called with , a hand that dominated Lee's . The board rolled out blanks for both players, , allowing Chen's ace-high to claim the pot and knock out Lee.
On one of the other tables, Alvin Cheam and Sameer Rattonsey found themselves flipping for stacks with (Cheam) against (Rattonsey). This round went to the pocket queens, , to knock Cheam out in equal 20th for a PHP 197,500 score.
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flop, including cutoff Jacky Wang and button Amit Varma. Wang made the first bet after two checks, tossing 18,500 into the pot. Varma raised to 38,500, driving the other two players out of the hand. Wang called.
turn. Wang also checked the 
river, then sighed when Varma bet 35,000.
for a rivered set of jacks.
, and the out-of-position player, Victor de Guzman, was faced with an all-in bet of 42,500 from his opponent, Sammy Huang. Guzman agonized for a minute before slamming a call into the center of the table. His 
was in bad shape against Huang's pocket jacks, but picked up a lot of life when the turn came 
to give him a flush draw to go with his overcards. The river 
was a total blank to secure the double-up for Huang.
flop, Shin checked and Rattonsey bet 14,000. Gill made the call, Shin got out of the way and the dealer flipped over a 
. This time Rattonsey would get down to business, announcing he was all in. Gill immediately jumped out of his seat and said, "count it!"
for a flush draw and gut-shut straight draw.
out in front of him as the dealer raked in the pot and started shuffling the cards.
, a hand that dominated Lee's 
, allowing Chen's ace-high to claim the pot and knock out Lee.
(Cheam) against 
