Picking up the action on the J♠8♥4♠J♦ turn, Feras Elnatsha bet 600. Toshihiro Hibi raised to 2,000 and Elnatsha called. Both opted to check the K♣ river and Elnatsha held the winning hand with the 10♦10♥.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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35,000
35,000
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35,000 |
|
22,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
Jun Obara arrived in Manila two days ago and jumped right into a side event without cashing. He then took down Event# 35 -High Roller Knockout [₱50K Bounty] last night while Day 1a of the Main Event took place.
Just now, Obara tangled with Ke Yan when they checked the 9♥8♥5♦2♥ turn and Yan bet the 7♣ river for 1,600. Obara called with the K♠Q♣ and chopped versus K♥Q♦.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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32,000
32,000
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32,000 |
|
25,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
The field size for Day 1b has already climbed to 265 entries of which 262 players remain. A trio of hopefuls saw their stack decimated to zero and that also included Spain's Guillem Segarra Lopez.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
Three ways to the Q♦7♦3♦J♦ turn, Tracy Crisostomo checked and Hal Rotholz bet 400. Ashish Ghosh folded but Crisostomo came along to then check-call the J♠ river for another 600. Rotholz tabled the K♦5♠ for a king-high flush and earned the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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42,000
42,000
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42,000 |
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32,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
22,000 | |
On a heads-up turn of K♣6♥5♦Q♣, Ke Yan bet 3,000 and called a raise to 8,000 by Hyunyeong Kang on the button. That led to the 8♥ river on which Yan checked and snap-called a bet of 16,000 by Kang. He was shown the Q♠Q♥ for a set of queens and mucked his 6♣6♠ with disgust.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
58,000
58,000
|
58,000 |
|
|
19,000
-13,000
|
-13,000 |
|
|
14,000
-11,000
|
-11,000 |
The action escalated on a three-way flop of 8♦6♥5♥ on which Dmitriy Tymoshenko eventually pushed all-in. Louis Bilodeau went all-in over the top and Joong Hoon Eum opted to call it off for the 27,500 he had behind.
Dmitriy Tymoshenko: A♥A♦
Joong Hoon Eum: 6♦6♣
Louis Bilodeau: 9♣7♣
The 8♠ turn improved Eum to a full house and that didn't change anymore on the 5♣ river. Tymoshenko was eliminated and Eum nearly tripled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
95,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
3,000
-27,000
|
-27,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/300
Ante: 300
Just before the level switched, Bernard Vu raised to to 500 from under the gun. Hajime Watanabe three-bet to 1,500 and Vu came along to the J♠7♥6♠ flop on which the Frenchman checked. Watanabe continued for 1,500 but a check-raise to 5,000 won the pot for Vu.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
45,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
|
38,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
26,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
Yannick Mouniama bet the 9♣6♥2♥2♠ turn for 9,400 to earn a call from Daniel Benor and instantly pushed all-in whilethe A♣ river was barely out there. Benor folded and was shown the 9♦9♠ for a turned full house by his opponent.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
50,000 | |
|
18,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
Out of a field of 350 entries, some 332 players remain and the following contenders will have to reenter in case they wish to continue their pursuit of reaching Day 2.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
|
Busted | |
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Busted | |
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|
Busted | |
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|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
