Tom Orpaz dropped down even further in the counts before he clashed with Aditya Sushant on a flop. Orpaz turned out to be the player at risk with for top pair only to find himself up against the of Sushant. The turn improved Orpaz and the river was a blank to let Orpaz sigh with relief.
His fortune didn't last long, as he got into another big pot with Sathesh Muthu and bet 25,000 on the turn before check-folding to a shove of Muthu on the river. He was shown for a full house by Muthu and said "wow, what a safe, I had an overpair."
Konstantin Pogodin's miracle recovery found a sudden end when he flipped for the tournament life with against the of Van Sang Nguyen. The latter spiked a set on the flop, and the turn and river were both blanks.
Aditya Sushant followed suit shortly after on table one when Sathesh Muthu's run good continued with quads, while Timofey Asmolov folded pocket jacks face up during the same hand.
The first hand Aki Virtanen played on Day 2 would be the last one. He got it in preflop with for his last 31,500 and Tsun Ming Chan looked him up with the . The board came and Virtanen was left empty-handed.
Van Sang Nguyen's shove for 24,700 found no call, as Celine Lee folded having initially raised to 4,600.
The first level is done and dusted, and the clock shows 24 players out of a 47-entry strong field remaining. Only those without any chips can enter or re-enter during the upcoming 10-minute level before the registration officially closes when the cards get back in the air.
As it stands, there were 47 entries to create a prize pool of PHP9,118,000 and the registration has officially closed. The numbers are to be verified shortly, and once that is done, the prize pool information will be released.
Alan Lau moved all in and Alex Lee did so for less out of the small blind. Lau tabled and Lee was at risk with the . The board came and that was it for Lee.
Xingbiao Zhu doubled for 28,800 with out of the small blind, as initial raiser Van Sang Nguyen only had and the kicker played on the board of .
Right after, Victor Chong also ran out of chips and that reduced the field to thje last 22 hopefuls.
After a squeeze to 15,200 by Timofey Asmolov on the button, a big four-bet followed by Linh Tran out of the big blind and Asmolov's all in was called by Tran with the superior stack.
Timofey Asmolov:
Linh Tran:
Asmolov started celebrating on the flop, but had to fear a jack on the turn. Instead, a blank completed the board on the river and Asmolov doubled for 118,900.
Van Sang Nguyen was moved tabled and lost his remaining few big blinds soon after while start-of-the-day chip leader Tom Orpaz was the next to join the rail, never having recovered from several setbacks.
First, Orpaz three-bet all in for 43,000 with pocket fives and Lester Edoc as initial raiser called for his last 41,000 with . The board came and Edoc paired his queen to leave Orpaz with less than one big blind.
Peter Plater took the rest of it with versus and Orpaz left the tournament area.
flop. Orpaz turned out to be the player at risk with 
for top pair only to find himself up against the 
of Sushant. The 
river was a blank to let Orpaz sigh with relief.
turn before check-folding to a shove of Muthu on the 
river. He was shown 
for a full house by Muthu and said "wow, what a safe, I had an overpair."
of Van Sang Nguyen. The latter spiked a set on the 
flop, and the 
turn and 
river were both blanks.
for his last 31,500 and Tsun Ming Chan looked him up with the 
and Muthu failed to get there with 
on a board of 
.
flop, but had to fear a jack on the 
