Main Event | 2026 SiGMA Poker Tour Manila

4 hours 17 minutes ago

Marciel Cerbito Eliminated in 17th Place (PHP 176,500)

Christian Zetzsche

Level 30 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Right after his preflop misclick and getting shown pocket aces on the other side of the table, Marlon Laxamana experienced the very same fate but this time there was most certainly no thought of folding as the most classic of setups in tournament poker got the chips into the middle against Marciel Cerbito.

Marciel Cerbito: A♥A♣ All in
Marlon Laxamana: K♥K♠

Cerbito's aces fell behind on the K♣10♣10♦ flop and he never found an escape on the 2♠ turn nor 9♠ river

Tags: Marciel Cerbito Marlon Laxamana

4 hours 24 minutes ago

Edilberto Gopez Eliminated in 18th Place (PHP 176,500)

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 30 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

In what must have been a misclick preflop, Marlon Laxamana made it 80,000 to go and Edilberto Gopez in the small blind then pushed all-in for around 340,000. Henrik Tollefsen in the big blind went over the top for little more and Laxamana folded.

Edilberto Gopez: A♠6♣ All in
Henrik Tollefsen: A♦A♣

The board ran out K♠Q♦9♠J♣3♦ and Gopez bowed out in 18th place.

Tags: Edilberto Gopez Henrik Tollefsen Marlon Laxamana

4 hours 32 minutes ago

Quads Alert Once Again

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 30 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Seung Hyun Han just paid off a river bet worth 100,000 by Ivan Dela Cruz and was shown 9♣9♦ for quads on turn and river to lose another chunk of his stack.

Diana Tan then raised to 35,000 and Hyunsik Nam defended the big blind. Nam check-called the 5♥5♠2♣ flop for 35,000 and checked the 2♠ turn. Tan bet 50,000 and Nam folded. "Deuces?" he asked but Tan didn't show.

Tags: Diana Tan Hyunsik Nam Ivan Dela Cruz Seung Hyun Han

4 hours 42 minutes ago

Acdal Doubles Through Han

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 30 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Edilberto Gopez got a three-bet shove through and Patrick Clarke also moved in preflop without being called.

Seung Hyun Han then raised to 50,000 in the small blind and folded when AJ Acdal jammed for around 450,000 one seat over.

Both were at it again the very next hand and this time, Acdal was looked up when he was at risk for 522,000 after calling the shove by Han on the button.

AJ Acdal: J♦J♠ All in
Seung Hyun Han: 6♦6♠

The board ran out Q♦10♣7♣8♠Q♣ and the superior pocket pair held for the double.

Tags: AJ Acdal Edilberto Gopez Patrick Clarke Seung Hyun Han

4 hours 49 minutes ago

Brar Doesn't Bluff

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 30 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

With the blinds going up, the last hand prior saw a tussle between Marciel Cerbito and Gursimran Brar on which the former checked the 8♣3♦2♣Q♦3♥ river. Brar bet 180,000 and Cerbito used one time bank before he folded.

"Show the bluff one time," Renato Villanueva demanded and Brar was a little bit upset.

"Pick any card, there is no bluff," Brar offered and slid the cards towards Villanueva. One of them was exposed, which happened to be the Q♥.

Tags: Gursimran Brar Marciel Cerbito Renato Villanueva

Level: 30

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 16,000

4 hours 57 minutes ago

Badrudin Ampatuan Eliminated in 19th Place (PHP 147,000)

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 29 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Seung Hyun Han squeezed to 125,000 preflop only for Badrudin Ampatuan to then make it 500,000 to go with very few chips behind. A few seconds later, Han declared all-in and Ampatuan called.

Badrudin Ampatuan: A♣K♣ All in
Seung Hyun Han: J♦J♥

"Do you have aces?" Han had asked prior to the cards being flipped over but he was happy to see a flip instead.

The 10♣9♥9♠8♦2♣ board kept pocket jacks ahead all the way and Ampatuan bowed out in 19th place. There will now be a random table breaking to balance the field.

Tags: Badrudin Ampatuan Seung Hyun Han

5 hours 7 minutes ago

Michael Concepcion Eliminated in 20th Place (PHP 147,000)

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 29 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Following an open raise by Michael Concepcion and a call, Hyunsik Nam squeezed to 95,000 in the blinds and it went back to Concepcion who made it 200,000 to go. Nam eyeballed the stack of his opponent when folded to and declared all-in, Concepcion called for around 415,000.

Michael Concepcion: A♣Q♥ All in
Hyunsik Nam: A♥K♥

The kicker played on the A♠7♣6♣6♥8♠ board and Concepcion had to settle for 20th place.

Tags: Hyunsik Nam Michael Concepcion

5 hours 12 minutes ago

Laxamana Pulls Ahead of the Pack

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 29 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

On the tail end of the Q♣4♦2♥5♥6♣ runout, Edilberto Gopez in the small blind called a bet of 330,000 by Marlon Laxamana for essentially half of his stack. Laxamana tabled his 4♠4♣ for a flopped set of fours and that was good to drag in a very healthy pot, extending his lead on the final three tables.