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Philippines, Poker8 Cebu
Day 2
Alex Lai ahead all the way
Utg+1 Alex Lai opened to 35,000 and saw big blind Dante Natad move all-in for 127,000 total. Lai made the call with J♣ J♠ and is up against Natad’s Q♦ 9♠ . A great spot for Lai, the board showed 5♥ K♥ 6♠ A♠ 3♥ , leaving Natad headed for the rails after the gutsy move landed him in trouble.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
AL | 605,000(61 BB) | 366,000 |
busted | -249,500 |
Day 1E
Day 1E sees Jessie Leonarez top the list, 26 more advance to Day 2
Date: May 5, 2024 Buy in: PH₱ 18,800 (~USD 327) Guarantee: PH₱ 5,000,000 (~USD 86,900) Prize pool: PH₱ 8,162,000 (~USD 143,000) Day 1E: 204 entries ITM: 26 players
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 707,000 | 253,000 | |
| 591,000 | 303,000 | |
| 546,000 | 56,000 | |
| 411,000 | 214,000 | |
| 388,000 | 140,000 | |
| 341,000 | 71,000 | |
| 304,000 | 177,000 | |
| 271,000 | 198,000 | |
| 249,500 | -136,500 | |
AL | 239,000 | 194,200 |
| 235,000 | 36,000 | |
| 223,000 | 223,000 | |
RC | 208,000 | 2,000 |
| 156,000 | 156,000 | |
| 155,000 | 155,000 | |
| 130,000 | 130,000 | |
F | 119,000 | 119,000 |
| 110,000 | 67,600 | |
| 108,000 | -69,000 | |
| 107,000 | -24,000 | |
| 104,000 | 104,000 | |
| 98,000 | 98,000 | |
AT | 88,000 | 88,000 |
| 66,000 | 66,000 | |
| 44,000 | -64,000 | |
| 36,000 | -15,000 |
Payouts
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| 10 | AL |
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| 13 | RC |
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| 17 | F |
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| 23 | AT |
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Dante Natad tables kings
Cutoff shoved in his last 70,000 with K♦ J♣ and ran right into big blind Dante Natad’s K♣ K♥ . The board 6♣ 6♠ 8♥ 9♥ 8♠ offered no help to the short stack, earning Natad the pot.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 386,000(77 BB) | 354,200 |
Rusty Co runs into a set
Hijack Rusty Co opened to 2,500, called by small blind Dante Natad. Flop came 6♦ 5♥ K♥ and Dante led all-in for 12,600. Co with top pair K♠ J♠ made the call, only to see Natad turn over 5♠ 5♣ for a set. The turn J♥ gave Co some hope yet was shortlived after the river T♠ completed the board.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 31,800(40 BB) | -5,800 | |
RC | 12,700(16 BB) | -46,000 |
Chase Cokaliong dominated
Small blind Chase Cokaliong moved all-in for his last 6,400 with A♠ 7♠ and was called by big blind Dante Natad with A♥ J♠ . At risk, Cokaliong headed for the rails after the board 4♥ 5♦ 2♥ 3♥ 9♥ ran an ace high flush for his opponent.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 37,600(94 BB) | 37,600 | |
busted | -34,000 |