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Day 2
Main Event Day 2 underway at 1pm
Welcome to Day 2 of the Main Event! The Main Event drew 499 entries over three starting days to more than crush the PHP 20M guarantee. The 77 returning players are now looking at a prize pool of over PHP 28.7 Million. We will have the official number and payout breakdown for you once that’s been made available. Today’ stage will play down to the Final 9 players. Leading the race is Ryan McAllister with a towering 777,000 stack which is equivalent to 129 bb. Live updates begin at 1pm.
Day 2 playersChip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 777,000 | 327,000 | |
| 622,000 | ||
| 483,000 | 383,000 | |
| 454,000 | ||
| 423,000 | 223,000 | |
| 421,000 | ||
| 416,000 | 166,000 | |
| 398,000 | ||
| 377,000 | 127,000 | |
| 368,000 | ||
| 350,000 | ||
| 336,000 | ||
| 300,000 | ||
| 282,000 | 282,000 | |
| 281,000 | ||
| 278,000 | 218,000 | |
| 278,000 | 78,000 | |
| 271,000 | ||
| 266,000 | ||
| 257,000 | ||
| 251,000 | ||
SL | 238,000 | |
| 233,000 | 153,000 | |
| 233,000 | 10,000 | |
| 226,000 | ||
| 223,000 | ||
| 207,000 | 207,000 | |
| 202,000 | ||
| 202,000 | ||
| 202,000 | ||
| 195,000 | -85,000 | |
| 195,000 | 125,000 | |
| 187,000 | 187,000 | |
| 186,000 | ||
| 176,000 | 6,000 | |
| 164,000 | 94,000 | |
| 161,000 | ||
| 155,000 | ||
| 152,000 | ||
| 145,000 | 95,000 | |
| 140,000 | ||
| 136,000 | 136,000 | |
| 130,000 | ||
| 126,000 | ||
| 123,000 | ||
| 122,000 | ||
| 120,000 | ||
| 119,000 | -201,000 | |
| 118,000 | ||
| 115,000 | ||
LH | 114,000 | |
| 112,000 | ||
| 110,000 | ||
| 106,000 | ||
| 106,000 | ||
YL | 103,000 | |
| 103,000 | ||
| 101,000 | ||
| 100,000 | ||
| 96,000 | ||
| 91,000 | ||
| 87,000 | ||
| 84,000 | 84,000 | |
| 83,000 | 79,400 | |
| 78,000 | ||
| 76,000 | ||
| 68,000 | -52,000 | |
| 66,000 | ||
| 65,000 | 5,000 | |
| 63,000 | ||
| 60,000 | ||
YC | 58,000 | |
| 57,000 | 17,000 | |
| 55,000 | 5,000 | |
| 48,000 | -42,000 | |
| 41,000 | -79,000 |
Day 1A
Main Event Day 1A
Wai Keong Yong ends Main Event Day 1A as chip leader
After 13 hours of play, the first flight of the Main Event concluded with 22 players and Wai Keong Yong up top with 421,000.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 421,000 | 371,000 | |
| 368,000 | 28,000 | |
| 282,000 | 222,000 | |
| 281,000 | -69,000 | |
| 271,000 | 96,000 | |
| 266,000 | -44,000 | |
| 251,000 | 91,000 | |
SL | 238,000 | |
| 223,000 | 133,000 | |
| 207,000 | 182,000 | |
| 186,000 | 186,000 | |
| 155,000 | 75,000 | |
| 136,000 | -14,000 | |
| 126,000 | 126,000 | |
| 119,000 | -81,000 | |
| 112,000 | -88,000 | |
YL | 103,000 | 103,000 |
| 103,000 | -17,000 | |
| 101,000 | -29,000 | |
| 100,000 | 100,000 | |
| 84,000 | 84,000 | |
| 78,000 | 78,000 |
Lijun Zhang’s pocket pair holds
3000 ante
Four players in for 9,000 each and the flop runs 4♠ A♠ J♣ . Action is checked to the raiser Lijun Zhang on the button, she c-bets 12,000 and finds one caller in the small blind Ma Yicun. Both players play it safe on the turn K♦ and river J♦ with no bets fired. Zhang wins the pot with 9♠ 9♦ over Yicun’s Q♠ 8♠ missed flush.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 350,000(117 BB) | 150,000 | |
MY | 180,000(60 BB) | 180,000 |
Lijun Zhang eliminates Fukoya
2,000 ante
On a board showing A♥ K♠ T♦ and 17,000 brewed, under the gun position Lijun Zhang bets 15,000, hijack Keisuke Fukoya goes all in, Zhang calls.
Zhang K♦ T♣ two pair Fukoya A♣ 8♣ top pair
The turn 9♣ and river 5♥ keep Zhang ahead to clean out Fukoya.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 200,000(100 BB) | -100,000 |
Preflop betting war goes to Utevskii
6,000 ante
Cutoff Artem Utevskii raises to 12,000, button Gai Lax Lim three-bets to 34,000, big blind Lijun Zhang calls, back to Utevskii who jams, both Lim and Zhang fold.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 300,000(50 BB) | 300,000 | |
| 150,000(25 BB) | 85,000 | |
| 130,000(22 BB) | -20,000 |