Final Day
Thompson continues to climb
-200,000, 200,000 ante
Button player Gary Thompson limps then calls Ogura Takashi’s raise of 850,000. At the flop 5♥ 8♥ 6♣ , Thompson bets 540,000, Takashi check-calls. On the 3♥ turn, Thompson bets 1,100,000, Takashi check-folds.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
11,600,000 | -900,000 | |
7,900,000 | 900,000 |
Gary Thompson doubles up
-200,000, 200,000 ante
Ogura Takashi raises to 500,000, Thompson three-bet jams, Takashi calls. Takahashi A♠ K♥ , Thompson Q♣ T♣ , the board runs 7♥ T♥ 9♥ 9♦ 2♣ .
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
12,500,000 | 500,000 | |
7,000,000 | 2,900,000 |
Ogura Takashi bets every street
150,000 ante
Another big pot for Ogura Takashi , this time against Gary Thompson. From the small blind, Takashi limps, Thompson checks. When the board completes {5c{P8d} A♦ 4♣ 7♥ , Takashi bets the whole way - 350,000, 900,000, 1,100,000 - Thompson calls him down. Takashi opens A♣ 5♦ two pair beating Thompson’s A♥ 9♠ .
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
12,000,000(80 BB) | 3,400,000 | |
4,100,000(27 BB) | -2,900,000 |
Big pot for Ogura Takashi against Soon
150,000 ante

Button Gary Thompson raises to 300,000, blinds calls. At the flop T♥ 2♥ 6♣ , big blind Ogura Takahashi bets 410,000, Thompson folds, Ewe Eng Soon calls. On the turn 7♥ , Takahashi fires 1,100,000, Soon calls. On the river 9♦ , both check, Soon with 9♠ 7♣ two pair, Takahashi wins it with 9♥ 8♦ straight.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
8,600,000(57 BB) | 600,000 | |
4,400,000(29 BB) | -600,000 |
Gary Thompson takes from Takashi
150,000 ante
Small blind Ogura Takashi limps, big blind Thompson checks. At the flop 2♥ 2♣ 8♦ , Takashi bets 150,000, Thompson calls. Same action on the turn A♦ , Thompson calls a 300,000 bet. On the river 2♦ , Takashi checks, Thompson bets 800,000, Takashi folds.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
8,000,000(53 BB) | -600,000 | |
7,000,000(47 BB) | 1,000,000 |
Ogura Takashi calls out the bluff
150,000 ante
Small blind Ewe Eng Soon raises to 300,000, big blind Ogura Takashi calls. At the flop 9♣ T♠ Q♠ , Soon c-bets 200,000, Takashi calls. No bets land on the turn A♦ . On the river 4♣ , it is back to betting. Soon sends out 600,000, Takashi calls. Soon opens his 8♦ 3♦ bluff, Takashi ships it woth T♦ 8♣ pair.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
8,600,000(57 BB) | 200,000 | |
5,000,000(33 BB) | -1,100,000 |
Ajitpal Singh eliminated in 4th place - PHP 2,090,000 (~US$ 37,720)
120,000 ante

Big blind Ajitpal Singh three-bet shoves with Q♦ J♠ , initial raiser Ogura Takashi on the button calls with 2♦ 2♥ . The board runs 5♥ 7♥ 8♠ K♠ 3♦ .
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
8,400,000(70 BB) | 2,600,000 |
Gary Thompson calls the big bet, Takashi mucks
120,000 ante
Small blind Ogura TakTakashi ahashi raises to 350,000, big blind Gary Thompson defends. At the flop 7♠ 9♥ Q♣ both check. On the turn 2♠ , Takashi leads out 430,000, Thompson calls. The river T♣ sees more chips go in with Takashi betting 800,000, Thompson calls. Takashi mucks.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
6,000,000(50 BB) | 2,900,000 | |
5,800,000(48 BB) | -700,000 |
Takashi again
100,000 ante
Utg Ewe Eng Soon raises to 200,000, button Ogura Takashi calls. At the flop 2♣ J♥ 9♥ , Soon c-bet 250,000, Takashi calls. On the turn 6♥ same action with Takashi calling a 600,000 bet. On the river 3♦ , Soon checks, Takashi bets 1,400,000, Soon calls. Takashi shows A♥ 8♥ flush and wins the pot. Soon had pocket Tens.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
6,600,000(66 BB) | -1,800,000 | |
6,500,000(65 BB) | 3,300,000 |
Another pot for Takashi
100,000 ante

Battle of the blinds, Ewe Eng Soon limps big blind Ogura Takashi raises to 300,000, Soon calls. At the flop 9♦ 5♥ J♠ , Takashi c-bets 300,000, Soon check-folds.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
8,400,000(84 BB) | -300,000 | |
3,200,000(32 BB) | 300,000 |
Ogura Takashi wins the betting war
100,000 ante
From under the gun, Ogura Takashi raises to 200,000, big blind Ewe Eng Soon re-raises to 700,000, Takashi jams, Soon folds.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
8,700,000(87 BB) | -800,000 | |
2,900,000(29 BB) | 1,000,000 |
Ogura Takashi on the rise
80,000 ante
After scoring a double up off Danny Tang, Ogura Takashi wins two more pots. The first was against Eng Soon Ewe with pocket Aces holding, then against Eng Siang Ewe who raises from utg to 160,000, big blind Takashi calls, the flop comes 9♠ A♣ Q♦ , Siang c-bets 120,000, Takashi check-raises to 470,000, Siang folds.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
1,900,000(24 BB) | 1,300,000 |
Ogura Takashi doubles through Tang
60,000 ante

Hijack Danny Tang raises to 170,000, button Ogura Takashi three-bet jams, big blind calls, Tang calls. At the flop 5♣ 7♦ 2♦ , Tang bets 220,000, big blind check-folds. Takashi A♠ 5♥ , Tang A♦ 8♣ . The turn 2s} and river 6♣ is a double up for Takashi .
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
1,600,000(27 BB) | -400,000 | |
600,000(10 BB) | 240,000 |
Ogura Takashi vs Eng Siang Ewe
60,000 ante

Button raises to 120,000, small blind Ogura Takashi shoves, big blind Eng Siang Ewe shoves, button folds. Takashi J♣ 9♣ , Siang A♦ A♥ , the board runs 6♠ T♦ Q♠ 6♣ 3♦ .
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
2,000,000(33 BB) | 2,000,000 | |
360,000(6 BB) | -13,940,000 |
Takashi calls out the bluff
-200,000, 200,000 ante
Gary Thompson limps from the button, Ogura Takashi checks, the flop comes J♦ A♦ K♥ . Thompson bets 450,000, Takashi check-calls. No bets land on the turn K♦ . The dealer felts the river 9♠ , Thompson bets 1,100,000, Takashi check-calls. Thompson shows T♣ 5♥ bluff, Takashi ships it with J♠ 9♦ two pair.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
14,300,000 | 14,300,000 | |
5,200,000 | 5,200,000 |