Main Event

Folded to the small blind, John Jay Magadan moved all-in for 2,150,000 total. Big blind Xia Qi made the call with 9♥ 9♠ . Magadan in trouble with J♠ 6♠ , headed for the rails not long after the flop 9♦ 4♣ 2♦ left him drawing dead.

A limp pot on the blinds, the flop 5♣ 7♣ 7♦ saw John Jay Magadan lead out for 400,000, called by Xia Qi behind. Turn 3♠ this time, saw Magadan with a check-call for 600,000. River Q♦ completed the board and Magadan check folded after Xia sent out a 1,600,000 river bet.

Button Xia Qi opened to 900,000 and called off big blind John Jay Magadan’s 4,000,000 jam.

Magadan A♦ 4♦ Xia A♣ 7♠

The board ran A♥ 9♣ 2♦ T♥ 8♣ , giving both players top pair with no kickers in play for a chop.

Three players remain in the running for Manila Super Series 18 Main Event title, which means blind levels will be adjusted to 20 minutes moving forward.

Chip Count Update:

After opening the button, John Jay Magadan called off for his tournament life after big blind Paolo Boccaletti moved all-in.

Boccaletti A♠ Q♣ Magadan K♦ T♥

Running a race, Magadan quickly turned it in his favor after flopping top pair on K♠ 7♥ 8♦ . The turn 4♥ and river T♦ further improved his hand to two pair for a double up.

Button Xia Qi opened to 700,000, called by big blind John Jay Magadan. On board 2♥ 2♣ 6♠ 4♦ J♥ , Magadan check-called all three streets including Xia’s river bet of 3,000,000, only to muck his hand after Xia tabled K♣ K♥ .

Talks of an ICM deal is being discussed at the table.

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Utg Xia Qi opened to 550,000, Shin Hyeonho fired a three bet to 1,400,000, and big blind John Jay Magadan shoved for 1,725,000. Xia folds and Shin takes the spot.

Magadan J♥ J♣ Shin A♠ 2♣

The board ran Q♣ T♣ 4♠ 3♣ 7♠ , leaving Magadan’s pocket jacks good against Shin’s ace-high.

Cut off John Jay Magadan open shoved for 900,000 and was called by big blind Shin Hyeonho.

Magadan A♦ 5♥ Shin K♥ 9♦

Slightly ahead, Magadan cruised to a smooth double up after flopping top pair on board A♣ 7♠ T♠ 7♥ K♦ .

Utg Shah Chirag flicked in his 2BB stack and was called by both players on the blinds. Action was checked down to the river Q♣ 7♣ 4♠ 5♣ T♦ where John Jay Magadan claimed the pot with a pair of tens T♥ 9♣ .

Shah J♥ 9♥ John Clyde Tan J♣ 4♦

First break of the day sees seven players remain in contention for Manila Super Series 18 Main Event title.

Chip Count Update:

Xia Qi opened to 225,000 and Ho Tung Chun defended his big blind to see a flop of 5♠ 5♦ 9♣ . Both players checked, moving on to turn 2♦ . Ho led out a 300,000 bet, called by the raiser. River J♦ saw Ho with another 400,000 to which Xia folded.

Next hand saw button John Jay Magadan open to 225,000 and fold to an all-in from small blind Ho Tung Chun.

Main Event - Live Updates - Day 2

Day 2 action is officially closed with the final nine players returning tomorrow in contention for the PHP 2,400,000 (~USD 42,232) top prize. Xia Qi leads the pack with over 6.3 Million in chips, followed closely by Ho Tung Chun with 6.2 Million. Final table gameplay resumes tomorrow on Level 29: 50,000/100,000 ante 100,000 at 13:00 sharp!

Chip Counts:

Remaining Payouts

1st - PHP 2,400,000 2nd - PHP 1,450,000 3rd - PHP 1,020,000 4th - PHP 765,000 5th - PHP 590,000 6th - PHP 430,000 7th - PHP 315,000 8th - PHP 225,000 9th - PHP 176,336

11 players left in the running, two more eliminations before the day wraps up. Final table gameplay will resume tomorrow at 13:00.

Chip Count Update:

Following a 4BB double up a few minutes ago, Joemark Vasay managed to land another double from John Jay Magadan in a cooler spot. Action folded to Magadan on the button, he shoved all-in with A♣ J♥ , called by Vasay with a monster K♠ K♣ for his remaining 395,000.

Vasay secures the win after no ace showed up on board 6♦ 7♠ T♠ 5♥ 9♦ .

Cut off John Jay Magadan opened to 85,000 and called a three bet from big blind Shah Chirag to 250,000. Flop came T♣ T♦ 6♥ , Shah with a continuation bet of 180,000, called by Magadan. Turn saw 4♣ and Shah fired another 550,000. Magadan moved all-in for 345,000 more and Shah puts in the final call.

Magadan K♦ T♥ Shah A♣ A♠

River 4♦ completed Magadan’s full house tens over fours for the 67 BB pot.

Utg John Jay Magadan opened to 110,000 and was met with a three bet from button Shah Chirag to 250,000 total. Magadan opted not to call, but to push all-in for 1,075,000. Convinced to be behind, Shah makes the fold.

Utg+1 John Clyde Tan opened to 85,000, called by John Jay Magadan behind as well as the big blind. Flop saw 2♦ 3♥ 7♠ and Tan continued for 125,000. Magadan makes the call with the two checking down the action through to the river A♥ 2♥ . Tan shows down 8♣ 8♠ , Magadan with a muck.

John Jay Magadan defended his big blind vs an open from hijack Park Joungwoo and saw a flop of T♠ 7♦ 2♦ . Magadan check-raised all-in for 51,000 with Park completing his 10,000 bet behind.

Magadan T♥ 3♦ Park A♣ 3♥

Ahead with top pair, Magadan locked in the double up after the runout K♦ 6♥ was revealed.

On a flop of K♠ 3♣ Q♣ , all the chips piled in with Kim Hyeonjae’s set of threes 3♥ 3♦ ahead against John Jay Magadan’s top two pair K♥ Q♥ . The run out K♦ 7♣ however, hit Magadan’s four outer for a better full house and a humongous double up.