Main Event

Button Henrik Tollefsen opened to 400,000 and called big blind John Paul Flores’ 3,970,000 all-in with A♠ J♣ . Flores shows T♥ T♠ and is in for a flip for his tournament life. The board ran K♣ Q♣ Q♥ A♣ 3♣ in favor of the overcards, leaving Flores out of the Main Event games.

Chip Count Update

Total chips in play: 27,510,000

Small blind John Paul Flores raised all-in with K♥ 3♣ and saw Alvin Jeff Sembrano call off his 770,000 stack with Q♥ 6♦ . Up for a race, Sembrano doubled his way through after the board J♠ 2♥ 8♠ Q♠ 6♥ landed him two pair.

Utg+1 Morikawa Yuta shoved in his 1,100,000 stack, followed by another all-in from button Jeremy Catalig. Big blind John Paul Flores calls off for his 1,930,000 stack and goes on to a three way showdown.

Yuta K♥ Q♥ Catalig A♣ J♣ Flores J♠ J♥

The board ran K♠ 9♠ 7♠ 5♠ A♠ all spades, giving Flores the win with his jack of spade, eliminating Yuta from the Main Event games.

6 players remaining in today’s Main Event Final Table, each guaranteed at least PHP 1,260,000 in prizes.

Chip Count Update

Button Jeremy Catalig opened to 240,000, called by small blind Jose Cheung. Action on big blind John Paul Flores, he shoved all-in for 2,200,000 and collected two folds behind. Flores shows T♣ 6♦ , raking in the dead money.

Utg+1 Chang Jae Yi opened to 300,000 and was met with two all-ins - Jeremy Catalig (1,420,000) and John Paul Flores with a bigger stack. Chang puts in the fold, showing A♣ K♥ .

Catalig 9♠ 9♣ Flores Q♥ Q♣

At risk, Catalig was spared this time after his two outer showed up on A♥ 9♦ 7♦ 8♠ 3♦ to steal the pot away.

Cutoff Kim Michael Enriquez opened to 200,000 and called a three bet for 300,000 more from button John Paul Flores. Both players checked flop K♠ 3♠ K♣ through, revealing turn 7♦ . Flores sends out a 200,000 bet, check called by Enriquez. River A♥ this time, saw Enriquez lead for 200,000 and call 300,000 more after Flores raised. Flores shows A♣ A♦ for a full house, crushing Enriquez’ A♥ 6♠ .

Button Kim Michael Enriquez limped in, followed by an all-in from small blind John Paul Flores for 1,145,000. Enriquez makes the call with A♥ Q♦ and is in for a flip against Flores’ T♦ T♠ . At risk, Flores survives after a nine high board 2♣ 9♣ 6♣ 9♥ 7♠ rolled up on the felt.

Cutoff Chang Jae Yi open shoved his last 940,000 with 6♥ 6♣ and ran right into big blind John Paul Flores’ K♠ K♣ . Drawing to two outs, Chang was in luck after the board K♥ 5♦ 9♥ 7♠ 8♠ rolled a straight to spare him from elimination.

Utg+2 Alvir Inocentes open shoved his remaining 475,000 with Q♦ T♠ and was called by small blind John Paul Flores with A♠ T♦ . Dominated, Inocentes found no help on board 5♣ 2♦ K♠ J♣ 8♦ , leaving him to exit the Main Event arena.

Utg Liu Zhiqiang opened for 36,000 and was met with a 208,000 all-in from John Paul Flores. Liu calls off with 5♠ 5♦ and is a huge underdog against Flores’ 9♥ 9♣ . The board 2♠ 3♥ 6♦ J♦ 3♦ delivered no bad beats, earning Flores the 37 BB in the middle.

Cutoff John Paul Flores open shoved his remaining 100,000 with K♦ Q♥ and was called by button John Carlo Sayo with K♣ J♠ . In a good spot to double up, Flores did so after spiking the nut straight on J♣ A♠ 6♣ 7♠ T♥ .

With an open in front of her, Hazel Timonera fired a three bet to 35,000 and called a 139,000 four bet jam behind from John Paul Flores. Flores reveals K♣ K♦ and stands to be a huge favorite against Timonera’s A♦ K♥ . The board 8♣ 2♣ 8♠ 3♣ 7♦ spared no ace, giving Flores the full double up.

Utg John San Nicolas opened to 2,600, joined by three other players on flop K♣ 7♥ 9♦ . All four check it through, leading to turn T♥ . Checked to the raiser, he bet 4,000. John Paul Flores behind, bumps it up to 10,000, prompting both players on the blinds to fold. San Nicolas puts another raise to 20,000 and takes it down after Flores makes the final fold.