Main Event

A raised pot by Jayvon Carreon saw three players head to flop T♦ 5♠ 6♠ . All connecting with the board, three stacks quickly went in the middle with Carreon covering both opponents.

Carreon A♠ T♥ John Dela Cruz A♦ A♣ Mar David Rene 6♣ 6♥

Crushed against a set, big blind Mar scooped up the 136 BB pot and rises to the top the field.

Utg+2 John Dela Cruz opened to 10,000 and called off Lester Edoc’s 5 BB jam with 9♣ 9♠ . Edoc with K♠ Q♣ was looking to pair up his overcards which unfortunately failed to come on board 4♣ T♦ 2♠ 3♣ 7♠ . Dela Cruz’ pocket nines hold up for the win, knocking out Edoc from the running.

Button John Philip Baider shoved all-in for 76,000 after the hijack opened and was called by big blind John Dela Cruz.

Baider 7♥ 7♠ Dela Cruz K♠ K♦

A terrible spot for Baider, the board 2♥ 2♠ J♠ 8♥ T♥ sealed his elimination and earned Dela Cruz a 20 BB boost to his already healthy stack.

34/162 runners remain in the Main Event Flight B qualifying round with only 24 guaranteed a spot into Day 2.

Top Chip Counts

Midposition open saw small blind Chzhen Evgenii fire a three bet to 22,000. Big blind John Dela Cruz clicked back to 43,000 and left only Chzhen completing the raise. Flop 2♣ J♦ 9♥ saw both stacks pile in, Dela Cruz ahead with A♣ A♥ against Chzhen’s Q♥ Q♦ . The turn 9♠ and river T♥ ran safe for Dela Cruz, shipping him the 75 BB pot.

With 4,500 already in the middle, utg John Dela Cruz was seen firing 3,500 on flop 8♥ 5♦ 9♥ . Opponent Marcial Lou called behind and called another 6,000 barrel on turn 7♣ . Dela Cruz bet all-in for 15,300 on river 7♣ , enough to convince Lou to give up the fight and make the fold.