Main Event (45,000 PHP)

Takahiko Hachiya opened 10,000 on the hijack and was called behind by Edilberto Gopez. On flop 4♥ Q♦ 9♦ , Hachiya check called a bet of 15,000, revealing turn Q♣ . Both checked it through to river A♥ , where Gopez gunned for a final 75,000. Hachiya paid the price, only to muck as Gopez tabled trip queens K♠ Q♠ .

Edilberto Gopez sent out a 32,000 three bet against an utg open, and saw Takahiko Hachiya push all-in on the big blind for 75,000. Initial raiser folded, leaving Gopez priced in to call.

Hachiya a huge favorite, cruised to victory on board 8♣ T♦ 5♣ K♦ J♣ , easily bagging the win with top set.

A blind vs battle saw Kunlong Yu open and call off Takahiko Hachiya's all-in behind for 46,000.

Hachiya dominated, turned the tables as board 4♥ T♠ 8♥ 7♥ 6♥ ran him a straight flush to snag the win.

Takahiko Hachiya opened utg and went on to four bet jam against Graham Cowan's raise behind. Cowan called off for his 133,500 stack and found himself in rough shape for his tournament life.

Lucky for Cowan, board 4♣ 8♣ 2♣ K♠ 9♦ rolled one of his two outs, keeping him in the Main Event games.

Today's Main Event Flight B action is set to close once the field is down to 15 players. That means only six more eliminations are due before bagging time. Stacking atop is local runner Jester Intia, trailed closely behind by Kunlong Yu.

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Takahiko Hachiya opened 5,000 utg+1, followed by a raise to 18,000 from Brenton Buttigieg. Richard Marquez cold called from the small blind, and was met with a four bet from Hachiya to 55,500. Buttigieg pushed all-in, and shipped the dead money in the middle as both surrendered.

A blind vs blind battle saw a pot of 65,000 in the middle across board J♠ 3♠ 6♠ 7♦ Q♠ . Takahiko Hachiya took the initiative and led all-in for 46,800. Edilberto Gopez behind, gave it up once more and slipped the fold.

With 30,000 in the middle across board 3♠ T♣ J♣ 5♠ , action was caught on utg raiser Edilberto Gopez with a bet of 19,000. Takahiko Hachiya on the small blind, check raised all-in, and pushed Gopez out of the action successfully.

Manila Megastack Main Event Flight B players are off for a 40 minute dinner break, with action set to resume at 8:20 p.m. Registration will close by the end of Level 10.

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With a pot of 11,000 in the middle across board T♦ 9♣ 4♠ 6♦ T♣ , action was caught on Bernard Vu on the big blind with a bet of 3,000. Takahiko Hachiya raised to 16,000 behind, and picked up the pot with trip tens K♥ T♠ after Vu made the final call.

Richard Marquez opened 2,000 utg+1 and was joined by both players on the blinds. All three checked flop 2♣ 3♦ 9♦ through to turn Q♥ , where Takahiko Hachiya led 4,000. Marquez answered with a raise to 12,000, and called for the rest after Hachiya pushed for 26,800.

Takahiko Hachiya A♦ A♥

Richard Marquez K♦ K♠

A premium pair clash, Hachiya's rockets held through all the way to river 6♦ , earning him the 60 big blinds in the middle.

Following an open and a call, Takahiko Hachiya sent out a 7,800 three bet on the small blind, and was met with a 16,500 cold four bet behind from Zhiqiang Liu. Hachiya completed, yet quickly folded after Liu pushed all-in on flop 4♥ J♥ K♠ .

With 11,300 in the middle across board 6♠ T♠ Q♣ Q♦ 9♥ , Richard Marquez went for a bet of 8,000, and took the loss with A♦ J♦ as Takahiko Hachiya found the call with K♠ T♣ .

Facing an open and a call, Takahiko Hachiya sent out a 5,100 three bet on the hijack. Initial raiser Richard Marquez responded with a raise to 13,100, called by Hachiya. On flop 5♥ Q♦ 7♣ , Marquez continued for 7,500, enough to convince Hachiya to surrender.

Takahiko Hachiya opened 1,200 utg+1, joined by a player behind along with John Constiniano on the big blind. All three checked flop 2♠ Q♦ J♠ through to turn 8♥ , where Constiniano led 3,100. Hachiya made the call, and committed his remaining 11,500 on river A♠ after Constiniano moved all-in.

Constiniano revealed flush 4♠ 3♠ , sending Hachiya's A♣ K♦ bound for the muck.

Kunlong Yu fired a 900 three bet on the big blind against Takahiko Hachiya's button open, and saw the latter call another 1,100 on flop 4♥ 8♦ T♠ . Action on turn 6♣ was checked through to river 6♥ , where Yu gunned for a final 3,600. Hachiya paid the price, only to muck as Yu tabled A♥ A♠ .