Blind level
Level 20: 6,000 / 12,000 ante: 12,000
Entries
15/121
Total Chips
3,025,000
Average
201,667

Day 1B

TriciaTricia
4/7/2025, 3:34:47 PM

Lucky Ruzzel Jose, Unlucky Soshi Yoshida

Level 20: 6,000 / 12,000 ante: 12,000
Ruzzel Jose

A painful way to go for Yoshida Soshi with a higher pocket pair burned on the board against Ruzzel Jose. Before the shove, Jose opened 24,000 then called Soshi's three-bet jam of 78,000.

PlayerHandChips
RJ
Ruzzel JosePhilippines [PHL]Philippines
TT
UTG
380,000(32 BB)
JJ
SB
busted
Board:2T267

The flop quickly improved Jose to a boat that went sailing through the rest of the board to drown Soshi's higher pockets.

TriciaTricia
4/7/2025, 3:06:09 PM

Seung Yong An Gets There On The River

Level 18: 4,000 / 8,000 ante: 8,000
An Seung Yong

Ruzzel Jose raised it up from cutoff and big blind Seung Yong An defended. When the flop came 6 A 7 , An quickly shoved for 69,000, Jose called with a covering stack and top pair.

PlayerHandChips
RJ
Ruzzel JosePhilippines [PHL]Philippines
A3
CO
315,000(39 BB)
AS
An Seung YongKorea (Republic of) [KOR]Korea (Republic of)
K4
BB
187,000(23 BB)

With Seung drawing for a diamond, the turn 5 gave less hope that still found it on the river 2 to survive the showdown.

TriciaTricia
4/7/2025, 2:45:17 PM

Ruzzel Jose Takes The Lead

Level 17: 3,000 / 6,000 ante: 6,000
Ruzzel Jose

Chip leader Karen Talamayan looks down at A Q and raises to 16,000. She is called by hijack then big blind Ruzzel Jose three-bets all in for 148,000 after seeing A K in the hole. Talamayan calls as hijack gets out of the way. The board ensures the better hand wins as it runs 3 K 4 K 4 . Jose zooms to 315000 and takes the lead.

PlayerChips
RJ
Ruzzel JosePhilippines [PHL]Philippines
315,000(53 BB)
KT
Karen TalamayanPhilippines [PHL]Philippines
285,000(48 BB)
TriciaTricia
4/7/2025, 2:43:08 PM

Some Big Stacks

Level 17: 3,000 / 6,000 ante: 6,000
PlayerChips
KT
Karen TalamayanPhilippines [PHL]Philippines
460,000(77 BB)
LM
196,000(33 BB)
BS
Billy SorianoPhilippines [PHL]Philippines
190,000(32 BB)
AP
Ashley PattersonUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [GBR]United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
179,500(30 BB)
HV
Hernan VillaPhilippines [PHL]Philippines
161,000(27 BB)
RJ
Ruzzel JosePhilippines [PHL]Philippines
156,500(26 BB)
136,000(23 BB)
BY
Benhur YbarsabalPhilippines [PHL]Philippines
126,000(21 BB)
T
Tony KhoangNetherlands [NLD]Netherlands
120,000(20 BB)
YP
Ying PangHong Kong [HKG]Hong Kong
117,000(20 BB)
KY
106,000(18 BB)
TriciaTricia
4/7/2025, 2:05:48 PM

Up And Down For Hernan Villa

Level 14: 1,500 / 3,000 ante: 3,000
Hernan Villa

Three players in a limped pot see the flop land 2 J 8 where action picks up with a bet of 3500 from Ruzzel Jose. Paul Casilla calls then button Hernan Villa raises 14,500 which finds no callers.


On the next hand, Villa goes all in for 54,000, three spots over small blind Yukitaka Todate calls with less (40,000). Villa shows A 5 , Todate is made with 9 9 which holds on a board running 8 3 J J T .

PlayerChips
RJ
Ruzzel JosePhilippines [PHL]Philippines
115,500(39 BB)
86,000(29 BB)
28,600(10 BB)
HV
Hernan VillaPhilippines [PHL]Philippines
14,000(5 BB)
TriciaTricia
4/7/2025, 1:11:51 PM

Ruzzel Jose Raises For The Pot

Level 11: 1,000 / 1,500 ante: 1,500
Ruzzel Jose

Paul Vincent Casilla kicks off the hand with a 3500 raise from under the gun. Action folds to the button Ruzzel Jose who calls and the big blind Edwin Dela Cruz makes it a three-way.


No action on the flop 5 5 2 and the turn is dealt 3 . Cruz decides to give it a try for 4000, Casilla calls, then Jose makes it 12,000. Cruz and Casilla opt to fold to send a decent pot to Jose.

PlayerChips
RJ
Ruzzel JosePhilippines [PHL]Philippines
112,000(75 BB)
ED
Edwin Dela CruzPhilippines [PHL]Philippines
21,800(15 BB)
19,500(13 BB)