
Day 1B
Lucky Ruzzel Jose, Unlucky Soshi Yoshida

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.
Player | Hand | Chips |
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RJ Ruzzel Jose | T♠T♥ UTG | 380,000(32 BB) |
SY Soshi Yoshida | J♦J♠ SB | busted |
The flop quickly improved Jose to a boat that went sailing through the rest of the board to drown Soshi's higher pockets.
Seung Yong An Gets There On The River

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.
Player | Hand | Chips |
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RJ Ruzzel Jose | A♠3♣ CO | 315,000(39 BB) |
AS An Seung Yong | K♦4♦ 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.
Ruzzel Jose Takes The Lead

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.
Player | Chips |
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RJ Ruzzel Jose | 315,000(53 BB) |
KT Karen Talamayan | 285,000(48 BB) |
Some Big Stacks
Player | Chips |
---|---|
KT Karen Talamayan | 460,000(77 BB) |
LM Li Ming Liu | 196,000(33 BB) |
BS Billy Soriano | 190,000(32 BB) |
AP Ashley Patterson | 179,500(30 BB) |
HV Hernan Villa | 161,000(27 BB) |
RJ Ruzzel Jose | 156,500(26 BB) |
GI Gaurav Idnani | 136,000(23 BB) |
BY Benhur Ybarsabal | 126,000(21 BB) |
T Tony Khoang | 120,000(20 BB) |
YP Ying Pang | 117,000(20 BB) |
KY Kai Yi Sun | 106,000(18 BB) |
Up And Down For 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♣ .
Player | Chips |
---|---|
RJ Ruzzel Jose | 115,500(39 BB) |
TY Todate Yukitaka | 86,000(29 BB) |
PV Paul Vincent Casilla | 28,600(10 BB) |
HV Hernan Villa | 14,000(5 BB) |
Ruzzel Jose Raises For The Pot

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.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
RJ Ruzzel Jose | 112,000(75 BB) |
ED Edwin Dela Cruz | 21,800(15 BB) |
PV Paul Vincent Casilla | 19,500(13 BB) |