Okada Micro (4,500 PHP)

Flight C of the Okada Micro is a wrap! At the top of the counts was Nikolas Rivera who steadily climbed the ranks throughout the day, trailing behind young gun Maxwell Rosete as the bubble round approached.

Rivera eventually surged ahead after bursting the bubble, eliminating Bumyeol Lee to overtake and finish as flight leader with 532,000 in chips. This not only put him at the top of the Day 2 qualifiers list but also set the benchmark for the ongoing final flight. Rosete was very close behind, bagging an equally strong 524,000 for second in chips.

Flight C drew the largest turnout of 158 entries, and when combined with the two earlier flights, it easily surpassed the PHP 1M guarantee. From this flight, 19 players advanced to the ITM round.

Flight A: 115 entries / 14 qualifiers

Flight B: 121 entries / 15 qualifiers

Flight C: 158 entries / 19 qualifiers

Buy-in: PHP 4500 (~$80)

Guarantee: PHP 1,000,000 (~$17,500)

Entries: ongoing

Prize pool: TBA

Scroll below for the flight's action.

Big stacks Fred Farboud and Hernan Villa went head-to-head in a hand and though we missed it, the result was a double up for Farboud to send his stack catapulting. In turn, Villa plunges to 8 bb.

Farboud is ahead with his ace and it holds when the board completes 7♥ Q♦ for a double up.

Fred Farboud defends from the small blind with a three-bet of 2100, initial raiser Ying Chan Chen from cutoff makes the call. At the flop 4♥ 8♥ J♠ , Farboud continues to fire with a just over pot bet of 5000 and Chen doesn't go away. Farboud and Chen then proceed to check down the turn 5♥ and river Q♣ . Farboud flips over 6♣ 6♦ and it's a winner as Chen mucks.