Philippines, Okada ManilaEVENT #16

2025.04.07 - 2025.04.09Add to Calendar

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Blind level

Level 21: 8,000 / 16,000 ante: 16,000

Entries

18/151

Total Chips

3,775,000

Average

209,722

TriciaTricia

4/8/2025, 8:38:13 PM

Jay Padilla Bags The Biggest At Flight D

Level 21: 8,000 / 16,000 ante: 16,000

Jay Padilla

The last chance to qualify to Okada Micro drew 151 entries for the second largest field of all the flights. Out of the 18 players that booked their spot in the money round, Jay Padilla bagged the biggest of 442,000 to finish in the top 5 of the Day 2 lineup. In second rank was Louiejohn Princesa who railed several players late in the night to amass the sixth overall stack.

The survivors return on Wednesday, April 9, at 12pm for the final stage to claim the title and the largest portion of the PHP 2,093,454 prize pool.

Flight A: 115 entries / 14 qualifiers

Flight B: 121 entries / 15 qualifiers

Flight C: 158 entries / 19 qualifiers

Flight D: 151 entries / 18 qualifiers

Buy-in: PHP 4500 (~$80)

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

Entries: 545

Prize pool: PHP 2,093,454 (~US$ 36,500)

ITM: 66 players

TriciaTricia

4/8/2025, 4:00:50 PM

Cheng Wen Huang Delivers The Bubble

Level 21: 8,000 / 16,000 ante: 16,000

Jeffrey Pamplona

The final 18 players of the Okada Micro has been determined after Chen Wen Huang delivered the bubble by railing Jeffrey Pamplona. The hand saw Pamplona open shove from cutoff and Huang called.

Player	Hand	Chips
HC Huang Cheng WenTaiwan	A♦T♠ D	277,000(17 BB)
JP Jeffrey PamplonaPhilippines	K♥9♠ CO	busted

Board:3♠A♥K♠5♥Q♣

TriciaTricia

4/8/2025, 3:30:08 PM

Bubble Time! 19 Players Remaining

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

The field is now down to 19 players which means it is bubble time to the money round. Only 18 players are guaranteed to advance. Currently ahead in chips is Jay Padilla with 485,000, followed by Louiejohn Princesa with 406,000.

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4/8/2025, 3:27:14 PM

Another Pot For Louiejohn Princesa

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

Louiejhon Princesa

From the button, Louiejohn Princesa raises 24,000 and gets some action from the big blind defender Rene Mar David. They proceed to check it to the turn 3♣ 8♦ Q♠ 6♣ where David leads out 30,000 that's called by Princesa. The river then comes 4♣ , David checks, Princesa bets 87,000, David let's go of his hand.

Player	Chips
LP Louiejhon PrincesaPhilippines	340,000(28 BB)
RM Rene Mar DavidPhilippines	148,000(12 BB)

TriciaTricia

4/8/2025, 3:23:29 PM

Louiejohn Princesa Rails Renniel Galvez

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

Three players build a pot of 80,000 preflop before seeing the cards land T♣ J♣ A♠ . Renniel Galvez open shoves his last 4 bb, Louiejohn Princesa shoves his big stack to successfully isolate.

Player	Hand	Chips
LP Louiejhon PrincesaPhilippines	K♠K♥ UTG	310,000(26 BB)
RG Renniel GalvezPhilippines	Q♣5♣ BB	busted

Galvez is drawing for a flush to survive but with the turn 6♠ and river 3♥ , his wish is not answered and goes bust.

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4/8/2025, 3:20:29 PM

Alwin Goh Busts On A Three-Way

Level 19: 5,000 / 10,000 ante: 10,000

Jia Rong Alwin Goh

Alwin Goh sends in his last 3.5 bb and is easily called by two players which includes the big blind Cheng Wen Huang. The board is then checked down 9♥ 9♠ 7♣ 8♦ 4♥ . Huang's small pocket pair is undefeated to eliminated Goh.

Player	Hand	Chips
HC Huang Cheng WenTaiwan	5♠5♣ BB	182,000(18 BB)
JR Jia Rong Alwin GohSingapore	A♥J♦ UTG+1	busted
JP Jeffrey PamplonaPhilippines	A♠J♥ D	286,000(29 BB)

TriciaTricia

4/8/2025, 3:16:40 PM

Youngseok Baek Chips Up

Level 18: 4,000 / 8,000 ante: 8,000

Youngseok Baek

Youngseok Baek opens from early position and goes hunting at the flop with two callers. When the board felts T♦ 5♣ 3♠ , it is checked to Rene Mar David who test-bets 28,000. Big blind folds while Baek calls. The turn 3♥ and river A♥ bring no action. Baek shows T♣ J♣ top pair at the flop and it's good to rake it in.

Player	Chips
RM Rene Mar DavidPhilippines	225,000(28 BB)
YB Youngseok BaekSouth Korea	195,000(24 BB)

TriciaTricia

4/8/2025, 2:41:25 PM

Another KO For Allan Daypuyart

Level 18: 4,000 / 8,000 ante: 8,000

Allan Daypuyart

Another all in preflop situation with Allan Daypuyart raising 16,000 then calling Paul Vincent Casilla's shove of around 40,000.

Player	Hand	Chips
AD Allan DaypuyartPhilippines	A♥A♠ UTG	228,000(29 BB)
PV Paul Vincent CasillaPhilippines	T♥T♠ CO	busted

Board:6♠3?5♠4♦2♦

TriciaTricia

4/8/2025, 2:37:25 PM

Allan Daypuyart Rails Yohn Paredes

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

With action folding to the small blind Allan Daypuyart, he jams with short stacked Yohn Paredes on the big blind. Paredes decides to call for his tournament life with 7 bb left and eventually goes bust after the runout.

Player	Hand	Chips
AD Allan DaypuyartPhilippines	9♦8♠ SB	128,000(21 BB)
YF Yohn Francisco ParedesPeru	T♣7♦ BB	busted

Board:K♠8♥9♣2♥4♦

TriciaTricia

4/8/2025, 2:32:23 PM

Benhur Ybarsabal's Raise Wins It

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

Benhur Ybarsabal

Benhur Ybarsabal kicks off the hand with a 12,000 raise that's called by the blinds, Vijayn Singh and Edgar Asehan. They proceed to check the flop with action resuming on the turn board 8♥ 5♠ 6♣ 8♣ . Singh leads out 15,000 and only Ybarsabal challenges with a raise to 45,000. Singh quickly gives it up.

Player	Chips
VS Vijay Singh (2)India	316,000(53 BB)
BY Benhur YbarsabalPhilippines	80,000(13 BB)
EA Edgar AsehanPhilippines	80,000(13 BB)

TriciaTricia

4/8/2025, 2:10:08 PM

Chip Counts At Level 16

Level 16: 2,000 / 5,000 ante: 5,000

Player	Chips
JP Jay PadillaPhilippines	274,000(55 BB)
SJ Seunghun JuSouth Korea	255,000(51 BB)
JC Jeffrey CalongePhilippines	197,000(39 BB)
LP Louiejhon PrincesaPhilippines	190,000(38 BB)
RM Rene Mar DavidPhilippines	168,000(34 BB)
JP Joey PardalesPhilippines	165,000(33 BB)
GL Geunyong LeeSouth Korea	153,000(31 BB)
BY Benhur YbarsabalPhilippines	142,000(28 BB)
HC Huang Cheng WenTaiwan	138,000(28 BB)
JS Joseph SiaPhilippines	137,500(28 BB)
YB Youngseok BaekSouth Korea	130,000(26 BB)
MB Michael BuezaPhilippines	115,000(23 BB)
GI Gaurav IdnaniIndia	114,500(23 BB)
SK Siripong KhamklangThailand	110,000(22 BB)
VS Vijay Singh (2)India	106,000(21 BB)
AD Allan DaypuyartPhilippines	100,000(20 BB)
EA Edgar AsehanPhilippines	100,000(20 BB)
JG Jonald GarciaPhilippines	100,000(20 BB)
LP Lemmor PatulotPhilippines	95,500(19 BB)
TS Tetsunori SaitoJapan	88,500(18 BB)
JR Jia Rong Alwin GohSingapore	85,500(17 BB)
RG Renniel GalvezPhilippines	82,000(16 BB)
JP Jeffrey PamplonaPhilippines	81,000(16 BB)
HK Harish Kumar AsnaniIndia	67,500(14 BB)
RS Reynaldo Salunga (2)Philippines	62,000(12 BB)

TriciaTricia

4/8/2025, 1:35:03 PM

Flight D Underway

Level 13: 1,000 / 2,500 ante: 2,500

Flight D kicked off at 5pm and after ten levels of late registration, the tally was 151 entries with 18 players guaranteed a spot in the ITM round tomorrow.

There are currently 54 players remaining. Blinds are now in super turbo mode, increasing every 15 minutes.