GOP Main Event - Flight D - (60/120/30 Mins) - PHP 30M GTD

John Tech

The previous bubble troll John Tech was involved in a raised pot against Dakota Anderson who then bet the J ♠️ 6 ♠️ 2 ♦️ flop. Tech had 131,000 behind with one hands left at these blinds and the big blind next, he opted to fold.

"Enough for the small blind and one chip left, I am not an idiot," Tech said as he could potentially survive the entire orbit thereafter if needed.

In that very next hand when he was in the big blind, Young Min Kang raised to 100,000. Stevie Moon jammed the button for 740,000 and Anderson in the big blind sighed, but folded.

Tech called all-in and Kang folded.

John Tech: J ♠️ J ♥️

Stevie Moon: A ♦️ A ♥️

The aces held on the 9 ♦️ 4 ♠️ 3 ♥️ 9 ♥️ 8 ♠️ runout and the bubble troll became the bubble boy.

All 15 remaining players are now bagging up the chips for the night, while Flight E is still ongoing.

Edgar Asehan

Apologies for the lack of updates from Flight E which is down to 51 players out of 106 entries, but the bubble in Flight D is still underway at an incredible 25,000-50,000/50,000 blinds.

Edgar Asehan jammed for 78,000 in the cutoff and was called by Renato Villanuena and Kenneth Isip in the blinds. They checked down the 5 ♣️ 5 ♥️ 4 ♦️ 7 ♥️ 9 ♦️ board and Asehan's J ♠️ J ♥️ won the triple up!

Stevie Moon

Stevie Moon three-bet pushed all-in for 370,000 and was quickly called by Young Min Kang from under the gun. When the other table had finished the action and everyone hurried over, John Tech had his chips slightly moved forward and was grasping his player ticket to pretend he had cards - the trolling actually worked on Moon.

Floor staff was already aware it was only heads-up and Moon grabbed his phone to take a video of the all-in showdown.

Stevie Moon: A ♦️ K ♦️

Young Min Kang: A ♠️ Q ♥️

The kicker played on the 7 ♠️ 5 ♣️ 3 ♦️ 10 ♥️ 5 ♥️ board for Moon to double.

Emmanuel Derecho

Thanh Cao Nguyen raised to 100,000 from under the gun and everyone folded to Emmanuel Derecho in the big blind. He mulled it over to then push all-in for around 242,000 and Nguyen snap-called.

Emmanuel Derecho: A ♣️ 9 ♣️

Thanh Cao Nguyen: A ♦️ Q ♠️

The local rail loudly demanded for the queen of clubs when Derecho was in dire shape on the K ♣️ J ♠️ 10 ♠️ flop.

Sure enough, the turn brought the Q ♣️ and Derecho went from almost out to freerolling a double! No drama followed on the 3 ♠️ river to secure the split pot.

Ju Won Chung pushed all-in for 351,000 and Samuel Schwarz called in the cutoff, all other players behind folded.

Ju Won Chung: K ♦️ 9 ♦️

Samuel Schwarz: A ♣️ J ♦️

The A ♦️ Q ♥️ 5 ♠️ flop had Chung on the ropes and the 4 ♠️ turn sealed the deal prior to the 3 ♠️ river.

Schwarz collected a near double with the blinds and ante to bring the field down to the last 16 players on the Flight D bubble.

Edilberto Gopez

Young Min Kang raised to 80,000 and then called a three-bet by Edilberto Gopez two seats over. Dakota Anderson folded in the small blind and they headed to 10 ♠️ 9 ♣️ 2 ♦️ flop after which Gopez went broke.

Edilberto Gopez: K ♠️ K ♦️

Young Min Kang: 10 ♥️ 10 ♣️

Gopez vaulted out of his chair and already grabbed his belongings in disgust. He picked up a gutshot on the Q ♦️ turn but the 6 ♦️ river ended his run just shy of the money.

"You would have gotten all of this if he didn't three-bet. I had pocket nines and would have stacked off," Anderson told Kang in table chat.

Jester Intia and Joven Huerto

Jester Intia raised it up to 80,000 and Joven Huerto on the button jammed for 294,000, which Intia called after using three time banks.

Joven Huerto: A ♥️ K ♣️

Jester Intia: A ♣️ 5 ♣️

There were some gasps because they saw a five in the window but the flop came K ♠️ J ♥️ 5 ♠️ to pair up both kickers. No more shenanigans followed on the 9 ♥️ turn and 9 ♦️ river.

Thanh Cao Nguyen

Thanh Cao Nguyen jammed for the last 216,000 with the Q ♥️ 10 ♥️ and Edgar Asehan took the flip with the 9 ♣️ 9 ♠️ behind. The 7 ♥️ 5 ♦️ 3 ♠️ 5 ♥️ 10 ♦️ board gave the player from Vietnam the superior two pair on the river.

Nguyen got another shove through before Asehan then jammed his last 103,000. Everyone folded including Emmanuel Derecho in the big blind who was back on a short stack.

Young Min Kang raised to 60,000 and Mc Yeldarb Mantos called in the small blind. Mantos check-called the Kh: 9 ♦️ 7 ♠️ flop for 50,000 and the Q ♠️ turn was checked by both. Mantos bet the 3 ♣️ river for 82,000 and Kang folded.

Right after the blinds went up to 20,000-40,000/40,000 and that brought the average down to 19 big blinds for the last 18 players, three away from the money in this flight.

Federick Cruz

Jester Intia sent Dickson Chew to the rail and the next two all-in and call both featured Young Min Kang.

He first looked up Yasuyuki Yamada with 5 ♠️ 5 ♥️ versus A ♦️ Q ♣️ and the pair held on the 6 ♠️ 6 ♣️ 2 ♥️ K ♥️ 10 ♠️ runout.

Federick Cruz then jammed for only 138,000 and Kang in the big blind called after some deliberation.

Federick Cruz: K ♦️ Q ♠️

Young Min Kang: 9 ♦️ 7 ♥️

Both had a pair on the K ♥️ 7 ♠️ 5 ♣️ flop and the 8 ♠️ turn gave Kang a gutshot, which he hit with the 6 ♣️ on the river to bring the field to the last 18 players.

It seemed to be just a matter of time until the low average would catch up with several shorter stacks still in contention and the action then escalated in a hurry.

Kenneth Ip scored a full double through Federick Cruz with Q ♠️ 8 ♠️ for a turned straight on J ♣️ 9 ♣️ 6 ♠️ 10 ♥️ when the chips went in. Cruz had the 10 ♠️ 9 ♠️ and couldn't boat up on the J ♦️ river.

Lemuel Agbanlog then jammed into Mc Yeldarb Mantos with rags and was quickly called by J ♣️ J ♥️ . The J ♦️ 10 ♦️ 8 ♦️ 8 ♠️ A ♥️ board gave Mantos jacks full for the knockout.

Cruz then doubled off Samuel Schwarz before Aleksandr Gorichev busted to reduce the field to the last 21 players across three tables. Donghyun Kim also busted to Ip as well.

Renarto Villanueva

On the river of a A ♠️ 9 ♦️ 7 ♠️ K ♥️ 4 ♠️ board, Jester Intia bet 180,000 out of the big blind to send Renato Villanuena deep into the tank before he folded.

Villanueva then min-raised and then called the all-in of Petteri Miettinen with the A ♠️ Q ♦️ . Miettinen was ahead with ace-king but Villanueva got there on the Q ♥️ J ♥️ 5 ♠️ 8 ♠️ 3 ♣️ runout.

He then min-raised again and Mohan Zhang defended with an ace to go broke on an ace-queen high flop. You may guess what hand Villanueva had to leave his opponent drawing dead on the turn.

Aleksandr Gorichev

Mc Yeldarb Mantos raised to 55,000 and Aleksandr Gorichev then pushed all-in for 483,000 in the cutoff. Edilberto Gopez called all-in for 335,000 in the blinds and Mantos reluctantly folded.

Edilberto Gopez: A ♣️ J ♥️

Aleksandr Gorichev: 6 ♠️ 6 ♣️

The flip went to Gopez with the very last card on the Q ♣️ 10 ♠️ 4 ♣️ 5 ♣️ A ♠️ runout.

Gorichev had already been eliminated very late in Flight C and has now a mountain to climb once again.

Thanh Cao Nguyen

John Tech opened to 55,000 and instantly called the shove by Thanh Cao Nguyen in the next seat for 212,000 total.

Thanh Cao Nguyen: Kd: Q ♠️

John Tech: Ah: K ♣️

Nguyen was dominated but found a way to escape on the Q ♦️ J ♠️ 6 ♠️ 8 ♣️ J ♣️ .

Renniel Galvez

Kenneth Isip raised to 50,000 on the button and was called by Renniel Galvez in the big blind. Galvez check-called for 55,000 with the flop showing K ♣️ Q ♣️ 2 ♦️ . The J ♠️ turn was checked and the K ♠️ river was, too.

Galvez tabled his Q ♦️ 10 ♦️ and that won the pot.

Moses Saquing

Donghyun Kim doubled through Federick Cruz with J ♥️ J ♦️ versus A ♦️ 10 ♠️ preflop and one table over, Moses Saquing did so after his chips trickled in more slowly.

Saquing three-bet to 195,000 out of the small blind for Mohan Zhang to call from under the gun.

They checked the 10 ♠️ 9 ♦️ 2 ♥️ flop to the 8 ♥️ turn on which Saquing bet 45,000 with 1,000 behind. Zhang mulled it over for a second, raised and Saquing called.

Moses Saquing: A ♥️ Q ♠️

Mohan Zhang: K ♦️ Q ♦️

The river was the 7 ♠️ and the local player held.

Renato Villanueva

Wonki Kim open-jammed for 259,000 and Renato Villanueva in the big blind asked for a count. Once he knew he had slightly more chips, Villanueva called and they were flipping.

Wonki Kim: 6 ♣️ 6 ♠️

Renato Villanueva: A ♦️ Q ♦️

The ace came on the turn and river of the A ♥️ 7 ♥️ 5 ♠️ A ♠️ 10 ♥️ board and Kim was sent to the rail.

The fourth table broke after that and Lok Ching Li busted before the next 15-minute break.

It is expected that the money bubble for Flight D will burst during the next two hours of play, there are currently 26 players remaining.

John Tech

Eugene Co got it in with a pocket pair against the A ♦️ K ♣️ of John Tech and the latter paired up on the K ♠️ 10 ♣️ 10 ♦️ J ♦️ 8 ♥️ board to send Co packing.

A few minutes later, Tech won a large pot off Thanh Cao Nguyen to leave the latter short and reach seven figures.

Katsutoshi Watanabe

Katsutoshi Watanabe defended the big blind with the K ♥️ 2 ♥️ and got it in after the :tc: 10 ♠️ 2 ♦️ flop to get called by Kenneth Isip with the 6 ♠️ 6 ♦️ for superior two pair.

The J ♠️ turn was a blank, as was the 3 ♠️ on the river.

Dakota Anderson

Kyota Henzan three-bet jammed for around 320,000 and initial raiser Dakota Anderson beat him into the pot for a reason.

Kyota Henzan: A ♦️ Q ♠️

Dakota Anderson: K ♦️ K ♣️

One queen was not enough on the Q ♣️ 6 ♠️ 3 ♦️ 4 ♦️ J ♦️ board to send Henzan to the rail. The same table had previously lost Oliver Lirio who will have to try his luck in Flight E.

Emmanuel Derecho

Emmanuel Derecho was all-in for only 68,000 with the A ♦️ 3 ♠️ against Petteri Miettinen, who revealed the K ♠️ 7 ♠️ .

"This is my chance," Derecho joked.

The board ran out Q ♦️ 5 ♣️ 5 ♠️ 5 ♦️ Q ♠️ and they chopped, after which the Aussie / Filipino somewhat celebrated with a yes. Perhaps he was trying to bust and enter Flight E which is still in late registration for another two hours?

Also no longer on that table is Lavonne Watkins, who was left short after doubling Samuel Schwarz.

Renniel Galvez

Renniel Galvez raised it up to 32,000 and Katsutoshi Watanabe called before he then proceeded to check-call three streets. On the J ♥️ 9 ♥️ 5 ♦️ 4 ♣️ turn it was for 70,000 and the 8 ♦️ river saw Watanabe check and face a shove for 160,000.

One time bank later, the player from Japan called and Galvez tabled the 9 ♠️ 9 ♣️ for a set of nines. Watanabe mucked, but pulled back the cards to show 10 ♥️ 10 ♣️ for a hero call gone wrong.

Jester Intia

The turn showed A ♠️ J ♥️ 7 ♦️ 7 ♣️ when Jester Intia checked. Moses Saquing in the next seat bet 40,000 and that sent Intia into a brief tank. When he then announced all-in, Saquing instantly folded for the 100,000 more.

"I know, I know," Intia declared and didn't show his cards despite Samuel Schwarz asking him to "show the bluff".

Eugene Co

Czar Ian Marcos got it in preflop with the A ♠️ J ♥️ and sighed instantly when Eugene Co revealed the A ♥️ Q ♥️ on the other side of the table.

The kicker played on the A ♦️ 10 ♠️ 7 ♦️ 2 ♠️ 10 ♦️ board to send Marcos to the rail. Since another four players had busted including Marvin Dela Cruz, Kohki Iwata, Emmanuel Segismundo and Jannodin Riga, the field was down to only 34 players all of a sudden with another table breaking.

Olivier Lirio

Olivier Lirio was all-in for the last 85,000 with the A ♣️ 8 ♠️ and up against Dakota Anderson, who had a towering stack but was pipped with the K ♣️ 8 ♣️ .

The 9 ♦️ 8 ♦️ 4 ♦️ 5 ♥️ 10 ♠️ runout put a small dent into Anderson's stack right before the blinds went up to 8,000-16,000/16,000. There are still 40 players left as the pace of eliminations has slowed down for now.

Dickson Chew

Tom Verbruggen and Lukasz Jankowski have disappeared while Dakota Anderson reached seven figures and there was another three-way all-in one table over with three short stacks involved.

Dickson Chew was in for the last 98,000 with Q ♦️ Q ♥️ up against Suya Lee with the 2 ♥️ 2 ♦️ and Emmanuel Segismundo who had the A ♥️ 7 ♥️

The 9 ♣️ 8 ♦️ 3 ♥️ K ♥️ 4 ♣️ board kept the queens ahead. Segismundo was forced all-in for 4,000 next and survived.

Moses Saquing

With 43 players remaining according to the clock, Moses Saquing bet the Q ♥️ 10 ♦️ 3 ♦️ J ♠️ 4 ♣️ river for 45,000 out of the big blind. Wonki Kim called albeit reluctantly and then mucked when he was shown the 10 ♣️ 4 ♦️ for two pair by Saquing.

In Flight E, the first break has been reached after 60 minutes of play with 43 players out of 51 entries remaining.

Mohan Zhang

Guillaume Burette defended his big blind and then jammed the 8 ♣️ 8 ♥️ 2 ♦️ 10 ♦️ turn for the last 131,000, which Mohan Zhang called. Burette's 9 ♦️ 4 ♦️ needed another diamond as Zhang had the 9 ♠️ 8 ♠️ for trips.

The river was the blank 3 ♣️ to send the French player out.

The final chance Flight E is the last chance for players to enter the fray and battle for a share of the PHP 30 Million guarantee. Many of the notables who crashed out earlier in Flight D will very likely jump into the action such as Harry Halim, Marc Rivera, Joshua Figuerres, Lester Edoc, and Czardy Rivera to name all but a few.

Rudy Edenata is already on the third bullet after his second entry ended with 6c: 6 ♥️ preflop against the 9 ♥️ 9 ♣️ of Edoc, who improved to a set on the J ♠️ 10 ♠️ 9 ♣️ 3 ♠️ K ♥️ runout.

The late registration for this flight closes at approximately 9.30 p.m. local time with three hours of game play until then.

According to the screens, the overall attendance has already surpassed more than 310 entries ... and counting.

Edilberto Gopez

On a flop of A ♦️ 5 ♣️ 2 ♦️, Lavonne Watkins checked from under the gun and then called a bet of 25,000 by Edilberto Gopez. The Q ♣️ turn was checked by both and Watkins led the 4 ♥️ river for 60,000.

Gopez called and was good with the A ♥️ :td: as Watkins only had the 6 ♠️ 4 ♠️ .

Dakota Anderson

Dakota Anderson has emerged as the new chip leader with nearly seven figures to his name while Ville Pohjalainen went missing, and one table over, Thanh Cao Nguyen chipped up against Young Min Kang.

Kang raised and fired two barrels on the 8 ♠️ 6 ♠️ 2 ♥️ 10 ♠️ 7 ♣️ board before he gave up on the river.

Marlon Laxamana

Marlon Laxamana three-bet to 60,000 out of the small blind to get called by Mohan Zhang and they got it in after the 10 ♦️ 9 ♠️ 8 ♠️ flop only for Laxamana to find himself drawing very thin.

Marlon Laxamana: A ♥️ A ♠️

Mohan Zhang: Q ♠️ J ♦️

Laxamana needed perfect perfect and had some hope with the 9 ♥️ turn, but the 5 ♦️ river sent him to the rail.

Renniel Galvez

The cards are back in the air with six tables remaining and below are some of the biggest stacks in the field with an average of just under 26 big blinds.

Upon completion of level six, only 51 players out of 110 entries remain in Flight D and they have been sent on a scheduled 15-minute break. During that time, the T-500 chips will be raced off as they are no longer needed for the remainder of the evening.

The recommencing blinds will be 5,000-10,000/10,000 and no longer in contention will be Kai Ang, Rommel Angeles and Cheng-Pin Hsu as they all busted recently.

In the meanwhile, Flight E is underway with two tables and a lot of excitement mostly by the players from Indonesia.

Mc Yeldarb Mantos

Mc Yeldarb Mantos opened to 20,000 and was called by Guillaume Burette in the big blind, who then check-called the 8 ♥️ 7 ♠️ 6 ♠️ flop to a bet of 26,000. Burette checked the Q ♥️ turn and Mantos fired a bet of 45,000.

Burette used two time banks and opted to let go.

Haruto Koshiba

Haruto Koshiba raised to 16,000 and had 114,000 bebind. Thanh Cao Nguyen three-bet big by using all of his large chip denominations and clicked it back to 183,000 in the big blind. Koshiba used four time banks and called all-in.

Haruto Koshiba: Q ♣️ J ♦️

Thanh Cao Nguyen: A ♦️ Q ♠️

The superior hand preflop held on a 10 ♠️ 9 ♦️ 4 ♦️ A ♥️ 3 ♦️ runout. Nguyen is one of several larger stacks at this table.

Ryan Tan put his hopes on the A ♠️ 8 ♠️ with a shorter stack in the small blind and Samuel Schwarz quickly called with the Q ♦️ J ♦️ from an early position.

The 10 ♣️ 6 ♦️ 5 ♣️ flop changed nothing yet but Schwarz paired up on the Qh: turn. Tan needed an ace and found none with the 10 ♠️ river to depart.

Also no longer in contention for this flight are Dongwoo Ko, Yusuke Kon, Benjamin Ebarle, Jason Ong, and Ronald Haverkamp.

Three ways to the K ♦️ 6 ♦️ 4 ♣️ 8 ♦️ turn, Emmanuel Derecho bet 20,000 and was called by Ju Won Chung in the cutoff and Marvin Dela Cruz on the button.

The 4 ♠️ river paired the board and Derecho fired another 80,000. Chung used one time bank to call whereas Dela Cruz folded.

Derecho flashed the 10 ♣️ 9 ♣️ for a bluff and Chung won the pot with A ♦️ 10 ♦️ for the ace-high flush.

Renato Villanueva

Marc Rivera has been spotted on the rail discussing a hand in which the action may have changed after he had already busted.

The field has already dropped to fewer than 60 hopefuls all hoping to make it to the top 15 spots and avoid having to jump into Flight E at 6 p.m. local time.

Renato Villanueva is among those who has an above-average stack and just picked up even more chips when Kohki Iwata defended the big blind and missed a gutshot with 3 ♦️ 3 ♠️ . The action was limited because Villanueva's J ♥️ J ♦️ were quite vulnerable on the draw-heavy board.

John Matsuda

Following an open raise, Katsutoshi Watanabe called on the button and Martin Astorga then jammed the small blind for 39,500. John Matsuda called in the big blind and Watanabe very reluctantly called, too.

The J ♣️ 8 ♣️ 6 ♥️ flop was checked and Matsuda then jammed the 10 ♥️ turn for 65,500.

Watanabe looked very carefully without asking for a count and Matsuda spread his chips to tell him multiple times how much it was in Japanese. Two time banks vanished and Watanabe then called.

Martin Astorga: 3 ♦️ 3 ♠️

John Matsuda: K ♠️ K ♣️

Katsutoshi Watanabe: A ♥️ 8 ♥️

Matsuda improved to a set of kings on the K ♥️ river but the same card gave Watanabe the ace-high flush for the double knockout.

Guillaume Burette raised to 13,000 and was called by John Tech in the cutoff, Anthony Gabitan also came along with a shorter stack in the big blind. They checked the K ♠️ 7 ♦️ 6 ♠️ flop to Tech who made it 11,500. That was enough to force out Gabitan and Burette also folded to concede the pot.

Kai Ang

Edilberto Gopez raised to 12,000 and Kai Ang three-bet to 41,000 with around 30,000 behind which only Gopez called. The 7 ♣️ 6 ♠️ 5 ♦️ flop saw Gopez check-call for 6,000 and he then check-folded the 2 ♠️ on the turn when Ang bet again.

More than two dozen players have been eliminated since the end of the late registration and several notables were among them with the field now already cut down to only 65 hopefuls.

Aleksei Zhukov, Henrik Tollefsen, Terry Gonzaga, Joshua Figuerres, Euryd Rivera, Anacleto Quijano, Fendy Kosasih and Harry Halim will all have to try in the final flight as of 6 p.m. local time to try and run up a stack.

The last chance heat features three hours of effective play during the late registration period and will no longer accept any new sign-ups as of 9.30 p.m. local time later this evening.

Hideyoshi Tanaka

Young Min Kang raise-folded when Ryan Hong jammed and Czar Ian Marcos went all-in over the top.

Ryan Hong: A ♦️ 4 ♠️

Czar Ian Marcos: A ♣️ Q ♦️

Neither player connected with the K ♠️ J ♥️ 9 ♣️ 5 ♥️ 6 ♣️ and ace-queen high was enough for the knockout.

One hand later, Hideyoshi Tanaka pushed all-in for 42,000 and Kang called this time.

Hideyoshi Tanaka: Q ♠️ Q ♦️

Young Min Kang: J ♥️ J ♦️

The queens remained ahead all the way to the 9 ♥️ 6 ♦️ 3 ♠️ 5 ♦️ turn but the J ♠️ river was the dagger for Kang's set.

Edilberto Gopez

Adones Carmona flipped for his tournament life with the smallest of pocket pairs, and he was up against Edilberto Gopez in the following preflop showdown.

Adones Carmona: 2s: 2 ♦️

Edilberto Gopez: 10 ♦️ 8 ♦️

The suited cards picked up a flush draw on the A ♦️ K ♦️ 9 ♠️ flop and paired on the 8 ♣️ turn to leave Carmona with only two outs. No miracle followed on the 10 ♣️ river as Gopez even made two pair.

Katsutoshi Watanabe

Katsutoshi Watanabe limped in and then called a raise to 19,000 by Moses Saquing, after which he checked the 10 ♣️ 8 ♣️ 3 ♦️ flop. Saquing bet 14,000 and Watanabe snap-called.

On the A ♠️ turn, Watanabe checked once more and then used a time bank to fold against a second barrel of 35,000.

John Tech

Three ways to the K ♠️ 9 ♠️ 5 ♦️ 7 ♥️ turn, John Tech in the small blind bet 13,500. Aleksandr Gorichev raised to 35,000 in middle position and Kwan Bin Song folded whereas Tech called.

The 4 ♠️ river followed and Tech bet big for 91,000. Gorichev instantly groaned and folded two seconds later.

Ionut Dragomir

Ionut Dragomir pushed all-in for 34,500 and the action folded all the way to Terry Gonzaga in the big blind who opted to call with the covering stack.

Ionut Dragomir: A ♥️ K ♦️

Terry Gonzaga: 6 ♦️ 6 ♠️

The A ♠️ 10 ♥️ 5 ♦️ flop pulled Dragomir into the lead but his hope was short-lived, as the 6 ♥️ turn instantly ended his run in Flight D to make the 8 ♣️ river a formality.

Guillaume Burette

Guillaume Burette opened the action with a raise to 9,000 and Henrik Tollefsen called in the cutoff. Renato Villanueva in the big blind three-bet to 28,000 and Burette used one time bank to then four-bet to 75,000.

Tollefsen quickly folded before Villanueva used a time bank and came to the same conclusion.

Lester Edoc

Three players got their chips into the middle and Lester Edoc was at risk of elimination, as was Ronald Haverkamp with both covered by Joshua Figuerres.

Lester Edoc: Q ♦️ Q ♠️

Ronald Haverkamp: As: K ♣️

Joshua Figuerres: 9h: 9 ♣️

The board ran out Q ♠️ J ♣️ 9 ♠️ 10 ♣️ 6 ♥️ and Haverkamp cracked two sets with broadway to eliminate Edoc and leave Figuerres short.

With the cards back in the air for level three featuring blinds of 2,000-4,000/4,000, the clock shows a total of 110 entries for the penultimate flight. That has boosted the overall field size to 277 entries and within fewer than 90 entries of covering the gross guarantee.

As of now, all levels last 30 minutes each and the action will accelerate more rapidly en route to reaching the final 14 players.

Yohn Paredes

Yon Paredes check-raised the Q ♦️ J ♣️ 5 ♣️ flop to 15,000 and then bet the 6 ♣️ turn for 30,000 with 33,500. Ju Won Chung then moved all-in and Paredes instantly groaned. There were around 20 seconds left in the clock until the break and he instantly told everyone at the table that he needed some time, tossing in the extension chips.

Within two minutes, Paredes called.

Yohn Paredes: Q ♠️ J ♠️

Ju Won Chung: 9 ♣️ 7 ♣️

Paredes needed a queen or jack, but instead Chung found the cherry on top with the 8 ♣️ river to improve to a straight flush!

Harry Halim

Lavonne Watkins raised to 4,000 and Flight C bubble boy Kenneth Isip three-bet to 12,000. Harry Halim then stuck in his last 14,000 and was called by Watkins and Isip.

The two active players checked down the 9 ♠️ 8 ♣️ 3 ♠️ A ♠️ 10 ♠️ runout and Watkins declared "I don't have a spade" before he showed the A ♣️ 7 ♣️ .

Isip's Q ♦️ J ♥️ was no good, but Halim tripled with the K ♥️ 6 ♠️ for a flush.

Czar Ian Marcos

Sungmoon You raised to 4,000 and was called by Czar Ian Marcos and Hayato Kitajima in the blinds. The Q ♣️ 10 ♦️ 7 ♣️ flop was checked to You and he bet 4,500, only Marcos called.

After the Q ♦️ turn, Marcos check-raised from 10,000 to 20,500 and You called.

The 7 ♥️ river then paired the board for the second time. Marcos fired a bet of 80,000 and You folded with a short stack behind.

Jason Ong

Ronald Haverkamp was all-in for 40,000 and that represented half of the stack of Jason Ong when the got their chips into the middle in what turned out to be a classic flip.

Ronald Haverkamp: 10 ♥️ 10 ♣️

Jason Ong: A ♠️ J ♥️

The 9 ♣️ 8 ♠️ 4 ♣️ 3 ♣️ Q ♣️ runout kept the pocket pair in the lead all the way.

Lemuel Agbanlog

Lemuel Agbanlog squeezed to 16,000 and then instantly called when Rudy Edenata pushed all-in for around 100,000 on the other side of the dealer.

Rudy Edenata: J ♦️ J ♠️

Lemuel Agbanlog: A ♦️ A ♥️

The board ran out 9 ♣️ 7 ♦️ 5 ♣️ K ♦️ 8 ♦️ and that spelled the end for Edenata on this bullet. Agbanlog jumped to a healthy stack trailing only Federick Cruz in the next seat.

Samuel Schwarz

Samuel Schwarz was all-in for only 35,000 via three-bet shove and Kai Ang quickly called with the covering stack.

Samuel Schwarz: A ♠️ 9 ♦️

Kai Ang: A ♥️ J ♣️

The weaker kicker got there on the 9 ♣️ 8 ♣️ 6 ♣️ 5 ♦️ 10 ♠️ and Schwarz shrugged towards Ang.

The cards of Dedy Suryanto were already in the muck and the pot was pushed to Dickson Chew from Singapore. On an ace-high board with two hearts, his A ♠️ K ♥️ for top pair and top kicker took it down.

Early chip leader at the same table is Hata Yasuaki from Japan.

Also no longer in contention for the time being are Ben Ybarsabal and Katsutoshi Watanabe but they may elect to re-enter shortly.

Emmanuel Derecho

Several high-profile local players have joined the mix including John Tech, Marc Rivera and Emmanuel Derecho. The latter hovers around the starting stack near the end of the late registration for Flight D after he gave up a pot against Joven Huerto.

He raised to 4,000 for Huerto to call and then check-call the same amount on the A ♦️ J ♣️ 2 ♦️ flop. They checked the 3 ♠️ turn and Huerto's bet of 8,000 on the 6 ♦️ river triggered a snap fold.

Ju Won Chung

In a min-raised pot to the 10 ♥️ 8 ♣️ 3 ♣️ flop, Ronald Haverkamp and Ju Won Chung both invested 4,000 before they checked the 3d: on the turn. Chung then bet the 2 ♠️ river for 7,000 and that won the pot uncontested.

The table features several notables including John Matsuda, Moses Saquing and Joshua Figuerres. The field size continues to grow with now up to 85 entries and 74 players remaining for this flight.

Rudy Edenata

Rudy Edenata hasn't come to fold when he is playing poker, that is for sure, and that is his key to success albeit it comes with a lot of swings and roller coaster rides.

This time, he got it in with 5 ♥️ 7 ♥️ for a turned flush against the 6 ♦️ 3 ♦️ of Dion Chew, who flopped trips from the small blind on a board of Q ♥️ 3 ♥️ 3 ♠️ 2 ♥️ 4 ♥️ .

Both stacks were counted and Edenata covered.

GOP Influencer Conquest

Flight D of the PHP 82,500 Main Event has reached 65 entries some 40 minutes into the second level of play and there are currently 58 players remaining. Among the latest entries were Kai Ang, Lei Song, Petteri Miettinen, Marc Rivera, Jayvon Carreon and Thanh Cao Nguyen.

In the meanwhile, David Erquiaga has taken his seat on the feature table which has been turned into a live stream setup overnight. An Influencer Event with PHP 110,000 in prizes is underway and can be followed on the Gods of Poker YouTube channel.

Henrik Tollefsen

With some 41,000 in the middle to the Q ♣️ 9 ♦️ 7 ♠️ A ♥️ turn, Henrik Tollefsen opted to check and Japan's Haruto Koshiba bet 17,500. After using a time bank, Tollefsen then jammed for 93,000 and that sent Koshiba into the tank.

He had Tollefsen covered albeit by only a small amount, and folded after using two time banks.

Guillaume Burette

Until the 9 ♠️ 7 ♦️ 2 ♥️ 10 ♣️ A ♦️ river, there were already 94,000 in the middle. Guillaume Burette in the small blind used one time bank before he bet 55,000.

Jannodin Riga called all-in for less after a few seconds and was shown the 2 ♣️ 2 ♠️ for a flopped set of deuces. Riga sighed, exposed his A ♥️ 9 ♥️ and quickly grabbed his jacket on the way out.

Jester Intia

Within a couple of hands, Jester Intia raised to 5,000 twice. He got no action in the first time but was then called by Federick Cruz thereafter. They checked to the 10 ♥️ 7 ♠️ 6 ♦️ 2 ♦️ 6 ♠️ river on which Intia's bet of 7,000 avoided a showdown. He remains below the starting stack, albeit not by much.

Lavonne Watkins

Bonifacio Mondalo and Christian Cloutier were both seen on the way out from table 13 and their pocket pairs were still shown along with the board.

It appears that Mondalo had 9 ♦️ 9 ♣️ and Cloutier the 8 ♥️ 8 ♦️ but neither was good on the A ♥️ 10 ♥️ 2 ♠️ Q ♣️ 6 ♣️ runout.

Lavonne Watkins had looked up the shorter stacks with the A ♣️ Q ♥️ for a flip and spiked both over cards for the double knockout. Expect Cloutier and Mondalo back in the field soon.

Anacleto Quijano

On a heads-up turn of Q ♠️ 7 ♠️ 2 ♦️ 4 ♣️ , Joven Huerto check-called for 6,000 when Anacleto Quijano bet and then checked the 10 ♠️ on the river. Quijano bet another 16,000 and there was no call by Huerto, who dropped further below the starting stack.

The first hour of play has passed with some 36 total entries of which 34 players remained and the only two contenders to run out of chips were Rudy Edenata and Guillaume Burette. However, they both already re-entered and several other players joined during the first 15-minute break to increase the field size further.

Notables to have already entered the fray beyond are Jester Intia, Christian Cloutier, Alexis Lim, Aleksei Zhukov, Henrik Tollefsen, Moses Saquing, Alexis Cruz, Emmanuel Segismundo, John Matsuda and Ronald Haverkamp.

They are now competing at 1,000-2,000 / 2,000 and this level will last 120 minutes before the late registration closed at the end of the following break.

The stage is set for the final two flights of the 2026 Gods Of Poker (GOP) Manila Main Event, which has attracted 168 entries across the first three flights so far. This figure will likely be smashed today as many poker enthusiasts from near and far are expected to enter the fray in the PHP 82,500 buy-in to take a shot at the massive PHP 30 Million (∼ USD 500,000) guarantee, after all there might be quite some extra value in the form of overlay up for grabs.

The Arena of Champions will be inside of the Grand Ballroom at the City of Dreams Manila Luxury Hotel Resort & Casino not far from the international airport. Some hopefuls may even jump right from the plane into the action, in fact Tom Verbruggen did that a few days ago. His first attempt wasn't fruitful but he won the Titan Stack High Roller with it's stylish rose gauntlet trophy yesterday.

It all kicks off at 12.30 p.m. local time with Flight D, which features three hours of play during the late registration with a 60-minute level at blinds of 500-1,000/1,000 followed by a 120-minute level at 1,000-2,000/2,000. The level duration thereafter will be 30 minutes each.

Flight E is then the last chance to enter the crown jewel of the 2026 GOP Manila festival and it kicks off at 6 p.m. local time. The registration period is identical with Flight D and closes at approximately 9.30 p.m. local time, after which the levels last 20 minutes each.

Both of the heats follow the same principle as the previous three flights and play down to the money for approximately the top 13.5% of each respective field. So far, 24 players have qualified for Day 2 and locked up a cash prize already.

If any of those previous survivors wish to join again, they can do so to try and run up their 120,000 starting stack to a larger tally. Multiple bags will be rewarded with a min-cash and the larger stack is carried into the money stage.

The GOP updates will focus on Flight D to begin with until the money bubble has burst while keeping an eye on the overall progress of the last flight as well before switching over for the remainder of the night.