5pm: Rajesh Goyal claims Day 2 chip lead with 36 remaining

Level 18: Blinds 3000-6000 ante 1000
USA’s Rajesh Goyal earned himself the highest recognition today bagging up an enormous 608,000 stack to finish Day 2 as the chip leader. The next three on the rung areKorean players Choi Jae Young – 562,000, Cho Hyung Woon – 491,000, and Guak Do Gyeong – 422,000. Rounding out the top 5 is Lester Edoc with 388,000. We will have a recap shortly so stay tuned for that. For now, you can relive some of the exciting moments right here in the live updates.
5pm: Bubble bursts! Harold McDonald busts Michael Kim Falcon

Level 18: Blinds 3000-6000 ante 1000
Day 2 is officially over with Harold McDonald delivering the bubble! The player tagged was Michael Kim Falcon. Before we actually give you the details, it is worth acknowledging that McDonald entered Day 2 as the shortest stack. He won multiple pots along the way to accumulate enough to send the Dane packing.
Two hands after McDonald won a sizable pot against Falcon (reported below), both faced off again. McDonald raised to 16k, Falcon shoved his remaining 32k, and it was no brainer call for McDonald holding
We will have a recap for you at the end of the day so make sure to check the website for that.
4:50pm: Harold McDonald and BJ Perez take stabs at Michael Kim Falcon
Level 18: Blinds 3000-6000 ante 1000
With the fall of Niwesh Sharma, the players have now entered the bubble round with 37 players remaining. Taking heavy beatings to his stack was Denmark’s Michael Kim Falconwith two players shaving him down.
The first player to bleed chips from Falcon was Harold McDonald. On a raised pot preflop and a flop showing
The next player to drag chips from the Dane was BJ Perez. Action kicked off with Perezpumping it up to 20k which Falcon called. On the flop
4:40pm: Brutal departure for Niwesh Sharma


Level 17: Blinds 2500-5000 ante 500
A big crowd gathered around table 8 with everyone anticipating Niwesh Sharma’s next move. The board had already completed its spread of
4:30pm: Jayjit Ray wins a three-way showdown
Level 17: Blinds 2500-5000 ante 500
India’s Jayjit Ray has been nursing a short stack all day with difficulty reaching average stack. He recently picked up a nice pot after winning a three-way showdown. Ray had
4:20pm: Lee Chang Gon very active
Level 17: Blinds 2500-5000 ante 500
One of Day 2’s entering chip leaders, Lee Chang Gon had a swinging stack after getting involved in few hefty pots. The first one we caught was up against Lester Edoc. Lee raised to 10k, Edoc three bet to 23k from the button, and Lee flatted. At the flop
The next hand, Lee recovered some of the lost chips when he connected with an ace on the board holding A-9. Edoc had mid-pair on the river.
Several hands after, Lee battled against Florencio Campomanes for a pot. On a turn board
4pm: Easy money for John Tech


Level 17: Blinds 2500-5000 ante 500
Filipino pro John Tech was on the receiving end of a three-way all in fest that drove his stack to 300k. Tech had
3:30pm: Kim Tae Hyung loses two big pots against Choi Jae Young
Choi Jae Young
Level 16: Blinds 2000-4000 ante 500
Kim Tae Hyung and Choi Jae Young got involved in two separate pots that had Kim on the paying end. On the first pot, action began with Czardy Rivera raising to 10k. Kim three-bet to 25k, sb Choi called and so did Rivera. At the rainbow flop K-J-5, everyone checked. On the turn 5, Choi led out for 31k, Rivera folded, Kim called. Then on the river A, Choi bet 31k again and Kim called. Kim had A-J two pair but still not good enough against Choi’s 4-5 trips.
Next winning pot against Kim saw 48k already swimming in the middle and a board
3:10pm: Rajesh Goyal zooms to 500k


Rajesh Goyal is currently the chip leader having railed two players back-to-back. His first victim was Tony Khoang who fell to Goyal’s set. The bigger chunk though came right after against Euryd Rivera with A-A over K-K. The hand saw progressive bets at every stage with Goyal shoving on the river on a low board
3pm: Luke Pangan tells on Choi Jae Young
Luke Pangan
Level 15: Blinds 1500-3000 ante 500
Luke Pangan quickly shared the story of the damage done to his stack which was down to around 20k. According to him the day’s second chip leader Choi Jae Young landed a runner-runner clubs against his set made at the flop with progressive bets to the river.
Early on we saw Choi win a pot against Czardy Rivera. The latter raised to 7500, Choithree-bet to 15k, and Rivera called. At the flop
2:50pm: Jun Valdiviezo triples and cripples
Level 15: Blinds 1500-3000 ante 500
Once again, Jun Valdiviezo is in a showdown fest with multiple players. This is similar to to what we witnessed in Day 1B with him winning on a four-way shove. Action here saw him raise to 7k with two players calling. At the flop
Hwang held
2:45pm: Mike Takayama grinding


Level 15: Blinds 1500-3000 ante 500
Mike Takayama seems to be fluctuating in an out of the 200k range and every time we glance over to check on his status, he is on the grind. On one hand, he raised to 7k preflop and big blind Jiang Shi Wei defended. At the flop
2:30pm: Niwesh Sharma tanks Tony Khoang


Level 14: Blinds 1200-2400 ante 400
On a completed board
2:20pm: Michael De Leon down, Tae Joon Cho up
Level 14: Blinds 1200-2400 ante 400
We aren’t sure how it all went down but Michael De Leon started the day running 9th out of 76 players and now he has fallen to just 26k. We did see Warm Up event winner Tae Joon Cho shipping in a big one against him. On a full board A-4-4-9-Q, Cho showed Q-Qfull house. Cho now up to 190k.
2:15pm: Rajesh Goyal takes a chunk from Eugene Co


Level 14: Blinds 1200-2400 ante 400
Big hand just went down at table 8 between Rajesh Goyal and Eugene Co. Action heated up preflop with Co raising to 5200 from the button. Big blind Goyal three- bet to 15,200, Coanswered back with a 43k four-bet, and Goyal ended the war with a call. At the flop
1:45pm: No bluff gets past Lester Edoc; Jaeheung An denied


There will be no shortage of action at table 6 today with the felt loaded with power players. On the elliptic are chip leader Guak Do Gyeong , Lester Edoc, John Tech, Martin Gonzales, and Jaeheung An who we just lost moments ago. An was eliminated by Edoc in what we have to say was an unbelieveable call.
The hand kicked off with An raising (?), Edoc re-raising (?), and An called. At the flop
1:20pm: Jessie Supnet doubles up through Yoo Gyeong Tae
Jessie Supnet started with 26,100 but now has double that winning the race against Yoo Gyeong Tae. Supnet had
1:15pm: Shove fest leads to two early eliminations


Day 2 kicked off with multiple dealers announcing “all in”, many were uncalled but a couple quickly fell. The first player to go was Frederick Hernandez, unfortunately we missed the action however at table 5, Czardy Rivera knocked out the only female in the field Chen Tian Ai.
Chen raised to 5400 from utg, Rivera three-bet to 14,500, Chen four-bet to 35k, and Rivera called. After that heavy action, more came at the flop
1:10pm: Eric Wasylenko claims one off Emmanuel Segismundo
Eric Wasylenko continued from where he left off in Day 1A, immediately boosting his 186,400 stack to around 235k. One of his donors was Emmanuel Segismundo.Unfortunately we only caught the action at the shipping with Wasylenko showing A-10 pair on the turn over Segismundo’s pocket twos.
1pm: Here we go! Day 2 begins with 76 players
After three starting days that saw a combined 276 entries for the Main Event, only 76 advanced to Day 2, and as we speak, they are at the tables battling it out here at the Royce Casino ballroom in Clark Freeport, Pampanga.
The six-day APL Road Series Vol.1 Philippines festival took off running on February 24th and is scheduled to conclude on March 1st. Now that we are into the fourth day, this means we have passed the halfway mark. Last night, the official Main Event tally flashed on the big screen making players very happy to see a juicy Php6,693,000 prize pool. The eventual winner is due to pocket a large sum of Php1,478,700.
Leaders and players to watch out for


The previous days saw Eric Wasylenko top Day 1A, Guak Do Gyeong dominate Day 1B, and Choi Jae Young lead Day 1C. Out of the three leaders, Korean player Guak commands with a monstrous stack of 423,400.
With the average stack at 90,789, Guak can likely hang back for a while with over 4.5 times that number. Rounding the top three are fellow Korean players Choi (Day 1C leader) with 214,500 and Lee Chang Gon with 201,800. A total of 14 Koreans are in the field today, including Jaeheung An, the High Roller champion. He sits with around 190k placing him in 5th rank.
Yesterday’s final starting day amassed a large number of locals with 44 of them back at the felt today. In numbers, that’s well over half the Day 2 field. Entering with a stack running 4th overall is Eugene Co with 193,800. Lester Edoc, brother Redentor Edoc, and Michael De Leon are also in the top ten of the list. Mike Takayama sits in 11th rank with a healthy 160,400 stack.
Apart from the local and Korean attendance, numerous players from India and China also made the trip. India’s Niwesh Sharma bagged the most from his country, entering Day 2 with 170,100. Though not many Chinese advanced, one that did was Zhu Xing Biao with a stack of 77,800. Zhu ran very well at yesterday’s games. He won the NLH Turbo then placed 4th at the Pot Limit Omaha 2.
There are plenty of other players to watch out for today and we will do our best in bringing you updates on as much action as possible. What everyone will be gunning for is a spot in the money round of 36 places. Day 2 regulation play begins at Level 13 with blinds at 1000-2000 ante 300. Game will cease when the bubble bursts.