APPT Manila Main Event (80,000 PHILIPPINE PESO)

Small blind Aldous Formanes opens 9000, Bernard Vu three-bets 27,500, called by Formanes. Both check the flop 8♣ K♦ 5♥ for a free turn 6♠ . Formanes bets 15,000, Vu pushes121,500, Formanes calls and covers.

Formanes 5♣ 5♠

Vu A♦ K♠

Vu is drawing dead and busts.

Next big pot, Formanes opens then calls Matthew Holley's 18,000 re-raise. When the board completes K♦ 8♣ 9♥ Q♦ J♥ , Formanes check-calls 8000 and 14,000 then both check the river. Formanes flips over J♣ T♣ straight and wins the pot.

Nichols Manalo raises 6000, is joined to the flop A♣ K♥ 9♣ by small blind Graham Cowan and big blind Bernard Vu. Manalo continues 7000, only Cowan calls and heads to the turn 8♣ . Cowan leads out 11,000, Manalo calls. Both opt to check the river T♠ .

From utg William Ysmael opens 3500 and five players call to see a flop 2♦ 2♥ 6♠ . Ysmael continues for 8500, two players call and three fold. On the turn K♠ , Ysmael shoves, Nichols Manalo folds, Graham Cowan calls and covers Ysmael.

Cowan misses his flush on the river 6♥ for a double up to Ysmael.