Main Event (16,500 PHP)

From cutoff Badrudin Ampatuan opens 125,000 and Kyle Anderson defends the big blind. Ampatuan continues for 125,000 on flop J♣ 6♣ 7♣ , Anderson check-raises 295,000, Ampatuan calls to head to the turn 6♠ . Anderson shoves 670,000, Ampatuan has the stack to call instead uses his last time bank then folds.

Utg+2 Badrudin Ampatuan opens 140,000, small blind Redentor Edoc three-bets 400,000, Ampatuan calls and head to the flop Q♠ T♥ 8♥ . Edoc fires another 400,000, Ampatuan raises 1,000,000, Edoc jams (1,795,000), Ampatuan gives up his stake on the pot.

From the button Wei Chen Lin opens 200,000, small blind Badrudin Ampatuan three-bets 650,000, big blind Kun Lim four-bets all in, no takers.

Badrudin Ampatuan defends the big blind by calling Michael Gabby Concepcion's 110,000 raise. On the flop 3♣ 2♥ 2♣ , Ampatuan leads out 100,000, Concepcion raises 220,000, Ampatuan calls. On the turn 5♥ , Ampatuan jams and takes it down uncontested.

From utg, Badrudin Ampatuan opens 65,000 then calls Hal Rotholz 160,000 three-bet. Flop lands 9♦ 4♦ 2♣ , Rotholz continues with a 70,000 bet, Ampatuan check-raises all in for 500,000, Rotholz gives up his hand.

From utg Badrudin Ampatuan raises 3600, next to act Jae Yi Chang three-bets 85,000, Ampatuan calls. On the flop 5♦ 4♦ 4♣ , Chang sends out 100,000, Ampatuan check-calls to bring the turn Q♠ . Ampatuan leads out with a shove, Chang is covered and opts to fold after using four time extensions.

Heavy preflop bets begin with utg raising 25,000, utg+2 Mark Remnant three-bets 60,000, hijack Badrudin Ampatuan four-bets 115,000, utg folds, Remnant calls to end the first betting round. On the flop 7♥ 9♠ 3♣ , Ampatuan continues with 150,000, Remnant folds.

Utg+1 Ampatuan Badrudin opened to 10,000, called by small blind Li Yinding Jack. Big blind Kim Myungjoon sent out a three bet to 25,000 and saw both players complete for a three way pot. Flop came 3♣ 2♣ 9♥ and Kim continued for another 17,000. Both Ampatuan and Li make the call, revealing turn 3♠ . Checked to Ampatuan, he fired 23,000, check called only by Li. By river K♦, Ampatuan chucked out a final 100,000 and Li surrenders, saving his 22 BB behind.

With an open and a call in front of him, small blind Ampatuan Badrudin fired a three bet to 26,000 and called off original raiser Setoguchi Masataka's 101,000 all-in. Up for a flip, the board 6♥ Q♦ 7♣ 6♠ 4♦ missed Setoguchi's overcards entirely to send him packing from the Main Event games.

Cutoff Li Yinding Jack opened to 8,000 and saw Ampatuan Badrudin defend his big blind to see flop 6♣ 7♣ 3♥ . Ampatuan led for 10,000, called by the raiser. Turn K♣ and river 3♦ were checked through, revealing Ampatuan's K♥ 8♥ . Li mucks and Ampatuan claims the pot.

Following three limps and a raise, big blind Kim Myungjoon pushed all-in for 28,000 with A♠ A♦ and faced Ampatuan Badrudin's A♣ K♦ . A huge favorite, Kim cruised to victory after the board Q♣ J♦ 7♠ Q♦ 3♣ ran on the felt.

Cutoff Edgar Asehan opened to 2,800 and called button Ampatuan Badrudin's three bet to 8,500. Action on board 9♦ 9♠ 7♠ 3♣ A♥ was checked all the way to the river where Ampatuan eventually sent out a 10,000 bet. Asehan quickly gives it up, shipping the pot to his opponent.

Following an open, cutoff Ampatuan Badrudin sent out a three bet to 7,700 and called off after big blind Setoguchi Masataka stuffed in his 28,200 stack. The board ran K♠ J♥ 6♠ K♦ 4♣ , earning Setoguchi a quick double up to 51 BB.

Another all-in preflop situation saw Ampatuan Badrudin in trouble after getting his last 38,000 with J♠ J♥ against Li Yinding Jack's A♥ A♠ . The board Q♦ 8♥ 6♠ Q♥ T♦ offered no help, sending Ampatuan for the rails in quick fashion.

A multiway raised pot revealed flop T♦ 5♦ 2♥ . Action was checked through to turn 6♦ where big blind Ampatuan Badrudin led for 3,000, called only by Fu Zhenbo Alang. Both players checked down river K♦ , allowing Ampatuan to show down A♣ 6♣ to take the pot.

Badrudin Ampatuan makes it 2,800 from the hijack and Jason Cruz calls from the small blind. At the flop 10d 3♠ 3♥ , Cruz check-raises Ampatuan's 3600 bet to make it 7,600, Ampatuan re-raises to 22,000. Cruz then goes over-the-top and pushes all-in for 52,000 to which Ampatuan folds.

From utg, Jason Cruz opens 2600 and gets action from two callers. On the flop 2♥ 2♠ 3♠ , Cruz c-bets 2200, button Badrudin Ampatuan raises 8000, small blind Guillermo Ricarte folds, Cruz calls. Both players check the turn A♥ . Cruz fires 5700 on the river, gets a call from Ampatuan, Cruz shows A♠ 3♦ for two pair and Ampatuan mucks his hand.

Jason Cruz: 53,000

Badrudin Ampatuan: 67,000

Ricarte Guillermo: 33,000

Button Badrudin Ampatuan raises to 2,600 and gets re-raised all-in for 13,100 by big blind Jose Ruzzel. Amaptuan calls and shows his A♠ 7♦ versus the Q♠ Q♥ of Ruzzel. An Ace finds the board A♦ T♦ 2♥ T♠ K♠ to send Ruzzel to the exit.

Hwang Yoon Tae opens 1000 then calls button player Badrudin Ampatuan's re-raise of 2,300. On the flop A♠ 4♣ 7♠ Ampatuan continues the hard-bets laying out 2,500, Hwang calls. Both check the turn K♥ , then on the river 5♠ ,Yoon Tae leads out 6000, Ampatuan shoves 20,800 and takes the pot without further challenge.