Main Event (16,500 PHP)

Kang Myeonghwa defended his big blind vs Tracy Crisostomo's button open and headed to flop T♠ 3♠ 5♥ . Kang proceeded with a check raise to 40,000 after Crisostomo fired a cbet of 15,000. Crisostomo folds and shows T♦ .

Utg+2 Kang Myeonghwa opened to 5,000 and faced a three bet to 12,500 from button Aznar Ramdrick. Kang bumped it up further to 30,000, and Aznar makes the call. On flop K♠ 2♣ 7♠ , Kang bet 45,000 and shortly called off Aznar's all-in for 75,000 total. Aznar shows A♦ K♠ but is instantly crushed after Kang revealed A♦ A♣ . The turn 5♥ and river J♠ seal Aznar's fate, sending him out of the flight entirely.

A blind vs blind battle saw 33,000 in the middle on board J♦ A♥ 2♦ 5♣ Q♦ . Checked to Edison Yu, he fired an overbet of 38,000 and was called by Kang Myeonghwa with A♦ 5♠ . Yu shows J♥ T♠ , dwindling down to 25 BB.

Facing an open and a call, Kang Myeonghwa sent out a three bet to 4,600 from the big blind. Both opponents completed yet shortly folded on flop 8♣ 7♣ 4♦ after Kang continued for 9,500.