Main Event (16,500 PHP)

Michael Gabby Concepcion opens and finds customers. At the flop 2♠ J♣ T♥ , Concepcion c-bets 16,000, hijack Mark Almusajin raises 42,000, only Concepcion calls. By the turn 7♣ , Almusajin fires 65,000 which is enough to claim the pot.

Guillermo Ricarte opens 7,000 from under the gun, button Mark Almusajin re-raises to 21,000. Guillermo makes the call and both players see a flop of K♥ K♠ 6♥ . Guillermo check calls a 15,000 bet. On the turn 2♦ , Guillermo checks again, Almusjin bets out 37,000, Guillermo raises all-in for 90,000 to push out Almusajin.

Mark Almusjin raises 6,500 and gets 3 callers to see the flop 5♣ 5♦ 4♣ . Big blind Shinya Fukuhara leads out 5,000, Almusjin raises to 17,000 turning away all other players except Fukuhara who re-raises all-in for 80,000. Almusjin snap-calls and flips over A♠ 5♥ to show trips. Shinya needs help with 8♠ 8♥. The turn 3♥ and river T♦ complete the board. Shinya misses and is eliminated. Almusjin jumps to the top of the chip leader rankings.

Park Seunghoon opens 4000 from UTG to 4,000 with two players calling to see a flop of T♣ T♦ 5♦ . Mark Almusajin checks to the pre-flop raiser Seonghun Park who c-bets for 5,000. Ziqiang Li calls, Almusajin moves in for a check-raise to 15,000. Seonghun folds, Li calls to see the turn K♥ . Almusajin fires out 26,000 and takes it down uncontested.

Action folds to the small blind Mark Almusajin who limps and big blind Kim Kunwoo checks. At the flop 7♦ 9♦ 6♣ flop, Almusajin bets 2k, gets raised to 4,500, Almusajin re-raises to 6, Kim ends the round with a call. Both go see the turn 4♠ , Almusajin leads for 22,000, Kim re-raises all-in for 52,500, Almusajin makes the call.

Mark Almusajin 8♣ 7♥

Kunwoo Kim T♦ 8♠

Kim looks good with a flopped straight, but Almusajin spikes a T♠ on the river to get a lucky split on the pot.

Utg player opens 2,500, three players call to see a flop of A♥ J♥ 9♦ . Action checks to utg+1 Sakito Ishimra who bets 3500, small blind Mark Almusajin check-raises 10,000, the other players get out of the way, Sakito shoves for his remaining 21,500, easy call for the big stacked Almusajin.

Mark Almusajin A♣ J♦

Sakito Ishimural A♠ 4♠

The 4♥ on the turn offers Ishimura a glimmer of hope but the river 6♣ is no help to get sent to the rail.

Chip leader Mark Almusajin raises to 1,400 from under the gun, hijack Liao Po Hsun re-raises to 5,200, Almusajin calls, and both players see a flop Q♠ 8♣ 5♣ . Almusajin check-calls the 3,500 bet then both players check the 7♣ turn and river 5♠ . Almusajin shows 9♦ 8♦ pair, Liao mucks.

From utg+1, Mark Almusajin raises 900 and gets 3 callers before big blind Akamichi Motomura re-raises all-in for 19,900. Only Almusajin calls.

Mark Almusajin T♣ T♥

Motomura Akamichi Q♣ Q♥

The board runs 4♥ 9♠ 9♣ 8♥ J♦ , Motomura's Queens grant a double-up.

From utg+2, Ireneo Javalera raises 500 from mid-position, button Mark Almusajin re-raises 1500, small blind and Javalera call. All three check to the turn 5♥ 6♣ 9♥ 2♠ . Javalera bets 2500, only Almusajin calls and head to the river 2♣ . Javalera bets 10,000, Almusajin pushes all-in for 16,500, Javalera calls.

Mark Almusajin J♦ 2♦

Ireneo Javalera A♠ 9♦