APPT Manila Championship (165,000 PHP)

In the first hand of the day, two Filipinos clashed as action is folded to Ashley de Guzman in the D who raises to 4,500 and is called by Jester Intia in the BB.

The flop comes 7♦ 3♦ A♥ as both players check. The turn is the 9♣ . Intia checks and de Guzman lead out for 6,000. Intia then check-raises to 13,500 and de Guzman 3-bets all-in and gets a quick call from Intia for his remaining stack of 95,000.

De Guzman tables A♣ 3♠ for two pairs on the flop while Intia turns over 9♥ 9♠ for a set on the turn. The river card, however, produces the A♠ as de Guzman wins the pot with a higher full house and sends the renowned Philippine poker blogger to the sidelines.

Ting-Yi Tsai min-raised from the hi-jack and then pushed all-in for 41,900 after Ashley De Guzman four-bet to 12,000. De Guzman made the call and both players went to a heads-up showdown.

Ting-Yi Tsai: T♣ T♠

Ashley De Guzman: A♠ Q♥

Board 4♣ 5♠ 2♣ 5♥ 3♥

The three on the river gave De Guzman a straight, destroying the hopes of Ting-Yi Tsai and sending him to the rail.

Ashley De Guzman raised 2,700 from UTG+2 and was called by Ting-Yi Tsai at the small blind and Yan Li from the big blind. The three players were unwrapped a flop of 2♠ Q♥ A♠. Action was checked to De Guzman who bet a modest 2,500. Tsai folded but Yan Li stayed on to see a J♥ turn. Li check-called a 5,500 second barrel from De Guzman to see a Q♦ on the river. Yan Li checked. De Guzman counted off 22,000 to put in the middle and Li made the call. De Guzman flipped over A♦ Q♣ for a full house queens over aces. Yan Li tapped nice hand and mucked her cards.

Ashely De Guzman started the raise at 1,200 from UTG+2 then got re-popped by Itsuki Morita to 4,500 from the cut-off. Not to be outdone, Daniel Neilson raised it even more to 9,500 from the button. De Guzman stepped aside and Morita continued on to see a 2♠ A♥ 4♣ flop. Morita check-called the 2,100 bet of Neilson to see a 7♦ on the turn. Both players checked to see a 9♣ on the river. Morita bet 17,000, but folded when Neilson shoved all-in.