APPT Manila Championship (165,000 PHP)

Li Xinjing of China starts the action with a raise from UTG for 5,000 and gets two callers in Japan's Hideyoshi Tanaka in the D and Malaysian veteran Victor Chong in the BB.

The flop is K♠ 7♠ 6♠ as Chong checks and Li CBets for another 5,000. Chong then check-raises to 22,000 and Li makes the call. The turn is the Q♦ as Chong unloads again for 57,500. Li still calls. The river is the 2♥ and this time Chong tanks before firing 96,000. It's now Li's turn to go into the tank and eventually the Chinese decides to make the call.

Chong flips over T♠ 4♠ for a flopped flush. LI mucks his hand but not before surrendering a majority of his stack to the Malaysian.

APPT Open champion Matthew Wakeman opens the action from UTG for 4,000 and gets called in the +1 position by Hideyoshi Tanaka of Japan. When the action gets to Filipino pro Martin Gonzales in the HJ, he 3-bets all-in for his remaining 31,500. Wakeman opts to fold while Tanaka makes the call.

Gonzales flips over A♣ K♠ while Tanaka is dominated, holding A♠ T♦ .

The ensuing runout goes: 2♣ 7♥ 2♥ 4♠ K♦ to give the pot and the much needed double up to the Filipino.