APPT Manila Championship (165,000 PHP)

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.

Frd Aso Seitaro made a min-raise then put all his 48,000 chips at risk following the all-in raise by Matthew Wakeman.

Frd Aso Seitaro: J♠ T♠

Matthew Wakeman: A♣ K♣

Board: 2♥ 9♦ Q♠ 8♥ 6♠

Seitaro made a straight to double up while Wakeman murmured unpleasant things to the poker gods.

Matthew Wakeman min-raised to 800 from UTG+2 then called the affordable 3,000 all-in of Neel Ajit Joshi from the small blind.

Matthew Wakeman: Q♠ T♥

Neel Ajit Joshi: A♠ 8♥

Board: 6♥ T♦ 3♦ 9♣ 3♥

The pair ten of Wakeman was good enough to eliminate Neel Ajit Joshi.

The player from UTG+1 made it 700 to see a flop and got Frd Aso Seitaro at the hijack and Matthew Wakeman at the button to play. The flop opened 5♦ K♠ 3♦ with action checked to Wakeman at the button who bet out 2,500 and was called by Seitaro. Both are shown a 9♠ on the turn and both checked to see a 9♣ river. Seitaro bet out 4,500 and was called by Wakeman.

Sietaro flipped over A♠ J♣ for a pair of nines with an ace-high while Wakeman showed K♦ 8♦ for two-pair kings and nines to take down the pot.