APPT Manila Championship (165,000 PHP)

APPT National champion Chen Zhen of China starts the action by raising from the +2 position to 12,000 and gets a phalanx of four callers in Korean Kim Woojin in the HJ, Georgios Skarparis of Cyprus in the CO, American John Joseph Panish in the D and Vietnam's Pham Bao in the BB.

The flop is 3♣ 5♥ Q♠ as Pham, Cen and Kim check. Skarparis, however, leads out for 22,000. Panish, Bao and Chen fold, but Kim makes the ccall. Heads up to the turn of the 3♦, Kim and Skaparis both decide to check. The river is the J♠ as Kim checks again. This time the Cypriot fires 32,000. Kim calls.

Skarparis shows 6♦ 6♥ while Kim tables K♦ Q♣ for top pair on the flop and takes down the pot, reducing Skaparis' stack to less than 100,000.

Wai Kit Jason Lau made the 6,00 min-raise from under the gun and was called by small blind Xiaohua Fu and big blind Pham Bao. All three players are shown a flop of T♦ 2♣ 2♦. Fu opened with 8,000. Bao got out of the way, but Lau pumped it up to 18,000. Fu completed to see a 5♠ on the turn. Fu checked and Lau pushed 66,000 chips to the middle. Fu folded.

Brett Kennedy made the min-raise to 5,000 from the cut-off and got re-raised by Motoyoshi Okamura to 15,000 from the button. At the big blind, Pham Bao riffled his chips a bit and then pushed them all-in for 65,000. Kennedy stepped aside and Okamura took a moment to peek at his hole cards before finally making the call.

Motoyoshi Okamura: A♣ K♥

Pham Bao: K♦ K♣

Board: 5♦ T♣ Q♠ 7♦ Q♣

Pham Bao's Kings held all the way for a huge double-up, denting Okamura's stack in the process.