PokerStars Red Dragon (70,000 PHP)

It's Reskallah's turn to open shove and go for the jugular, but Tan calls it goes to showdown.

King high is all it took for the Frenchman to finally take the title against the Malaysian. Aladin Reskallah is the champion of the Pokerstars Red Dragon event!

Reskallah wins the trophy and PhP4,230,000 (~US$72,228) while Tan takes the runner-up prize of PhP3,500,000 (US$59,763).

Dodging all of his opponent's outs, the Frenchman now gains a sizeable advantage as Tan is now down to barely over ten BBs.

Reskallah limps from the D/SB and Tan checks his option in the BB.

The flop is 5♣ T 4♥ as both check. The turn is the Q♥ . Tan checks but the Frenchman fires a bet of 300,000 as Tan calls. The river is the A♣ . The Malaysian checks a third time and Reskallah unloads 1,100,000. Tan goes into the tank and is forced to use a Time Bank card. He eventually calls.

Reskallah shows A♦ Q♣ for two pairs on the river. Tan mucks.

They are almost even stack again.

While still behind on chips, the Frenchman at the very least gains more ammo to make several more stands.

The flopped set gives the Malaysian not only a new lease on life, but the chip lead anew.

Tan raises from D/SB and Reskallah calls.

The flop is 9♥ T♦ 5♣ as Reskallah checks. Tan CBets to 200,000 and Reskallah calls. The turn is the T♥ and the Frenchman checks again. Tan now puts in 550,000. Reskallah still calls. The river is the A♣ and Reskallah checks for the thrd time. Now the Malaysian unloads 1,200,000. Reskallah quickly calls.

Tan quickly mucks as Reskallah shows J♣ T♣ for trips on the turn.

That hand now gives the Frenchman almost a 3-1 chip advantage.

Tjan on the D/SB makes a biggish raise to 300,000. Reskallah calls.

The flop is 5♥ 5♦ 8♠ as Reskallah checks. Tjan CBets to 200,000 and gets called. The turn is the 5♠ and now both check. The river is the K♣ . Reskallah checks a third time as Tjan bets 300,000. Reskallah calls again.

Tjan shows 3♦ 3♥ for a full house on the turn. The Frenchman mucks.

Reskallah opens from D/SB for 200,000 and Tjan calls.

The flop is 6♣ 5♣ 5♦ . Tjan leads out for 250,000. Reskallah calls. The turn is the J♦ and this time both check. The river is the Q♥ . Tjan bets 375,000 but gets raised by Reskallah to 900,000. Tjan makes the call.

The Frenchman tables Q♣ 8♦ for top pair on the river. Tjan shows K♣ 5♠ for trips on the flop.

Round one goes to the Malaysian as he retakes the lead.

Heading into the final duel, the Frenchman holds a slight lead over the Malaysian.

It will be France's Aladin Reskallah versus Malaysia's Joshua Tjan for the championship of the Pokerstars Red Dragon event. Both are now guaranteed PhP2,980,000 (~US$51,557) but the winner takes home PhP4,750,000 (~US$82,180).

From UTG, Aladin Reskallah opens for 200,000 and the action is folded to the SB of Filipino Alfonso Baja who 3-bets to 600,000. The Frenchman contemplates his next move and in the process uses up three Time Bank cards. His next move is a 4-bet shove against Baja who folds.

The pot now brings Reskallah close to the four million mark. Needless to say, he has also claimed the chip lead.

The action is folded to France's Aladin Reskallah who raises from the CO for 160,000 and gets a call right beside him on the D from chip leader Joshua Tjan of Malaysia.

The flop comes Q♦ 5♦ 7♦ as Reskallah checks. Tjan takes the betting lead and fires on the monochrome board for 120,000. The Frenchman calls. The turn is the K♥ as once again Reskallah checks. The Malaysian keeps the guns ablaze, this time for 450,000 and still gets a call from Reskallah. The river card is the 8♥ and Reskallah checks a third time. Tjan chooses to just check behind.

Reskallah flips over K♦ Q♥ for two pairs on the turn. Tjan mucks.

A series of mishaps led to the stack of Germany's Martin Sedlak to get depleted and finds himself going all-in from UTG for his last 220,000. This is the very next hand after the exit of China's Li Zhe. Everybody folds until it gets to the BB of Frenchman Aladin Reskallah who opts to call.

None of the German's live cards appeared to save him from elimination as now the five players remaining are all bonafde Philippine millionaires as the next person out will receive PhP1,260,000 (~US$21,799).

Reskallah winning the coinflip now allows the remaining six players to ride the pay jump up to PhP975,000 (~US$16,869).

The player eliminated will be pocketing PhP510,000 (~US$8,824).

The next bust out will be receiving PhP425,000 (~US$7,353).

Everyone still in is guaranteed PhP350,000 (~US$6,055).

Aladin Reskallah of France, one of the most colorful players on the circuit, is at risk against Israel's Daniel Benor.

Although Reskallah didn't really need to rub the lamp (his card protector), it gave him a little assurance against his opponent from Israel.