PokerStars Red Dragon (70,000 PHP)

In a battle of two Filipinos, Jose Colada has the action folede to him on the D and makes a raise to 40,000. Sergius Santos in the SB re-raises to 100,000 as Colada calls.

The flop is 4♦ 3♥ 6♠ as Santos CBets for 25,000. Colada raises to 115,000 and Santos makes the call. The turn is the 5♣ as Santos checks. Colada then goes all-in for 430,000. Santos uses up a Time Bank before choosing to call.

Colada tables T♦ T♠ while Santos shows his over pair of Q♦ Q♥ .

The river is the 4♠ sending Colada out of the tournament, ironically also after just making it to the leaderboard.

With the triumph, Santos has taken the overall chip lead.

Here are the top ten so far:

Takashi Yagura of Japan opens from UTG for 32,000 and gets called by a pair of Filipinos in Jose Colada on the D and Serguis Santos in the BB.

The flop goes Q♠ Q♣ T♦ as Santos leads out for 20,000. Yagura calls but Colada steps out of the way. The turn is the 5♠ and Santos keeps firing, this tie for 50,000. The Japanese player thinks about it and uses a Time Bank card before calling. the river is the 2♠. This time, Santos makes a small river bet of 16,000, which Yagura calls.

Santos turns over T♥ 5♥ . Yagura throws his hand into the muck.

The action is opened from the CO by Filipino pro Jose Colada for 33,000 and gets called by Truong Chan of Vietnam from the BB.

The flop is 2♦ 8♥ 5♦ as Colada CBets to 75,000. Truong raises all-in for 97,000 and the Filipino snap calls.

Colada turns over 7♥ 5♠ for middle pair on the flop while Truong has A♣ 4♦ for a gutshot and an over card to the board.

The turn is the 2♣ and the river is the 2♣ as Colada's full house ejects Truong from the competition.

Vietnam's Truong Chan opens the action from UTG for 20,000 and it is folded all the way to the SB where Filipino pro Jose Colada makes the call.

The flop is 9♥ J♣ 8♠ as the Filipino checks. Truong CBets to 24,000 and Colada calls. The turn is the K♦ as Colada checks again. The Vietnamese player fires again, this time for 45,000. Colada still calls. The river is the 4♥ and this time both check.

Colada tables Q♥ J♥ for top pair on the flop. Truong mucks.

Local pro Jose Colada opens from the CO for 13,000 and gets a call from Li Jun of England on the D.

The flop goes 2♥ J♦ 2♣ as the Flipino CBets to 11,000. Li makes the call. The turn is the Q♠ to which Colada continues firing, this time for 15,000. He still gets called. The river is the A♣ as Colada tanks and uses one Time Bank card before declaring that he is all-in for 102,000. Li snap calls.

Colada tables Q♦ Q♥ for a full house on the turn while LI shakes his head as he turns over K♣ T♣ for the Broadway straight on the river.

The cooler sends Li's stack to danger levels with less than 5 BBs.