APT Main Event (85,000 PHP)

80 players still have their seats and are assured at least PHP 222,000 ($3,775) for getting it this far.

Some of the recent eliminations were:

Jae Wook Shin raised to 12,000 from middle position and received calls from Alexander Lynskey from the hijack and Keijiro Shimojo from the big blind.

On the flop of T♦ 3♠ 6♥ , Shimojo and Shin checked the action to Lynskey, who then bet 11,000. Only Shin dropped in the call.

Both players kept their pace and checked through a runout of 7♥ K♥ to a free showdown. Shin tabled A♠ J♣ for ace-high while Lynskey flipped over the sailboats with 4♦ 4♣ , which shipped the pot to his way.

Blind versus blind Keijiro Shimojo was put all-in on the river by William Teoh in the small-blind. By this time there were around 65,000 in the middle and Shimojo had 58,000 in his stack. The board read J♣ T♦ 5♦ 4♦ A♣ and it took Shimojo multiple minutes of consideration time as a wrong call would have meant the end of his tournament life. In the end he did decide to call.

Keijiro Shimojo: J♠ T♠

William Teoh: 5♥ 7♦

Nice call by Shimojo's who doubles up while at the same time decimating Teoh's stack.