Philippines National Cup (12,000 PHP)

The action was picked up when Haewon Jung three-bet to 20,000 from the small blind and Michael Manlapaz called from the button.

Both players checked through the flop of 5♥ K♦ 7♥ to see the Q♥ turn, and Jung checked the action to Manlapaz, who also decided to check after a while.

The two read T♣ on the river, and Jung fired 20,000 which Manlapaz snap-called. Manlapaz showed two pair with Q♦ T♦, leaving no chance for Jung to win with his K♠ J♠ .

Michael Manlapaz opened the cutoff to 8,000 and Kiwanont Sukhum defended from the big blind

Both players read the flop of 7♦ K♦ Q♠ , and the action went check-check. A K♣ hit on the turn which the two kept the slow pace and checked through.

The river brough a 9♣ , and Sukhum bet 9,000 only to be faced with a raise to 29,000 from Manlapaz, which made Sukhum sent his cards back to the dealer after thinking for a while.

Kiwanont Sukhum opened to 7,000 from under the gun, and Phatsakorn Chaiprasart shoved with his last chips 10,000 from the hijack, which Michael Manlapaz called from the button. Sukum also dropped in the call to take it to the streets.

Both Sukhum and Manlapaz saw the runout of 7♦ K♣ 8♣ Q♠ 3♦ and checked to the showdown.

Chaiprasart showed his hand first for a pair of sevens with 6♣ 7♦ , and it beat Suhum’s T♠ 9♦ . However, after Manlapaz flipped over T♠ 8♦ for a higher pair of eights, Chaiprasart stook up and headed to the exit.