Philippines National Cup (12,000 PHP)

Kiwanont Sukhum was all in for 680,000 from the cutoff, and Suya Lee called off his last 80,000 from the big blind.

Kiwanont Sukhum: 9♣ 9♦

Suya Lee: A♣ 3♦

The board came 6♣ K♥ 2♥ 2♠ 7♣ , improving nothing for Lee who bagged up a payout of PHP 91,000 (~$1,550). A valiant effort from Lee, who ultimately fell short of the final table.

Suya Lee wants to have his name in the poker dictionary, right next to 'chip and a chair', as he is trying to make a comeback from just a single chip.

First, Lee stuck in his 5,000 from under the gun and the rest of the table folded around to Alvir Inocentes in the big blind.

Suya Lee: K♦ 7♠

Alvir Inocentes: Q♥ 7♦

Just as Lee thought he might be able to spin up a stack, a flop of 9♦ Q♦ 4♥ saw his hopes dashed. However, a K♣ on the turn reignited the flame and the 2♣ river confirmed his as the winner of the pot, bringing his stack up to 95,000.

In the next hand, Lee was in the big blind and was put at risk by Inocentes from the small blind.

Suya Lee: J♥ 3♠

Alvir Inocentes: 9♦ 4♠

Lee managed to survive again as the 8♣ 6♦ 8♦ 3♣ 3♦ board gave him a full house. Comeback on?

Suya Lee made it 600,000 preflop from the button, and left himself just 5,000 behind. Ashley Patterson was in the small blind, coincidentally with exactly 600,000, and called to put himself at risk.

Ashley Patterson: 7♦ 7♥

Suya Lee: K♣ J♣

Another final table bubble, another flip that two players were desperate to win. Nothing changed on the 5♥ 8♦ 3♠ flop, but Lee catapulted into the lead on the K♦ turn, which left Patterson with just two outs to survive. Patterson's survival instincts kicked in as the 7♠ river improved him to a set, which snatched the pot away from Lee at the last possible moment.

Here are the current counts with ten remaining. Lun Luo's lead has been eaten into a little, but he still remains the chip leader with a stack of 2,000,000.

Godfrey Leung shoved for 235,000 from early position and the action folded around to Suya Lee in the small blind. Lee had a tough decision and after thinking for some time, he made the call for the exact same amount as Leung shoved for.

Godfrey Leung: Q♥ Q♠

Suya Lee: A♥ Q♣

"Oh wow," said Lee as he saw Leung's pocket queens.

Leung was the favorite to double up, but he was left with just one out after the A♦ 6♦ J♥ flop paired Lee's ace. No one-outer arrived on the 9♠ 2♦ runout, which meant Leung headed to the exit.

Suya Lee shoved for 81,000 from under the gun and Rex Clinkscales shoved from the next seat for 121,000. The action folded around to Minghui Li on the button, who got a count of both stacks before he eventually folded, and claimed to have mucked ace-king, much to the surprise of the table.

Suya Lee: Q♥ J♠

Rex Clinkscales: A♥ 7♠

"You folded ace-king?" asked a surprised Clinkscales.

Maybe Li can see into the future as the flop of 7♥ 4♣ 6♦ would have seen him fall behind as Clinkscales paired his seven. The 3♦ turn did bring around some chop outs, but instead Lee scooped it all as the J♣ river gave him a pair of jacks.