APT Main Event (60,000 PHP)

Action was picked up with Gregory Liow deep in the tank over a completed board of Q♣ 6♣ 3♠ K♦ 9♠ , carefully considering his options. After a long pause, he finally announced all-in, putting his tournament life on the line. Hakamada Eisuke, the only remaining player in the hand, quickly made the call.

Gregory Liow: A♣ 7♣

Hakamada Eisuke: Q♦ J♣

Eisuke had connected with the flop, making a pair, while Liow, unfortunately, was left with a busted flush draw. With no way to recover, Liow hit the rails in the last level of the day.

The action was picked up on the turn with a board showing 3♠ 6♦ K♦ T♥ and around 17,000 chips in the middle. Both Hakamada Eisuke from under the gun and Joonhee Yea and Joonhee Yea on the button checked through,

The 6♠ fell on the river, and the action went check-check again. Eisuke tabled pocket eights for two pair and it was enough to make Yea muck his hand.

Hakamada Eisuke opened 600 from the hijack and Jimin Lee defended from the big blind.

On the A♦ 3♣ K♣ flop, Lee checked to Eisuke, who continued with a bet of 1,500. Lee dropped in a call to see the 2♣ turn, where Lee checked over again. Eisuke then fired out 4,000. Lee stuck around.

The river came a T♥ . Lee checked and Eisuke sent a barrel of 15,000, which Lee shoved all in. Eisuke snap-called off his remaining chips. Lee quickly flipped pocket deuces, and it was no match for a Broadway straight from Eisuke’s Q♦ J♠ , which earned him a sizable pot and left Lee on the fumes with only 400 chips on hand.