Main Event

10,000 ante

Preflop betting war leads to three players going mano a mano a mano. Maurillo Bulaitan with 7♣ 7♥ , How Chee Hong with A♣ 9♠ , and Cezar Quiambao ahead in chips and in pocket pair K♠ K♥ . With the board running 4♣ J♣ 6♦ T♦ 4♦ , it’s a sweep for Quiambao.

8,000 ante

From cutoff, Ricardo Torres raises to 20,000 then four-bet shoves on top of Cezar Quiambao’s 60,000 re-raise. Quiambao folds.

From under the gun, Cezar Quiambao shoves with A♥ K♣ , small blind Benigno Ledina snap calls with K♥ K♦ , the board runs an exciting A♦ K♠ 2♠ 4♣ A♣ for a full house over full house.

4,000 ante

A pot of 40,000 brewed preflop and the cards run 2♦ 3♥ 5♣ . Small blind Cezar Quiambao bets 16,500, big blind David Erquiaga calls. No bets land on the turn J♥ , but on the river {9d{m Erquiaga sends out 38,000, Quiambao check-calls. Erquiaga opens T♠ T♦ , Quiambao mucks.

800 ante

Hijack Toru Sekimoto raises to 2,000, cutoff calls, button Cezar Quiambal three-bets to 7,500, back to Sekimoto who four-bets to 17,000, no takers.