Main Event (45,000 PHILIPPINE PESO)

Even if everyone in the Philippines looks up to Marc Rivera as poker icon, at the table one has to do what one has to do to.

Rivera raises from UTG to 8,000 and everyone folds to the SB of fellow Filipino Raymundo Gomez, who recently went on a roll to increase his stack. Gomez calls.

The flop comes A♠ 9♣ 2♦ as both players check.

The turn is the A♣. This time, Gomez bets 13,000 to which Rivera responded with a raise to 39,000. Suddenly Gomez goes all-in for 110,500. Rivera snap calls.

Gomez shows A♥ 2♥ for a full house on the turn while Rivera shows 9♥ 9♦ for a lower boat.

The river card is the T♣ as everyone at the table was aghast, except for Gomez who crippled the Philippines' top player in the win.

Making an early position raise from the +1 for 2,500 is Hong Kong's Chong Tak Sin but gets re-raised by Philippine legend Marc Rivera to 7,000 from the CO. Chong makes the call.

The flop comes 6♠ 6♥ 6♦ . Chong checks as Rivera CBets for 5,000. Chong check-raises to 11,000. Rivera calls.

The turn is the 8♥ as Chong goes all-in for 26,900 and gets called by his Filipino opponent. Chong barely covers Rivera.

Chong turns over J♥ J♦ for a full house while Rivera shows Q♥ Q♣ for a superior full house.

The one-outer didn't arrive on the river for Chong as 9♥ leaves him with not even a BB.