Main Event (45,000 PHILIPPINE PESO)

With tension thickening as the specter of missing the Main Event Final Table looms, the action is folded to the D of Singapore's Rishi Mirpuri and he raises to 100,000. Right beside him in the SB, Japan's Yoshifumi Sasaki 3-bets all-in for 470,000, putting tons of pressure as one wrong decision could lead to disaster.

Mirpuri makes the call.

The Singaporean turns over 9♣ 9♦ while Big Slick makes another appearance, this time with the Japanese player: A♥ K♦.

The runout goes: 2♠ 6♣ 8♥ J♦ 2♣ as Mirpuri pumps his fist, dodges all threats and eliminates Sasaki in tenth place to bring the Main Event to the Final Table.

The action is now concentrated on the final 2 tables as Japan's Yoshifumi Sasaki raises from UTG to 60,000 and gets calls from local pros Edilberto Gopez in the SB and Jason Ambarta in the BB.

The flop comes K♠ J♠ 9♣ as the blinds check to the raiser. Sasaki CBets for 70,000 and gets a call from Gopez. Ambata folds.

It is heads up to the turn of A♦ . This time both players check.

The river is the 2♠ and now Gopez bets 250,000. Sasaki calls,

Gopez shows 8♠ 7♠ for a rivered flush. Sasaki mucks and Gopez is getting closer to the three million chip mark.

All players now guaranteed PhP198,000 (~US$3,535):

Another all-in preflop situation arose when Yoshifumi Sasaki of Japan raised from +2 and when the action folded around to the short stack of countryman Tadayoshi Uemura in the D, he 3-bet shoved for 240,000. Yoshifumi called.

Yoshifumi tables A♠ Q♠ while Uemura brandished 9♦ 9♣ .

The runout favored Yoshifumi: 8♥ 3♠ A♦ T♣ 2♣ as Uemura busts out and Yoshifumi continues having a seven-figures stack.

Yoshifumi Sasaki opens from UTG for 25,000 as former chip leader William Ysmael from the Philippines makes the call. Another former chip leader in Tomoya Kakihara decides to raise it up to 55,000. Yoshifumi and Ysmael call.

The flop comes 8♦ J♣ 6♣

Ysmael and Kakihara check to the raiser who CBets to 75,000. Ysmael check-raises to 165,000 and Kakihara calls. Yoshifumi can't stand the heat and decides to exit.

The turn card is the 5♠ as this time Ysmael makes a huge bet of 220,000. Suddenly Kakihara goes over the top for all his chips worth 594,000. The Filipino snap calls all-in for his remaining 495,000.

Kakihara turns over A♠ J♦ for top pair top kicker while Ysmael shows 6♦ 6♥ . The Japanese player is drawing dead.

The Q♥ on the river gives Ysmael a pot worth more than 1.5 million and effectively puts Kakihara's tournament life into the ICU.

China's Li Xinjing starts the action from UTG by raising to 23,000 which attracts three callers: Yoshifumi Sasaki of Japan (HJ), American Joseph Magnotti (CO) and lady player Sannomiya Tsubaki (BB).

The flop is Q♥ 9♠ K♠ as Tsubaki, the initial raiser Li and Yoshifumi all check. Magnotti leads out for 30,000. Tsubaki folds but Li and Yoshifumi call.

It is three handed to the turn of the 3♣ . This time, Li bombs for 65,000 as Yoshifumi steps out f the way. Magnotti goes over the top all-in for 144,000 and gets the call from the Chinese player.

The American flips over J♥ T♥ representing the nuts on the flop while Li is now drawing dead holding Big Slick A♣ K♦.

The 2♠ on the river gave Magnotti a huge portion of Li's stack.

Chip leader Tomoya Kakihara of Japan raises to 16,000 from the HJ and gets two callers in American Ronald Lane in the CO and fellow Japanese player Yoshifumi Sasaki on the D.

The flop comes 8♠ A♠ 4♥ . Kakihara makes a CBet to 20,000 and Lane announces that he is all-in for 107,000. Yoshifumi folds and Kakihara snap calls the American.

Lane turns over 6♥ 6♣ while Kakihara shows A♣ 8♥ for top two pairs on the flop.

The next two cards are the Q♥ and the 5♥ as the American is busted out and Kakihara becomes the first player to hit holdings of seven figures.

The action is folded to the CO where Yoshifumi Sasaki raises it up to 14,000. The action lands on the SB of Filipino Emmanuel Seguismundo who 3-bets to 46,000. Yoshifumi calls.

The flop is 2♦ Q♥ 8♥ as Segimundo CBets to 19,000. Yoshifumi calls.

The turn brings in the 9♦ and Segismundo fires 71,000. The Japanese player still calls.

The river is the K♦ . This time, Segismundo reduces his bet to 15,000 as Yoshifumi still makes the call.

Segismundo turns over Q♣ 6♣ while Yoshifumi shows 9♣ 8♣ , hitting two pairs on the turn completely eluding the Filipino's radar.

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