Kick-off (16,500 PHP)

With A♣ 9♠ and five BB left, UTG Kiril Gelev jams and gets a call from button Christian Bulpett with A♠ T♦ . The dealer has no surprises in store for us, tabling 3♦ 4♦ 7♣ A♥ T♣ and we are down to the bubble for today.

UTG Kiril Gelev makes it 10,000, called by HJ and a jam for 60,000 from CO Shirai Hiroto. Gelev calls for a showdown.

UTG Kiril Gelev wants to be in the drivers seat, decides to jam for 51,000 with A♠ K♣ and BB Inada Honoka forks over the last 22,500 for a call and the dealer gets ready. The board K♦ 8♣ T♥ Q♣ K♥ has Inada Honoka improve to a full house and double.

With two limps in front, the SB makes it 2,500, followed by a 7,400 jam from Kiril Gelev in the BB and only Johnson Tan calls from +1.

Picking up the action on 2♦ J♥ 7♠ with 25,000 in the pot we see BB Sham Wing Sheuk shoving K♣ K♥ for 17,900 and Kiril Gelev calling with J♠ 2♠ . Sham Wing Sheuk sees the good news when the dealer tables 7♦ 8♦ to outdraw Kiril Gelev.

The action starts with +1 making it 1,200 with the blinds defending to see the flop K♠ T♥ 2♣ that gets checked around to the turn J♠ . BB Kiril Gelev leads 2,500 and 4,500 on the river 5♦ with SB Jimin Lim calling both times to throw his cards in the muck when looking at Gelev's T♠ T♦ .

With an open to 1,100 from UTG, Kiril Gelev takes two players to the flop 9♥ 8♥ T♣ and continues for 1,600. Only CO Rebadulla Edmon elects to see the turn 8♠ and raises to 5,000 when faced with another 1,600 lead. After calling and seeing the A♦ river, Kiril Gelev makes it 1,600 again, gets called, tables 9♠ 9♣ and gobbles up some more chips to aid his future adventures.

With Kiril Gelev making it 800 from the button and two limp-calls the dealer reveals the flop 9♦ Q♣ J♣ and Kiril Gelev continues for 2,500. Only Manalo Nichols hangs around for the turn Q♥ and a check around for the river K♠ . Leading 5,000, Nichols ends up calling Gelev's 13,500 all-in who shows J♦ Q♠ to secure a double up.

Arima Shinnosuke starts the action with 500 from UTG, button Cuevillas Kiko makes it 1,500 and Kiril Gelev calls from the BB for another three-way to the flop 5♥ J♥ A♦ that gets checked around to the turn 7♥ . Checked to him, Cuevillas Kiko slides 3,000 in the middle and after two calls we see the river 3♣ . Slow playing with no action behind has Arima bag the chips with 6♥ 8♥ flush.