Kick-off (16,500 PHP)

With Sham Wing Sheuk jamming A♥ 7♥ from +1 for 33,500 and BB Arima Shinnosuke defending with K♠ Q♠ the dealer tables 4♠ J♣ K♣ A♦ 6♠ and lets Sham Wing Sheuk stay in the tournament.

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.

UTG Tan Xiaohui starts us off with 500 and finds opposition in Arima Shinnosuke for 2,000 to see the flop 2♠ 3♥ K♠ . A lead of 1,700 and a call shows the T♥ and Arima Shinnosuke forks out another 4,000 to take the pot.

Arima Shinnosuke opens 500 from the button, followed by a three-bet to 1,500 from Jegal Gun to his left. The flop 8♦ 3♠ 7♥ has Gun lead 500 and we see the turn Q♠ . Gun's 3,800 is enough to bag the pot.

Tan Xiaohui opens 500 from CO and finds two callers in BU Leo Santos and BB Arima Shinnosuke for a flop 9♠ Q♣ 8♣ which is checked to the turn A♥ . A delayed c-bet from Tan and two calls we see the river 2♣ and all players wanna show down. A♦ K♠ for Santos is enough to take it down.