Main Event (20,000 PHP)

Facing an utg open, cutoff Patrick Wahlquist moved all-in with K♣ A♠ and was called behind by small blind Kento Chogo with Q♥ Q♣ . A classic NLH flip, the runout 3♠ 2♥ 2♦ 9♥ 6♥ this time, ran in favor of the pocket pair to send Wahlquist out of the Main Event running.

John Carlo Sayo opens 40,000 and finds three callers to the flop J♥ 6♠ 8♦ . Action checks to the button Ronato Alcano who bets 75,000, no callers.

Karen Talamayan picks up two pots back to back with the first one sending Kim Kinam to the exit. Next hand, hijack Patrick Wahlquist opens, button Talamayan and big blind Ryoji Hatanaka call. Following two checks, Talamayan bets 35,000 on the flop 4♦ 5♣ 8♦ and claims the pot unchallenged.

From hijack, Patrick Wahlquist min-raises and heads to the flop 7♥ Q♥ 3♣ with two callers. Big blind Kim Jung Min jumps out with a shove (59,000) Wahlquist calls, button folds.

Jung Min Kim K♣ Q♣ top pair

Patrick Wahlquist K♥ 5♥ flush draw

The turn 9♥ grants the flush and Kim is drawing dead.

On a raised pot preflop, cards run 8♠ K♦ 7♦ , sb Rio Shinohara c-bets 7000, bb Patrick Wahlquist raises 21,000, Shinohara three-bet pushes 144,000, Wahlquist calls (81,000) for his tournament life.

Patrick Wahlquist Q♦ 2♦

Rio Shinohara K♥ T♠

The turn J♣ is no help to Wahlquist but the A♦ is an out for the flush.

Patrick Wahlquist calls a three-bet shove holding Q♦ Q♥ and proceeds to rail the lesser J♠ J♣ .

Jack Tey Shousheng shoves with T♦ T♠ and runs into Patrick Wahlquist's K♠ K♥ . With no help from the board, Wahlquist ships it as Shousheng packs up.