Main Event (45,000 PHP)

Graham Cowan picked up a couple of pots with the second one more significant. From cutoff, he opened and Dmitrii Belikov defended the big blind. No bets landed on the flop J♦ 6♥ 9♥ , then checking stopped on the turn 9♦ with Cowan laying out 55,000. Belikov called and the dealer completed the board with a river 4♦ . Belikov jumped out with a 75,000 bet, Cowan countered with 175,000, Belikov wanted to see and called.

Cowan showed 8♦ 7♦ flush for the score. He now has over 2M in chips.

Small blind Ju Won Chung and big blind Dmitrii Belikov built pot of 190,000 preflop then headed to the flop K♦ A♥ T♣ . Belikov bet 70,000 and Chung check-called. Another 135,000 bet on the turn 2♦ was enough to claim the pot.

Alexis Lim defended his big blind by calling utg Dmitrii Belikov's min-raise. At the flop 5♦ 7♣ 3♥ , Belikov continued for 55,000, Lim returned with a check-raise of 130,000, Belikov obliged. After that heavy encounter, both players checked the turn A♦ and river Q♠ . Lim flipped over 8♣ 8♠ which was a winner. Lim is now over 2M in chips.

Dmitrii Belikov open shoved from the button with A♥ 7♠ and big blind Christopher Richards called for his tournament life with Q♠ Q♥ . The board ran out 8♦ 6♠ A♣ 7♦ A♠ to crush Richards' pocket pair and send him packing up in 20th place.

With Richards pairing up his low kicker card, he triples up to 13 bb.

Small blind Dmitrii Belikov limps then calls big blind Marco Espela's 28,000 raise. Both check to the turn 5♥ T♠ J♠ 7♦ . Belikov tests the waters with a 35,000 bet, Espela calls, and they head to the river J♦ . This time Belikov returns to checking, Espela gives it a go for 81,000 and wins the pot uncontested.