Main Event (45,000 PHP)

Kunlong Yu opened 5,500, and was joined by both players on the blinds - Johnson Tan and Nathan Gathercole. On flop 7♠ K♥ 4♥ , all three stacks rushed to the middle with Yu covering both opponents.

Kunlong Yu A♦ K♦

Johnson Tan Q♥ J♥

Nathan Gathercole K♣ Q♦

Turn 2♦ and river 8♦ ran safe for Yu, leaving him to scoop it all with top pair and ace kicker in play.

Nathan Gathercole opened utg and called a 17,000 three bet from Marc Rivera on the button. On flop 9♠ 7♣ 5♦ , Gathercole check jammed his remaining 26,000, called by Rivera with ace-high.

Nathan Gathercole Q♥ Q♠

Marc Rivera A♣ K♠

Gunning for overcards, Rivera found none on runout 9♦ 6♣ , shipping Gathercole the double up.

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Top Chip Counts

Richard Marquez sent out a 1,800 three bet vs Nathan Gathercole's utg open and saw the button and Gathercole continue to flop 7♣ 7♦ 3♠ . Gathercole led for 4,000, but folded shortly after Marquez bumped it up to 10,000.

A three way raised pot dealt a flop of J♦ T♦ 6♠ . Nathan Gathercole shot out a bet of 500 off the big blind and saw both continue to turn T♥ . Gathercole went for another 300, leaving only Francis Garson onto river A♥ . Both checked it down, tabling Gathercole's two pair J♠ 7♦ for the win.