Kickoff (16,500 PHP)

Terry Gonzaga sent out a 12,000 three bet against Justin Ong's utg open and saw the latter complete. On flop A♥ 9♠ 3♠ , Ong responded with a check raise to 35,000, called by Gonzaga onto turn K♠ . Ong checked once more, and folded shortly after Gonzaga jammed his remaining 47,500 in. Gonzaga tabled A♦ A♣ as he raked in the pot.

Dmitrii Belikov defended his big blind against Justin Ong's 2,000 hijack open, and check called another 1,300 on flop 2♠ 6♣ 9♥ . Both checked turn J♥ through to river 6♥ , where Belikov led 5,200. Ong found the call with two pair A♦ 2♦ , good against his opponent's 7♣ 3♣ .

With 10,500 in the middle across board A♦ K♣ T♠ 2♣ , Justin Ong fired 8,000 on the button, and was faced with a check raise for 10,000 more from Yoshiki Nakamura. Ong tossed his hand in the muck, giving up the pot.

A three way raised pot saw action on flop Q♦ 6♠ 3♠ check to Justin Ong on the button, who bet 2,200. Jess Dalipe check called from the big blind, and went on to lead 5,000 on turn A♣ . Ong quickly surrendered, giving Dalipe the win.

Following two limps, Yoshiki Nakamura sent out a 2,400 raise on the button, and saw Justin Ong continue to flop 7♥ 4♠ 2♦ . Action checked round to turn 9♦ , where Ong led 3,000. Nakamura gave it up and moved on to the next deal.

With 22,000 in the middle across board A♣ 2♦ K♠ Q♣ A♠ , action was caught on James Dela Cruz with a final bet of 11,000. Justin Ong clicked back to 22,000, and shipped the win as Dela Cruz failed to continue.

Facing an open and a call, Woobeen Lee on the big blind, squeezed to 4,000 and called 6,400 more following an all-in from initial raiser Justin Ong.

Ong at risk, found no hope on board J♣ 6♣ T♦ Q♦ 3♠ , busting him out within the first hour of play.