Run It Twice - Turbo (12,000 PHP)

One of the most exciting side events in the lineup was the Run It Twice - Turbo which gave players the option of playing two boards. 27 players signed up with only 6 earning a cut of the ₱276,566 prize pool. Japan's Yu Nakajima secured a key knock out, booting Homin Lee in 3rd place with a straight over trips. This gave Nakajima the edge entering heads up against Australia's Patrick Caalim with 18 bb over 4 bb. A shovefest ensued. Caalim lucked out holding K♠ 9♠ that improved to a full house against A♥ Q♥ . Caalim went on to win the next two shoves to claim his first ever PokerStars spadie.