Kickoff (16,500 PHP)

Alvin Sembrano initiates the action with an 800 open from +1 and takes three players to the flop 8♠ T♣ J♦ where the action gets checked to Bernard Chua in the cutoff, putting out a feeler for 1,500. Only big blind James Dela Cruz and Sembrano pay up to see the turn 6♦ and Chua's 13,900 jam goes unanswered.

Picking up the action on a three way flop 8♠ 5♣ 4♥ and 2,200 in the middle we see small blind Bernard Chua lead 1,000, cutoff Takakura Shota calls and the button folds to reveal the turn 3♥ where Chua fires a second bullet of 2,000, Takakura calls and the board completes J♥ . Chua completes the triple barrel with another 2,500 bet holding Q♣ Q♦ , but Takakura calls him off with a set 5♦ 5♠ .