Main Event (45,000 PHP)

Takuma Sasaki open shoved his 48,500 stack in early position and ran right into Felix Von Rahden's big blind special.

Sasaki in rough shape, found some hope of a flush on flop 4♥ 6♥ T♥ , but bricked out turn J♦ and river A♣ , eliminating him from the Flight A counts.

A three way raised pot with both William Ysmael and Takuma Sasaki on the blinds saw action on flop 7♦ K♦ 7♥ check round to turn 6♠ . Sasaki led out a bet of 6,500, pushing one off the pot. Ysmael however, check raised to 15,000, enough to get Sasaki to lay it down.

In battle for a 17,700 pot across a completed board of 7♣ 4♦ J♦ Q♠ 9♦ , Darius Nass went ahead and led for 13,500. Takuma Sasaki on the button, gave it a thought and decided to go for a raise to 29,000. Nass tanked for a minute and eventually slipped his hand back to the dealer, earning Sasakit the pot with no showdown.

Three players vied for a pot of 11,900 on flop 5♦ 7♣ K♣ beginning with a 4,000 cbet from Takuma Sasaki. One player called, followed by an all-in for 14,000 from Tatsuhiko Hayashi on the big blind. Only Sasaki was up to the challenge with top pair, putting Hayashi at risk.

Hayashi T♣ 5♣

Sasaki K♦ Q♦

Looking to fill up, Hayashi found none of his outs on either turn J♦ or river 4♦ , busting him out in the process.