Main Event (45,000 PHP)

Takuya Ohara pushed 56,500 on the cutoff and found himself at risk against Cheolmin Byeon's overcards right on bubble time.

Ohara instantly spiked a set on board Q♦ 9♠ J♦ A♣ J♠ , finishing with a full house to land the double up.

Running up a storm, Cheolmin Byeon delivered another elimination with Finn Penderak falling with ace-king over a flip against Byeon's pocket queens. The 70K boost was just enough to propel Byeon up the ranks and step into the lead.

Having just had his pocket kings cracked, Cheolmin Byeon was in the mix once again, this time against Rui Hanazawa for a 28 big blind pot.

Hanazawa open shoved his last 33,000 on the cutoff and was looked up by Byeon on the small blind. Running a flip, Hanazawa immediately spiked top pair on flop A♦ 6♠ 2♦ , but saw his tournament life come to an end as the runout 4♦ 9♣ gave Byeon a set to take it down.

Cheolmin Byeon fired a three bet on the big blind against an open and a call, and saw initial raiser Aj Acdal come back with an all-in for 78,000. Hak Do Kim committed his smaller stack, followed by a final call from Byeon, making it a three way affair.

Both Acdal and Kim found themselves at risk against Byeon's premium pair, with only Acdal in luck to find two queens on board 2♣ Q♠ Q♦ 7♦ 3♥ to save him from elimination.

Junwoo Lee opened to 5,000, followed by a 15,000 button three bet from Rui Hanazawa. Cheolmin Byeon cold called on the big blind and Lee completed for a three way pot.

Flop 9♦ 8♠ 3♥ was checked to Hanazawa, who bet 15,000. Both opponents called to see turn K♣ , where action was checked round to river K♦ . Byeon took the chance to lead all-in for his remaining 66,500 and left Hanazawa to take a minute. Hanazawa eventually called off with two pair T♦ T♣ and accepted defeat as Byeon revealed trip kings K♥ Q♥ .

Junwoo Lee opened 3,000 on the cutoff and saw both players on the blinds come along on flop A♥ 7♦ 3♣ . Action checked round to turn 2♣ , where Lee continued for 5,500. Cheolmin Byeon on the big blind, fired back with a raise to 16,000, yet let it go on river 3♠ as Lee gunned for a final 16,000.