Warm-up (12,500 PHP)

With the turn 2♥ and river 2♦ , Liu's top pair fails to improve to find the rail.

Preflop action built a sizable 4300 pot with three players in the hand. At the flop 4♥ 2♥ A♦ , action is checked to the button Nikolay Babushkin, he tests the waters for 1700. Only Ho-Tai Tsai continues to the turn 8♦ . Again Babushkin barrels for 4500 that Tsai check-calls. On the river 5♠ , Babushkin sends out 5500, this time Tsai jumps out with a check-raise of 12,500, Babushkin calls. Quick muck from Tsai who drops to one-third starting stack.