Warm-up (12,500 PHP)

Action folds around to the button Justin Worth, he opens 2200. Big blind Royly Oracion defends to take it to the flop 6♥ 8♣ J♣ . Heavy betting follows starting with a 2500 c-bet from Worth, Oracion check-raises 5500, Worth pressures with a shove, Oracion calls (15,500) for his tournament life.

Three players build a hefty pot of 11,200 preflop sending the battle to the streets. With a flop J♦ 7♦ J♠ , Sergei Korzhenko bets 2500, Zhiqiang Liu calls, Justin worth begs off. Korzhenko maintains aggression witha 4000 bet, and again Liu calls. On the river A♣ , Korzhenko with one last push for all of his chips 17,000, Liu snap-calls.