Warm-up (12,500 PHP)

Preflop battle ends with a pot of 42,000 and a flop running 7♦ K♦ 4♣ . Looking down at 7♣ 7♥ set, Royly Oracion bets a light 10,000 and Rene Mar David check-calls. After both check the turn 4♦ , Oracion value-bets 35,000 on the river A♥ , David pays to see then mucks to the full house.

Rene Mar David is sitting on a full house with Q♣ Q♠ on a board 3♦ 8♦ Q♥ 3♥ T♠ . With the pot already at 49,500, Vivencio Nachor bets 12,000, David goes all in for 35,500, Nachor wants to see and calls. Before tossing his hand in the muck, Nachor shows T♥ 9♥ .

The turn A♦ instantly burns Quijano's set and with the river 6♥ , David scoops a massive pot to catapult to the upper tier.

By the turn board 8♥ A♦ 2♣ 9♥ , a pot of 12,500 was in the middle and Battulga Ganbold betting near pot of 10,000. Rene Mar David answers with a check-raise push of 23,700 and wins the pot with Ganbold unwilling to take on the challenge.