Warm-up (12,500 PHP)

Facing an open and a button three bet from Janno Alvarez, Mike Takayama bumped it up further to 65,000 on the small blind, and called off for his remaining 23,000 after Alvarez raised all-in.

A crucial flip, Takayama quickly landed the advantage on board J♥ J♦ A♠ A♦ 4♦ , sending Alvarez' pocket pair flying towards the muck.

With a pot of 44,000 in the middle across board 6♣ T♦ K♥ J♥ 3♠ , three way action was checked to Janno Alvarez on the button, who gunned for a final 22,500. Jiego Erquiaga called from the big blind with a pair of jacks J♠ 7♠ , and secured the pot after Alvarez showed T♥ 9♥ .

David Ang open shoved 26,500 utg+1 and was called by Janno Alvarez on the button.

Ang in search of an ace, found none on board 2♦ 6♥ 3♥ 2♣ 8♦ , ending his run in the Kickoff games.