Warm-up (12,500 PHP)

Alexander Donn happily committed his remaining 46,000 with K♥ K♣ and was up against Waki Yasuhiro's A♠ T♦ for his tournament life.

Donn at risk, was left drawing slim after flop 7♠ Q♠ A♥ rolled ace-high. Runout 5♣ K♠ however, managed to peel one of his two outers, keeping him in the Kickoff games with a much bigger stack.