Survivor Knockout [25K bounty] (12,500 PHP)

Dmitrii Belikov opened 32,000 utg+1, and was joined by both players on the blinds onto flop J♦ K♠ 5♠ . Belikov continued for 25,000, called by the small blind. Anthony Castro on the big blind, raised for 50,000 more, and put out the rest after Belikov came back with an all-in for 344,000 total.

Dmitrii Belikov J♠ T♠

Anthony Castro K♥ Q♦

Belikov with a pair and a flush draw, failed to improve on either turn 3♥ or river 5♦ , knocking him out as the first final table casualty.

Today's Survivor Knockout highlight is down to its final table following a lengthy ten hour grind. Stacking the lead is Ryan Tan with a massive 1,326,000 stack, having just delivered Feridoun Farboud's elimination in 10th place. All players are now guaranteed a minimum payout of PHP 25,000 (~USD 430) and a chance to claim the PHP 216,380 (~USD 3,705) top prize.

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Anthony Castro committed 77,000 on the cutoff, leaving himself with 1,000 behind. Dmitrii Belikov called for the rest, giving Castro a sweat for his tournament life.

While behind, Castro caught up on board Q♣ T♣ 2♣ Q♥ 3♣ , running the nut flush to survive through.

Facing an open and two calls, Ryan Tan squeezed to 125,000 on the big blind and saw only Dmitrii Belikov on the button, complete. On flop K♣ 9♦ 2♦ , Belikov stuffed the rest against Tan's 120,000 cbet and was called down by his opponent with top pair.

Dmitrii Belikov 8♦ 5♦

Ryan Tan K♥ J♥

Belikov looking for a third diamond, found none on runout 4♥ 7♠ , leaving him to fork over nearly half his chips.

Action folded to Dmitrii Belikov on the small blind, prompting him to open for 36,000. Marc Gagne answered with an all-in for his entire 333,000 stack, called by Belikov with a premium pair.

Gagne in trouble, crashed out shortly after missing to improve on board 8♦ 6♠ 7♣ K♣ 2♠ , propeling Belikov right into the lead.

Having lost a big pot just moments before, Jose Colada pushed his last 60,000 in and was called by initial raiser Dmitrii Belikov.

Colada ahead, failed to dodge the ace on board 8♠ K♣ 3♠ J♣ A♥ , cleaning him out completely.

A six way limp pot read a flop of T♠ T♥ A♣ . Action was checked to Edwin Dela Cruz on the button, who bet 16,000. Dmitrii Belikov made the call, along with Gyusun Park for his last 15,000.

Turn 6♦ was checked through to river 9♣ , where Belikov gunned for a final 35,000. Dela Cruz put in the call with two pair for a side pot, revealing a showdown.

Belikov's kicker ran in play, earning him all the chips in the middle and eliminating Park in the process.

With a pot of 139,000 seen in the middle on flop 4♣ T♣ 2♦ , three way action was checked to Battulga Ganbold, who bet 65,000. Both Dmitrii Belikov and Marco Espela surrendered, shipping Ganbold a sizeable boost.

Dmitrii Belikov opened on the cutoff and was met with a three bet from Marc Gangne right behind. Belikov responded with a raise to 58,000, yet decided to let it go after Gangne shoved for the rest.

Dmitrii Belikov opened utg and was joined by Takahiro Numata behind onto flop 7♥ 3♠ 4♦ . Both checked it through to turn Q♠ , where Belikov check called a 7,000 bet from his opponent. Numata went for a final 12,000 on river 2♣ , and revealed top pair Q♥ T♦ after Belikov put in the call. Belikov mucked, shipping Numata the pot.

Dmitrii Belikov sent out an 11,000 three bet against a late position open and saw Muhammad Shamsudin cold call from the small blind. On board 2♦ J♣ A♣ A♦ 4♥ , Belikov bet all streets - 14,000, 25,000, and a final all-in, sending Shamsudin deep in the tank by the river. Shamsudin eventually found a fold, shooting him down to 25 big blinds.