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

Edwin Dela Cruz risked his last four big blinds and found himself in a flip against Ryan Tan for his tournament life.

Board 9♣ T♦ 2♣ 6♦ 8♣ steered clear of Dela Cruz's overcards, eliminating him from the running.

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.

Final Table Chip Counts

Remaining Payouts

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.

A button vs blind battle built a pot of 26,000 preflop. On flop 5♥ 8♠ K♥ , Anthony Castro check called a 7,000 bet from Edwin Dela Cruz, revealing turn T♣ . Both checked it through to river 6♣ , where Dela Cruz went for a final 16,000.

Castro paid the price, and mucked as Dela Cruz showed top pair K♠ J♣ .

With two limps ahead, Edwin Dela Cruz bumped it up to 8,000 on the hijack and saw Aker Hasan complete. On board J♥ 4♠ 5♠ 6♠ K♦ , Dela Cruz triple barreled - 8,000, 15,000, and 20,000, with Hasan committing his remaining 21,500 by the river.

Dela Cruz happily obliged with A♥ A♠ , and sent Hasan out as he tabled top pair K♣ 7♠ .