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

Rick Jason Ambata open shoved his last 139,000 on the cutoff and was looked up by Junj Javalera right on the big blind.

A pocket pair battle, Javalera easily bagged the win with his better pair holding up on board 8♦ 5♥ 9♣ K♦ 5♣ .

Junj Javalera scored a full double up off Rick Jason Ambata with ace-king after the latter missed to fill up his flush draw. Ambata survived the damage yet shot down to a 16 big blind stack.

Kei Shinagawa defended his big blind against Rick Jason Ambata's button open, and headed to flop 6♦ 4♠ K♠ . Both checked it through to turn 4♣ , where Shinagawa led 9,000. Ambata made the call, and faced a final 25,000 bet on river 7♠ . Ambata decided to put in a raise for 35,000 more, leaving Shinagawa unable to continue to showdown.

Rick Jason Ambata opened 11,000 utg and called 38,000 more following an all-in from Junj Javalera behind.

Ambata in search of an ace, found none on board 4♣ 4♠ J♣ 5♣ 2♠ , earning Javalera the double up close to bubble time.

Feridoun Farboud limped in and saw both players on the blinds come along on flop K♠ 9♠ T♥ . Action checked round to turn 2♦ , where Rick Jason Ambata led for 7,000. Farboud called behind, and faced another 16,000 on river 5♠ . Farbound raised to 95,000 and convinced Ambata to lay it down.

Rick Jason Ambata opened 7,000 utg+1, joined by Alang Fu Zhenbo behind onto flop 5♥ J♠ 8♥ . Ambata continued for 6,000, and went on to check raise 35,000 on turn T♦ . Zhenbo responded with an all-in for 73,000 total, and found himself in rough shape after Ambata revealed his set.

Alang Fu Zhenbo J♣ T♣

Rick Jason Ambata 5♦ 5♣

River Q♥ failed to fill up Zhenbo's boat, sending him out of the games entirely.

Rick Jason Ambata opened on the button and called a 21,000 three bet from Tetsunori Saito on the big blind. On flop 8♥ A♠ 9♦ , Saito continued for 11,000, and committed his remaining 32,000 after Ambata demanded for the rest.

Rick Jason Ambata A♣ K♦

Tetsunori Saito A♥ Q♣

Saito outpipped, headed for the rails as turn 2♦ and river 7♦ delivered no bad beats.