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

Riener Magbutay pushed his last ten big blinds in the middle utg, and was looked up by Anthony Castro on the big blind.

On a bounty hunt, Castro locked up another one, having ran a flush on board 9♠ 7♠ T♦ Q♣ 3♠ to bag the win.

A blind vs blind battle saw Ryan Tan open 55,000, called behind by Riener Magbutay. On board 8♠ 6♣ 8♦ 5♦ , Tan double barreled - 40,000 and 85,000, and saw Magbutay call behind both streets. Tan decided to slow down on river T♦ , and surrender after Magbutay pushed all-in.

Riener Magbutay defended his big blind against Kei Shinagawa's 35,000 early open, and went to battle on flop Q♥ 6♣ 6♠ . Action checked round to turn 8♠ , where Magbutay led for 21,000. Shinagawa made the call, and arrived at showdown after no more bets went in on river 7♠ .

Magbutay showed two pair Q♠ T♥ and shipped the pot.

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

With 88,000 in the middle across board 7♦ A♦ 6♦ 5♦ T♣ , Riener Magbutay went for a final 45,000 off the small blind. Battulga Ganbold made the call, yet mucked as Magbutay showed flush Q♦ Q♣ .