Main Event (18,500 PHP)

Milbert Bautista opened to 6,000 from the cutoff and received calls from a player in the small blind and Seoha Lee in the big blind. The flop came Q♣ 4♣ 3♠ and action checked around to Bautista who bet 6,000. The small blind folded, Lee raised to 16,000 and Bautista called.

On the 9♠ turn Seoha bet 24,500. Bautista raised to 90,000, Lee shoved for 139,000 and Bautista called with a covering stack to put Lee at risk.

Bautista was ahead with two pair while Lee had a pair of nines and a flush draw. The flush came in on the 2♣ river and Lee dragged in a massive pot at Bautista’s expense.

Milbert Bautista opened to 5,500 from the hijack and Kotaro Hayashida defended from the big blind. The flop came 3♠ 4♥ 6♥ . Hayashida bet 4,000 and Bautista called.

Both players checked the Q♣ turn leading to the A♣ river. Hayashida checked, Bautista bet 8,000, Hayashida check-raised to 30,000 and Bautista tank-called.

Hayashida only had king-high with K♦ 8♣ . Bautista turned over A♥ 7♥ for top pair to take down a nice pot.

With three players seeing a board of 4♦ 5♦ T♦ and 6,000 in the middle Milbert Bautista checked from the small blind, Jinsung Chung checked from under the gun, Yuji Tsuboi bet 2,000 from the button and Bautista shoved, covering both players. Chung called with his remaining stack of 28,600 and Tsuboi called with a remaining stack of 21,500.

Tsuboi had a set of fives but was behind Bautista who had flopped the second-nut flush while Chung was on the nut-flush draw. Bautista remained ahead on the K♥ J♣ runout to send both opponents to the rail and claim a massive pot.

Van Dong an Nguyen limped in from under the gun, Milbert Bautista raised to 1,600 from the hijack, a player on the button called and Saito Takashi defended from the big blind.

The flop came 7♦ 8♥ 5♠ and action checked around to Nguyen who bet 2,000. Bautista raised to 6,000, the button folded and both Takashi and Nguyen called.

All three remaining players checked the 3♦ turn leading to the Q♦ river. Action checked around to Bautista who shoved for 24,300 and both opponents folded.