Turbo Flight (6,500 PHP)

Japan’s Keita Kitamura open shoves from the HJ for his last 165,000 and it folds to the SB where Daryl O’Rourke of Ireland also goes all-in for his remaining stack of 330,000. In the BB, chip leader Arjun Dhingra of India decides to makes the call.

Kitamura turns over A♦ J♥ , O’Rourke shows T♥ T♣ while Dhingra has A♥ Q♠ .

The flop is A♣ Q♥ 8♠ to give the Indian a near insurmountable lead over the two players at risk. The turn is the K♦ to give both a sliver of hope with redraws to a similar straight but the river card is the 9♦ as Dhingra eliminates two players in one swift blow and suddenly there are only four players remaining.

Kitamura finishes in sixth place for PhP36,500 (~US$655) while O’Rourke is out in fifth for PhP48,000 (~US$860).

The four remaining combatants are guaranteed PhP62,000 (~US$1,110).

The action is folded to the blinds again and this time, the Philippines’ Edison Yu—fresh from a double up—is in the tank in the SB. He thinks so long that the dealer gets two of his last three timebanks. He then declares that he is all-in for his remaining 105,000. In the BB is Daryl O’Rourke of Ireland and he, too, goes into the tank. He burns a timebank card as well and then decides to make the call.

Yu shows Q♥ 9♠ while O’Rourke is delighted that he surmised that he was ahead with K♣ 3♦ .

The flop solidified O’Rourke’s notion: K♥ J♥ Q♦ . The turn is the 5♣ but the river is the 9♥ to give the Filipino a double up for the second consecutive hand.

In a brewing pot that already has 83,000 in the middle and a flop of K♠ 7♣ 5♣ , Ireland’s Daryl O’Rourke and William Rogers of England are both all-in with the Irishman at risk.

Rogers turns over 6♣ 3♣ for a straight flush draw while O’Rourke holds K♥ Q♣ for top pair and the momentary lead.

The turn is the 5♦ while the river is the J♦ as Rogers misses and has his stack plummet. O’Rourke is officially a one the big stacks now.