Turbo Flight (6,500 PHP)

The Philippines’ Joey Pardales raises it from UTG to 60,000 and is greeted with an all-in declaration from Makoto Miyatake of Japan for 75,000. It folds to the SB where former chip leader—and another Japanese player—Keita Kitamura re-shoves for 205,000. Pardales folds.

Miyatake shows K♣ J♥ while Kitamura tables Q♥ Q♠ .

The flop is A♦ Q♦ T♣ to give Miyatake the nuts: a Broadway straight while Kitamura gets middle set. The turn is the 6♦ but the river is the T♥ to pair the board and give Kitamura a full house to bust his compatriot in ninth place via an unfortunate bad beat.

The remaining eight players are now all guarantee PhP25,000 (~US$450)

On the eighth of the Final Table, major action ensues as Taiwan's Huang Ting Yen raises from the +2 position to 55,000 and is re-raised all-in by Makoto Miyatake of Japan from the CO for his last 305,000. Huang goes into the tank and uses up two timebank cards in the process. He ultimately decides to make the call.

Miyatake tables A♦ K♥ while Huang shows 6♠ 6♣ . The Taiwanese player is at risk.

The runout goes 3♠ 8♦ 9♥ Q♦ 8♥ as Huang dodges all potential bogeys for a fortuitous double up as Miyatake’s stack gets seriously dented.

Japan’s Makoto Miyatake has it folded to him on the D and takes the leap with his remaining 128,000. He called in the SB by Huang Ting Yen of China.

Miyatake unveils K♣ J♥ and is live against Huang’s A♦ T♦ .

The runout goes Q♥ 7♥ 4♦ 6♣ J♦ as the Japanese player celebrates hitting a pair on the river to stay alive.