Warm-up (5,000 PHP)

Chip leader Michael Manlapaz has to folded to him on the D and proceeds to make a raise to 200,000. In the BB, Korea’s Kim Jongsu 3-bet shoves for his evaporating stack of 340,000. Manlapaz makes a snap call.

Kim turns over 9♦ 7♠ while Manlapaz brandishes K♠ K♣ .

The runout goes T♠ 2♠ 3♦ 5♠ 2♣ as Manlapaz now soars to over three million in chips while Kim leaves in sixth place.

There are only five players remaining, all now guaranteed PhP85,000 (~US$1,525).

Chip leader Patrick Noonan of Ireland opens from UTG for 65,000 and is greeted with a 3-bet shove from the +2 position by Korea’s Kim Jongsu to 295,000. It gets folded to the BB where another Korean in Kim Hyoungchul makes the call. Noonan gets out of the way.

Jongsu turns over A♦ K♦ while Hyoungchul shows Q♥ Q♠ .

The flop becomes an instant concern for Hyoungchul: 2♦ K♣ 4♦ and for good measure the 6♦ renders Jongsu drawing dead as Hyoungchul hits the nut flush. The 6♣ on the river ensures that Jongsu trudges on but Hyoungchul now has one of the shortest stacks left.

With his stack shrinking, Japan’s Fumiaki Chono puts in his last 65,000 as the action gets folded to him on the D. Kim Jongsu of Korea calls from the BB.

Chono shows K♦ J♠ while Kim has 9♣ 9♥ .

The runout goes devoid of booby traps for the Korean: T♦ 6♠ 7♣ Q♣ (a sweat card as a straight redraw appears) 6♦ .

The Japanese player is out in 17th .

Israel’s Yossef Cohen shoves his dwindling stack of 175,000 from the +1 position and it folds to the HJ where Kim Songju of Korea isolates by re-raising all-in. No one calls.

Cohen tables A♣ 2♠ while Kim has T♦ T♥ .

The runout goes 6♦ 5♣ 7♠ 7♥ 2♠ as the tens hold for the Korean and Cohen busts out in 18th.