Warm-up (5,000 PHP)

Flight A chip leader Han Seung Hyun of Korea is down to his last 100,000 in chips and commits them to the pot from the +1 position. It folds to the Philippines’ Michael Manlapaz who 3-bets all-in for 680,000 and gets called in the BB by fellow Filipino Jay Payuyo.

Han flips over K♠ T♠ while Manlapaz shows Q♣ Q♠ . Payuyo has A♣ K♣ .

The runout goes 7♠ 6♣ 9♦ 9♣ 3♥ as the queens hold for Manlapaz, eliminating Han in 12th place and crippling Payuyo in one swift blow.

Mark Anthony Ciruelos of the Philippines opens from the +1 position for 80,000 and gets called in the HJ by Korea’s Han Seung Hyun. Over at the SB, an other Filipino in Jester Intia 3-bet shoves for his remaining 400,000. Ciruelos opts to fold but Han makes the call.

Intia shows J♠ J♥ (which he calls “Pocket Jesters”) while Han tables A♥ K♣ .

The runout goes 8♥ 9♠ 9♥ 7♥ 9♦ as Intia’s full house brings him closer to the one million chip mark after being a short stack about an orbit ago. The Flight A chip leader is now an endangered species.

The blinds and antes have eaten up the stack of Canada’s Claude Henoud as he is all-in on the BB for his last 15,000. The Philippines’ Jay Payuyo limps in from the HJ and is accompanied by Korean Han Seung Hyun from the D.

The flop comes T♠ 7♠ Q♥ as both check. The turn is the 9♠ as again they check and the river is the A♠ and no further action ensues.

Henoud turns over J♦ 5♥ while Payuyo shows A♥ 9♦ for top pair on the river. Han tables K♣ 5♣ .

Payuyo busts Henoud at 16th place.

The Philippines’ Michael Cheng opens from the HJ for 12,000 then gets re-raised by big stack Han Seung Hyun of Korea to 50,000 from the CO. In the SB, fellow big stack Tomohiro Wada of Japan 4-bets it to 105,000 as Cheng elected to not continue and fold. Han makes the call.

The flop is K♥ Q♦ 3♦ as Wada fires anew, this time for 50,000. Han calls. The turn is the 2♠ as now the Japanese player checks. Han goes all-in and Wada snap calls.

The Korean tables Q♣ Q♥ for middle set on the flop while Wada turns over A♥ A♦ .

The river card is the 5♦.

Luckily for Wada, Han took hits in previous hands and he is no longer covered. Unfortunately for Wada, he now has an extremely short stack.