Main Event (18,500 PHP)

It gets folded to the blinds where Singapore’s Tan Wei Chuan raises it 500,000. In the BB, former chip leader Lim Seyoon of Korea re-raises all-in for his last 2,015,000. Tan calls.

Lim turns over A♣ 3♦ and is going up against a made hand in Tan’s 9♣ 9♠ .

The runout goes 3♣ 4♠ K♣ J♥ Q♦ as Tan collects the Korean’s chips to have 11 players remaining in the Main Event.

Lim’s elimination also brings in a pay jump as everyone left is guaranteed PhP205,000 (~US$3,650).

Korea’s Lim Seyoon is barely still the overall chip leader but remains active as he raises from the +1 position for 250,000 and the action folds to the SB where former chip leader Ryuki Shirase of Japan makes the call.

The flop is 3♦ J♥ 2♥ as Shirase checks. Lim continues for 700,000 and gets called. The turn is the T♠ as the Japanese player checks again. This time, the Korean unloads 800,000 and Shirase stays with it. The river is the 8♦ as now Shirase takes over and fires 1,200,000. Lim tanks and decides to fold.

With the pickup, Shirase takes the chip lead away from Lim.

The separation is becoming apparent as far the chips go as big stack Lim Seyoon of Korea rasies it up from the CO to 125,000 and gets called in the BB by Taiwan’s Yang Chin-Chun.

The flop goes 3♣ 5♠ 4♠ as Yang grabs the betting lead for 80,000. Lim calls. The turn is the 8♦ as the Taiwanese player goes all-in for 850,000. Lim makes the snap call.

Yang tables J♥ 8♣ for top pair on the turn while Lim shows K♥ K♦ . Needing a Jack or another eight, neither arrive on the river as the 5♦ ends the stint of Yang as Lim’s stack becomes all the more daunting.

In a battle of Korea, big stack Lim Seyoon opens from UTG for 90,000 as it folds all the way to the BB of Lee Dong Seok who empties the clip and puts all his remaining 275,000 into the pot. Lim calls.

Lee turns over 7♥ 7♦ while Lim has A♦ Q♥ for a coin-flip for Lee’s tournament life.

The runout has Lee surge further ahead: 9♣ 6♦ 7♠ as Lee’s middle set makes it almost impossible for Lim to recover. The last two community cards are the J♦ and the 3♠ to complete the double up for Lee off of Lim who still is among the big stacks of the Main Event.

In a sweeping turn of events, former big stack William Rogers of England is shown the door by Korea’s Lim Seyoon when Rogers called the 4-bet shove of the Korean who turns over A♠ K♣ against the Englishman’s 7♠ 7♥ .

The flop immediately gave the advantage to Lim: A♥ 5♥ 5♦ . Needing one of the last two sevens in the deck to stay alive, the turn card produces the 2♦ and the river is the 8♥ .

In just two hands, Rogers goes from big stack to stacked.

Lim nears the two million chip mark.