Main Event (18,500 PHP)

Hand #1: Being one of the shorter stacks, Pang Ying goes all-in from the CO and it folds to the BB where Germ de Haas calls.

Pang shows A♦ Q♣ while de Haas has A♥ K♥ .

The runout goes 2♣ T♥ 9♠ 8♥ T♣ as the kicker plays and Pang is the first casualty of the Final Table.

The remaining eight players are now guaranteed PhP295,000 (~US$5,250).

Pang Ying of England opens from the HJ for 210,000 and it gets to the BB where the Philippines’ Rodrigo Sequite moves all-in for 1,060,000. Pang makes the snap call.

Sequite turns over Q♦ Q♥ but is disgusted to learn that Pang, who covers him, has A♣ A♠ .

The runout goes 5♦ K♥ 2♠ 3♣ 2♣ as the Filipino becomes the first casualty in the final two tables.

From UTG, China’s Ye Kejie opens for 170,000 and it folds to the D where Jannodin Riga of the Philippines 3-bets all-in for his last 265,000. From the SB, Pang Ying of England also goes all-in for 755,000. Ye calls.

Riga flips over 5♣ 5♦ while he looks at Pang turning over K♠ K♦ . Ye has A♦ Q♣ .

The runout goes 7♥ 3♥ 3♦ 9♥ 6♥ as no one has a heart, the Kings of Pang waylay Riga and gets a virtual triple up. Ye’s stack gets dented.

Thomas Po of Singapore open shoves from UTG for his last 345,000 and it folds to the CO where England’s Pang Ying makes the call. No one else joins.

Po tables K♦ K♠ while Pang is in jeopardy with 9♠ 9♥ .

The flop is J♠ Q♥ K♥ to give the Singaporean a set. However, the turn is the A♥ and the river card is the 7♥ to give Pang a one-card flush to negate Po’s set and send him to the rail for good in a shocking turn of events.

Pang now has a stack exceeding seven digits.

It folds to the D where Poland’s Lukasz Jankowski takes the plunge for his remaining stack of 150,000 as Pang Ying of England 3-bet shoves his last 310,000 from the SB. Seeing the size of the pot, big stack Alex Boldt of the United States comes along for the ride from the BB.

Jankowski turns over 6♦ 6♣ while Pang shows A♦ J♦ . Boldt has 6♥ 5♥ .

The flop is 9♠ Q♣ Q♥ but the turn card brings in the A♣ to give Pang the lead and have Boldt drawing dead. Needing the last six in the deck to survive, the river card produces the 3♣ instead as the Polish player hits the rail courtesy of the Englishman.

Boldt hardly felt the hit.