Main Event (18,500 PHP)

Jeong Seonghun of Korea raises it 2,400 from the +1 position and gets a call from HJ, However, Hiroyuki Matsuzaki of Japan 3-bet shoves his remaining stack of 21,400 on the D and gets a 4-bet shove from another Korean in An Sangjin in the BB. Seong snap calls for his tournament life as the player in the HJ folds.

Matsuzaki turns over J♦ 8♦ while An shows 3♦ 3♠ . They’re both at a disadvantage against Jeong who tables Q♠ Q♣ .

That didn’t last long, though, as the flop goes 5♠ 3♥ 7♠ as An surges ahead with bottom set. The 9♦ on the turn gives the Japanese player a semblance of hope but the river card is the 2♠ to complete the bust outs of Matsuzaki and Seong as An now surpasses the century chip mark.

The action gets folded to the D where it is raised to 900. Making the call from the SB is Kazakhstan’s Abdilda Kozhabay in the SB and Jeong Seonghun of Korea also joins from the BB.

The flop comes Q♥ K♠ 4♠ as all three players check. The turn is the 9♦ as Kozhabay checks and Jeong bets 2,000. The Kazakh proceeds to check-raise it to 5,000 as Keong decides to call. The river is the 6♦ as Kozhabay unloads 10,000. It’s enough to make the Korean go away.