Main Event (18,500 PHP)

From the +2 position, India’s Ajay Abrol opens for 700 and gets callers in Daryl O’Rourke of Ireland from the LJ, and a pair of Filipinos in Anacleto Quijano in the CO and Luis Machuca, Jr. in the BB.

The flop comes T♣ Q♥ 5♦ as Machuca checks. Abrol continues for 1,500 and everyone calls. The turn is the 6♦ as Machuca checks again. Abrol now ups it to 7,000 and is greeted by a shove from O’Rourke for his last 22,500. The Filipinos fold and Abrol makes the snap call.

To everyone’s surprise, O’Rourke tables A♦ A♥ while the Indian lady shows K♣ Q♣ for top pair on the flop. The river card does not help her cause as the 5♥ shows and the Irishman wins a huge pot with hidden rockets.