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.

The action is folded to the blinds where Makoto Miyatake of Japan limps in and India’s Anju Abrol checks her option in the BB.

The unraised pot sees a flop of 2♣ 9♥ 7♦ as Miyatake leads out for 200 and gets called. The turn is the 5♣ and this time, both players check. The river is the 8♥ and this time, the Japanese player fires 1,000 and gets raised to 3,000 by Abrol. Miyatake chooses to call.

Abrol turns over J♦ T♣ for the nut straight while Miyatake shows the 6♥ for a lower straight before throwing his hand into the muck.