Main Event (18,500 PHP)

Hajime Murase of Japan raises from the HJ to 2,500 but re-raised to 6,200 by the Philippines’ Raymundo Gomez from the D. Murase makes the call.

The flop comes 2♦ T♣ 4♣ as Murase checks. Gomez continues firing for 5,000 and gets called. The turn is the 7♣ and the Japanese player checks it once again. Gomez then proceeds to go all-in for his last 25,700. Murase quickly calls.

Gomez unfurls A♣ 9♣ for the nut flush while Murase is drawing dead holding an over-pair to the board in J♣ J♥ .

The river card is the T♠ to complete the double-up for the Filipino.

Taiwan’s Chen Sing-Wen opens from the CO for 2,500 and gets called by a pair of Japanese players in Hajime Murase from the D and Hirohisa Tanaka from the BB.

The flop is Q♣ 6♠ 9♥ as it gets checked to Murase who bets 3,000. Both his opponents call. The turn is the 5♣ and once again it is checked to Murase who once again unloads, this time for 7,000. Again, he gets called by both. The river is the 7♠ and this time, Tanaka goes all-in for his last 18,900. Chen folds but Murase goes into the tank and subsequently opts to let it go.