Main Event (18,500 PHP)

Japan’s Tadayoshi Uemura takes the leap from the +2 position for all his remaining 17,500 and gets a caller from the HJ. However, Reiner Magbutay of the Philippines also goes all-in from the D for his last 58,000. The LJ folds and it’s Head-Up for the Japanese player’s tournament life.

Uemura tables Q♣ T♦ while the Filipino dominates him with A♠ Q♠ .

Suddenly the tables get turned on the flop: 4♣ T♠ 5♥ with Uemura surging ahead with top pair. But that celebration is short-lived as the A♣ hits the turn and the deal is sealed when the 5♣ arrives on the river to oust Uemura and bring Magbutay’s stack close to the six figure mark.

Kim Enriquez of the Philippines opens from the +1 position for 2,000 as it folds to the D where Japan’s Atsuhiro Ishikawa 3-bets it to 5,200. Then it gets to the BB where James Wang of Singapore (operating on his second bullet) 4-bet it to 18,000. Back to Enriquez, he 5-bet shove his last 30,000 as Ishikawa opts to step aside. Wang makes the snap call.

Enriquez shows A♥ K♦ while Wang unveils K♠ K♣ .

The runout kept it in Wang’s alley: 4♠ 6♦ 4♦ 2♦ (a sweat card for the Singaporean) and the K♥ to give a set to Wang and rail Enriquez momentarily.

Korea’s Ko Sukwang opens from the +2 position for 1,500 and it folds to the CO where James Wang of Singapore 3-bets it to 4,500. Ko calls.

The flop is 2♦ Q♥ 4♦ as Ko checks. Wang CBets for 3,000 and gets called. The turn is the 4♣ and the Korean checks again. Wang fires 10,000 and Ko still sticks around. The river is the 4♥ as Ko checks a third time. The Singaporean now decides to go all-in for his last 15,100 after barreling all betting streets. Ko calls.

Wang turns over A♦ J♥ for a complete miss while Ko shows 3♠ 3♣ , calling all the way with his baby pair.

Wang still has time to rejoin the action via another bullet.