Main Event (18,500 PHP)

Hernan Villa of the Philippines raises it to 90,000 when the action gets folded to him in the CO and gets fellow Filipino John Niko Costiniano to jump in from the SB for his last 10,500 as well as England’s Robbie Fisher-O’Brien for his last 21,000 from the BB.

Costiniano shows K♣ 8♥ while Fisher-O’Brien has K♥ T♥ . Villa has made albeit vulnerable hand in 8♠ 8♦ .

The runout goes 9♠ 2♠ A♥ Q♣ 7♦ as Villa dodges all potential problems and knocks out two in one go.

Israel’s Yossef Cohen starts it off with a raise from the +1 position for 2,500 and it folds to the D where Filipino John Niko Costiniano 3-bets it to 6,500. Cohen makes the call.

The flop goes 6♠ 7♦ 6♣ as Cohen checks. Costiniano CBets for 4,000 but then gets check-raised all-in by the Israeli. Costiniano calls.

Choen tables 9♠ 8♠ for an open-ended straight draw while the Filipino is delighted to learn that he is actually ahead with A♣ T♦ . That didn’t last long as the 5♠ on the turn suddenly has Costiniano drawing dead and the 2♦ on the river solidified Costiniano’s walking papers.