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 Philippines’ Luis Machuca, Jr. limps in from UTG and gets four other players to join in until Maxime Delabre of France makes a raise to 1,500 from the BB. Machuca calls as well as Taiwan’s Lin Yu Yi from the +2 position, and Alfie Adam of England from the CO.

The flop is 4♣ K♦ 3♥ as Delabre is unrelenting and fires a CBet of 2,500. Machuca folds but Lin and Adam stick around. The turn card is the 9♣ and this time, the Frenchman slows down and checks. Lin checks as well and Adam takes the betting lead for 8,500. Delabre folds but Lin makes the call. It is Heads-Up to the river which produces the 2♦ . Lin checks again as Adam goes all-in for his last 11,400. The Taiwanese player makes the snap call.

Adam shows 6♠ 5♣ for a straight on the river while Lin tables K♣ 5♠ for top pair on the flop.

Lin’s stack is all but decimated.

Luis Machuca, Jr. of the Philippines opens from the +1 position for 400and gets a call from the SB. In the BB, however, Japan’s Shinji Kubo 3-bets it to 800 and gets calls from both his opponents.

The flop comes J♥ 4♦ 7♥ as the player in the SB checks. Kubo continues for 1,200 as Machuca calls but the SB folds. It is Heads-Up to the turn that brings in the 8♠ . This time, Kubo checks and Machuca does the betting for 2,500. The Japanese player folds.

England’s Alfie Adam opens from the CO for 200 and gets the blinds to join him.

The flop comes T♣ 4♥ 3♦ as Luis Machuca, Jr. of the Philippines takes the betting lead from the SB for 300. The BB folds and Adam raises it to 900. Machuca makes the call. It is Heads-Up to the turn which produces the Q♦ as once again Machuca unloads, this time for 1,500. Adam no longer continues in the hand.