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.

Raymundo Gomez of the Philippines opens from UTG for 2,000 and gets called in the +1 position by Kim Kunwoo of Korea and another Filipino in Jeffrey Pamplona in the BB.

The flop goes A♥ 3♥ K♣ as Pamplona checks and Gomez CBets for 2,000. Kim and Pamplona call. The turn is the K♣ and this time, they all check. The river is the 9♥ and once again, no action ensues between the three combatants.

Pamplona is first to show and he tables K♥ J♠ for trips on the turn. Gomez and Kim muck.