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.