Main Event (18,500 PHP)

The +2 position begins the action with a raise to 9,000 and gets re-raised from the CO by Taiwan’s Chang Shao Chi to 22,000. On the D, Hirohisa Tanaka 4-bet shoves his remaining 54,000 and gets the initial raiser to fold. Chang, though, makes the quick call.

Tanaka turns over 8♠ 8♣ while Chang is way ahead with K♠ K♦ .

The runout goes T♣ T♠ 7♥ A♣ 9♥ as the Japanese player has been taken out by Chang.

Taiwan’s Chen Sing-Wen opens from the CO for 2,500 and gets called by a pair of Japanese players in Hajime Murase from the D and Hirohisa Tanaka from the BB.

The flop is Q♣ 6♠ 9♥ as it gets checked to Murase who bets 3,000. Both his opponents call. The turn is the 5♣ and once again it is checked to Murase who once again unloads, this time for 7,000. Again, he gets called by both. The river is the 7♠ and this time, Tanaka goes all-in for his last 18,900. Chen folds but Murase goes into the tank and subsequently opts to let it go.