Main Event (18,500 PHP)

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.

Ireland’s Daryl O’Rourke opens from UTG for 200 and gets called by a Lai Yi-Chi of China in the SB and Taiwan’s Lin Yu-I from the BB.

The flop goes 9♣ 4♣ J♥ as the blinds check it back to O’Rourke who CBets for 600. The blinds call. The turn is the 7♠ as once again it is checked back to the Irishman who now ups it to 1,600. This time, Lai folds but Lin stays in. It is Heads-Up to the river where the A♥ appears. Lin checks a third time and O’Rourke unloads 3,200. Lin then check-raises it to 6,400 as O’Rourke gives it a moment before letting it go.