Main Event (18,500 PHP)

Jonald Garica of the Philippines opens from the LJ for 2,500 and gets called on the D and from the BB by England’s Jonathan Pickering.

The flop comes A♣ K♦ 7♦ as Pickering checks. Garcia CBets for 3,000 as the player in the D folds but the Englishman makes the call. It is Heads-Up to the turn which shows the K♠ and this time, both players check. The river is the T♥ as Pickering checks a third time and the Filipino goes all-in and gets the snap call from Pickering.

Garcia shows A♠ Q♣ for top pair on the flop while Pickering has K♣ T♦ for a full house on the river as his sneaky double up send Garcia’s stack to emergency levels.

Japan’s Taishi Hasunaka raises it up from the +1 position to 300 and gets three callers, including the blinds.

The flop comes K♦ T♦ 2♦ as the blinds the monochrome board. Hasunaka continues for 400 and gets raised by John Harold Beveridge of Canada on the HJ to 1,000. The blinds fold and Hasunaka makes the call. It is now Heads-Up to the turn which produces the 8♦ . The fourth diamond makes both check. The river is the 7♠ as Hasunaka bets 4,000 and gets no reply from Beveridge as the Japanese player takes it down.