Main Event (18,500 PHP)

Katsuhito Kawai of Japan is all-in from UTG and gets called by Switzerland’s Oleg Mordassov who is at risk with his last 15,000 in the pot.

Kawai shows A♣ K♦ while Mordassov tables 5♥ 5♦ .

The runout goes 6♦ Q♣ Q♥ J♦ 4♣ as the Swiss player avoids trouble and gets the much needed double up as Kawai’s stack dwindles significantly.

Japan’s Katsuhito Kawai opens from the +1 position for 800 and it folds to the HJ where another Japanese player in Ko Okubo 3-bets it to 2,200. A third Japanese player in Tomoya Takamori makes the call from the D while Kawai also joins in.

The flop is A♦ 8♠ Q♥ as it is checked to Takamori who takes over the betting lead for 4,000. Kawai folds but Okubo calls. It is now Heads-Up to the turn which produces the Q♣ . Takamori goes all-in and Okubo thinks awhile before folding, showing the A♠ .