Main Event (18,500 PHP)

The action is opened from the +1 position by Switzerland’s Pierre-Yves Mathys for 3,000 and callers in the +2 position and the BB where Thomas Po of Singapore chooses to defend.

The flop is K♠ T♥ 7♠ as Po checks and Mathys fires 7,300. The caller in the +2 position folds but Po makes the call. It is now Heads-Up to the turn where the A♦ shows up. Po checks again and Mathys unloads 15,000. The Singaporean still makes the call. The river is the 9♦ and this time, no more action ensues.

Mathys turns over K♥ J♥ for top pair on the flop while Po shows K♦ 7♦ for top two pairs on the flop that played cautiously in the end.

Po stack nears the century chip mark.