Main Event (18,500 PHP)

Lai Yi Chi of Taiwan opens from the HJ for 1,700 and gets three callers.

The flop is 9♥ 4♥ 6♦ as it gets checked back to Lai who continues for 2,000. India’s Nikhil Gutta calls from the D and it becomes Heads-up between the two heading into the turn that produces the K♦ . The Taiwanese player then goes all-in for his last 10,000 and gets called by Gutta.

Lai shows A♠ K♠ for top pair-top kicker on the turn, outdrawing Gutta who had top pair on the flop with Q♥ 9♣ .

The river card is the A♥ to give Lai the double up as Gutta’s stack goes back to five-figures.

India’s Nikhil Gutta has reloaded and is raising from UTG to 2,500 as he gets called in the HJ. On the D, Gosuke Harado of Japan moves all-in for his last 10,400 and it folds back to Gutta who makes the call. The HJ folds.

Harada shows A♠ Q♦ while the Indian is live with T♠ 9♦ .

The first four community cards favor the Japanese player at risk: 3♠ 6♥ 6♠ 4♥ but then the river card is the 9♥ to boot out Harada for now and install Gutta as a member of the century chip mark on his second bullet.

Eugene Tito of the United States opens from UTG but gets greeted by a 3-bet shove from India’s Nikhil Gutta in the +1 position for his last 40,300. Also going all-in from the BB is Filipino Jesus Rivera for his remaining stack of 24,500. Tito covers both and gives it moment before electing to make the call.

Gutta flips over A♥ T♥ while Rivera shows A♦ Q♦ . Only their suits are live as the American has them both dominated with A♣ K♣ .

The runout goes 8♥ 9♦ 4♠ 2♣ 7♣ as Tito scoops the pots and waylays two players to have his stack breach the century mark.

From the +1 position, Jesus Rivera of the Philippines commits his last 11,800 to the pot and gets a caller in India’s Nikhil Gutta in the LJ. No one else joins.

Rivera turns over A♥ Q♠ which dominates Gutta’s A♦ 8♦ .

The flop is 6♠ T♠ 9♥ which gives the Indian four additional outs with the gutshot but the last two community cards are the 2♦ and the K♠ to give the Filipino a double up at Gutta’s expense.