Warm-up (5,000 PHP)

The action is opened from UTG to 3,000 as Filipino Alex Taneo calls from the +2 position. It gets folded to the SB where William Rogers of England 3-bet shoves his last 19,500. The initial raiser folds but Taneo makes the call.

Rogers shows A♣ Q♠ (the same hand he chopped with earlier) while Taneo tables K♣ J♥ for live cards.

The runout, however, did not improve the Filipino’s quest: 8♥ 3♣ 5♦ A♠ 4♥ as Rogers finally doubles up.

A player in the +1 position opens for 1,000 and gets 3-bet by Australia’s Andrew Xu to 4,000 right on the +2. It gets folded to the CO where Alex Taneo of the Philippines 4-bets all-in. The original raiser folds but the call is made by Xu.

Both show Big Slick with Xu having A♦ K♠ and Taneo with A♥ K♣ .

However, the flop goes A♠ 4♠ 5♠ as Taneo quivers at the sight of three spades. The last two community cards produce the 6♦ and the 2♦ as both gentlemen eventually still split the pot.