Warm-up (5,000 PHP)

With less than 5,000 in chips left, Germ de Haas of the Netherlands puts it all in the middle folded to him on the CO while Tony Abesamis—the Filipino who crippled him in the hand prior—isolates by 3-betting to 20,000 from the D.

De Hass flips over 8♥ 6♥ while Abesamis has A♥ J♠ .

The runout goes: 2♠ 2♦ Q♦ T♥ 5♦ . The Dutchman gets railed for now as Abesamis finishes what he started.

The action opens with a player raising from UTG for 600 as it gets folded to the D where Germ de Haas of the Netherlands 3-bets to 2,500. Tony Abesamis of the Philippines makes the from the SB while the original raiser steps aside.

The flop goes K♥ J♦ 4♦ as Abesamis checks. De Haas continues for 1,700 but gets check-raised to 4,000. The Dutchman calls. The turn is the 2♦ and once again the Filipino player checks. De Haas now brings in 4,000 and once again gets check-raised to 10,400. De Haas calls. The river is the 3♠ and now Abesamis donk-shoves for his remaining 5,400. De Haas snap calls.

Abesamis tables A♦ K♦ for the nut flush on the turn while De Haas turns over K♠ J♠ for two pairs on the flop.

De Hass’ stack now drops to the danger zone while Abesamis surges to nearly 50,000.

Sweden’s Johan Linden opens from UTG for 600 and gets callers in Antonio Abesamis of the Philippines from the HJ as well as Norway’s Kai Danilo Paulsen in the BB.

The flop comes A♥ 8♥ T♠ as Paulsen checks. Linden continues for 1,000 and gets called by both his adversaries. The turn is the K♣ and this time all three players check. The river is the Q♦ and this time, Paulsen leads out for 1,500. Linden folds but Abesamis makes the call.

The Norwegian shows K♠ J♥ for top pair on the turn. Abesamis mucks.