Warm-up (5,000 PHP)

The action is folded to the D where Chen Chun Yuan of Taiwan opens for 1,500. India’s Naresh Thakker Karan 3-bets from the SB to 4,300. Chen proceeds to 4-bet shove for 15,500 and the move puts the Indian in the tank. After much deliberation, Karan opts to lay it down.

In the very next hand, Naresh Thakker Karan of India makes an early position raise to 600 from the +1 and gets greeted with a 3-bet to 1,700 by Korea’s Jaehyoun “Spike” Ahn in the SB. Karan calls.

The flop is A♥ 3♠ 8♥ as Ahn fires again, this time for 2,200. The Indian makes the call. The turn is the 7♥ and both err on the side of caution by checking. The river is the 5♥ and no further action ensues.

Ahn tables A♣ K♦ for top pair, top kicker while Karan shows 6♥ 6♠ for a runner-runner one-card flush.