Warm-up (5,000 PHP)

In a three-way all-in preflop situation, Taiwan’s Chen Chun Yuan tables A♦ K♣ dominating (and covering) his two opponents in Nguyen Van Dong An of Vietnam and Filipino Raymond Tiu who show A♠ 9♠ and A♣ Q♣ , respectively.

The flop, though, turns the tides as it comes Q♥ 6♣ 6♦ giving Tiu the lead. The turn is the T♠ rendering Nguyen dead in the water but the river is the K♠ , handing thw victory to Chen. The Taiwanese player KOs two adversaries and is just under thr 300,000 chip mark.

The action is folded to the D of Filipino Raymond Tiu who open shoves for his remaining 14,400. Waiting in the BB is his compatriot Jeoffrey Sibal who snap calls.

Much to Sibal’s chagrin, Tiu turns over K♣ K♠ which crushes his Q♣ Q♠ (even the suits are covered).

The runout goes: 6♥ 9♥ 5♥ 6♦ T♥ as Tiu doubles up.