Warm-up (5,000 PHP)

Canadian Robert Williams limps in from UTG and the action folds to Trevor Touchton of the United States who shoves his remaining stack of 54,500. Williams calls.

Touchton turns over K♠ K♦ while a disgruntled Williams shows J♣ J♦ .

The runout goes A♠ 3♦ T♥ 4♦ K♣ with the rivered set proving to be the coup de grace for the American as Williams’ stack slides all the way down to below 40,000.

The action gets folded to the blinds where Benie Goldstein of the United States open shoves his last 25,000 from the SB but gets promptly called by Canada’s Robert Williams in the BB.

The cards are revealed as Goldstein shows K♥ K♠ while Williams has J♥ J♠ .

The flop immediately kept the American firmly entrenched in the lead as it comes K♣ T♣ 5♥ for top set. The turn, however, gave the Canadian a glimmer of a miracle as the J♦ arrives. However, no miracle is in store on the river as the 3♥ giving Goldstein a double up and more ammunition to keep trudging on.

Israel’s Avi Kaplan opens from UTG for 4,500 and gets called by SB Robert Williams of Canada and the player in the BB.

The flop goes 2♥ 5♣ K♠ as the blinds check. Kaplan CBets 7,500 as Williams calls and the player in the BB steps aside. Now Heads Up to the turn, the A♥ as the Canadian checks anew. Kaplan shoves and Williams heads for the hills.