Warm-up (5,000 PHP)

A♠ the money bubble looms, Trevor Touchton of the United States shoves his remaining stack of 73,000 from the CO and gets called in the BB by Australia’s Hatin Hussein.

Touchton turns over A♦ Q♣ and to everyone’s amusement, Hussein flips over A♥ Q♦ .

The runout goes: A♠ 9♣ 8♦ 2♠ K♦ as they split the pot. The money bubble hasn’t burst yet.

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.