Warm-up (5,000 PHP)

The mandatory ten-minute break is announced, two tables still had action as the first saw Czar Ian Marcos of the Philippines raising it from UTG to 21,000 which was met by a call from Sweden’s Henrik Lindahl in the HJ.

The flop goes 4♣ 4♠ 9♥ as Marcos CBets for 11,000 and gets raised by Lindahl to 42,000. Marcos calls. The turn is the 5♠ and this time, the Filipino decides to check. Lindahl then goes all-in and gets greeted with a snap call from Marcos.

Lindahl shows T♠ T♦ for an over pair to the board while Marcos tables 9♠ 9♣ for a full house on th flop.

The river card is the 7♥ as Marcos takes some of the luster away from Lindahl’s stack and moves closer to where he was before getting hit earlier.

The players are now on break. The double up of Marcos signifies that the Money Bubble is alive and well.

In a hand already in progress, the board reads J♦ T♣ 6♠ with 18,000 in the pot.

In the SB is Sweden’s Henrik Lindahl who bets 8,000 to which James dela Cruz of the Philippines—in the BB—makes the call. The turn is the T♦ Lindahl unloads again, this time for 12,000 as de la Cruz still calls. The river card is the 4♦ to which the Swede takes his time before blasting 20,500. The Filipino calls.

Lindahl shows A♥ J♠ for top pair-top kicker on the flop. De la Cruz mucks, but not before losing a huge chunk of his chips in the loss.