Warm-up (5,000 PHP)

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.

Noel Llamedo of the Philippines opens from UTG for 2,000 and gets three callers.

The flop goes Q♦ 2♠ A♦ as it is checked back to Llamedo who continues firing for 3,000. Fellow Filipino James de la Cruz—who called preflop from the HJ—makes the call. The two others step aside. It is now Heads Up to the turn where the 2♥ shows up. Both check, The river is the 9♣ and no further action ensues.

Llamedo turns over Q♠ T♠ while de la Cruz shows Q♣ J♦ which normally should win but their kickers don’t play on this board.

Filipina Jes Fernandez opens the action from the +1 position for 800 and gets called by Lee Seoha of Korea in the +2. At the CO, Filipino James de la Cruz 3-bets it to 3,100. Both his opponents make the call.

The flop comes 7♥ 4♦ 6♠ as all three players check. The turn is the T♠ and this time, Fernandez leads out for 5,500. Lee raises all-in for his remaining 6,100 as de la Cruz exits.

Fernandez turns over Q♠ Q♥ for an over pair to the board while Lee shows 8♥ 2♥ for a flopped gutshot that improved to a double-gutter on the turn.

The river blanks out for the Korean as the T♦ appears to send him to the sidelines for the moment.