Warm-up (5,000 PHP)

Maxwell Rosete of the Philippines starts it off with a raise from UTG for 6,000 to which fellow Filipino John Philip Baider tosses in his last few chips of 7,000. Japan’s Kenki Okamura joins in from the SB. Rosete calls.

The flop is 9♥ 8♦ 8♠ as Okamura and Rosete check. The turn is the K♣ and no one makes a move. The river card is the 5♦ and now Okamura bets 10,000 which gets Rosete to fold.

Baider shows K♥ Q♦ while Okamura tables K♦ T♦ as the Filipino’s kicker plays and gets a triple up, but still has a ton of work to do.

From the +1 position, Filipino John Philip Baider makes a bold move by open shoving his stack of 24,700 but gets called by compatriot Renato Villanueva in the HJ.

Baider shows A♣ J♦ and is crushed to discover that Villanueva has him dominated with A♦ Q♣ .

The poker gods have other plans, though, as the first three community cards are J♣ 9♣ 6♦ as Baider pairs his Jack. The turn is the 4♠ and the river is the K♠ as the loss via outdraw sends Villanueva’s stack spiraling downwards.