Warm-up (5,000 PHP)

The action is folded to the HJ where Han Seongbae of Korea attempts to make the most of his second bullet by putting all his chips in the middle. However, Japan’s Kaisei Kawabata covers him and calls his shove from the CO.

Han is delighted to see that his A♦ K♥ dominates Kawabata’s A♠ Q♠ .

The runout goes: 4♣ 9♥ 7♦ 8♣ 7♠ as Han instantly doubles up his reload but for Kawabata, his stack becomes almost unplayable.

Michael Wookju Chung has the action folded to him in the LJ and raises it 900. At the D, fellow Korean Han Seongbae goes over the top all-in for 13,000. It gets folded back to Chung who puts himself at risk with a call for his last 11,900.

Han shows T♦ T♣ while Chung turns over Q♠ T♠ .

Chung immediately turned the tables on the flop: A♦ Q♣ 7♥ and the last two community cards were of no help to Han as the 6♦ and the 4♠ completed the runout.

Han’s stack is all but decimated while Chung inches back to near the starting stack.

Japan’s Nubuyasu Sato opens from the +1 position for 600 and gets called by Han Seongbae of Korea in the +2. It gets folded to the BB of another Korean in Michael Wookju Chung and the man known as “The Ripper” 3-bets the duo to 1,500. Both call.

The flop is 5♦ 3♥ 9♣ as Chung decides to check. Sato also defaults to Han to takes the betting lead for 2,100. Both of his opponents stick around. The turn is the K♦ as once again it is checked to Han who once again bets, this time for 5,500. Now, Chung folds but Sato still calls. The river card is the 4♠ as suddenly Sato declares he is all-in for 12,800. Han goes into the tank and eventually releases his hand.

The Japanese player turns over 9♠ 9♦ for top set on the flop.