Gold Dragon High Roller Deepstack (55,000 PHP)

The Gold Dragon High Roller Deepstack was a whole affair in itself with its 106-entry field, setting up a grand prize pool of PHP 5,179,600. Ten hours of play ran through before the money bubble burst, leaving only fourteen players in the money. Action eventually boiled down to the final three, where local grinder Edison Yu faced off against South Koreans Eui Hyeok Kim and Hoseung Jung in a battle for the trophy.

Jung the shortest, was the first to go, falling to Yu over a race to ship his opponent the advantage onto heads up play. Kim was close to turning the tides after an all-in situation saw Yu call off with A♣ 8♠ against Kim's A♦ J♦ . The board however, ran a chop, saving Yu from a potential loss that would have left him with 7 BBs. Just minutes later, Yu closed out the win with the final hand seeing him raise all-in with K♠ 2♦ and Kim calling off his last 17 BBs with A♦ J♦ . Board Q♦ J♣ 8♠ K♥ 7♦ again favored Yu, earning him his biggest cash to date amounting to PHP 1,431,600.