Final Day
Keng Yong Tan Eliminated In 5th Place - PHP 790,000

Keng Yong Tan open shove 535,000 and misses the board against Seokchul Hwang's ducks to take 5th place.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
SH Seokchul Hwang | 2♣2♥ BB | 3,030,000(38 BB) |
TK Tan Keng Yong | A♠3♦ SB | busted |

Seokchul Hwang Grabs At The Pot

From utg, Seokchul Hwang opens 175,000 and big blind Keng Yong Tan calls it for a flop 5♥ 3♥ 6♠ . Hwang continues for 100,000, Tang check-calls to see a turn 8♦ . Tan opts to lead out 175,000, Hwang answers with a 500,000 raise,
Player | Chips |
---|---|
TK Tan Keng Yong | 870,000(11 BB) |
SH Seokchul Hwang | 278,000(3 BB) |
Chip Counts At The New Level
Player | Chips |
---|---|
VN Vivencio Nachor Jr. | 4,800,000(60 BB) |
KK Kaoru Kishimoto | 2,230,000(28 BB) |
SC Seungcheol Choi | 1,500,000(19 BB) |
TK Tan Keng Yong | 1,500,000(19 BB) |
AP Ashley Patterson | 1,040,000(13 BB) |
SH Seokchul Hwang | 240,000(3 BB) |
Vivencio Nachor Continues To Climb

Vivencio Nachor is pulling away from the pack with several pots taken down at the flop. His latest was earned preflop with utg+1 Keng Yong Tan raising 120,000 called by hijack Seokchul Hwang, then cutoff Nachor three-bets 370,000. No callers.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
VN Vivencio Nachor Jr. | 4,600,000(77 BB) |
TK Tan Keng Yong | 1,600,000(27 BB) |
SH Seokchul Hwang | 980,000(16 BB) |
Chip Counts At The New Level
Player | Chips |
---|---|
VN Vivencio Nachor Jr. | 3,750,000(75 BB) |
KK Kaoru Kishimoto | 2,960,000(59 BB) |
TK Tan Keng Yong | 1,850,000(37 BB) |
AP Ashley Patterson | 1,750,000(35 BB) |
HA Hiroyuki Akanuma | 1,080,000(22 BB) |
SH Seokchul Hwang | 610,000(12 BB) |
GT Gary Thompson | 530,000(11 BB) |
SC Seungcheol Choi | 505,000(10 BB) |
Kicker Plays For Kishimoto

Keng Yong Tan joins the action with a raise of 110,000 that's called by Kaoru Kishimoto. Tan continues for 75,000 on a flop 5♦ A♠ 9♠ . Kishimoto check-calls. Then both check down the turn A♣ and river 6♣ .
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
TK Tan Keng Yong | K♦2♦ | 1,850,000(37 BB) |
KK Kaoru Kishimoto | K♣Q♠ SB | 2,775,000(56 BB) |
Final 9 Chip Counts
Player | Chips |
---|---|
KK Kaoru Kishimoto | 2,950,000(59 BB) |
VN Vivencio Nachor Jr. | 2,760,000(55 BB) |
TK Tan Keng Yong | 1,985,000(40 BB) |
HA Hiroyuki Akanuma | 1,560,000(31 BB) |
SH Seokchul Hwang | 1,375,000(28 BB) |
GT Gary Thompson | 1,225,000(25 BB) |
LM | 1,050,000(21 BB) |
SC Seungcheol Choi | 655,000(13 BB) |
AP Ashley Patterson | 570,000(11 BB) |
Day 2
Day 2 Ends With Final 9 Players

Player | Chips |
---|---|
KK Kaoru Kishimoto | 2,950,000(59 BB) |
VN Vivencio Nachor Jr. | 2,760,000(55 BB) |
TK Tan Keng Yong | 1,985,000(40 BB) |
HA Hiroyuki Akanuma | 1,560,000(31 BB) |
SH Seokchul Hwang | 1,375,000(28 BB) |
GT Gary Thompson | 1,225,000(25 BB) |
LM | 1,050,000(21 BB) |
SC Seungcheol Choi | 655,000(13 BB) |
AP Ashley Patterson | 570,000(11 BB) |
Jeoffrey Sibal Falls In 10th Place - PHP 265,000

After several orbits with Keng Yong Tan picking up a couple of small pots he claims a big one to end Day 2. Hand opens with Tan raising 100,000 from the button, called by the big blind Jeoffrey Sibal.
Both players check the flop 7♥ A♠ 9♦ , then Sibal leads out 150,000 on the turn J♦, Tan raises 300,000, Sibal shoves his remaining 615,000 and is snap-called.
Sibal's two pair drawing dead against Tan's set. The river 5♥ is of no consequence. Sibal exits in 10th place.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
JS Jeoffrey Sibal | 7♠9♥ BB | busted |
TK Tan Keng Yong | J♠J♣ D | 1,985,000(40 BB) |

Table 15
Player | Chips | Table | Seat |
---|---|---|---|
HA Hiroyuki Akanuma | 1,075,000(27 BB) | 15 | 2 |
KK Kaoru Kishimoto | 2,700,000(68 BB) | 15 | 3 |
TK Tan Keng Yong | 995,000(25 BB) | 15 | 4 |
AP Ashley Patterson | 590,000(15 BB) | 15 | 6 |
JS Jeoffrey Sibal | 1,010,000(25 BB) | 15 | 8 |
Keng Yong Tan Recovers Some Chips

Hands after Keng Yong Tan's kings were cracked, he looks down at aces and shoves his last 660,000. Ashley Patterson calls.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
TK Tan Keng Yong | A♠A♣ BB | 1,360,000(34 BB) |
AP Ashley Patterson | K♠T♣ BB | 385,000(10 BB) |
Double Up for Hiroyuki Akanuma

Short stacked Hiroyuki Akanuma open shoves 485,000, gets called by Keng Yong Tan, then cracks kings with a straight.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
HA Hiroyuki Akanuma | 9♣T♣ D | 1,015,000(34 BB) |
TK Tan Keng Yong | K♠K♥ BB | 700,000(23 BB) |
Andrei Budykin Rivered Into 14th Place - PHP 188,000

Andrei Budykin raises to 55,000, two players join to the flop J♠ 7♦ K♦ . Budykin continues for 70,000, Hiroyuki Akanuma folds, Keng Yong Tan check-raises 500,000 to put Budykin all in (280,000), Budykin calls.
Budykin is ahead with top two which holds on the turn Q♣ however with the river 5♦ , Tan lands the flush to oust Budykin in 14th place.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
AB Andrei Budykin | K♠J♥ UTG+1 | busted |
HA Hiroyuki Akanuma | 460,000(18 BB) | |
TK Tan Keng Yong | A♦9♦ BB | 1,400,000(56 BB) |
Keng Yong Tan Doubles Up

Keng Yong Tan three-bet all in for 475,000 and chip leader Kaoru Kishimoto calls it. Tan goes dominates with only one overcard to dodge and does so for a double up.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
TK Tan Keng Yong | T♦T♣ | 975,000(39 BB) |
KK Kaoru Kishimoto | J♠9♥ | 1,660,000(66 BB) |
Final 15 Players - Chip Counts

Player | Chips |
---|---|
KK Kaoru Kishimoto | 2,180,000(87 BB) |
SH Seokchul Hwang | 1,640,000(66 BB) |
VN Vivencio Nachor Jr. | 1,440,000(58 BB) |
FP Finn Penderak | 1,200,000(48 BB) |
LM | 1,050,000(42 BB) |
SC Seungcheol Choi | 955,000(38 BB) |
GT Gary Thompson | 920,000(37 BB) |
JS Jeoffrey Sibal | 865,000(35 BB) |
JB Jean Berdejo | 510,000(20 BB) |
TK Tan Keng Yong | 500,000(20 BB) |
AP Ashley Patterson | 465,000(19 BB) |
MT Mike Takayama | 460,000(18 BB) |
AB Andrei Budykin | 395,000(16 BB) |
FZ Feng Zhao | 360,000(14 BB) |
Keng Yong Tan Cleans Out a Short Stack

Keng Yong Tan calls Yasuaki Kimura's 5.5 bb all in then claims it all. 5♦ 6♣ T♦ J♥ J♦
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
TK Tan Keng Yong | K♥K♦ D | 560,000(28 BB) |
YK Yasuaki Kimura | Q♣7♣ CO | busted |
Day 1C
End Of Day 1C Chip Counts
Player | Chips |
---|---|
KK Kaoru Kishimoto | 465,000(93 BB) |
RG Renniel Galvez | 393,000(79 BB) |
TK Tan Keng Yong | 374,000(75 BB) |
ZW Zhiyu Wang (2) | 349,000(70 BB) |
IY Issei Yamamoto | 340,000(68 BB) |
AW Anton Welo Tor | 332,000(66 BB) |
HA Hiroyuki Akanuma | 323,000(65 BB) |
FP Finn Penderak | 315,000(63 BB) |
RP Ryan Platon | 300,000(60 BB) |
SH Seokchul Hwang | 282,000(56 BB) |
HA Hyeonwoo An | 271,000(54 BB) |
JZ Jayden Zalac | 265,000(53 BB) |
YK Yasuaki Kimura | 261,000(52 BB) |
VN Vivencio Nachor Jr. | 255,000(51 BB) |
PJ Park Joungwoo | 204,000(41 BB) |
GZ Guo Zhan Xi | 202,000(40 BB) |
NK Nikhil Kedia | 183,000(37 BB) |
LP Liao Po Hsun | 181,000(36 BB) |
JS Jeoffrey Sibal | 161,000(32 BB) |
JM Joris Michl | 157,000(31 BB) |
TL Thomas Lee | 140,000(28 BB) |
PJ Pee Jay Aratea | 134,000(27 BB) |
TR Tasaki Riki | 118,000(24 BB) |
JB Jean Berdejo | 115,000(23 BB) |
JB James Bonanno | 101,000(20 BB) |
AK Anh Khoa Ngo | 97,000(19 BB) |
LK Li Kuen | 95,000(19 BB) |
KY Kazuo Yamamoto | 93,000(19 BB) |
DM Dhaval Mudgal | 84,000(17 BB) |
MJ Minwoong Jeong | 84,000(17 BB) |
AP Ashley Patterson | 61,000(12 BB) |
VT Victorino Torres | 56,300(11 BB) |
JG Justin Geronimo | 19,000(4 BB) |