APT Main Event (85,000 PHP)

Short-stacked Jaejoong Kim was all in for his last 345,000 against the imposing stack of Mike Takayama.

Jaejoong Kim: K♦ 9♦

Mike Takayama: Q♥ Q♠

The flop arrvied 4♦ A♣ 3♠ , dimming the flush hopes for Kim and leaving him with three outs. A K♥ on the turn gave Kim the lead and he held after the 5♣ river to double him up to almost 800,000.

In the following hand, Lifu Huang was all-in for his last 400,000 against Mike Takayama.

Lifu Huang: 7♦ 7♥

Mike Takayama: A♥ Q♠

Takayama took the lead when he paired his ace on the flop of A♠ 3♥ 6♠ . The turn J♦ and river 8♥ offered no help to Huang, and ended his Main Event championship dream.

Ferdinand Lu, on the same table, cheered - "Iron Mike strikes again!"

Lifu Huang opened the action with a raise to 25,000, and Ionut Stochita called from the big blind, bringing the players to the flop. The dealer revealed 9♦ 8♥ J♣ , and both players opted to check.

The turn brought the 2♦ , prompting Stochita to lead out with a bet of 32,000, which Huang called. When the river showed the 3♦ , Stochita fired again, this time for 55,000. Huang quickly called.

Stochita revealed his hand, showing a ten, while Huang turned over K♠ J♦ for a pair of jacks from the flop, securing the win.