APT Main Event (60,000 PHP)

It was a battle of the blinds between Tsz Him Chan in the small blind, and Vincent Wan in the big blind. There were 10,500 chips in the middle with a board that showed J♥ T♥ 4♦ T♣ K♦ . Chan led out for 7,500, and Wan raised all in for 23,700. Chan went into the tank, assessed his chip stack and made the call.

Vincent Wan: A♥ J♦

Tsz Him Chan: Q♦ T♠

Wan showed just pair of Jacks, and was second best to the trip tens of Chan, meaning Wan was out of the tournament.

Kohei Suzuki raised to 800 from early position. Tsz Him Chan called from the cutoff and Nantawat Sripirom joined in from the small blind.

The three players were given a flop of 8♦ 5♣ J♥ Sripirom checked the action to Suzuki who bet 1,000. Both Chan and Sripirom called.

The 2♠ landed on the turn, which got a checked by Sripiriom and Suzuki. Chan fired out a pot-sized bet of 3,600, which only Sripirom called to see the 4♥ river. The two players checked and Sripirom took down the pot with 7♠ 6♥ for the nut straight on the river.

Tsz Him Chan raised from under the gun to 300 and was three-bet by Byambasuren Danzanbaljir in the small blind to 1,600. Chan counted out the chips and made the call.

The flop came T♣ A♥ A♣ and both players checked to see the Q♠ hit the turn. Danzanbaljir led out for 2,000 and Chan matched it with a call.

The 9♥ dropped on the on the river. Danzanbaljir checked and allowed Chan to dictate the action with a bet of 3,00, which caused Danzanbaljir to fold.

In a following hand, Javier Martinez raised to 300 from the cutoff. Pawanat Inthuyos made the call from the small blind, and Chan defended his big blind.

The flop came 2♦ 4♣ 5♥ and all three checked to see the 6♥ on the turn. Inthuyos checked his option to Chan, who bet out 800. Martinez got out of the way and Inthuyos called.

The two players saw the 3♥ fall the river. Inthuyos checked again and Chan pushed 3,500 across the betting line. Inthuyos took a moment and made the call. Chan flahsed J♥ 8♥ for a flush while Inthuyos mucked his cards