Hyper Turbo Knockout [₱1K Bounty] (5,000 PHP)

Yusuke Okamoto Wins The Hyper Turbo Knockout

One of the fastest blinds on the schedule is the Hyper Turbo Knockout with players racing against time while trying to avoid getting knocked out. For every head scalped, it pays PHP 1000 which can quickly accumulate to earn one's PHP 5000 buy in back and be freerolling the rest of the tournament.

It being the last event of the day, 33 evening warriors took to the felt and in just over four hours, only Japan's Yusuke Okamoto was left standing. However, before reaching the podium, at three-handed the average stack was just 11 bb, forcing players to jam every hand.

Okamoto doubled up off Juan Pablo Reyes with Q♠ J♠ dominating J♦ 5♦ . On his next called shove, Okamoto's T♣ 9♦ open ended failed to improve after the flop to pay a double up to Kai Ping Choo's Q♣ J♠ on a board of J♦ 8♠ 4♦ 4♠ 6♥ . Okamoto recovered by finishing off Reyes then closed it out with A♦ 8♠ kicker playing against Choo's A♥ 7♦ .

Okamoto secured a payout of PHP 42,844 (~US$ 745) and his first live poker trophy.