Kamil Czarniecki just took a bad beat to slim down his stack. He got in a preflop raising war from the small blind with the player on the button.
Eventually they went heads up to a flop where Czarniecki open shoved. His opponent called it off with and needed a heart to survive against Czarniecki's . The turn did the trick, cutting Czarniecki down to size.
Elan Zak had lost most of what he'd earned in that set-over-set-over-set debacle earlier when he found himself heads up on an flop with a decent sized pot already brewing.
He checked and his opponent bet 2,000. Zak called and checked again on the turn, but when his opponent bet out 4,300, he shipped it in for 30,150 total.
His opponent went deep into the tank and the floor was called by a third player not in the hand asking for a clock. Based on the fact a reasonable amount of time had not been taken, the floor refused and a discussion about when to call the clock or not ensued.
Eventually, Zak's opponent made the call with and wasn't surprised to see Zak had flopped a set with . It held on the river and Zak is back.
With registration now closed, prize pool information for the event has been revealed.
The top 28 players will all make the money with a minimum cash worth PHP 76,000.
The total prize pool is no less than PHP 11,349,000 and the winner will take home PHP 3,472,000 (Close to $80,000 U.S.) , including a PHP 562,000 entry into the 2014 Asia Championship of Poker Main Event.