After defending his big blind against Christopher Pasion, Paul Tirnovean check-raised the 9♥4♣3♥ flop and called the shove by Pasion for 309,000 with the covering stack.
Christopher Pasion: K♥K♠ 
Paul Tirnovean: 9♦3♦
The A♣ turn and A♠ river counterfeit the two pair of Tirnovean and Pasion doubled to put a major dent into the stack of the Romanian on the final three tables.
Three ways to the J♣8♣6♠ flop, the action checked to Edilberto Gopez and he made it 35,000 to go. Marlon Laxamana check-called before Rene David then check-raised to 110,000. Gopez opted to fold before Laxamana used his currently last available time bank chip, which then led to a reraise worth 225,000 total.
David surrendered and exposed the J♦, Laxamana returned the favour and showed his J♠ before collecting the pot.
From under the gun, Patrick Clarke bet the 7♠5♠5♥9♠ turn for 85,000 and Henrik Tollefsen called in the hijack. The 10♦ came on the river and Clarke now slowed down to check his option. Tollefsen pushed all-in for around 190,000 and Clarke instantly shook his head.
The local resident originally hailing from Ireland grabbed his time bank chips and used one of the four available before opting to fold.
Ronn Mesina bet the 10♦9♥4♦Q♣ turn and then made it another 50,000 to go on the K♥ river. Hyunsik Nam went into a brief tank and called without using any time bank extension. Mesina rolled over the J♦J♥ for the king-high straight and Nam nodded before tossing his cards into the muck.
Seung Hyun Han had a reraise to 52,000 out in front and Marlon Laxamana then squeezed to 100,000 in the next seat. The action went back to Han, who opted to call amid some confusion due to the accent.
Han checked the 8♥5♥2♣ flop and Laxamana took it down with a bet of 65,000.
Level: 27
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
Henrik Tollefsen folded to a shove on the river by Nikolas Rivera to see the latter boost his short stack. However, it wasn't much of a relief and the chips went into the middle of the table soon after. This time, it was a coin flip preflop which Patrick Clarke took to put Rivera at risk.
Nikolas Rivera: A♠K♦
Patrick Clarke: J♦J♠
The 7♥4♠3♥10♥5♥ board kept pocket jacks ahead once again and Rivera bowed out in 26th place.
Marco Espela three-bet jammed his shorter stack of around 20 big blinds and was looked up by the initial raiser Edilberto Gopez.
Marco Espela: A♣K♥ [all-in]
Edilberto Gopez: 10♠10♦
The Q♥3♥2♠10♣5♦ board kept Gopez ahead all the way and he secured the knockout with a set of tens.
The cards are already back in the air for the final three tables with some 16 minutes left at the current blinds and below are the updated counts and new seat assignments.
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Marco Espela | Philippines | 130,000 | 22 |
| 1 | 2 | Rene David | Philippines | 730,000 | 122 |
| 1 | 3 | Ivan Dela Cruz | Philippines | 485,000 | 81 |
| 1 | 4 | Badrudin Ampatuan | Philippines | 825,000 | 138 |
| 1 | 5 | Diana Tan | Philippines | 361,000 | 60 |
| 1 | 6 | Edilberto Gopez | Philippines | 675,000 | 113 |
| 1 | 7 | Alexis Lim | Philippines | 1,020,000 | 170 |
| 1 | 8 | Seung Hyun Han | South Korea | 500,000 | 83 |
| 1 | 9 | Marlon Laxamana | Philippines | 975,000 | 163 |
| 2 | 1 | Marciel Cerbito | Philippines | 650,000 | 108 |
| 2 | 2 | Nikolas Rivera | Philippines | 125,000 | 21 |
| 2 | 3 | Henrik Tollefsen | Norway | 350,000 | 58 |
| 2 | 4 | Renato Villanueva | Philippines | 575,000 | 96 |
| 2 | 5 | Qi Xia | China | 160,000 | 27 |
| 2 | 6 | Gursimran Brar | India | 1,040,000 | 173 |
| 2 | 7 | Dylan Yip | Ireland | 130,000 | 22 |
| 2 | 8 | Patrick Clarke | Ireland | 400,000 | 67 |
| 2 | 9 | Benjamin Ebarle | Philippines | 290,000 | 48 |
| 3 | 1 | Tsun Yin Wong | Hong Kong | 825,000 | 138 |
| 3 | 2 | Michael Concepcion | Philippines | 600,000 | 100 |
| 3 | 3 | Paul Tirnovean | Romania | 450,000 | 75 |
| 3 | 4 | Jonard Arcilla | Philippines | 350,000 | 58 |
| 3 | 5 | AJ Acdal | Philippines | 400,000 | 67 |
| 3 | 6 | Christopher Pasion | Philippines | 335,000 | 56 |
| 3 | 7 | Rodolf Ramo | Philippines | 330,000 | 55 |
| 3 | 8 | Ronn Mesina | Philippines | 340,000 | 57 |
| 3 | 9 | Hyunsik Nam | South Korea | 775,000 | 129 |
On a flop of K♠8♠4♥, Hyunsik Nam checked and then faced the all-in of Joshua Figuerres from an early position. The shove was for 90,000 and Nam reluctantly called on the bubble of the final three tables.
Joshua Figuerres: A♠Q♠
Hyunsik Nam: 9♥9♣
The J♦ turn gave Figuerres even more outs but he bricked the K♦ river.
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