Jiego Erquiaga is the first casualty of the final table and he fell on a crushing river card against chip leader Mikiya Kudo. The hand began with a raise by Kuo to 65k, Erquiaga jammed his 225k stack, back to Kudo with the call.
Erquiaga A♦ Q♥
Kudo 9♠ 6♠
Both players got a piece of the flop A♠ 6♦ K♣. Erquiaga stayed ahead on the 5♦ turn, but the river 9♦ improved to two pair to boot Erquiaga in 8th place. He earned PHP 378,200 for his deep run.