Main Event

Hijack Edilberto Gopez opened to 100,000, called by button Hsieh Hao An. Flop came 2♥ T♥ 6♦ and Gopez continued for 150,000, called by Hsieh. Action on turn 4♥ went check check, leading up to the river Q♦ . Gopez threw in a final bet of 250,000, raking another call from his opponent behind. Gopez quickly mucks his hand and Hsieh wins by default but still shows 5♥ 5♦ .

Hsieh Hao An defended his big blind against Edilberto Gopez’ open and saw a flop of K♠ 5♣ 9♣ . Hsieh check-called a 50,000 bet from his opponent and headed to the turn 7♠ . Again with a check, Gopez fired 175,000 and called a raise from Hsieh to 455,000. The river Q♦ completed the board and Hsieh moved all-in for Gopez’ 820,000 behind. Gopez reveals the nuts J♥ T♠ , earning him the massive pot and a boost to the top of the pack.

Hsieh 5♦ 7♣

Button Tan Hai Shien opened and called a raise to 130,000 from small blind Hsieh Hao An. Flop came J♣ T♥ 2♦ , checked by both players. Turn 7♥ saw Hsieh lead out for 80,000, called by Tan. River 3♥ merited another 200,000 bet from Hsieh to which Tan snap folded.

Hijack Hsieh Hao An opened to 40,000, called by the cut off. Button John Tech put in a raise to 135,000 and was joined only by the original raiser. Flop 6♣ 7♠ 8♠ saw no bets and carried on to see turn T♠ . Hsieh fired a 75,000 bet, called by Tech. River came another T♥ and Hsieh sent out 185,000. Tech folds, leaving him with 1,000,000 behind.

Utg Hsieh Hao An opened to 35,000, called by a player behind. Hijack John Tech fired a three bet to 128,000 and faced a four bet to 285,000 from the original raiser. Other player folds and Tech moves all-in for 740,000 total. Hsieh gives up the fight and throws his hand in the muck.

Main Event - Live Updates - Day 1B

Day 1B action has concluded with 47 players remaining in contention for the PHP 6,517,236 pot. Local runner Mark Dela Cruz ends the day with the lead, stacking a 593,000 high chip count, followed closely behind by Michael De Leon with 522,000.

Last chance to qualify runs tomorrow Day 1C at 13:00!

Top Chip Counts:

Small blind Hsieh Hao An started the action with an open to 15,000. Cowan Graham on the big blind came in and saw a flop of 3♦ 4♦ 6♠ . Hsieh continued with the aggression and fired 20,000, called by Graham. Turn K♥ saw Hsieh with another 74,000 bet, called again behind. The river 4♠ did nothing to stop Hsieh as he sent out a final 120,000. Graham decides to fold as Hsieh climbs past the 500k mark.

64 players left in the running with 17 more eliminations to go before Day 1B action wraps up.

Top Chip Counts:

That’s it for Day 1B with a total of 311 entries recorded across ten 30 minute levels. Prize pool has swelled to double in value amounting to PHP 6,517,236! Action will close when 15% of the field remains (ITM) at 47 players.

Big stacks spotted on the felt:

One starting flight left to go as Day 1C runs tomorrow at 13:00.

Having called a three bet from Hsieh Hao An preflop, Kim Sangyoon check raised Hsieh’s continuation bet to 6,500 on flop K♠ 7♥ 5♥ . Hsieh calls and another K♣ popped up on the turn. Kim leads for 5,000, called by Hsieh. River A♦ prompts Kim to send out 13,500, to which Hsieh folded.