Main Event (45,000 PHILIPPINE PESO)

Hand #154: After sustaining a heavy blow to his stack in the previous hand, Craig Landry has moved all-in from UTG/D for his remaining 555,000. William Ysmael and Edilberto Gopez call.

The flop is Q♣ Q♥ T♠ as both Filipinos check. The turn is the 5♠ . Ysmael checks and Gopez bets 500,000. Ysmael folds.

Landry turns over 5♦ 7♠ while Gopez tables T♥ T♦ for a full house on the flop and a sure knockout blow against the Australian. The river card of the K♣ makes it official.

Landry finishes in third place for PhP1,670,000 (~US$29,817) as we now enter Heads UP for the Main Event trophy.

Hand #153: The action folded to Craig Landry in the SB and completes but William Ysmael raises from the BB to 360,000. Landry calls.

The flop is K♣ J♠ 6♦ as Landry checks. Ysmael CBets to 425,000 and Landry calls. The turn is the A♠ Ysmael once again bets, now for 825,000. Landry goes over the top all-in. Ysmael is still covered but the Filipino still calls.

Landry flips over J♥ 5♣ for a pair of jacks while Ysmael shows A♣ K♥ for top two pairs. The Australian cannot catch anything to win and the river card of 4♥ even gives hima two-pair of his own but he gets crippled.

Hand #127: It's blind vs. blind anew as Craig Landry completes his SB and William Ysmael checks his BB option.

The flop is 9♣ A♦ 7♣ as Landry bets into the Filipino for 125,000. Ysmael calls. The urn is the 6♦ and Landry once again unloads, this time for 250,000. Ysmael still calls. The river card is the 5♣ and now Landry slows down and checks. Ysmael fires 650,000 and is called by the Australian.

Ysmael tables 9♥ 2♣ for middle pair on the flop while Landry turns over T♣ 7♥ for their pair on the flop.

The pot cost Landry over a million in chips.

Hand #126: The action is folded over to the Button where Edilberto Gopez makes a raise to 250,000 as the action gets to Craig Landry in the BB and the Australian 3-bets to 600,000. Gopez calls.

The flop comes J♦ 7♣ K♠ and Landry unleashes another bet of 800,000. Gopez does not continue in the hand.

Hand #109: The blinds take centerstage as Jaime Reyes raises it to 240,000 from his SB and gets called by Australian Craig Landry.

The flop comes T♣ Q♣ K♠ . Both skip a street. The turn is the 3♥ as Reyes checks, Landry bets 225,000. The American makes the call. The river is the 2♠ and it goes check-check.

Reyes tables J♠ J♦ and was disappointed to learn he got outdrawn by Landry holding K♦ 6♦.

Hand #104: William Ysmael raises from UTG to 160,000 and Edilberto Gopez re-raises to 360,000 from the CO. In the D, Maxwell Rosete 4-pbets to 1,000,000 and Australia's Craig Landry pushes all-in for his remaining 1,275,000.

Both Ysmael and Gopez exit but Rosete makes the call.

Landry flips over A♣ K♣ while a dismayed Rosete shows A♥ Q♣.

The first three community cards go 6♣ J♦ Q♥ to give Rosete the lead, but the turn of K♥ put the Australian ahead for good as the river is the 5♣ .

Rosete, who was hovering at second in chips, takes a major hit as Landry now moves up to second behind Ysmael.

Hand #95: With the action folded to Jason Magbanua on the Button, the Filipino pro raises to 300,000. Craig Landry re-raises all-in from the SB and Magbananua calls for his remaining 575,000.

Landry tables 6♦ 6♥ while Magbanua flips over two over cards in A♠ T♥.

Coin-flipping for the Filipino's tournament life, the first three community cards are dealt: J♣ 8♦ 7♥ to add more outs for Magbanua who gets a gutshot straight draw.

The last two cards did not cooperate as it was the 5♣ and K♣.

The Australian gallery came to life again.

Magbanua is eliminated in 6th place and receives PhP760,000 (~US$13,570).

Five players left.

Hand #89: With the dust still beginning to settle from the last elimination, the action is folded to Craig Landry in the SB and completes his SB. But William Ysmael now in the BB raises to 240,000. Landry makes the call.

The flop is 3♥ 7♣ 6♦ as Ysmael continues his bombardment with 240,000. Landry still calls. The turn is the 4♠ and this time both check. The river is the A♥. Both check again.

Ysmael flips over Q♦ 4♥ for a pair on the turn. Landry mucks.

Hand #88: The action is folded to the blinds as Craig Landry declares he is all-in from his SB for 835,000. With a shorter stack, Masanori Ishihara makes the call from the BB.

The Australian shows A♣ 3♦ while Ishihara tables J♥ T♦.

The runout goes 5♦ 2♣ 2♥ 3♥ 8♥ as Landry eliminates Ishihara at seventh place but the gentleman from Japan gets PhP585,000 (~US$10,445).

The Australian gallery amplified their cheers of "Aussie, Aussie, Ayssie, oi, oi, oi" when their mate scooped the pot.

Six players remain.

Eight players remain:

Hand #49: Action is folded to the blinds as Rick Jason Ambata raises to 100,000 in the SB and gets called by Craig Landry.

The flop is A♥ A♣ 9♠ as Ambata CBets 100,000 and Landry calls.

The turn is the 5♣ and Ambata once again fires, this time to 200,000 and still gets called by the Australian.

The river is the 2♣ as now both check.

Ambata shows K♣ T♦ while a relieved Landry turns over J♣ J♦.

Hand #24: The action is folded to the CO of Jason Magbanua who raises to 90,000. Craig Landry calls from the SB.

The flop is K♠ 2♣ 4♠ as Landry checks. Magbanua CBets to 85,000 and gets called.

The turn is the A♥ and this time both check.

The river is the J♦ . Now it's Landry firing for 155,000. Magbanua goes deep in the tank and uses one time bank card before deciding to make the call.

Landry shows A♠ Q♠ for top pair on the flop. Magbanua mucks his hand.

Hand #23: William Ysmael raises to 80,000 from the +1 position and draws three callers in Maxwell Rosete (LJ), Jason Ambata (SB) and Craig Landry (BB).

The flop comes K♥ 6♠ 8♣ as it is checked back to the raiser who CBets 130,000. Rosete is the only caller.

The turn is the 4♦ . Ysmael and Rosete check.

The river is the Q♥ and Ysmael bets 350,000. Rosete calls.

Ysmael tables Q♠ J♠ while Rosete shows A♣ Q♣ , outkicking Ysmael and taking down the pot.

Hand #14: Maxwell Rosete raises from the LJ to 80,000 and Craig Landry defends his BB.

The flop is 8♦ 9♠ 3♦ as both gentlemen check.

The turn is the J♠ . Landry bets 75,000 and Rosete calls.

The river is the Q♥ and both check.

Landry shows 9♥ 5♥ for mid pair on the flop. Rosete mucks.

Hand #15: Gopez raises to 85,000 from the +1 position and gets no callers.

Hand #16: Gopez raises anew to 85,000 and again gets no callers.

Hand #17: The action is folded to the blinds where William Ysmael (SB) gives Gopez the first walk of the Final Table.

This is the Final 9 who will be competing for the biggest chunk of the now PhP20,467,485 (~US$365,432) total prize pool.

Each is now guaranteed PhP376,485 (~US$6,722) and will vie for the top prize of PhP3,740,000 (~US$66,775).

The action gets underway at 1:00PM (UCT+8).

From the CO. Australian Craig Landry raises it to 110,000 and right on the D is Masanori Ishihara making a bid to go deeper and shoves 465,000. Landry makes the call.

Ishihara shows A♣ K♠ while Landry shakes his head as he tables A♦ Q♣.

The Australina gets no help from the subsequent runout: 5♣ 4♠ 5♦ J♠ K♣ and loses more than half his stack to the Japanese player.

Australian Craig Landry gets action folded to him in the HJ and shoves his stack of 630,000 down the middle. Filipino William Ysmael, however, makes the call for his tournament life.

Landry turns over A♣ 4♣ while Ysmael has a made hand with T♣ T♠ .

The flop was all Kings: K♣ K♥ K♦ while the turn was the T♦ --not that Ysmael needed it. What Landry needs is an ace on the river.

And that's exactly what happened when the A♦ showed up to give the Australian a higher full hose and still afloat.

All players now guaranteed PhP198,000 (~US$3,535):

Meet the 38 players who advanced to Day 2

Lithuania's David Berlin raises from the CO and gets calls from Australia's Craig Landry (D) and the binds in Filipino Jay Lubas (SB) and Rishi Mirpri of Singapore (BB).

The flop comes 2♣ J♣ 7♦ as Lubas goes all-in for his remaining 29,500. Mirpuri calls, the others exit.

Lubas shows 8♣ 5♣ for a flush draw while Mirpuri turns over Q♦ J♥ for top pair.

The last two cards bricked out for the Filipino veteran and he is out of the tournament.

John Niko Costiniano has the action folded to him at the CO and raises to 4,000. At SB, Australia's Craig Landry re-pops it to 12,000. The Filipino calls.

The flop is 3♥ K♠ Q♦ as it goes check-check.

The turn is the Q♥ as Landry now fires 8,000 and Costiniano still calls.

The river is the 2♥ and Landry puts in a cannon for 15,000. Costiniano tanks and folds.

Landry never showed his hand, but that win now avenges his being a victim of the Filipino's bluff earlier and reduces his opponent's stack significantly.

Filipino poker veteran Gerardo "Jay" Lubas has joined the competition and raises from UTG to 2,500. He gets a call from countryman John Niko Costiniano on the Button but Craig Landry from Australia 3-bets to 10,000. The two Filipinos call.

The flop is 5♣ Q♦ 9♣ to which Landry CBets to 7,000. Lubas folds but Costiniano calls.

It is heads up to the turn of T♠ . This time, Landry checks and Costiniano bets 20,000. The Australian calls.

The river is the 9♠ . Landry checks and Costiniano goes all-in for 94,000.

Landry took awhile to make his decision but eventually chose to fold.

Costiniano flipped over 8♦ 7♠ for a missed straight. It was the bluff of the day so far.

John Niko Costiniano of the Philippines is one of the chip leaders and pushes his stack around by raising from the HJ for 2,500. He finds a caller in Australia's Craig Landry but waiting in the BB is Fellow Filipino Maxwell Rosete who 3-bets to 5,000. Costiniano calls and Landry folds.

Heads up to the flop, it is 7♥ 6♠ 7♦ . Rosete continues for 5,000 and is called.

The turn is the 3♣ to which Rosete goes all-in. Costiniano tanks for a bit but ultimately folds.

Rosete is officially on the comeback trail.

Folded to the HJ of Craig Landry, the Australian raises to 1,000. Hapan's Junichi Murakami (D) and Filipino Maxwell Rosete (SB) come along for the ride.

The flop shows T♣ 5♦ Q♣ as Rosete checks. Craig unloads 1,700 and gets called by both.

The turn is the Q♦ . Rosete still checks but this time so does Landry. Murakami goes all-in for 23,500. Rosete folds and Landry makes the call.

The Japanese player tables A♦ 7♦ for the nut flush on the turn. Craig shows T♣ T♠ to now behind with his set.

The river delivers the case T♥ to elevate the Australian to quads and bust Murakami. Registration is still open until the end of Level 10, so the Japanese player still has opportunities to rejoin the fray.

Japan's Akimichi Motomura starts the action by raising to 500 from UTG and gets four callers in Australia's Landry Craig in the +2 position, fellow Japanese player Junichi Murakami in the CO, and a pair of Filipinos in Maxwell Rosete (D) and Richard Tolentino (BB).

The flop comes 9♦ J♥ 4♦ as Motomura and Craig check it to Murakai who bets 2,000. Right beside him, Rosete raises it to 7,000 as Tolentino, Motomura and Craig get out of the way. Murakami calls.

The turn is the 9♠ . Murakami checks and Rosete unleashes 8,000. Murakami quickly goes all-in for 20,200 and gets snap called by the Filipino for his remaining 17,500.

Murakami shows Q♦ J♠ for top pair on the flop while Rosete flips over 4♠ 4♣ for a full house on the turn.

Needing a nine or a jack on the river to counterfeit his opponent's boat, the A♠ arrives and sends Murakami's stack to the ICU.