Main Event

In a preflop that once again went into a 5-bet shove, Jose Colada of the Philippines got the raw end when his Q♣ Q♦ stepped on the K♠ K♦ of American Jaime Ramon Reyes.

The runout went 7♥ 7♦ 4♣ A♠ 4♦ to eliminate Colada and bring Reyes closer to the one million chip mark.

Facing a similar situation to that of Jester Intia earlier, Philippine pro Jose Colada had to make a decision folded to him in the BB facing a shove from the +1 by Ryuta Sakurai of Japan. The all-in of 54,500 was substantial but with over 300,000 in chips, Colada decides to go for it and calls.

Sakurai flips over A♦ J♥ while Colada shows A♣ 4♣ , a dominated situation.

The first three community cards, however, gives the Filipino the lead: 9♥ 4♦ 6♥ .

The next two community cards of 3♥ 6♠ seals the deal and the bust out of Sakurai now guarantees that the remaining 12 players will be get a chunk of the prize pool and will be returning for Day 2 on Saturday, September 28.

There really are no friends at the poker table and that held true when Filipino buddies Jose Colada and Edilberto "Duroy" Gopez battled for each other's chips.

Having a light conversation about what to have as a midnight snack mere minutes before, the two found themselves all-in preflop with Colada showing T♦ T♠ versus Gopez's A♦ Q♥.

Gopez snatched the lead on the flop of Q♦ 8♣ 2♥ but the turn of J♣ provided a sweat card that both laughed at. The river card of 4♠ ensured a double up for Gopez to keep him in contention while Colada still had a healthy stack despite the hit.