Main Event (45,000 PHILIPPINE PESO)

The bubble burst in a peculiar circumstance where it is folded to the blinds and Japan's Yoshifumi Sasaki in ghe SB having an overwhelming stack advantage over table short stack Kim Taehwan of Korea. But instead of putting pressure, Sasaki just completed his SB. That's when Kim decided to go all-in for his remaining 20,000. It was an easy call for Sasaki.

Kim turned over A♣ 4♣ while his Japanese opponent showed Q♥ 7♠, behind but live.

The The first three community cards instantly tilted the favor to Sasaki when it came J♣ 7♥ K♠ , bottom pair for Sasaki.

The turn card was the 3♣ which suddenly gave the Korean a multitude of outs after picking a redraw to the nut flush.

The river card, however, was the 2♦ and officially made Kim the money bubble and thrusting the 38 remaining players into Day 2, which commences in just a few hours.