Main Event (45,000 PHILIPPINE PESO)

China's Li Xinjing starts the action from UTG by raising to 23,000 which attracts three callers: Yoshifumi Sasaki of Japan (HJ), American Joseph Magnotti (CO) and lady player Sannomiya Tsubaki (BB).

The flop is Q♥ 9♠ K♠ as Tsubaki, the initial raiser Li and Yoshifumi all check. Magnotti leads out for 30,000. Tsubaki folds but Li and Yoshifumi call.

It is three handed to the turn of the 3♣ . This time, Li bombs for 65,000 as Yoshifumi steps out f the way. Magnotti goes over the top all-in for 144,000 and gets the call from the Chinese player.

The American flips over J♥ T♥ representing the nuts on the flop while Li is now drawing dead holding Big Slick A♣ K♦.

The 2♠ on the river gave Magnotti a huge portion of Li's stack.

William Ysmael of the Philippines rises from the +2 position for 11,000 and everyone folds to the BB of China's Li Xinjing who calls.

The flop comes 7♠ T♠ 9♣ as Li checks. Ysmael follows with a bet of 18,000 and is met with a raise all-in byb the Chinese player for 85,000. The Filipino makes the call.

Li tables T♦ 8♣ for top pair and an open-ender while Ysmael shows Q♠ T♣ for top pair with an higher kicker.

The turn is the 4♠ and the river is the J♦ as Li hits a straight and doubles through offm of the chip leader.

With a stack of only 50,000 and refusing to play with a miniscule stack should he make it to Day 2, Japan's Ryoya Inokuchi grabbed the opportunity to shove when action was folded to him on the Button. But gets called by Li Xinjing of China.

The cards are turned over and Inokuchi shows 9♠ 9♥ while Li has A♦ 8♠ .

The board goes T♥ 3♠ Q♥ Q♣ 8♣ as Inokuchi dodged the Ace that would have sent him packing and reclaims a six-figure stack anew.

China's Li Xinjing raises from UTG to 4,500 and gets calls from Tasuku Maruo of Japan (CO) and Singapore's Wei Amos Yi Zhu (SB).

The flop comes 6♠ J♦ 2♣ as Wei checks. Li fires a CBet of 5,500 and gets a call from Maruo. Wei folds.

The turn is the 5♣ and this time it's Li who opts to check. Maruo bets 12,000 and Li walks away from the pot.

Just when Bailey Fusco of Australia was heading into cruise control after two fortuitous double-ups earlier in the day, he becomes the next casualty as he engaged in a 5-bet battle with China's Li Xinjing ultimately ending in both players going all in preflop.

Fusco tables KcQh while Li shows he dominates his opponent with A♦ Q♠ .

The run out is 8♥ 5♣ 6♦ 2♦ T♠ to send Fusco running to the cage as the ongoing break is the level for re-entry for Day 1A.