Main Event (45,000 PHILIPPINE PESO)

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 #46: Japan's Masanori Ishihara raises from the HJ to 300,000 and leaves 55,000 behind. He still gets a flat call from Rosete in the SB.

The flop is T♥ 7♦ Q♠ and Rosete donks for 355,000. Ishihara throws in his remaining chips.

Rosete shows 4♥ 4♦ while Ishihara tables Q♥ T♦ , hitting two pairs on the flop.

The last two community cards are the A♠ and the 3♥ as the player from Japan gets a much needed double up and be practically be back to where he started the day.

Hand #1: On the very first hand, Jason Magbanua of the Philippines raises from the +2 and gets no callers to dictate the early tempo.

Hand #2: A flop was seen when Japan's Masanori Ishihara raises to 85,000 from the HJ and got two callers in chip leader Edilberto Gopez and Rishi Mirpuri of Singapore.

The flop is 5♣ Q♦ 4♦ as Mirpuri checks. Ishihara's CBet of 70,000 makes both his opponents fold.

Hand #3: It was Magbanua's turn again when his UTG raise of 90,000 gets a call from American Jaime Ramon Reyes in the BB.

The flop comes 8♥ 5♠ 3♦ . Reyes checks and Magbanua follows for 160,000 leading to his opponent folding.

Hand #4: Ishihara took another swing as he raises again, this time from the +2 position for 80,000. However, Filipino Maxwell Rosete re-pops him to to 175,000 from the CO. Ishihara calls.

The flop goes 6♦ 7♦ Q♣ and Ishihara checks, Rosete fires 130,000 and Ishihara calls. The turn is the 3♠ . This time both check.The river is the J♦ and they check it down.

Ishihara shows 9♦ 9♠ while Rosete reveals that he rivered his Japanese opponent with K♣ J♥ .

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.

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

In another attempt at a double up, Japan's Masanori Ishihara begins the action by raising from the +1 position to 175,000 as Cheong Yun Rong of Singapore puts in all his chips in a 3-bet shove from the CO for 295,000. Jason Ambata of the Philippines calls the shove as he covers both. Ishihara also calls to make it a three way pot.

Cheong immediately has the advantage when he tables Q♥ Q♠ against the A♦ K♣ of Ambata and the 8♦ 8♣ of Ishihara.

The first three community cards go 2♦ 2♣ 4♣ but the fourth one is the 8♥ which renders both of Ishihara's opponents drawing dead because of his set. The river is the 2♠ to give the Japanese player a full house to boot.

Cheong drops to a mere 40,000.

When the action got folded to the Button of Masanori Ishihara, the Japanese player puts in a raise to 16,000. At the BB, American Ronald Lane re-raises all-in for 327,000 covering Ishihara, who makes the call.

Lane shows K♥ Q♥ while Ishihara tables Q♦ Q♠ .

The first three community cards gives the lead to Lane: 6♣ K♦ 4♥ .

The turn is the 5♦ but the river brings the case card that Ishihara needed for the mircle: Q♣

The one-outer severely dents Lane while Ishihara now creeps up on the big stacks.

Nearing Day 2's first break, the action shifts to Japan's Masanori Ishihara as he raises from the CO to 12,000. Fellow Japanese player Tomoya Kakihara re-pops it 25,000 as Ronald Lane of the United States makes the call from the BB. Ishihara 4-bets to 100,000. This time, the blinds opt to just call.

The flop comes 9♥ 9♦ 7♠ as all check.

The turn is the 3♠ and Kakihara leads out for 75,000.

Lane ends up burning two of his five allotted time bank cards to ponder his decision, but ultimately decides to fold. Ishihara follows suit.

With that pot, Kakihara is now the new Main Event chip leader.

Meet the 38 players who advanced to Day 2