Main Event (45,000 PHILIPPINE PESO)

Hand #42: With a dwindling stack, Singapore's Rishi Mirpuri announces he is all-in from the LJ for 360,000. Jason Magbanua of the Philippines calls in the CO.

Mirpuri tables T♣ T♥ while Magbanua has two over cards with A♥ J♣.

The flop immediately gives the Filipino the lead: 7♦ 9♦ A♠ , The next two cards fail to improve Mirpuri's situation and the Singaporean has been eliminated at ninth place and gets PhP376,485 (~US$6,722).

The Main Event now only has eight players remaining.

Jaime Reyes raises to 100,000 and gets called by chip leader Edilberto Gopez. However, Rishi Mirpuri 3-bets from the BB to 245,000. Reyes fold but Gopez calls.

It is heads up to the flop of 4♣ 5♠ 2♦ . Mirpuri bets 120,000 and Gopez calls.

The turn is the 6♥ . This time, Mirpuri checks and Gopez fires 225,000. Mirpuri calls.

The river is the A♦ as Mirpuri checks again. Gopez declares he is all-in for 3,800,000.

Mirpuri tanks and burns one time bank card before deciding to fold.

Hand #11: Action is folded to Maxwell Rosete in the D who raises to 90,000. Singapore's Rishi Mirpuri 3-bets all-in from the SB. All fold.

Hand #12: Gopez raises from the HJ for 90,000 and gets no callers.

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).

With tension thickening as the specter of missing the Main Event Final Table looms, the action is folded to the D of Singapore's Rishi Mirpuri and he raises to 100,000. Right beside him in the SB, Japan's Yoshifumi Sasaki 3-bets all-in for 470,000, putting tons of pressure as one wrong decision could lead to disaster.

Mirpuri makes the call.

The Singaporean turns over 9♣ 9♦ while Big Slick makes another appearance, this time with the Japanese player: A♥ K♦.

The runout goes: 2♠ 6♣ 8♥ J♦ 2♣ as Mirpuri pumps his fist, dodges all threats and eliminates Sasaki in tenth place to bring the Main Event to the Final Table.

Folded to his CO, Rishi Mirpuri of Singapore swung for the fences and went all-in for 525,000. He gets called by Hong Kong's Barry Wong.

Mirpuri turns over A♦ K♦ and was way ahead of Wong's A♣ J♣ ...until the flop of 5♦ 5♥ J♦ where Wong overcame the domination by pairing his jack. It wasn't a long shot for Mirpuri, though, as the flop also gave him the nut flush draw.

The turn was the 3♥ and the river was Mirpuri's money card as the 9♦ arrived to give the pot to the Singaporean and substantially shrunk Wong's stack.

Jessie Leonarez has the action folded to him and he raises from the HJ for 60,000, Then on the D, Rishi Mirpuri goes over the top and all-in for his remaining 285,000, Leonarez immediately calls.

Mirpuri tables A♠ A♦ while a disgruntled Leonarez shows K♥ K♣ .

The runout goes 6♠ T♦ 5♣ Q♥ 7♦ as Leonarez loses more than half his staff and is down to about five BBs.

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

In a battle of two Singaporeans, Warrick Wee raises from 32,000 from the +2 position and gets a call via BB defense from Rishi Mirpuri.

The flop comes J♠ 3♣ J♥ as Mirpuri checks. Wee CBets to 40,000 and Mirpuri calls.

The turn is the T♣ as Mirpuri checks again. Wee fires 75,000 to which Mirpuri responds by check-raising all-in for 238,000. Wee calls.

Mirpuri turns over J♣ 2♦ for trips on the flop while Wee shows A♥ A♦ .

Needing an ace, a ten or three to come from behind, the river is none of the above as the 5♠ shows up and turns Wee's once decent stack into an endangered species.

The saying goes that one must win the races to progress well in tournaments and that holds true for Singapore's Rishi Mirpuri as he re-raised all-in for his remaining 95,000 against the HJ raise of Korean Chun Jun Beum to 12,000.

Mirpuri reveals his A♣ Q♥ while Chun tables J♦ J♠ .

The flop immediately answers the Singaporean's preflop prayers as it goes 9♥ 2♦ Q♣ . However the turn brings the K♦ to add more outs for Chun.

The river blanks out, though, as the 7♣ arrives and ends up crippling the Korean's stack.

A preflop raise war ensued between Singapore's Rishi Mirpuri and Koji Takagi of Japan when Mirpuri opened from the HJ for 8,000 and gets 3-bet by Takagi for 24,000. Mirpuri 4-bet all-in and the Japanese called for his remaining 114,000.

Mirpuri shows A♠ K♥ while Takagi was flipping with 4♦ 4♥ .

The first three community cards gave the Singaporean the lead: 7♦ A♣ 6♥ but hope arrived on the turn for Takagi when the 5♥ appeared to now give him an open-ender.

The river, however, was the K♠ and Mirpuri's two pairs sends Takagi to the sidelines for good.

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.

Riding on a hot streak, Maxwell Rosete of the Philippines raises from UTG for 2,500 as it gets folded all the way to the BB of Singapore's Rishi Mirpuri who decides to defend.

The flop comes J♦ 7♣ K♣ . Rosete continues firing for 2,500 and Mirpuri calls.

The turn is the A♥ . Rosete relaods the gun and blasts 14,000 to the middle. The Singaporean still isn't going anywhere.

The river card is the K♦ . This time, Rosete slows down and checks. Mirpuri checks behind and flips over A♦ Q♥. To his surprise, Rosete mucks his hand.

Rosete lost almost 20,000 in that pot.