Main Event (45,000 PHILIPPINE PESO)

It didn't take Filipino William Ysmael long to finally put former overall chip leader Tomoya Kakihara of Japan out of contention as in the very hand after crippling his Japanese foe, the action was folded all the way to Ysmael on the D and made a raise to 25,000.n Kakihara in the SB 3-bet all-in for his last 99,000. Ysmael called.

Kakihara tables A♥ 2♦ while Ysmael is live with K♠ Q♥ .

The flop immediately gave the Filipino the lead as it went 7♣ 7♠ K♥ . The 2♥ on the turn gave faint hope to Kakihara but that all ended when the river was dealt in the form of the 4♣.

Ysmael is back to the top of the leaderboard, which is where he started Day 2.

Yoshifumi Sasaki opens from UTG for 25,000 as former chip leader William Ysmael from the Philippines makes the call. Another former chip leader in Tomoya Kakihara decides to raise it up to 55,000. Yoshifumi and Ysmael call.

The flop comes 8♦ J♣ 6♣

Ysmael and Kakihara check to the raiser who CBets to 75,000. Ysmael check-raises to 165,000 and Kakihara calls. Yoshifumi can't stand the heat and decides to exit.

The turn card is the 5♠ as this time Ysmael makes a huge bet of 220,000. Suddenly Kakihara goes over the top for all his chips worth 594,000. The Filipino snap calls all-in for his remaining 495,000.

Kakihara turns over A♠ J♦ for top pair top kicker while Ysmael shows 6♦ 6♥ . The Japanese player is drawing dead.

The Q♥ on the river gives Ysmael a pot worth more than 1.5 million and effectively puts Kakihara's tournament life into the ICU.

Cruising along atop the leaderboard, Japan's Tomoya Kakihara has the action folded to him on the HJ and raises to 25,000. Local veteran Anacleto "Lito" Quijano calls the raise from the SB.

The flop comes J♥ 9♠ 6♥ as Kakihara CBets to 20,000. The Filipino check-raises to 50,000 as Kakihara calls.

The turn is the 8♦ as Quijano keeps the betting lead by firing another 50,000. This time, the Japanese player raises to 100,000. It's Quijano's turn to do the calling.

The river is the A♠ as Quijano checks. Kakihara unloads 140,000 which is quickly called.

Kakihara shows T♣ T♥ while Quijano flips over A♦ J♠ for two pairs on the river and was ahead from the flop.

The loss takes Kakihara's stack of the one million mark and keeps Quijano's steady rise from short stack to relevant stack going.

Chip leader Tomoya Kakihara of Japan raises to 16,000 from the HJ and gets two callers in American Ronald Lane in the CO and fellow Japanese player Yoshifumi Sasaki on the D.

The flop comes 8♠ A♠ 4♥ . Kakihara makes a CBet to 20,000 and Lane announces that he is all-in for 107,000. Yoshifumi folds and Kakihara snap calls the American.

Lane turns over 6♥ 6♣ while Kakihara shows A♣ 8♥ for top two pairs on the flop.

The next two cards are the Q♥ and the 5♥ as the American is busted out and Kakihara becomes the first player to hit holdings of seven figures.

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

Philippine poker veteran Don "Pusang Gala" Carmona is trying to nurse is dwindling stack back to life and saw an opportunity to do so from the +1 position with a raise to 4,000 and the only thing that stands in his way is the BB of Japan's Tomoya Kakihara who chooses re-raise it to11,000. Carmona calls.

The flop is 2♦ 5♣ 3♥ as Kakihara conitnues bombing, this time for 9,000. Carmona raises to 28,000 and Kakihara goes all-in for 182,000. Carmona calls.

Kakihara shows 6♣ 6♥ for an over-pair to the board and a gutshot straight draw. Carmona is behind with 4♠ 4♦, but has at least an open-ended straight draw.

The turn is the 3♠ and the river is the 3♦ for a full house for both players. Unfortunately for the Filipino veteran, he had the lower boat.

Carmona gets railed.

Liao Po Hsun of Taiwan raises from the HJ to 6,000 and in the BB Japan's Kakihara Tomoya goes all-in for 43,000. The shove is insta-called by Liao.

Shaking his head, Tomoya turns over 2♥ 3♥ while Liao showed he wasn't going anywhere holding A♠ K♦.

Big Slick hit on the flop of A♣ 9♥ 2♦ and the rest of the run out offered no help for the Japanese player going J♦ 5♣.

Tomoya picked the wrong time pull off a bold move and is sent packing.

Folded to the HJ, Filipino ace Vam Magsakay raises to 2,700 and is called by Filipino-Australian Emmanuel Derecho (D), Japan's Ito Kazuki (SB) and Tomoya Kakihara (BB).

The flop is Q♣ 5♥ A♠ as it gets checked around to Derecho who leads out for 4,200. Kazuki is the only one who calls.

Heads Up to the turn of 6♣ , Kazuki checks again as Derecho unleashes 15,000 which is still called by Kazuki.

The river card is the K♦ and this time Derecho puts his opponent all in with a bet of 100,000. Kazuki still calls for his tournament life.

Derecho excitedly turns over J♣ T♣ for a made Broadway straight via gutshot on the river. An astonished Kazuki gets booted out holdng A♦ 8♣ .

Derecho later said that he knew he was going to win that hand even before it started, hence the heavy betting until the end when his prediction finally happened.

Folded to Carlo Manalastas of The Philippines, he limps from the CO but gets raised by Japan's Tomoya Kakihara to 1,200 on the D. However, Korean Jang Taehyun 3-bets to 4,200 as Manalastas exits. Kakihara calls.

The flop comes K♥ 2♠ T♥ . Both check.

The turn is the 8♠ and this time Jang leads out for 4,000. Kakihara elects to call.

The river is the J♥ with a possible fush or straight competion.

Jang bets 3,500 and gets called by Kakihara.

Jang flips over A♠ K♠. Kakihara mucks his hand.