Kick-off (16,500 PHP)

Looking at 9♣ 9♥ two hands after and a 175,000 jam in front from Chris Pasion, Birangat Gambhir is all-in for 130,000 and sees the bad news when Chris Pasion flips over Q♠ Q♥ . The dealer keeps us all on our toes by flopping J♣ T♥ 8♣ , but doesnt follow up anything exciting with 6♠ 5♣ to complete the board that seals Birangat Gambhir's exit.

Moon Kyung Ho opens 24,000 from SB and Birangat Gambhir defends to see the flop 3♥ A♠ A♦ . A 14,000 c-bet and a call is all this pot has to offer until the river 7♥ K♦ showdown going to Moon Kyung Ho with Q♦ 8♦ topping 9♠ 8♠ .

With the pot already at 95,000 and the board showing 6♠ 2♠ 8♠ J♦ we see Birangat Gambhir check-fold to Chris Pasion's 55,000 lead.

With that we have the final 11 players advancing to Day 2 of the Kick-off on the books, making it a total of 50 out of 337 over all three flights.

Without us noticing, Elmer Kalaquian fought his way to the top, bagging a respectable 370,000, Christopher Mateo - who just missed the cut-off in Flight B finishing in 33rd earlier in the day - close on his heels with 359,000 and Manuel Geronimo, who was very active throughout the whole day, coming in 3rd with 318,000 to his name.

The action will continue tomorrow at noon with the final 50 battling it out until the last player standing.

Here are the complete chip counts of Flight C :

HJ Gambhir Birangat jams 45,000 with 3♦ 3♠ and SB Shirai Hiroto doing the same for 80,000 to successfully isolate with A♦ J♥ . All eyes on the dealer tabling 5♣ 5♥ T♦ 3♥ Q♣ to stay one away from the bubble still.