Kick-off (16,500 PHP)

Limping with Q♦ T♦ from the small blind, Chris Pasion is facing an all-in from the chip leader in the BB. After some consideration he calls with his remaining 1,700,000 chips and watches Keijiro Shimojo turn over 6♦ 2♦ . Wanting to go home, the dealer tables 7♣ 9♦ 8♦ T♣ A♥ , giving the leader a straight and entering us into a very lopsided heads-up.

Over the next few hands Keijiro Shimojo continues to take down pots to increase his lead with the current stack sizes being :

Jamming 1,000,000 with A♦ T♠ from the button, Chris Pasion is in good spirits after a call from BB Christopher Mateo who shows A♠ 9♠ . The dealer delivers all blanks in the form of 7♣ 6♠ Q♣ 6♥ 8♦ to make Chris Pasion's kicker count.

With a UTG shove for 720,000, Johnson Tan gets called by the other short stack Chris Pasion from the BB holding Q♠ Q♥ and both players get up to watch the dealer carefully lay out T♦ 3♣ K♣ 4♦ 7♠ , thereby eliminating Johnson Tan and giving Chris Pasion some breathing room.

Christopher Mateo puts 150,000 in the middle from the button, holding K♥ Q♥ , to induce a 420,000 jam From BB Chris Pasion with A♣ Q♠ and the dealer gives us 2♦ A♦ 8♣ 7♥ 9♥ granting the short stack another double up.

A HJ open to 150,000 from Nichols Manalo and a 240,000 jam from Chris Pasion in CO have the short stack at risk and the dealer center stage.

The action starts with Keijiro Shimojo opening for 65,000 from the button and Chris Pasion to his left pumps it up to 135,000 for a flop Q♥ 3♠ J♦ . Two c-bets for 80,000 and 200,000 are called to see the river 7♦ K♣ which sees Chris Pasion slow down for a check and Keijiro Shimojo jams for 275,000. Preserving his chips with a fold, Chris Pasion moves down the ladder.

Chris Pasion gets in the action with a 45,000 open from HJ, Moon Kyung Ho defends in SB to see the flop 8♦ 8♣ Q♣ . A 30,000 C-bet and a call is all it takes to move to the river Q♦ 2♠ , scooped up by Chris Pasion with A♣ 2♦ .

Picking up the action on 5♥ 3♠ 5♦ 6♠ 5♠ and 260,000 in the pot we see Moon Kyung Ho lead 100,000 out of position that gets countered by a 167,000 jam from Chris Pasion. After taking a while to contemplate, Moon Kyung Ho lets it go, losing a time bank in the process.

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.

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.

Coming off of an early double up, Lee Suya jams for 60,000 with A♦ T♦ from SB after CO Chris Pasion made it 12,000. Easy call for the CO with K♦ K♥ and the dealer takes center stage flipping over 5♠ 8♥ 5♣ 7♣ 4♥ to deliver the first elimination of the day.

With 173 entries today we doubled yesterdays field of 86 and the same can be said for the action. A lot of players have more than one bullet to their name and the final chip counts reveal Shimojo Keijiro being the only one topping half a million largely due to him eliminating Christian Lortie on the bubble, adding a hefty 166,000 last minute.

Roxanne Victorino - one of the multi bullet contenders - bagged the 2nd highest stack with 440,000 after a roller coaster ride early in the game. Closely followed by Hyunbae Lim with 439,000 and both players topping yesterdays chip leader Jess Dalipe who will start Day 2 with 379,000.

The full chip counts are as follows :