Kick-off (16,500 PHP)

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.

Folded to him, SB Johnson Tan puts his remaining 230,000 in the middle and the chip leader calls.

Starting with a limp from Johnson Tan in +2, CO, SB and BB come along for the ride to the flop 9♦ A♠ 6♣ and four additional checks to the turn 5♦ . SB Christopher Mateo takes the reins with a lead of 75,000, called by CO Keijiro Shimojo and BB Nichols Manalo to the river A♦ . Betting 250,000, Nichols Manalo scares the other players away to bank and decent pot.

The Final Table kicks off with CO Johnson Tan announcing all-in for 375,000 holding A♥ J♦ and SB Quijano Anacleto successfully isolating with A♣ K♥ and the dealer goes to work. A♦ 5♦ T♣ T♠ looks dire for Johnson Tan until the river J♣ saves his run, gifting him a much needed double up.

Picking up the action on 9♠ 4♦ 5♦ and a 50,000 pot, BU Quijano Anacleto jams 45,000 with J♦ 9♦ and gets called by Johnson Tan showing 8♦ 6♥. The dealer flips 3♠ 3♦ and Quijano Anacleto evades another exit.

After an eventful day we have our final 13 players of Flight A with Jess Dalipe coming out on top, bagging 379,000 after chipping up early and a pivotal hand at level 9, holding A♣ A♠ against Chogo Kento's A♥ K♥ for all the chips to go in pre, ending with a crucial double up.

Rounding out the top 3 are Moon Kyung Ho with 334,000 and Eric Ceret bagging 331,000.

One of the most active players of the day was Darren Moves with 232,000 to his name and bringing the day to an end by busting Shirai Hiroto in the bubble with Ace-Queen versus Ace-Six.

The full leaderboard looks like this :

Patrick Wahlquist is all-in for 31,000 from +1, with HJ and BU calling. The flop 3♠ 4♥ 2♥ has button Johnson Tan slide out 40,000, enough to isolate and we have another player at risk.

With HJ Kim Jongsu raise-calling all-in after BB Tan Johnsons put 60,500 in the middle, the dealer goes to work.

With two limps in front, the SB makes it 2,500, followed by a 7,400 jam from Kiril Gelev in the BB and only Johnson Tan calls from +1.