Kick-off

Jonald Garcia puts in his last 430,000 from CO with A♠ 7♣ and the BB calls again, this time in the form of Quijano Anacleto showing A♥ 8♣ to dominate. The dealer sends Jonald Garcia packing with 6♦ 4♣ 9♣ 8♥ K♠ and the final table bubble is near.

A UTG jam from Keijiro Shimojo for 585,000 with A♠ 7♠ and a snap from BB Jonald Garcia with K♠ K♥ put the dealer in the spotlight, revealing A♦ A♣ Q♠ Q♣ 3♠ and handing over the pot to Keijiro Shimojo.

A 350,000 all-in from UTG Jonald Garcia gets called by BB Jongho Lee for the next race.

Jegal Gun opens 30,000 from the button with a defense from BB Jonald Garcia to the flop 3♦ J♣ 4♠ , a check around to the turn 6♦ and Jonald Garcia puts out a feeler for 23,000. Quickly called by Jegal Gun, the dealer completes the board with the 5♣ and we see another 26,000 from Garcia. Another call and another win for Jegal Gun with J♥ J♦ against Garcia's K♦ 6♣ .

With four limpers in front, BB Michael Bueza puts his remaining 28,000 in the middle. Marciel Cerbito in +1 and Jonald Garcia in +2 are the only takers and check down to the river 6♠ 5♥ 7♠ A♠ 5♣ . Michael Bueza flips over 4♣ 4♥ to take down the pot against 2♣ 2♠ in +1 and J♦ 8♦ in +2.

When faced with a UTG min-rasie, BU Jeffrey Ballester jams his last 49,000 holding 8♣ 8♥ and initial raiser Jonald Garcia calls the rest with T♦ 9♦ . The dealer favors the over cards with 6♠ J♠ 6♦ A♦ T♠ and we inch one closer to the finish line.

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 :

Picking up the the action on a Q♦ K♠ 6♥ flop and 45,000 in the middle, we check to the river A♦ T♠ with Jonald Garcia sliding in a strong 40,000 bet out of position that takes it down against Lee Jongho.

Another min-open from UTG Jonald Garcia and a jam for 15,000 from HJ Tracy Crisostomo has the eyes on the dealer once more.