Kick-off (16,500 PHP)

Liao Po Hsun fancies a 33,000 open from HJ with BU Moon Kyung Ho coming along for the ride to the flop 9♦ A♦ T♥ . A 25,000 c-bet and a call shut down the action on the turn A♠ for the river 9♣ to be revealed. A final lead of 40,000 with A♣ 3♣ from Liao Po Hsun receives a call and a muck to pick up a decent pot with aces full.

Picking up the action on 2♠ 3♠ A♥ and 50,000 in the middle, we see UTG Quijano Anacleto test the waters with 21,000, followed by a call from BB Liao Po Hsun. Checked to the river 8♠ 6♦ Liao Po Hsun tables 5♦ 2♦ for Quijano Anacleto to pick up the pot showing A♣ Q♣ .

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 :

Being so close to the bubble, Liao Po Hsun elects to put 136,000 into the middle from UTG, holding K♦ Q♦ , but probably doesn't feel too good when hearing call from +2 Chua Woo Hian who covers and flips over A♠ J♦ . The dealer keeps everyone on their toes by hitting the felt 2♣ T♥ A♦ 2♥ and a gasp goes through the room on the river J♣ for Liao Po Hsun to stay alive and double up.

A quick 44,000 all-in from CO Marcial Lou with A♥ 9♥ and an even quicker call from BB Liao Po Hsun with A♦ Q♠ has the dealer prepare to deal the board K♥ T♠ 3♦ 5♥ 7♦ , no help for the underdog, thinning out the field some more.