Kick-off (16,500 PHP)

Quijano Anacleto starts the action with a raise to 35,000 from +1 and calls Michael Bueza's 72,000 three-bet from +2 to see the flop 5♠ J♦ 6♦ . Another 20,000 from Quijano Anacleto with 6♥ 7♥ puts Michael Bueza all-in for 8,000, showing A♠ A♦ and the dealer takes center stage to deliver the remaining cards 9♥ K♣ , resulting in a much needed double for Michael Bueza.

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.

HJ Quijano Anacleto opens for 21,000 with CO and BB coming along for the ride to the flop 3♠ 8♠ 2♦ . C-bet 30,000, raise to 80,000 from CO Michael Bueza for the turn Q♦ . Suggesting weakness, Quijano Anacleto checks, Michael Bueza jams for 135,000 holding K♠ J♠ and we see a call for his last 70,000 from Quijano Anacleto with 9♥ 8♥ . The 3♦ on the river doesn't change anything and Quijano Anacleto banks a massive pot.

Michael Bueza starts the action from UTG with a 21,000 raise, called by HJ and BB to see the flop Q♣ 7♦ K♣ . A 45,000 c-bet has only HJ Jegal Gun stick around for the turn Q♥ . Faced with another 30,000 c-bet, Jegal Gun goes in the tank but can't find a call despite using a time bank.

Picking up the action on the river 3♦ 7♠ 4♣ J♣ 3♠ with 55,000 already in the middle BB Michael Bueza puts in 22,000 and gets tested by Chua Woo Hian with a raise to 65,000. Not feeling good about his hand Michael Bueza lets it go and Chua Woo Hian incorporates a nice pot into his stack.

First to act Michael Bueza slides out a min-raise and BB Lim Hyunbae defends to see the flop 4♣ 5♣ A♣ that gets checked to the turn T♥ . Hyunbae Lim takes the lead with 12,000 and a call for the river Q♠ and another lead for 20,000. Michael Bueza calls again with the winner K♠ T♠ versus 8♦ 6♣

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 :

With Michael Bueza pumping it up to 20,000 from the button and Christopher Mateo jamming 93,000 behind we have the dealer take center stage once more.

Komaki Minami opens for 1,000 from HJ and both blinds defend to see the flop 6♠ 4♦ 5♦ followed by checks to the river K♠ 8♣ and SB David Perreau picks up the action with a 400 lead. Only BB Michael Bueza calls with K♥ J♠ and takes it down against A♦ 8♠ .

We go three-way to the flop 6♦ K♣ 8♠ for 900 and the initial raiser continues for 1,500 from the HJ. BB Michael Bueza is the only one eager to pay when Pang Ying pumps it up to 3,300 for a turn 2♥ . Another 3,800 seals it for Pang Ying.

CO Michael Bueza opens 3,000 with Darren Moves defending his big blind to see the flop T♦ 6♣ 8♠ . After a 5,000 c-bet and a call, Darren Moves decides to lead for 10,000 on the 8♣ turn and Michael Bueza flicks his cards in the dealer's direction.