Kick-off (16,500 PHP)

Anastasios Pavlou opens 17,000 from +1, called by HJ and a shove from SB Michihiko Matsuda for 126,000. Anastasios Pavlou fills up and the dealer has another fate to decide.

With UTG opening 18,000 and two calls from +1 and BB we get the flop 5♦ 3♦ A♥ and a check around to the turn 6♥ . When checked to him, Eric Ceret slides out 15,000, finds a caller in Michihiko Matsuda from the BB and the dealer reveals the K♦ on the river. Another 25,000 lead from Ceret is enough to take home the pot for an above average stack.

Having just scooped a pot, CO Michihiko Matsuda is at it again with a raise to 12,000 and a defense by BB Eric Ceret for a flop 6♥ 5♠ 9♠ . Eric Ceret takes over the reins with a 10,000 donk-bet that takes us to the turn 5♥ . Another 15,000 lead from Eric Ceret is all she wrote.

Yuhei Ando's UTG min-raise finds three callers from BU, SB and BB and the dealer reveals the flop 4♣ 2♣ J♦ . Ando's c-bet gets answered by a check-raise all-in for 80,000 from Michihiko Matsuda in the BB to end the hand right there.

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 :

UTG Michihiko Matsuda jams 82,000 with T♥ T♣ and finds a customer in +2 Edgar Asehan who has only 60,000 left with A♦ J♣ . The latter hitting a jack, but gets out drawn with a straight on 5♥ Q♣ J♥ K♥ 9♦ and has to pack up his things.