Kick-off (16,500 PHP)

With Shiina Tsubasa going all-in for 35,000 holding A♣ 8♠ and Jegal Gun Calling from CO showing Q♦ Q♠ the chances are high to witness another knockout. The dealer stays true to the probabilities by tabling J♥ 9♠ Q♥ 6♥ 5♥ to deliver another blow.

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 :

Alex Taneo starts us off with a 12,000 open from +1 and CO Shiina Tsubasa calls to see the flop J♣ 8♥ 5♥ . Checked to the river 5♠ 7♠ Alex Taneo tries again for 12,000 with A♣ 3♣, but gets called by Shiina Tsubasa showing A♥ 9♥ for the better kicker.

Another UTG open for 1,000 from Shiina Tsubasa and the blinds defending once more we check around to the turn 3♠ J♠ A♦ 8♥ and see SB Aleksandr Pereslegin take the lead for 2,000. Two calls and the river 2♣ has Looi Tek Wye Jonathan slide out 10,000 to take it home.

Another Flight A contender is back in Looi Tek Wye Jonathan, three-betting 2,500 from SB when faced with a 400 raise and a call from HJ and CO. BB Shiina Tsubasa cold calls and the CO pays to see the A♣ J♥ 3♣ with Looi Tek Wye Jonathan continue for a familiar 2,500, taking us heads up with Shiina Tsubasa to the turn 6♠ . Another 8,500 is enough for Looi Tek Wye Jonathan to take it down uncontested.

UTG, +1 and BB all pay up when the button pumps it to 2,100 with a three-bet. The flop A♣ 5♣ 7♦ has +1 Shibano Kohei lead 1,700 and only Shiina Tsubasa call from UTG to see the turn K♠ . Another 2,100 lead and a call sees the dealer flip the 4♦ river and both players elect to check. Shiina Tsubasa shows 5♠ 5♣ to beat Shibano Kohei's A♦ T♠ .