Main Event (45,000 PHP)

Having dipped a good portion of his day 2 starting stack, HJ Seung Yong An has another go with a raise to 11,000 and BB Jose Colada defending to see the flop 7♣ 7♦ Q♥ that gets checked to the turn 3♥ where Jose Colada takes the lead for 10,000 to see the river Q♦ and another 20,000 goes in the middle to find a call. Colada flips over 7♥ 7♠ to take it down.

Opening 10,000 from BU, Benjamin Ebarle takes BB Seung Yong An to the flop 6♦ 8♦ 9♥ for an 8,000 c-bet getting called to reveal the turn T♣ and a second barrel of 16,000 entering the middle. Seung Yong An switches to a check-raise of 40,000, gets a call to complete the board 9♦ with both players checking. Benjamin Ebarle flips over the winner 7♣ 5♣ against J♣ 6♥ .

Ki Bum Park leads the way with an 8,000 open from +2, CO Jose Colada pumps it up to 22,000 and Seung Yong An defends BB with a four-bet to 58,000. Park folds and Colada does the same, but with the aid of a time bank to grant Seung Yong An a nice preflop pot and establish some dominance early.

After another 15 levels of Day 1 play in the Main Event are under our belts we reached the final 19 out of a starting field of 126 advancing to Day 2 on Saturday 13:00.

With the top 5 eclipsing yesterdays Flight A chip leader we saw Mystery Bounty's biggest winner Fransisco Sanchez come out on top with 379,000 to his name, after another stellar performance. In close quarters we have 2nd in chips Kim Jaejoong bagging 367,000 and David Rene Mar in 3rd with 341,000.

For all the players missing out today, we have Flight C on Friday at 13:00 with the usual 10 levels of late registration until around 20:10.

Enjoy the rest of your night and see you tomorrow for another round of live updates!

Our 19 qualifiers all in on place:

Fransisco Sanchez opens 8,000 from CO and An Seung Yong defends BB for the flop K♥ 3♣ J♦ . A 7,000 c-bet leaves the leaders stack and gets called to reveal the turn 6♠ that gets checked to the river K♦ . Not scared of the big stack, An Seung Yong slides out 16,500 out of position and takes down the pot.

Opening 6,000 from +1, Kim Kunwoo takes SB An Seung Yong to the flop 4♠ 8♠ A♦ and slides out a big c-bet for 35,000. An Seung Yong calls, thereby shutting down the action for the rest of the hand with the board completing Q♦ 7♣ , An Seung Yong shows 9♠ 9♦ but has to surrender to Kim Kunwoo's A♣ 6♥ .

With 24 out of 126 remaining we are inching closer to the cut-off with 19 players qualifying for day 2. Here are the top chip counts:

Picking up the action on the flop 7♥ 7♦ T♣ , 19,000 in the middle and three players still fighting for it, the BB leads 18,000, An Seung Yong jams 113,500 with T♠ T♦ from UTG and CO Darren Moves successfully isolates for 114,500 holding 5♣ 7♣ . No miracle with the board completing 2♣ Q♥ , putting the Action-Aussie down to a single chip.

Picking up the action with 19,300 in the middle and the board already complete with 7♠ 4♦ 8♠ K♣ 8♥ , Darren Moves wagers his last 13,500 with K♠ Q♥ coming up short against An Seung Yong's 7♥ 7♦ .