Main Event (45,000 PHP)

Open-Jamming 39,000 with A♠ 4♠ from HJ, Ashley Patterson needs help in the form of an ace after CO Joseph Sia called and flipped over 9♠ 9♦ . The dealer tables 5♠ K♣ 5♦ 6♦ 7♣ to initiate her own break by concluding play in Flight C.

The Live Updates will move to Flight D and continue until we have all qualifiers for Day 2 chiseled in stone.

Ashley Patterson opens 8,000 from +1 and Janno Alvarez defends his BB to see the flop T♦ 5♣ 4♥ that gets checked to the turn A♣ . A delayed c-bet worth 10,000 and a call take us to the river K♥ for another check-check. Alvarez tables 4♠ 6♣ to take it down.

Janno Alvarez raises 8,500 from the HJ to take two fellow travelers to the flop 4♠ 8♠ 8♣ . Checked to the BU Ashley Patterson, 11,000 go over the line and only Alvarez pays to see the turn T♣ . Another check-call for 25,000 takes him to the river A♦ where Patterson lays out a third barrel of 35,000 with A♥ 9♦ . Alvarez calls with A♣ Q♠ and scoops up a very nice pot.

With 60 players out of the 250 starting field still standing and 38 making the cutoff for Day 2 tomorrow the top chip counts are as follows :

Janno Alvarez kicks us off with a raise to 5,000 from CO and takes both blinds to the flop 5♥ 4♦ T♦ where he continues for 4,500 and finds two check-calls to share the turn 4♣ with. SB Ashley Patterson takes over the reins with a 30,000 lead to scoop up the pot right there.

After an early exit yesterday, Ashley Patterson is back with some action, starting off with a 1,200 raise from BU and a 36,000 four-bet jam after Ryuki Shikano tried to mount a defense from the BB with a 4,000 three-bet, but lets it go in the face of this massive jam.

Opening to 2,500 from UTG, Ashley Patterson finds opposition from Edgar Asehan in the BB three-betting 7,500 with J♠ J♣ . Having 9♣ 9♥ seems good enough for a 22,500 jam that reveals the bad news. The dealer has no help on 2♣ A♠ 7♠ 2♥ J♥ to deliver another knockout.

Back from the dead with another bullet, Edgar Asehan kicks off the action with a 2,400 raise from the CO to take the BU and BB to the flop 8♣ 2♥ 7♦ . Checked to Ashley Patterson, 4,000 go into the middle that find no customers to take it down right there.