Main Event (45,000 PHP)

Chip leader Richard Marquez puts 56,000 in the middle from BU, Benjamin Ebarle looks at A♦ 4♦ and jams 150,000 from BB and Marquez fills up showing 5♥ 5♠ . The dealer keeps it interesting till the end, spicing up the felt 8♥ 3♠ 2♥ K♣ Q♦ to eliminate Benjamin Ebarle and take us down to the last two tables.

Daijiro Tomoto opens 25,000 from CO and Benjamin Ebarle defends his big blind to lay eyes on the action flop J♠ K♥ Q♣ . Donk-jamming 97,000 with A♣ A♠ , Benjamin Ebarle has to evade six outs when called by Daijiro Tomoto with T♣ 6♣ . The dealer grants his wish, completing the board Q♥ 6♦ for a much needed double up.

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♥ .

After a grueling 11 hours and 15 levels of play we reached the finish line with 9 players standing.

Remigiusz Hajduk barely came out on top, bagging 281,000 with the aid of a massive hand just before the end with AA versus AK, knocking out Hwang Minsoo in 11th. Gun Jegal was very active from the start with some swings here and there to take 2nd place with 280,000 and a very solid Oliver Duran in 3rd with 263,000.

Flight B starts tomorrow at 13:00 with 10 levels of late registration lasting until 20:10.

as always, here are today's 9 qualifiers all in one place:

Benjamin Ebarle opens 12,000 from UTG, SB calls and Jong Hyun Song calls with his last 12,000 to see the flop A♣ 5♠ 3♠ . Ebarle isolates with A♠ K♥ , Jong Hyun Song shows Q♥ 9♠ and cant find any help with the board completing 6♥ 4♥ to become today's bubble boy.

Benjamin Ebarle opens 6,500 from +1 and BB Michihiko Matsuda defends to see the flop T♠ Q♥ T♦ for a check around to the turn 4♥ . A delayed c-bet of 8,500 takes it down for Ebarle.

With an open-jam of 43,500 holding A♦ K♠ , Michihiko Matsuda watches SB Benjamin Ebarle call and table J♠ J♦ for another flip. The dealer keeps the field intact by revealing K♦ K♣ 4♣ 7♣ 7♥ , granting Michihiko Matsuda a much needed double up.

With Benjamin Ebarle making it 2,500 from +1 and HJ Ki Bum Park calling we see the flop 8♦ T♣ 5♦ . Ebarle triple barrels 4,400, 12,400 and 6,500 to the river 2♠ A♦ with the last one going unanswered.

Benjamin Ebarle kicks of the action with a raise to 1,200 from +2, countered by a 3,500 three-bet from BU Jin Sehoon and a fill-up gives us the flop 9♠ J♣ J♠ . Checked to the BU, a 7,000 c-bet slides over the line, called by Ebarle and the turn hits 3♣ . Benjamin Ebarle lead-jams 13,000 with K♣ J♦ and gets called by Jin Sehoon with A♣ A♥ . The dealer completes the board 4♦ for the rockets to stay cracked.

Ricardo Torres raises 700 from +1 and takes both blinds to the flop 3♠ J♦ 6♥ which gets checked back to him. Continuing for 1,200 has SB Andrei Vavilonskii raise it to 4,000 and take it down uncontested.

With his last 5,300 going into the middle from +1, Pozdnyakov Andrey needs to hit A♣ K♠ when Benjamin Ebarle calls 6♣ 6♥ from the SB. The dealer prefers the pair on T♠ 9♦ 3♠ J♣ 6♦ and we move on.

Andrey Pozdnyakov mounts a steal for 2,000 from the button, but both blinds decide to see the flop 2♦ A♦ Q♦ . Checked to him, Andrey Pozdnyakov slides out a winning bet of 2,000.

Benjamin Ebarle opens to 400 with both blinds defending to see the flop 9♣ 3♥ 7♣ that gets checked to K♥ and has Andrey Pozdnyakov slide out 700 from the SB. Ebarle calls to see the river Q♥ and when checked to, bets 1,700 to scoop another pot without showdown.

Benjamin Ebarle opens 500 from HJ and Takes BU and SB to the flop J♥ 7♥ 3♦ . An 800 c-bet has only BU Yusuf Cassidy continue to the turn 6♦ , followed by another 2,200 and a call for the river 6♣ . Benjamin Ebarle takes down the pot with a final bet of 2,600.