Main Event (45,000 PHP)

Being the shortest stack, Christopher Mateo jams his remaining 250,000 with A♣ 8♠ from the HJ and things are looking good when Alvir Inocentes fills up his big blind to flip over A♦ 2♦ . The dealer agrees tabling K♠ 6♦ 5♣ Q♥ until she changes her mind on the river 2♠ to deliver a crushing blow to Christopher Mateo, sending him home as the final table bubble.

Christopher Mateo open-limps his SB and BB Oliver Duran waives his option to see the flop K♣ 8♣ 3♣ that gets checked to the turn 6♠ . Mateo takes the lead with 16,000 that brings along Duran to the river Q♦ . Followed with another 38,000 lead and a call, Mateo tables the winner K♥ 8♥ and Duran mucks.

Kicking us off with an UTG raise to 22,000, Christopher Mateo takes BB Martin Astorga to the flop 5♠ 8♣ K♦ and starts a triple barrel sequence to the river Q♦ 7♣ for 16,000, 52,000 and a final 450,000 jam that gets the job done.

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:

Christopher Mateo kicks off the action with a raise to 6,500 from BU, followed by a 96,500 jam from BB Gun Jegal with J♣ J♦ and Mateo fills up with A♦ Q♥ . No help for Mateo on T♠ 4♥ 9♦ K♥ 7♣ and a big double up for Gun Jegal.

Initiating the action with a 6,500 open from +1, Jeniel Muere finds a customer in CO Christopher Mateo to see the flop T♥ K♣ 2♦ and continues for 5,000. Mateo calls to see the turn T♥ that gets checked to complete the board J♥ . Another 10,000 go to the middle for Jeniel Muere with 7♣ 7♦ who has to surrender the pot to Christopher Mateo's K♦ Q♣ .

When Christopher Mateo raises to 5,000 from the HJ, BB Hwang Minsoo defends and the dealer shares the flop K♠ 4♥ 4♦ for a friendly check-check to the turn Q♥ . A small delayed c-bet of 3,000 takes it down for Mateo.

Christopher Mateo hopes for some action when he picks up A♥ A♠ and gets it started with a raise to 3,500 from BU. With BB Hayashi Tatsuhiko announcing all-in for 34,000 holding 8♦ 8♠ the action was granted and the dealer moves into the spotlight unveiling the board 7♥ 7♦ 6♣ T♠ Q♣ thus moving us closer to the 9 player cut-off for today.

By open limping SB Edward Halmarack induces a 24,000 shove from Christopher Mateo with A♦ 3♥ to happily call with A♣ Q♣ and deliver a knockout on 5♥ T♥ 4♠ 9♣ 6♣ .

Christopher Mateo opens 1,600 from CO and SB Seongjin Kim defends with a 4,000 three-bet. A call reveals the flop T♣ 2♣ 2♠ that gets checked to the turn 7♦ and Seongjin Kim takes it down with a 2,000 bet.

With Chong Zi Heng holding 7♦ 7♣ we hear raise 1,200, reraise 3,000 from CO Christopher Mateo and the initiator pumps it further to a 30,000 jam. Christopher Mateo calls for his last 17,000 with A♦ J♣ and the dealer goes to work J♥ Q♥ 5♥ Q♣ 9♠ and grants the short stack a double.