Main Event (45,000 PHP)

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:

Looking down at A♣ J♥ , its jamming time for Hwang Minsoo and his 59,500 chips, but he needs major help when Jeniel Muere calls to table A♠ K♥ . Having a crush on one of the players, the dealer does not want to get any further to the cut-off and slowly tables 5♠ 8♠ 6♠ 6♦ with a soul-crushing J♣ in the end.

Remigiusz Hajduk opens 6,000 and both blinds defend to see the flop 7♣ 6♠ 6♥ with the aggressor laying out another 5,000. BB Jeniel Muere wants to see the turn 5♦ and takes over the lead with a 15,000 bet that gets called to complete the board J♥ . Continuing for 10,000, Jeniel Muere lays it down when faced with a 45,000 raise.

With an 6,000 open from +1, HJ and BU tag along to the flop 9♥ 2♦ 5♣ . The initial raiser checks, prompting HJ Jeniel Muere to put out a feeler for 11,000 and only BU Ki Bum Park pays up the see the turn 6♣ . Checked to Park, all-in is announced to scoop up the pot.

Starting the action with a raise to 6,000 from the button, Remigiusz Hajduk fills up when BB Jeniel Muere counters with a 15,000 three-bet to see the flop 2♥ 3♦ 7♠ . A single 15,000 c-bet ends the hand.

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♣ .

Faced with a raise to 8,000 from HJ Jeniel Muere, CO Ki Bum Park announces all-in for 37,000 and the dealer goes to work.

Picking up the action on 8♠ 3♥ 9♦ 9♣ 3♣ and 9,500 in the middle BB Johnson Tan jams 9,000 with 7♠ 6♠ but gets caught by CO Jeniel Muere with a hero call Q♥ J♣ .

With the BU and SB limping and the BB waving his option we go to the flop 6♠ 2♠ 9♣ with everyone agreeing to see the turn J♠ for free. No more handouts says BB Jeniel Muere making it 2,000 to take only SB Hwang Minsoo to the river 8♣ . The caller slides out 6,000 with a flush 5♠ 4♠ and gets paid by K♣ J♦ .

UTG opens for 2,500 and both blinds defend to see the flop 6♥ Q♠ 8♠ that gets rejected by all three to see the turn 9♦ . BB Jeniel Muere has a go for 2,000 and takes only SB Hwang Minsoo to the river J♠ who leads with 6,000 holding T♦ 5♦ and gets paid by Jeniel Muere's top pair Q♥ 2♦ .

From the button, Jang Mo Se shoves 10,500 with 6♣ 6♠ , Jeniel Muere calls with A♦ J♠ and the dealer delivers quads on 3♥ 6♥ K♣ 8♣ 6♦ .

Jeniel Muere opens 2,000 from BU with K♠ 9♥ , Seung Min Kang jams 3,100 with K♣ 4♦ and we see the dealer let him live flipping over 6♠ 5♣ T♥ 4♣ Q♥ .

An open for 1,200 has Kim Seongjin take CO and BB to the flop 6♠ 7♥ 7♠ . The 2,000 c-bet finds two takers for the turn 8♣ . Another 3,000 lead gets answered by BB Jeniel Muere with an 8,000 raise to see the river 2♥ heads up. Jeniel Muere check calls a 13,800 jam with 9♥ 8♦ , but Kim Seongjin tables T♣ 9♦ for a straight and a double up.

Kim Seongjin opens 1,200 from HJ and CO Jeniel Muere wants to see the flop 3♣ 9♠ 7♥ . A 1,000 c-bet gets called for the turn 7♦ and when checked to him, Jeniel Muere takes over with a 1,000 lead of his own to complete the board 6♠ . Two checks has Jeniel Muere come out on top with 3♦ 2♦ .

With Seongjin Kim opening 1,200 from UTG in front, Jeniel Muere pumps it to 3,000 for the flop A♥ T♣ 8♠ followed by a 1,500 c-bet to the turn 4♣ . Checked around to the river 5♠ , Jeniel Muere takes it home with a 2,500 bet.

Jeniel Muere opens for 700 from UTG and SB Gun Jegal pumps it to 4,500 for the flop J♠ 2♦ K♣ . A 4,200 c-bet is enough for Gun Jegal to take it down right there.

Jeniel Muere opens another hand with 800 from the CO to take the button and BB to the flop A♥ 9♥ 8♠ . An 800 c-bet takes everyone to the turn T♦ that has Jeniel Muere fork out another 2,000, only called by BB Gun Jegal to complete the board 4♠ . A third bet of 5,000 gets called again and Jeniel Muere shows the winner A♠ T♣ .

Hyper active player Jeniel Muere looks at J♥ 7♠ in the HJ, makes it 600 and the CO and both blinds want to see the flop 8♣ 5♦ 9♥ . Checked to Seol Sungho, 500 go over the line with two takers to see the turn 7♦ . Jeniel Muere leads 500, gets raised to 1,500 and we see the river 7♠ heads up. Having made trips, Muere puts 2,000 in the middle and calls down a 6,500 raise from his opponent who throws it in the muck.

UTG opens 400, followed by a call from HJ and BU Jeniel Muere reraises to 1,000 for everyone to stick around to see the flop 8♠ A♠ 6♣ that gets checked to the turn 9♥ . HJ Gun Jegal tests the waters with a 1,500 bet and only Jeniel Muere pays up to see the river A♣ . No more action has Jeniel Muere table the winner J♥ J♦ against 8♦ 9♣ .

With a 36,000 open-jam from +2 Jeniel Muere holding J♦ J♥ and a call by CO Yun Taeil with T♦ T♠ the dealer shares the board 8♠ J♠ 7♠ 8♦ J♣ for another early elimination.

With a 1,000 open from Jeniel Muere and a three bet to 3,000 from CO Juan Casanova we see the flop 2♠ K♣ 8♣ that has Juan Casanova slide out a winning c-bet of 4,000.

Folded to SB Yuta Kawakami, 400 go over the line and take BB Jeniel Muere to the flop 5♦ 7♥ T♦ who bets 400 after his opponent missed to c-bet. The turn J♦ gets checked to the river 8♠ and Jeniel Muere scoops the pot after a 1,000 bet goes unanswered.

A fresh starting stack in front, CO Jeniel Muere calls UTG Maxim Gumenyuk's 300 open to see the flop 9♦ 5♥ K♠ . Checked to Jeniel Muere, 800 go over the line for the turn 6♦ . Another 1,000 from the CO take us to the river A♠ where Jeniel Muere takes it down with a 3,000 finishing bet.

A 300 open from UTG Jeniel Muere has BB Gun Jegal defend to see the flop 6♦ 7♦ 5♠ . Gun Jegal donk-bets 2,000, his opponent announces all-in for 28,000 and we hear call. The dealer arranges the protagonists hands and gets ready.