Main Event

Starting the day as massive chip leader, followed by a bumpy run to the lower end of the field in the past two hours, Jonald Garcia picks up A♠ 9♠ in the BB and jams 335,000 into HJ David Rene Mar's 85,000 opening. Mar fills up with A♥ 8♣ and the dealer delivers four hits on 8♣ 9♠ A♣ 8♥ T♥ letting the underdog emerge as the victor with eights full.

Jonald Garcia kicks us off with a 16,000 open from the button to take both blinds to the flop 8♥ 6♠ 9♣ that gets checked back to him for a 21,000 c-bet being seperated from his stack. SB Yusuf Cassidy check-raises to 50,000 and only Garcia fills up to see the turn A♦ . Leading for 75,000, Cassidy takes Garcia to the 3♥ river and slides out another 100,000 with 8♣ 6♣ two pair. Garcia calls with two pair of his own A♠ 9♠ to scoop the pot and take back the lead.

Flight C had 250 entries with the top 38 advancing and Jonald Garcia emerging as the chip leader, bagging a whopping 709,000 in chips with a late charge including the last minute eliminations of Robert Yamashita and Jeffrey Pamplona. Sehoon Jin finished 2nd with 478,000 and Alvir Inocentes came in third with 434,000. Those three will also start day 2 as overall chip leaders.

With a 43,000 all-in from BU Robert Yamashita in front, BB Jonald Garcia happily calls with A♠ T♦ to dominate his opponent's A♥ 4♥ . The dealer hits the felt with 9♣ J♦ T♣ 8♥ 2♦ to further cement Garcia's lead over the field with two players left to bust to conclude Flight C.

Folded to SB Jeffrey Pamplona, his last 52,000 go in the middle with 6♠ 6♣ , but immediately gets the bad news when Jonald Garcia snaps to reveal 7a 7♦ . The dealer eradicates all hope early by flipping over T♣ T♠ T♦ K♥ 2♣ to eliminate Jeffrey Pamplona.

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 :