Main Event (45,000 PHP)

William Ysmael opens 15,000 with 4♥ 4♠ and CO Kim Jaejung jams for 72,000 with A♦ Q♦ for another flip with a player at risk. The dealer showers Kim Jaejung with hits on Q♥ 5♣ 3♦ 2♦ 8♦ to come out on top and double up.

Renniel Galvez kicks off the action with a raise to 8,000 from UTG to take SB Jaejong Kim to the flop 2♣ 2♥ Q♣ that gets checked to the turn 2♠ . Jaejong Kim slides out a delayed donk-bet of 11,000 that gets called to complete the board J♠ and continues for 25,000 with 8♣ 8♥ . Renniel Galvez calls with T♣ T♠ to scoop the pot.

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.

Jaejung Kim starts off with a raise to 3,000 from HJ to take BU and SB to the flop 2♣ 6♠ 6♥ for a 5,000 c-bet with only SB Akihiro Yamada sticking around for the turn 8♣ that gets checked to the river 6♣ . Jaejung Kim slides a final 18,000 over the line with K♦ K♥ , gets called and his opponent mucks.

UTG Jaejung Kim opens 1,600 and BB Florencio Campomanes defends big with a 4,200 three-bet that gets called to see the flop 6♥ 8♦ 2♦ . Flo continues for 5,100, his opponent raises to 12,500 and a reraise to 21,500 gets called to reveal the turn Q♠ . Florencio Campomanes announces all in for 18,100 with A♦ A♠ , gets called by Jaejung Kim holding J♦ T♦ for a bunch of outs and and the dealer finds one of them with the river 9♠ to crack the aces and send Flo to the rails for now.

CO Hochung Song raises to 300 and takes two customers to the flop K♥ A♣ 7♣ where we see the start of a triple barrel to the river 6♦ 6♥ for 800, 1,700 and 3,500 that had only SB Jaejung Kim stick around before folding to the final bet.