Main Event (45,000 PHP)

Opening 9,000 from the HJ, Michael Calungsod calls a 26,000 three-bet from CO Kim Jaejoong to see the flop 2♦ 8♥ 7♥ and it is fireworks. Calungsod starts with a check, Kim Jaejoong continues for 18,000 and HJ announces all-in for his remaining 140,000 with J♣ J♠ . Kim Jaejoong calls to show Q♠ Q♦ , the dealer completes the board A♠ 8♣ and we are down another player.

After another 15 levels of Day 1 play in the Main Event are under our belts we reached the final 19 out of a starting field of 126 advancing to Day 2 on Saturday 13:00.

With the top 5 eclipsing yesterdays Flight A chip leader we saw Mystery Bounty's biggest winner Fransisco Sanchez come out on top with 379,000 to his name, after another stellar performance. In close quarters we have 2nd in chips Kim Jaejoong bagging 367,000 and David Rene Mar in 3rd with 341,000.

For all the players missing out today, we have Flight C on Friday at 13:00 with the usual 10 levels of late registration until around 20:10.

Enjoy the rest of your night and see you tomorrow for another round of live updates!

Our 19 qualifiers all in on place:

Kim Jaejoong kicks us off with a 7,500 raise from the BU, Thomas Po Xiang Jun defends big blind with a 22,000 three-bet and we see the flop 8♣ 5♠ 4♣ . Thomas Po Xiang Jun continues 19,000, gets called and we see the action killer 2♣ . Checked all the way to the river Q♠ showdown, Thomas Po Xiang Jun shows 5♣ 5♦ to scoop up the pot.

With 24 out of 126 remaining we are inching closer to the cut-off with 19 players qualifying for day 2. Here are the top chip counts:

Kim Jaejoong raises to 2 500 from UTG with 9♦ 9♣ , CO Moon Kyung Ho wakes up with A♣ K♣ in the CO and announces all-in for 9,000 and we go flipping. The board makes a full house with T♥ 7♠ T♠ 7♣ T♦ , but Kim's nines are in play to knock out Moon Kyung Ho.

Kim Jaejoong starts us off with a 300 open from UTG to take CO Yusuf Cassidy to the flop 7♣ K♥ 5♥ that gets checked to the turn 3♠ . A delayed c-bet of 400 reveals the 4♠ river and the action gets checked to Cassidy. Holding A♠ T♣ he puts 900 in the middle, but gets called by 8♣ 5♣ and Kim Jaejoong scoops the pot.