Main Event (45,000 PHP)

Marco Espela lays out a raise of 24,000 with A♦ A♠ from CO, countered by an 81,000 jam from BU Junhyeok Kim with K♦ J♦ and the dealer goes to work. The board Q♣ 5♥ Q♠ 5♣ 9♣ spells bust for Junhyeok Kim and we move on.

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.

First to act Lance De Vera opens 2,400, Kim Junhyeok three-bets 5,000 and we see the flop 2♣ 7♦ 8♠ , with the three-bettor continuing for 3,500 to take it down early.

With an open to 1,200 and a raise from BU Kim Junhyeok to 3,000 the action is back to Yusuf Cassidy in +1 who takes it down with a 6,000 four-bet.

Kim Jun Hyeok starts us off with a raise to 800 from UTG and calls CO Ricardo Torres' 2,300 three-bet to see the flop J♠ 3♥ 7♦ . Double barreling 1,600 and 2,500 to the river 5♦ K♦ has Ricardo Torres slow down to a check back and muck after seeing Kim Jun Hyeok flip over Q♦ 8♦ .