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.

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.

Raising 3,000 out of the HJ, William Kang takes both blinds to the flop 3♥ J♥ 3♠ that sees BB Michael Calungsod donk-bet 3,500 and only Kang pays up to see the flop T♠ . Another 7,500 lead gets called to complete the board J♠ . The third barrel of 12,000 receives a 43,000 jam as an answer and Michael Calungsod calls with K♦ J♦ jacks full to eliminate William Kang with T♥ T♦ tens full.

Picking up the action on the flop 5♣ 3♥ 4♣ and 30,000 in the middle, Sangjin An jams 15,300 with K♣ K♠ , but is down against Michael Calungsod calling with A♥ A♣ . The dealer can't find a king on 8♥ J♦ and sends Sangjin An to the rail just a few minutes before the late registration ends.

Chirag Shah is looking down at A♠ T♣ and announces all-in for 10,000 and BU Michael Rueben Calungsod wakes up with A♣ K♣, calls and watches the dealer flip over Q♣ 3♠ 7♣ T♠ 3♦ for his opponent to hit the three-outer.