Main Event (45,000 PHP)

Folded to SB Thomas Po Xiang Jun, 11,000 go into the middle and BB Michihiko Matsuda defends to see the flop 2♥ 7♣ A♠ for a 7,000 c-bet to be added to the pot. BB calls for the turn K♦ that gets checked around to complete the board J♦ and for Thomas Po Xiang Jun to lay out a 13,000 bet that gets the job done.

Flight D Turbo concluded at level 19 with 12 out of 79 rounding out our day 1 qualifiers. Joseph Talamayan already sat on a massive stack when we started our coverage and ended the flight in 1st place with 310,000, closely followed by Jester Initia with 306,000 and Kim Yongkyun with 285,000.

With 512 entries over all four flights, resulting in a total prize pool of P20,113,920 we have found our 78 finalists that will have to continue to bring their a-game tomorrow to have a chance at clinching the title and take home the P3,713,920 first prize.

Play will resume at 13:00 with everyone guaranteed a min cash of 75,000

Flight D complete chip counts :

Before we could lay our eyes on the tables we had another exit from Tracy Crisostomo in 16th.

Current chip stacks are as follows :

Michihiko Matsuda kicks off the action with a raise to 1,600 from UTG and both blinds defend to see the flop 5♠ 2♣ J♥ . Checked to the aggressor, 1,500 go over the line and everybody pays for the turn 9♦ . A second barrel of 7,000 is big enough to end the hand this time.

HJ Michihiko Matsuda leads the way with a raise to 1,500 and takes three players to the flop K♣ 3♣ 5♠ . Checked to the aggressor, 2,500 go over the line and BU Won Lee See announces all-in 10,000 with J♣ T♣ . Michihiko Matsuda calls with Q♣ J♦ and stays ahead when the board completes Q♠ 2♠ to knock out Won Lee See.

With three limps in front, the BB squeezes for 1,200, followed by a 4,500 jam from UTG with A♣ J♠ and a single call by Michihiko Matsuda out of the cutoff holding T♠ 9♠ . No help for the underdog on J♥ 2♥ K♥ 2♣ 8♦ .

Button Oliver Duran opens 10,500 with K♥ J♣ and BB Michihiko Matsuda says all-in for 32,000 with A♣ J♠ . Bad luck for the shorty with the dealer flipping over T♣ J♥ 9♠ Q♥ 6♣ to hand out another elimination.

UTG Jong Hyun Song puts his last 10,000 in the middle with Q♦ 2♦ and HJ Michihiko Matsuda successfully isolates for 46,000 with K♣ J♣ . The board comes 4♠ 5♣ A♠ Q♠ 6♦ to triple up Jong Hyun Song.

Benjamin Ebarle opens 6,500 from +1 and BB Michihiko Matsuda defends to see the flop T♠ Q♥ T♦ for a check around to the turn 4♥ . A delayed c-bet of 8,500 takes it down for Ebarle.

With an open-jam of 43,500 holding A♦ K♠ , Michihiko Matsuda watches SB Benjamin Ebarle call and table J♠ J♦ for another flip. The dealer keeps the field intact by revealing K♦ K♣ 4♣ 7♣ 7♥ , granting Michihiko Matsuda a much needed double up.

First to act Kenta Misawa kicks off the action with a raise to 1,600, followed by +1 Matsuda Michihiko pumping it to 3,800 to reveal the flop 8♥ Q♣ A♠ . Two checks take us to the turn Q♥ , Kenta Misawa's 3,000 bet gets called for the river T♦ and another lead of 10,000. This time Matsuda Michihiko announces all-in for 34,300 with A♣ A♥ and gets paid by Kenta Misawa flipping over K♠ Q♠ .