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Hand #74 kicks off with a jam from +2 Andy Chan for 625,000, holding A♠ 7♥ and gets called by short stack Oliver Duran with T♠ T♦ . The dealer reduces Oliver's chances to two outs by flipping over the A♥ first and finds neither of them by completing the board 9♠ 8♣ 3♣ K♦ to end Oliver Duran's Run in 8th place.

Having reached the Final 9 down from 77 that started Day 2 Richard Marquez came to life towards the end running up a massive chip lead that resulted in him bagging 3,070,000 in first, but Alvir Inocentes - the only player that qualified for day 2 twice - mounted a late charge that included the last minute elimination of Christopher Mateo on the final table bubble and brought him close to the leader with 2,825,000 in chips.

With an exiting journey through the ITM stage down to the final table done, we give the players some time to recover before we resume play tomorrow at 13:00 with the contenders battling over the lion share of the P20,113,920 prize pool and P3,713,920 on top.

We will see you here tomorrow for the live updates again and leave you with the chip counts of the final 9 :

Christopher Mateo open-limps his SB and BB Oliver Duran waives his option to see the flop K♣ 8♣ 3♣ that gets checked to the turn 6♠ . Mateo takes the lead with 16,000 that brings along Duran to the river Q♦ . Followed with another 38,000 lead and a call, Mateo tables the winner K♥ 8♥ and Duran mucks.

After a grueling 11 hours and 15 levels of play we reached the finish line with 9 players standing.

Remigiusz Hajduk barely came out on top, bagging 281,000 with the aid of a massive hand just before the end with AA versus AK, knocking out Hwang Minsoo in 11th. Gun Jegal was very active from the start with some swings here and there to take 2nd place with 280,000 and a very solid Oliver Duran in 3rd with 263,000.

Flight B starts tomorrow at 13:00 with 10 levels of late registration lasting until 20:10.

as always, here are today's 9 qualifiers all in one place:

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.

Catching the action on the river 4♠ 2♠ T♦ K♣ 8♦ with 50,000 in the pot, we see Jong Hyun Song throw his cards in the muck after Oliver Duran flipped over A♠ T♠ .

Looking down at A♥ Q♠ and a raise to 5,500 from UTG Oliver Duran, Andy Chan slides his remaining 39,000 over the line. Duran calls with 6♣ 6♠ for a flip that goes to Chan after the dealer hit the felt with Q♦ A♣ 3♥ 9♥ 5♥ .

Jong Hyun Song lays out 4,500 from +1, with HJ and BB tagging along to the flop 2♠ 7♠ 7♣ for a 5,000 c-bet and two calls to reveal the turn 5♥ . Another 10,000 continuation sees only BB Oliver Duran pay up for the river Q♥ . With two checks, Duran tables the winner 5♣ 5♦ to crack Jong Hyun Song's A♦ A♠ .

Opening for 4,000 from BU, Oliver Duran takes BB William Ysmael to the flop 4♣ A♣ Q♦ . A 5,000 c-bet gets called for the turn 5♠ . Another 8,000 bet from Duran gets check-raised to 18,500 for William Ysmael to scoop up the pot.

With two limps in front, the SB pumps it up to 3,500 to see the flop 6♥ 8♣ 2♠ three way. Everybody checks to see the turn Q♠ and the chips go flying. UTG Oliver Duran leads 6,400, with 9♠ 6♠ , answered by a 16,700 jam from CO William Ysmael with Q♥ J♥ , the SB gets out of the way and the dealer completes the board 3♥ to grant William Ysmael a double.

Oliver Duran slow plays A♦ Q♠ from UTG to induce a 22,000 jam from CO Sergius Santos holding A♠ 8♠ and deliver another knockout on 7♠ 4♠ 7♥ 3♠ 6♦ .

With a 1,600 open from Seol Sungho in the HJ and a three-bet of 3,000 from BU Oliver Duran we see the SB and the initial raiser tag along to the flop 2♠ J♠ 6♣ . Checked to Seol Sungho, 2,900 go in the middle and everybody pays up to see the turn 7♦ . Another 5,000 lead gets rid of the SB for the river 5♥ to be revealed. A final 10,000 bet from Seol Sungho is enough to scoop the pot uncontested.

With the pot at 7,000 and the flop 9♦ T♦ 2♥ we see Seol Sungho slide out 7,400 from UTG, Oliver Duran calls and the CO folds for the turn to be revealed 9♣ . Check-check to the river T♣ and another 8,300 from Seol Sungho does the trick.

With the pot at 26,000 and the board showing T♠ 5♥ K♠ 6♦ 9♣ , Kim Sehyeon jams 12,400 with K♥ J♠ and gets check-called by Oliver Duran's tow pair 9♠ 6♠ .

Koki Takeishi kicks off the action with a raise to 1,200 and takes HJ and BB along to the flop 3♣ K♠ 2♥ . A simple 1,200 c-bet gets the job done.

With a limp in front, Yu Jeongyeol raises to 600 from CO to take the UTG limper to the flop K♥ A♣ 9♠ . One 600 lead and a call is the last to go over the line to see the river T♦ 9♣ with limper Oliver Duran flipping over the winner 9♥ 6♥ .

With HJ opening 700, BU and BB tag along for the flop 9♣ 4♠ 8♥ and we see a 1,100 lead in position from BU Oliver Duran. BB Yu Jeongyeol is the only one continuing to the turn 2♦ that gets checked to the river 3♥ and switches it up to a lead of 1,500, enough to take it down.