Main Event (45,000 PHP)

Folded to short stack Shobu Oda in SB, all-in for 62,000 is announced with J♠ 3♣ . BB Thomas Po Xiang Jun calls with A♦ 7♠ and the dealer busts another player by flipping over K♣ T♠ T♣ K♠ Q♥ .

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.

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.

Thomas Po Xiang Jun opens 9,000 from CO and SB Rick Jason Ambata jams his last 45,000 with A♠ J♦ . Thomas calls with K♥ Q♥ and needs improvement. The dealer teases with K♦ J♣ 3♣ A♥ 7♥ to ultimately grant the double up.

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:

Looking at A♣ Q♣ , UTG Robert Yamashita opens 5,000, gets raised to 13,000 from the player to his left and the action is back to him to four-bet 40,000. Big stack Thomas Po Xiang Jun shoves with A♠ A♥ and Robert Yamashita puts his remaining 20,000 in the middle looking for major improvement. The dealer pulls 8♣ Q♣ 4♦ J♠ 2♣ out of her sleave, giving him a pair, but is out nevertheless.