Main Event (45,000 PHP)

Starting us off with an 11,000 open from +1, Renniel Galves watches on as +1 and BU call and BB William Ysmael pump it up to 71,000. Galves wagers his remaining 118,000 with A♠ K♦ and only the BB calls with Q♣ Q♠ . With the classic flip in front, the dealer makes everyone miss again on T♦ T♠ 8♠ 6♥ 8♥ , forcing Renniel Galves to gather his things.

Renniel Galvez kicks off the action with a raise to 8,000 from UTG to take SB Jaejong Kim to the flop 2♣ 2♥ Q♣ that gets checked to the turn 2♠ . Jaejong Kim slides out a delayed donk-bet of 11,000 that gets called to complete the board J♠ and continues for 25,000 with 8♣ 8♥ . Renniel Galvez calls with T♣ T♠ to scoop the pot.

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:

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:

An open limp from the SB provokes a 9,000 raise from BB Renniel Galvez and gets called from limper Richard Marquez to reveal the flop J♣ T♥ K♣ . He check calls another 6,000 c-bet to see the turn 9♥ and takes over with a 10,000 bet of his own. Galvez calls, the river 5♦ drops Marquez is back to checking and Galvez lays out 30,000 with A♠ Q♦ . Having a straight himself, Richard Marquez makes the call with Q♠ 5♣ but has to surrender the pot.

The HJ kicks off the action with a raise to 2,200 followed by a call from CO and BU that triggers an 11,000 squeeze from SB Chong Zi Heng and only CO Renniel Galvez fills up to see the flop A♠ K♠ 8♠ . Heng continues for 9,000 and Galves agrees to see the turn 7♦ . With a check in front, Galves makes it 11,000, Heng calls for the river 5♠ where Renniel Galvez moves all-in for 72,000 to take down the pot without showdown.

BU Marciel Cerbito mounts a steal with 1,800, but both blinds defend to see the flop 6♥ A♣ J♥ . C-betting 3,000 has only SB Renniel Galvez stick around to see the turn 5♦ that gets checked to complete the board Q♠ . Out of position, Renniel Galvez slides out a winning bet of 7,000 to scoop the pot.