Main Event (45,000 PHP)

Next hand we see a 13,000 open from BU, SB Jin Sehoon three-bets 50,000 and BB Takeda Takumi wagers his remaining 115,000 with Q♦ Q♣ . Only the SB calls with A♥ 9♠ , but finds help on 2♦ 9♦ 8♦ 3♠ A♣ to hand out another bust.

Another hand gets folded to the SB, this time in the form of Manuel Geronimo, who makes it 10,000 to take BB Sehoon Jin to the flop 4♠ A♦ 4♦ . Tripple barreling to the river 9♦ 7♦ with 12,000, 22,000 and 40,000 and three calls from Sehoon Jin, Manuel Geronimo tables the winner Q♦ J♦ .

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.

UTG Kang Seungmin lays out 11,000, SB Jin Sehoon jams his massive stack with T♥ T♦ , receives a call from Kang Seungmin for 90,000 tabling Q♣ J♠ and we are flipping for a bust again. The board 6♠ K♦ 7♦ K♥ 4♣ reveals no help for Kang Seungmin and it is bubble time.

With 60 players out of the 250 starting field still standing and 38 making the cutoff for Day 2 tomorrow the top chip counts are as follows :

Sehoon Jin leads the action with a raise to 4,500 from HJ and takes three customers to the flop K♥ T♥ Q♣ that gets checked to the aggressor c-betting 5,500 and BB Yohei Katsuragawa announcing all-in for 24,500 with J♦ 9♥ . Sehoon Jin is the only caller with A♣ K♥ , but can't find a queen with the board completing A♦ 5♣ .

Hisashi Yamanouchi starts off with a 2,500 open from +1, +2 calls and HJ Sehoon Jin three-bets 10,500 for the action to go back to Hisashi Yamanouchi making it 25,000, +2 gets out of the way and a 49,900 five-bet-jam from Sehoon Jin with A♥ A♠ . Hisashi Yamanouchi barely covers and calls with J♦ J♣ , cant find help on 7♠ 4♣ 9♥ 2♥ Q♠ and is down to five big blinds.

Benjamin Ebarle kicks of the action with a raise to 1,200 from +2, countered by a 3,500 three-bet from BU Jin Sehoon and a fill-up gives us the flop 9♠ J♣ J♠ . Checked to the BU, a 7,000 c-bet slides over the line, called by Ebarle and the turn hits 3♣ . Benjamin Ebarle lead-jams 13,000 with K♣ J♦ and gets called by Jin Sehoon with A♣ A♥ . The dealer completes the board 4♦ for the rockets to stay cracked.