Main Event (45,000 PHP)

After making it 60,000 from UTG and sharing the flop 8♠ 4♦ T♦ four-way to a checked turn 5♣ , Vito Tjahyadi jams 245,000 with Q♦ J♦ against BB Richard Marquez' 100,000 lead who fills up with 8♥ 7♥ . Not finding any of his gazillion outs on the river 3♠ , Vito Tjahyadi is joining the crowd at the rail.

Vito Tjahyadi leads the way with a 50,000 raise from +1 that takes +2 and the BB to the flop J♥ T♥ A♥ . A 35,000 c-bet finds two callers for the turn 8♣ and BB William Ysmael takes the lead with a 185,000 bet that gets called for the board to complete 7♦ . Another lead for 700,000 puts his opponent all-in who parts ways with his hole cards.

Wu En Ching opens 25,000 from +1 and takes BB Vito Tjahyadi to the flop 4♥ 6♠ K♠ where a 22,000 c-bet enters the middle and is called for the turn Q♠ . Checked to Wu En Ching again, a second barrel of 73,000 rolls over the line and Vito Tjahyadi goes into the tank. After careful consideration he lets it go, losing a time bank in the process.

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.

Fresh from chipping up, Vito Tjahyadi opens 7,000 with 8♠ 8♦ from the button, BB Soh Puay Hwee jams 20,000 with A♦ 4♣ and the dealer gets ready to table J♦ 9♥ K♣ 5♥ 6♣ handing out another knock-out.

Edgar Asehan kicks us off with a raise to 7,000 from the HJ and BB Vito Tjahyadi defends to see the flop 6♣ 5♥ A♣ . A 6,000 c-bet gets called for the turn 8♥ to be revealed and a check-check completes the board T♠ . Vito Tjahyadi takes over with a 17,000 lead with A♠ 8♠ , gets paid and Edgar Asehan mucks.

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:

Back from the dead with another bullet, Edgar Asehan kicks off the action with a 2,400 raise from the CO to take the BU and BB to the flop 8♣ 2♥ 7♦ . Checked to Ashley Patterson, 4,000 go into the middle that find no customers to take it down right there.

With Henry Hong Ju Hyung opening 1,700 holding 9♠ 9♥ and BB Vito Tjahyadi jamming Q♦ Q♥ for 9,200 we have another player at risk. The dealer favors the ladies again with 6♣ 4♥ J♠ 5♠ 4♣ , granting the short stack a much needed double up.

With a limp from +1 in front, +2 Anastasios Pavlou raises to 1,000 and finds 4 takers to share the flop K♣ J♣ Q♠ with. Sergius Santos leads 1,000 from +1 with a call from CO and BU before SB Vito Tjahyadi makes it 4,000 to scoop the pot uncontested.

Lenart Ecarma initiates the action with a raise to 300 from +1 and Vito Tjahyadi wants 800 from +2 to unveil the flop J♠ Q♠ 4♠ . A 500 c-bet and a call reveal the Q♦ turn and another 1,200 continuation is enough for Vito Tjahyadi to take it down right there.