Main Event (45,000 PHP)

David Rene Mar opens hand #65 for 135,000 from UTG, Yohei Katsuragawa jams his remaining 320,000 with A♥ Q♠ and is flipping against David's J♦ J♠ . The Dealer tables T♦ K♦ 9♠ 7♣ 4♣ and delivers the first knockout of the day.

Starting off Hand #54 with a 150,000 raise from +1, Yusuf Cassidy takes HJ Yohei Katsuragawa to the flop 6♠ A♠ T♥ that gets checked all the way to the river K♠ 2♥ where Yusuf leads 150,000 with A♥ J♠ , gets called by Yohei with K♦ Q♦ and increases his stack by 30%.

Hand #20 kicks off with a raise to 85,000 from UTG David Rene Mar and Yusuf Cassidy defend his big blind to see the flop T♦ A♣ 4♦ with a follow up 85,000 and another call to the turn 3♥ . A second barrel of 230,000 goes unanswered and David Rene Mar scoops up.

Hand #21 goes to Richard Marquez with a single 80,000 raise from HJ.

Hand #22 starts with UTG Yohei Katsuragawa wanting 85,000 from UTG and CO William Ysmael comes along for a ride to the flop 9♥ Q♦ 5♥ that gets checked to the turn 6♣ . Yohei Katsuragawa lays out a delayed c-bet of 110,000 that gets called to the river 4♣ where Yohei Katsuragawa is back to checking and lets it go against 285,000 from William Ysmael

Hand #23 has Yohei Katsuragawa come back after defending big against an 85,000 open from William Ysmael to see the flop J♥ 8♦ 4♠ and then check raises all-in 500,000 when faced with a 75,000 c-bet. William folds.

Hand #11 is taken down by a 125,000 open from William Ysmael in SB

Hand #12 starts with Yohei Katsuragawa raise 80,000 to take HJ Richard Marquez to the flop 7♣ 6♦ 6♥ where a 100,000 c-bet gets the job done for the short stack.

Hand #8 goes to David Rene Mar with an 85,000 open from LJ.

Hand #9 has William Ysmael do the same from UTG.

Hand #10 starts off with Yohei Katsuragawa open 85,000 from LJ, Raised to 245,000 by HJ Alvir Inocentes and BB William Ysmael puts down the hammer with a 650,000 cold four-bet to scare off his opposition.

Hand #5 goes to birthday boy Yusuf Cassidy with a raise to 140,000 from CO and no takers.

Hand #6 has Sham Wing Sheuk open 80,000 from BU, called by SB and BB Alvir Inocentes pumps it to 165,000 to take it down.

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 :

With the CO opening 80,000 and BU Yohei Katsuragawa three-betting to 175,000, BB Yusuf Cassidy looks at A♣ J♠ , likes his chances and announces all-in for 670,000. Only Yohei Katsuragawa calls with T♠ T♦ and all eyes go to the dealer, deciding a flip on the bubble. The board is revealed 7♣ 4♠ J♥ A♥ J♣ doubling up the short stack and we move on to the next bubble hand.

Andy Chan kicks us off the an 80,000 raise from UTG to take BU Yohei Katsuragawa on a trip to the flop J♥ A♠ Q♥ that gets checked to the turn 2♠ . A delayed c-bet of 100,000 finds a call and we complete the board with the 4♠ . Another 200,000 wander over the line for Andy Chan, trying to steal with K♦ 9♦ , but after the aid of a time bank, Yohei Katsuragawa is good to go and calls with Q♣ T♥ to scoop up the pot and stay in a comfortable spot.

After SB Yohei Katsuragawa open-jammed with K♠ T♠ , shortest stack Yuki Ozaki fills up 125,000 for a call with T♣ 9♠ . No help for the underdog on 7♠ 7♥ 5♥ J♥ 3♥ and we are one away from the final table bubble.

Yohei Katsuragawa starts the action in BU with a raise to 15,000, SB Darren Lee jams 170,000 with 6♦ 6♥ and gets quickly called by Yohei Katsuragawa with A♣ K♦ . The felt lights up with 9♦ K♥ 8♣ 4♣ 3♣ and another one bites the dust.

With an open to 10,000 from +1 and a three-bet to 25,000 from CO Yohei Katsuragawa the action is back to the initiator Takumi Takeda, four-bet shoving 164,000 to take home the pot uncontested.

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.

Yohei Katsuragawa kicks us off with a 10,000 open from UTG, CO Wu En Ching pumps it to 35,000 and BB Joseph Sia jams for 118,000 to take it down pre.

Yohei Katsuragawa opens 6,000 from UTG with A♠ Q♦ and Darren Moves slides his remaining 30,000 in the middle from +1 holding K♠ Q♥ . The dealer has some doubts last minute on 6♠ Q♠ J♠ K♦ A♥ , but hands it to the favorite anyway.

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♣ .