Main Event (45,000 PHP)

Richard Marquez min-opens 160,000 from his button and watches BB Yusuf Cassidy jam 985,000 with A♣ J♥ . Richard snaps with K♦ K♣ and the dealer servers another knock out by flipping over 7♥ 4♦ 6♣ 4♣ 3♥ .

#83 starts with William Ysmael min open to 160,000 from +1 and CO David Rene Mar picks it up with a 400,000 three-bet.

#84 is a limped blind battle that's checked to the turn 5♦ 5♣ Q♦ 2♣ where SB Richard Marquez put out a feeler for 80,000 that is met with a call for the river 3♣ . Checked to BB William Ysmael, 425,000 go over the line for another win in position.

#85 has William Ysmael open his SB for 175,000 and Yusuf Cassidy fills up his BB to see the flop Q♠ K♥ 6♣ check-check to the turn A♣ . When checked to again, Yusuf lays out 200,000 and gets called for the river 8♥ with both players checking again and Yusuf tabling the winner A♦ 9♣ against Will's K♦ 4♥ .

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%.

#47 kicks off with Richard Marquez opening 100,000 from CO to take BB Yusuf Cassidy the the flop 8♠ 9♣ 6♥ that gets checked to the river J♥ 4♣ where Yusuf leads 100,000, gets called and tables the winner Q♦ 9♥ .

After winning hand #43 with a min-raise from UTG, William Ysmael kicks off Hand #44 with another 100,000 min from +1 that takes +2 and BB along for the ride and watch the dealer hit the felt J♣ 4♥ 6♥ . Checked to +2 Yusuf Cassidy, 150,000 go into the middle and only Will calls to see the turn 5♠ where he check-calls another 275,000 to complete the board 3♠ . Back in the drivers seat, Will seperates 775,000 from his stack that sends Yusuf in the tank, who lets it go after careful consideration and the use of a time bank.

Hand #39 starts with a 100,000 open from William Ysmael in the button, SB Yusuf Cassidy jams 950,000 with A♥ Q♣ and William calls with A♠ T♠ . The dealer awakens from her slumber and for the first time today has a player at risk. The board J♥ 7♥ K♥ 9♠ T♣ lets Yusuf Cassidy stay on top to double up.

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.

SB William Ysmael jams with K♣ Q♠ to put pressure on the BB Yusuf Cassidy, but he wakes up with Q♦ Q♥ and gladly calls. A low board of 8♦ 6♦ 8♥ 3♦ 5♥ lets the queens stay on top.

Yusuf Cassidy starts off the action with a 40,000 open from +2 and BB Masakazu Miyamoto jams 218,000 with A♦ Q♦ .Yusuf Cassidy makes the call with T♦ T♠ and we have another flip on our hands. The dealer waits until the river 5♣ 3♠ K♦ 8♠ A♥ to let Masakazu Miyamoto know he can stay in his seat.

Miyamoto Masakazu kicks us off with a 25,000 open from UTG to take CO and BB on a trip to the flop 9♣ K♠ Q♣ and continues for 33,000. Only CO Yusuf Cassidy sticks around to see the turn T♣ to slide in a lead of 75,000 when checked to him. The preflop aggressor finds the call with the aid of a time bank and the board completes 5♦ . With another check in front, Yusuf Cassidy pulls the trigger for a 790,000 jam and Miyamoto Masakazu lets it go.

Jonald Garcia kicks us off with a 16,000 open from the button to take both blinds to the flop 8♥ 6♠ 9♣ that gets checked back to him for a 21,000 c-bet being seperated from his stack. SB Yusuf Cassidy check-raises to 50,000 and only Garcia fills up to see the turn A♦ . Leading for 75,000, Cassidy takes Garcia to the 3♥ river and slides out another 100,000 with 8♣ 6♣ two pair. Garcia calls with two pair of his own A♠ 9♠ to scoop the pot and take back the lead.

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:

When open-limping his SB, Yusuf Cassidy induces a 9,400 jam from BB Czardy Rivera with A♣ 7♣ and wants to gamble, calling with 5♦ 3♦ . The gamble pays off when the dealer flips over T♦ 2♣ 5♠ 3♣ T♥ .

With a 500 open from UTG, Romel Calderon slides in his remaining 2,700 when HJ Czardy Rivera three-bets 3,200 and BB Yusuf Cassidy defends. Checked all the way to the river Q♦ 3♦ 7♦ 6♣ K♦ , Yusuf Cassidy makes a flush with 8♠ 8♦ to beat Czardy Rivera's T♠ 9♠ and knock out Romel Calderon holding Q♣ T♣ .

Chung Ju Won kicks us off with a raise to 900 from HJ to take the CO and BU to the flop A♣ 8♦ 2♦ . Checked to BU Romel Calderon, 1,200 go into the middle and everyone continues to the turn T♥ that gets checked around to complete the board 7♦ . Another 2,800 from Calderon has only Yusuf Cassidy pay up and muck when seeing 9♦ 3♦ hit the felt.

Raising to 700, HJ David Rene Mar takes the button and BB to the flop J♠ Q♠ 4♣ with a 1,500 continuation going in the middle that gets countered by a raise to 3,500 from BU Yusuf Cassidy to see the turn 7♣ heads up. Cassidy lays out another 3,700 to complete the board K♠ with two checks and reveal David Rene Mar's winner A♦ Q♣ .

Opening 800, BU Izumi Shibuya takes the blinds to the flop K♣ Q♠ K♦ where a 1,100 c-bet has only SB Yusuf Cassidy pay up to see the turn K♠ . A second barrel of 2,000 gets called for the river 7♥ and both players check to have Yusuf Cassidy table the winner Q♦ 8♦ .

Christian Lortie initiates the action with a raise to 400 from BU, SB calls, BB Yusuf Cassidy three-bets 1400, four-bet 4,200 from Lortie and Cassidy jams 53,000 with K♠ K♥ . Christian Lortie takes the offer with A♣ J♥ and the dealer hits the felt with 5♣ 5♥ 6♥ 5♦ 8♦ to knock out last nights megastack winner Christain Lortie.

With a 400 open from the HJ, BU Yusuf Cassidy is on the move again with a three-bet to 900 to take SB and HJ to see the flop J♥ 2♦ T♥ . Checked to the aggressor, 2,400 cross the line and only SB Romel Calderon wants to see the turn 2♥ that gets checked to the river K♣ . Holding a boat T♣ T♦ , Cassidy tries to extract max value with a final 6,300 bet and gets rewarded by a call and a muck.

Kim Jaejoong starts us off with a 300 open from UTG to take CO Yusuf Cassidy to the flop 7♣ K♥ 5♥ that gets checked to the turn 3♠ . A delayed c-bet of 400 reveals the 4♠ river and the action gets checked to Cassidy. Holding A♠ T♣ he puts 900 in the middle, but gets called by 8♣ 5♣ and Kim Jaejoong scoops the pot.

CO Shibuya Izumi opens 300 and takes the three contenders to his left to the flop 7♠ 4♥ J♣ . Checked to the BU Yusuf Cassidy, 600 go over the line that end the hand.

With a 300 open from the CO and two calls, BB Yusuf Cassidy pumps it to 1,600 and finds one taker in last nights megastack winner Christian Lortie on the button. The flop 8♥ J♣ 5♥ has Cassidy continue for 1,600, Lortie raises to 4,000 for the turn 9♣ that gets checked to the river 3♦ . Another 5,800 lead from Yusuf Cassidy with Q♣ T♠ gets paid off by Christian Lortie with 3♠ 2♠ .

With an open to 1,200 and a raise from BU Kim Junhyeok to 3,000 the action is back to Yusuf Cassidy in +1 who takes it down with a 6,000 four-bet.

Benjamin Ebarle opens 500 from HJ and Takes BU and SB to the flop J♥ 7♥ 3♦ . An 800 c-bet has only BU Yusuf Cassidy continue to the turn 6♦ , followed by another 2,200 and a call for the river 6♣ . Benjamin Ebarle takes down the pot with a final bet of 2,600.