Mystery Bounty - ₱2 million GTD

After a full 17 levels of play, the starting field of 151 got reduced to the final 23 entering tomorrow's Day 2 Final with Ryan Tan accumulating a whopping 518,000 to take first place, Vivencio Nachor Jr. bagging 449,000 in 2nd and Jose Colada - after an early exit - making good use of his additional bullet to finish 3rd with 318,000 to his name.

A total of 193 entries over both flights got us well above the guaranteed prize pool with a final ₱3,294,896 to be distributed among the 30 finalists tomorrow. The top spot will take home at least ₱440,000 from the regular prize pool and a share of the bounty pool ranging from the lowest ₱26,000 up to the largest one of ₱250,000.

The final will start in just under 10 hours from now at 12:00 noon going all the way to the end when the winner will be crowned. Live updates are going to be there with you.

Here are the final 23 chip counts from Flight B :

Claude Henoud initiates his own demise by deciding to lead 16,000 from +1, followed by a 120,000 jam from SB Darren Moves bringing the action back to Henoud. After some consideration he announces call for his last 100,000 with K♣ Q♥ , but needs major help when Darren Moves reveals A♥ A♦ . The dealer keeps Henoud's hopes alive by sharing 7♥ 9♣ T♦ with the onlookers, but brings the hammer down by completing the board 6♠ 6♦ , ending Flight B after seven hours of play.

Getting into the action on the river K♦ 5♠ 3♣ 7♦ 2♣ with 56,500 in the pot, BB David Rene Mar leads with an oversized bet of 80,000, wanting to get paid with 7♥ 7♠ and finds a grumpy customer in Masanori Ishihara that throws it in the muck.

This time we have William Kang wake up with A♦ K♦ on the button for an easy all-in of 95,000. BB Claude Henoud covers by quite some margin and decides to call with K♣ J♠ . The dealer treats us with A♣ 7♣ T♥ 3♥ 4♠ , thereby keeping the bubble a perfect sphere.

The field down to 24 players with 23 qualifying for Day 2 everyone is on their toes. Deciding to bully, SB Patrick Wahlquist shoves 5♣ 7♥ and puts BB Hiroki Hayashi all-in for 50,000. He looks at A♦ K♣ and hopes to double. The dealer makes his heart skip a beat when flipping over 6♥ 6♣ 4♠ 5♥ , but lets him breathe a sigh of relief after completing the board with the A♣ .

With Michael Cerbito kicking off the action from UTG for 13,000 and BU Darren Moves three-betting 30,000 we see the flop 9♥ A♠ A♥ and a friendly check-check to reveal the turn 8♠ . A delayed c-bet of 12,000 and a call take us to the river 3♦ with none of the players wanting to spend any more chips and Michael Cerbito tabling the winner Q♠ 9♠ versus a muck.

Picking up the action on the river 2♥ 6♦ 4♥ 2♣ Q♥ with 35,000 in the middle, Kenzo Maruyama slides his last 35,000 over the line with K♠ 4♣ to get called and busted by Lim Shyn Chyn holding 5♣ 5♥ .

Andrei Vavilonskii starts us off with a 13,000 raise from +1 and takes BB Mark Hebron to the flop 5♥ 6♥ 8♠ . With K♥ 9♥ in hand, Andrei Vavilonskii continues for 16,000, countered by a 95,000 jam from Mark Hebron with A♦ A♠ and a quick call has the crowd excited. The dealer completes the board K♦ T♠ for Mark Hebron to double and someone whispering 'too many outs'.

Folded to the button Darren Moves, he tries to steal with 15,000, but BB Ginnosuke Hara defends to see the flop A♥ 3♦ 9♣ . A c-bet of 10,000 gets called to see the turn T♦ , followed by another continuation for 25,000 from Darren Moves. A call for the river 6♣ has both players check with Darren Moves tabling the winner T♣ 5♣ against Ginnosuke Hara's Q♣ J♠ .

Another pre flop battle starts with Nuestro June Brix opening 10,000 from UTG, HJ increases to 25,000 followed by Nachor Vivencio laying out 65,000 from the big blind. The initial raiser announces all-in for 150,000, HJ gets out the way and Nachor Vivencio calls. All eyes to the dealer deciding another massive pot.

Looking down at A♦ A♥ , Joemark Vasay kicks off the action with a raise to 8,000, BU Jose Colada wants 18,000 and quickly calls with Q♣ Q♥ when his opponent announces all-in for 150,000. The dealer likes the ladies, flipping over Q♦ 2♦ T♦ 4♠ 4♥ dishing out a massive beat close to the bubble and Jose Colada takes his second bullet to new heights.

Another pre flop war unfolds with James Daniel Soriano open-jamming 50,000 from HJ with A♣ 7♣ and CO Ivan Dela Cruz calling with 8♥ 8♠ for the dealer to reveal 6♣ A♥ Q♠ 9♣ 9♠ , doubling up the underdog.

Folded to SB Ivan Dela Cruz, 242,000 go in the middle with A♦ T♣ and BB Song Jong Hyun calls 77,000 with 8♠ 8♦ . The dealer delivers an absolute roller coaster with 8♣ T♥ A♥ Q♠ A♣ and sends Song Jong Hyun to the rail.

When faced with an 8,000 raise from UTG Andrei Vavilonskii, Masayuki Suzuki three-bets 20,000 to see the flop 6♦ Q♥ T♥ and takes it down with a 20,000 follow up.

Picking up the action on the turn 8♦ 3♣ A♥ 4♥ and 32,000 in the middle, we see Francisco Sanchez check-call Akihiro Kawaguchi's 59,000 all-in, flip over T♣ 4♣ and be rewarded by seeing his opponent's king-high K♣ 6♦ with a 9♦ on the river, taking down a massive pot with 2nd lowest pair.

We see Dmitrii Belikov open-jam 32,500 from +1 with A♠ 7♦ and BU Anthony Gabitan successfully isolates to show K♣ K♥ . The dealer keeps it interesting until the river 4♣ 6♥ J♦ 8♣ K♠ and we move closer to the 23 player cut-off that will qualify for Day 2.

An action packed pre flop starts with UTG making it 6,000, BU Masayuki Suzuki three-betting to 15,000, BB Robert Takahashi pumping it to 31,000, UTG lets it go and BU announces all-in for 80,000. Robert Takahashi's last 26,000 go in the middle for a call to show A♦ K♥ against Masayuki Suzuki's J♠ J♣ . The dealer dishes out 5♣ 9♣ 2♣ Q♣ 9♠ to grant Masayuki Suzuki a flush that sends Robert Takahashi to the rail.

Joemark Vasay opens from CO for 6,000 and BU Ishihara Masanori increases to 14,500 to see the flop 8♥ 5♥ 4♥ . Checked to the button, another 8,500 go in the middle and a call presents us the turn 3♣ . Checked to the river 9♣ we see Joemark Vasay slide out 10,000 for value with T♠ T♥ , answered by a call and a muck.

Pushing his last 11,500 in the middle from UTG, Patrick Wahlquist watches on when BU and SB tag along to the flop 8♥ 8♣ T♠ that gets checked to the turn 9♥ . A 10,000 lead from the SB gets called to present the river 9♣ for another 15,000 to go into the middle. Kang Beomhui pumps it to 50,000 in position and isolates to proudly show K♣ 9♦ nines full, but in a shocking turn, preflop jammer Patrick Wahlquist tables T♦ T♣ for tens full to scoop up the main pot and more than triples up in the process.

With a 5,000 open from UTG, Anthony Gabitan has a decision to make when BU Choy Wing Ho jams for 18,000. Deciding to make the call with 5♦ 5♠ and Choy Wing Ho flipping over A♠ 8♥ the dealer unveils the board 6♦ T♦ J♦ T♣ 6♥ and hands a much needed double up to the player at risk.

Looking down at J♣ 9♣ , Liao Po Hsun announces all-in for 13,500 and gets called by SB Anthony Castro with A♦ K♥ . The dealer keeps it interesting with K♠ 4♦ T♠ A♣ 8♣ , but ultimately hands it to the favorite.

Patrick Wahlquist initiates the action with a 33,500 jam from +1, called by Jeffrey Calonge for 21,500 in +2 and all eyes go to the dealer.

With another pre flop all-in, this time from CO Georgios Orestidis for 25,000 holding 7♦ 7♣ and a call by BU Rintalahti Jussi with K♣ Q♦ , the dealer hits the felt 4♥ 4♣ K♥ T♦ J♠ and Rintalahti Jussi ends another players hopes of making it to Day 2.

Rintalahti Jussi opens 4,000 from +1 with A♣ K♣ and snap calls when Chua Woo Hian jams A♥ J♠ for 30,000. The dealer shares the board 8♣ T♠ 7♠ 2♥ K♦ with an interested audience and Chua Woo Hian shuffles away from the table.

Picking up the action on the river 3♣ 4♥ 5♦ J♣ Q♥ and a 34,000 pot, Bryan Wong takes a risk and moves all-in for 40,000 holding eight-high 8♦ 7♦ , but receives bad news in form of Kim Junhyeok calling to flip over A♦ J♠ .

HJ Masanori Ishihara leads the table with a 4,000 open and takes the BU and both blinds to the flop 6♣ 4♠ 6♠ . Another 4,000 as continuation keeps only the blinds around to check to the river 7♥ T♦ and SB Keijiro Shimojo tables the winner 3♦ 3♠ versus 2♣ 3♣ from BB Yokoo Kazuyoshi and HJ's 9♥ 5♠ .

SB Kenzo Maruyama open shoves 14,000 with Q♣ Q♠ to get snapped by BB Georgios Orestidis with A♥ K♣ . The dealer favors the pair with 2♠ 3♦ 7♣ 3♣ T♣ and Kenzo Maruyama is out of the danger zone.

With a 3,500 all-in from +1 Moon Kyung Ho holding A♦ 8♣ and Joseph Sia calling with 6♠ 6♦ from HJ we have the dealer take the spotlight flipping over J♠ 5♣ 9♦ A♠ Q♣ to keep Moon Kyung Ho in the tournament.

Folded to Looi Tek Wye Jonathan in th SB we hear all-in for 17,000 and BB Kim Yonggoo defends.

When folded to SB Hiroki Hayashi, 48,600 go into the middle with A♣ 6♦ and BB Yujiro Fukushima calls 4,200 flipping over 7♦ 6♠ . The dealer tables Q♠ 3♠ 8♥ 6♣ 5♠ to send Yujiro Fukushima home.

Edward Halmarack tries to steal out of the BU with 2,400 but SB Villa Hernan Jaybee defends from SB to see the flop A♦ 7♣ T♥ . A 4,000 c-bet and a call take us to the turn 8♣ with another 6,000 going in the middle from Edward Halmarack to take it down right there.

With HJ Tetsuya Tsujisaka opening for 2,500 and the blinds defending the dealer unveils the flop 4♥ 7♦ 4♦ . Checked to him, he continues for 2,500, but faces a raise to 6,500 from SB Andrei Vavilonskii and a call from BB Yun Taeil. Filling up, he has to let it go on the turn J♣ when faced with a 9,000 lead and a call. Two checks on the river 2♣ reveal both blinds sitting on a flush draw with Andrei Vavilonskii's winner J♦ T♦ versus Yun Taeil's Q♦ 8♦ .

Seongjin Kim lays out 2,500 under the gun and finds two callers from the CO and BB to see the flop Q♥ 2♦ 7♦ that gets checked to the turn 9♦ . Out of position, BB Darren Moves fancies a 3,400 lead and scoops up the pot when nobody else wants to play with him.

Fourth place Kick-off finisher Christopher Mateo starts us off with a 2,500 open to take the BB to the flop K♥ K♣ 8♦ . Checked to him, he puts 2,000 in the middle, gets called and we check it all the way to the river T♠ K♦ with BB defender Seol Sungho forcing a muck by showing Q♥ 7♦ .

Jose Neriz opens for 2,500 in UTG, followed by a call from Patrick Wahlquist in +1, a 7,500 three-bet out of the CO from Dastmalchi Siavasch and SB Tan Xiao Hui surprises everyone by announcing all-in for 27,000 to take down the pot pre-flop.

Edward Halmarack kicks off the action with a 2,500 raise from UTG to bring the button and both blinds to the flop J♣ 3♦ T♣ that gets checked to the turn 5♠ . Liking his position, BU Jose Colada puts out a feeler for 3,000 that only gets rid of the BB to see the river 6♦ three-way. After everyone checked, Kick-off champ Keijiro Shimojo tables K♠ 3♠ from the SB, followed by a muck, but has to surrender the pot to Jose Colada flipping over 4♣ 5♣ .

UTG Looi Tek Wye Jonathan raises to 2,100 and only HJ Hara Ginnosuke tags along for the flop 6♦ 7♣ 7♠ and a friendly check around to the turn T♦ . A delayed c-bet of 3,500 and a call take us to the river 5♣ where another lead of 5,100 is enough for Looi Tek Wye Jonathan to scoop the pot.

Making it 3,000 from the CO, Bang Jemin doesn't have to think long with T♦ T♥ before sliding all the chips in when BB Takashi Miyamoto announces all-in for 48,000 with J♦ J♥ . The dealer reveals an insignificant 5♦ 4♠ 3♦ 9♥ 7♦ to send Bang Jemin to the rail.

With a 2,500 open from Kenzo Maruyama in +1 and two callers from CO and BB we see the flop A♥ Q♠ T♥ that gets checked to CO Jussi Rintalahti, making it 3,500. Only Kenzo Maruyama continues to the flop 7♦ but decides to let it go when faced with another 15,000 bet.

Makoto Miyatake kicks off the hand with a raise to 2,000 from +1 and takes BB Minami Komaki to the flop 2♠ Q♣ Q♠ for a 5,000 c-bet and a call. The turn 9♦ gets checked to Makoto Miyatake once more, who makes it 5,000, but has to let it go when faced with a 21,000 check-jam from Minami Komaki.

Picking up the action on the flop 5♠ 4♣ 6♥ and 16,500 in the middle, BB Karen Talamayan announces all-in for 7,400 with K♥ 8♥ and gets called by Neriz Bordas Jose with K♠ J♣ . The dealer completes the board K♣ 2♥ and sends Karen Talamayan packing.

Facing a 1,000 open from HJ Seol Sungho, Looi Tek Wye Jonathan makes it 5,000 from the big blind that takes us to a checked flop T♥ 3♥ 5♠ revealing the turn T♦ and a delayed c-bet of 6,000. After a call and the river 4♥ , Looi Tek Wye Jonathan check calls his last 7,500 with a bluff catching A♥ K♦ coming out on top of Seol Sungho's K♠ Q♦ .

Going all-in from the HJ with K♥ 9♠ , Raymundo Gomez gets heads up with Doohyun Lee who successfully isolates from the BU holding 7♣ 7♠ and we go flipping. Gifting the over cards the win, the dealer tables A♥ Q♣ K♠ 3♣ T♣ .

Bang Jemin opens 1,600 from HJ to take BB Takashi Miyamoto to the flop T♦ T♠ 9♦ and continues for 2,200. A call and two checks take us to the river 4♥ 3♥ to light the fireworks with Takashi Miyamoto check-shoving 12,200 with the winner 9♥ 8♣ against Bang Jemin's 3,500 lead holding 9♣ 7♣ .

Coming off of eliminating a player a few hands prior, Bryan Wong is at it again, answering a 2,000 open from HJ Chua Woo Hian with his own 4,000 that takes us to the flop 9♥ 4♠ 3♥ . Keeping his foot on the gas, Wong continues for 4,000 and takes down another pot.

Bryan Wong's 6,300 open from UTG with K♥ K♦ gets countered by BU Ryu Myungil with a 26,500 jam holding 8♦ 8♣ for an easy call and the dealer spicing up the felt 2♠ 5♥ J♦ 4♥ J♠ to eliminate Ryu Myungil.

SB Rommel Angeles slides in his remaining 13,700, gets called by BB Mark Ian Hebron and the dealer takes center stage.

Level 6 kicks off with +1 opening 1,800, HJ call and BU pumping it up to 5,200 for a three way flop 5♠ 9♠ T♦ . Checked to HJ Christian Relucio we hear all-in for 8,000 holding K♠ T♠ and only BU Raymundo Gomez fancies his chances with K♥ J♣ . The dealer completes the board 2♦ K♦ for Christian Relucio to hit two pair and double up.

Starting the action from BU, Edward Halmarack lays out 1,500 and gets three-bet to 4,900 by SB Villa Hernan Jaybee to see the flop 2♣ 8♥ K♦ . Checked to him, Edward Halmarack puts out a small tester for 2,500, gets called and does the same on the turn 4♦ for 5,000. Another call treats us with the 2♥ check-check for both players to table top pair, Edward Halmarack coming out on top with K♥ Q♦ versus K♣ J♣ .

CO Kenzo Maruyama opens for 1,500 and sees both blinds defend for the flop 8♥ 5♠ 7♦ worthy of a 1,500 c-bet. SB Jussi Rintalahti and BB Terry Gonzaga wanna see the turn 7♣ , but have to fold, when faced with another 3,000 bet.

Dmitrii Belikov initiates the action with a raise to 1,200 from +2 for the BU and BB to pay up revealing the flop K♠ 6♣ T♣ that gets checked around to the turn 3♦ . Checked to Darren Moves on the button, he decides to fork out 5,000 that takes only Dmitrii Belikov to the river 7♣ . Another friendly check around sees Darren Moves flip over the winner A♥ T♦ against Q♦ T♠ .

With +1 Virgo Ang opening 2,000 and BU Makoto Miyatake three-betting 6,000 we have seen all the action to get to a checked river T♠ K♠ K♦ 2♦ 3♣ and Makoto Miyatake's A♣ J♥ kicker counts against Virgo Ang's A♦ 6♥ .

Shinnosuke Arima leads the way with a 1,200 raise to take us to the flop T♥ J♦ 5♥ four-way. Checked around to the turn 6♦ we see BU Gambhir Birangat lead 3,000 with BB Masayuki Suzuki and the pre flop aggressor tagging along to the river 6♣ . No more action has Shinnosuke Arima table the winning hand T♣ 9♣ versus K♠ Q♦ from Masayuki Suzuki and a muck.

A UTG limp from Seol Sungho entices the HJ to make it 1,000 with the BB sticking around, too. Checked around on 5♣ J♦ Q♣ for the turn 4♦ we see BB Kei Takazawa lead for 1,200, pumped up to 3,500 from UTG and the river 7♣ gets revealed heads up. Jamming for 53,000 with Q♠ J♠ , Kei Takazawa puts Seol Sungho all-in to grant him a double up, holding 4♥ 4♣ .

UTG Frederick Cruz raises 1,000 and takes BU Rowena Alveyra to the flop J♠ T♦ 5♣ that gets checked to Rowena Alveyra, making it 1,500 to see the turn 3♣ . Another 4,000 lead is enough to push her opponent out.

With a bloated pot of 24,500 on the river 6♥ 6♣ 4♠ 6♠ 3♥ we get treated with a 5,000 lead from +1 Anthony Gabitan and a 27,500 jam from BU Dmitrii Belikov, which seals the win for him.

Masanori Ishihara opens 1,000 in UTG and sees the flop 7♠ J♣ 2♦ alongside BU and SB. A 1,800 c-bet is only called by BU David Trivino for the turn T♥ . Slowing down, Masanori Ishihara check calls 1,100 for the river A♥ action killer and flips over the winner A♠ 8♠ .

Picking up the action on the river 8♣ K♣ 4♠ 5♦ K♦ with 16,000 in the pot, Jose Colada announces all-in for 10,100 with 8♥ 4♣ and has to gather his belongings when Asano Shoko calls with K♠ 3♠ .

UTG +1 leads for 800 and finds three takers in BU, SB and BB to see the flop T♦ 2♦ 3♣ that gets checked to the turn 6♥ and BB Looi Tek Wye Jonathan slides out 2,000. Only BU Tetsuya Tsujisaka continues to the river 4♦ and counters with a 5,000 raise against another 2,200 lead from Jonathan to take down the pot.

UTG starts us off for an 800 raise, +1 makes it 2,500 and SB Masayuki Suzuki wants 6,500. Only +1 Shinnosuke Arima feels obliges to see the flop 7♦ 8♣ 9♥ . The 5,000 c-bet gets countered by a 10,000 raise and we go to the river 4♦ 3♣ for free. Masayuki Suzuki flips over K♠ K♥ to scoop the pot.

Checked to him, Akihiro Kawaguchi slides 800 to the middle from SB and BB Minami Komaki defends. Zero action to the river T♣ 4♠ 8♣ 5♦ 4♦ has Minami Komaki table the winner J♠ 8♠ against Q♥ J♣ .

BU Daizo Kinoshita leads the way with a 1,000 open to take along SB Jose Colada to the flop T♠ 4♦ 7♦ . C-bet 1,000 and a call give us the turn 8♥ that gets checked around for the river 9♠ . Jose Colada taking the lead with a 3,500 open shuts down the action.

BU Dastmalchi Siavasch starts us off with 700 and sees both blinds defend for the flop 3♠ Q♦ J♠ . Another 800 c-bet has only BB Yokoo Kazuyoshi stick around for the turn T♥ . Two check-calls from Yokoo Kazuyoshi for 1,500 and 5,500 on the river 2♠ are enough to table the winner J♣ 2♦ , cracking Dastmalchi Siavasch's A♦ A♣ .

Seongjin Kim opens for 500 from UTG to take the CO and both blinds to the flop 9♣ 5♠ K♠ . The BB donks 300 but lets it go after Seongjin Kim pumps it to 1,800 with CO and SB calling to see the turn T♣ . A 20,800 shove from Seongjin Kim puts Masanori Ishihara all-in with a call, but the dealer doesn't need to continue when Masanori Ishihara throws it in the muck, seeing 5♣ 5♦ from his opponent.

Masanori Ishihara opens 700 from +1 and takes CO, BU and BB to the flop 5♠ 2♣ K♦ that gets checked around to the turn 4♥ . A delayed c-bet of 1,700 has only CO Jin Okuhara pay up for the river 7♣ . Two checks and Jin Okuhara takes it down with J♦ 4♦ against A♦ T♣ .

Vu Van Ngoc initiates the action on the next hand with a 500 raise from UTG and takes three customers to the flop 6♣ Q♦ 3♥ . In position, Jussi Rintalanti tests the waters with a 700 lead from CO and only the pre flop raiser stays around to see the turn 4♠ . Jussi Rintalanti seals the deal with another 1,100 lead and takes home the pot.

Muhammad Shamsudin slides out the first raise of the day for 700, Finds opposition in Akihiro Kawaguchi making it 2,200 from the button and we see the flop T♣ 5♥ 9♠ . A check fold from Kawaguchi to a 2,500 c-bet ends the first hand.

With a storm brewing outside, the cards go flying inside!

Focusing on the ₱20,000 buy-in Mystery Bounty Flight B at 17:00 with 25min levels and late registration open until level 10 at around 21:30 we are looking to finalize the Day 2 lineup.

With 7 out of 42 from Flight A already qualified and Janno Alvarez sitting on top of the leaderboard bagging 324,000 last night there is still a chance to see an overlay of the ₱2,000,000 GTD. If that sounds interesting, than hop on in and put your skills to the test!

Flop well to everyone at the tables today and see you at 17:00 for the start of live coverage.