Kickoff (16,500 PHP)

Facing an open and a call, Renato Villanueva squeezed all-in on the big blind, and saw initial raiser Yoshiki Nakamura call off for his lesser 53,000 stack.

At risk, Nakamura exited the arena shortly after failing to improve on board K♠ K♣ J♠ 9♠ A♦ .

With 29 players left holding on to their seats, that means the day is about to close with 9 more eliminations to go before is reached. 20 players are set to advance to Day 2, joining yesterday's 10-survivor qualifier list.

Chip Counts

With 10,500 in the middle across board A♦ K♣ T♠ 2♣ , Justin Ong fired 8,000 on the button, and was faced with a check raise for 10,000 more from Yoshiki Nakamura. Ong tossed his hand in the muck, giving up the pot.

Following two limps, Yoshiki Nakamura sent out a 2,400 raise on the button, and saw Justin Ong continue to flop 7♥ 4♠ 2♦ . Action checked round to turn 9♦ , where Ong led 3,000. Nakamura gave it up and moved on to the next deal.

Yoshiki Nakamura sent out a 2,100 three bet on the cutoff against Dmitrii Belikov's open, and saw the latter complete. On flop 3♥ 5♠ Q♥ , Belikov check called another 1,400, and arrived at showdown shortly after turn 2♠ and river 5♣ were checked through. Nakamura tabled 4♠ 4♣ and shipped the pot.

Anju Abrol defended his big blind against Yoshiki Nakamura's 1,500 button open, and check called another 2,000 on flop 8♠ K♠ 3♥ . Turn Q♣ and river 7♣ welcomed no more bets, revealing Nakamura's Q♥ T♣ for the win.

A three way limp pot dealt a flop of Q♦ 4♣ T♣ . Action checked round to turn 5♠ m where Yoshiki Nakamura fired 5,000 on the button. Tracy Crisostomo called from the big blind, yet let it go after Nakamura pulled a final 21,000 on river T♦ .