Kickoff (16,500 PHP)

Fu Zhenbo Alang kicks off the action with a raise to 5,500 from +1, Manuel Geronimo calls from the cutoff and button Michael Bueza squeezes to 15,000. Both opponents call to see the flop K♦ 7♦ Q♠ where Bueza's 30,000 c-bet gets the job done, putting the 3rd place finisher in Thursday's Warm Up Event in a good position to run deep again.

Fresh from his win of the APT Manila Classic Double Stack for over PHP 1M exactly one month ago, Aj Cris Acdal opens 5,000 from the cutoff, button Fu Zhenbo Alang three-bets to 12,000 and Acdal fills up to see the flop 7♥ T♥ J♥ . Zhenbo continues for 6,000, Acdal calls and the turn is the 2♣ where Zhenbo forks out another 16,000. Acdal calls after spending some time in the tank, the board completes 9♦ and Acdal switches to an 8,000 lead, making it look like a weak blocker bet, Zhenbo falls for it and puts Acdal all-in who snaps his last 44,000 with A♥ 3♥ flush, scooping the pot against Zhenbo's 8♦ 8♥ straight.

Having breached the PHP 3,000,000 guaranteed prize pool already and one more Flight getting ready to start right now, the remaining 70 players are all gunning to get one of today's 20 qualification spots to come back tomorrow at 1pm for Day 2 fighting for the crown.