Kickoff (16,500 PHP)

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.

With 12,800 in the pot on the turn J♦ 8♠ 8♣ 5♦ , big blind Shirase Ryuki leads 8,500, Roxanne Victorino calls from the hijack ant the board completes 7♦ where Shirase's 40,000 bet sends Victorino in the tank before she lets it go.

Picking up the action on the three way turn A♥ A♦ 4♦ 3♥ with 34,800 up for grabs Ilia Timofeev bets 10,000 from +1, Shirase Ryuki raises to 20,000, big blind Roxanne Victorino calls and Ilia puts in his last 10,000. The river Q♠ gets checked with Roxanne coming out on top holding K♥ K♣ against Ilia's K♦ Q♦ and Ryuki's 3♦ 7♦ missed flush draws.

The hijack raises to 2,000 and takes two players to the flop 8♣ 7♣ Q♥ that gets checked around to the turn Q♠ where big blind Ilia Timofeev leads 5,500 and finds a single customer in Roxanne Victorino. The board completes J♣ and another 4,500 from Timofeev is enough to scoop the pot.

No runner-runner straight flush for Kim on 5♠ and 7♥ keeps Victorino's bigger flush ahead, scooping a massive pot that takes her alongside the chip leaders.