Kickoff (16,500 PHP)

After another 20 levels of play and 119 entries, the final 18 qualifiers are determined, bringing the total to 51 out of 338 who will start the Day 2 Final tomorrow at 1pm, battling it out for the biggest slice of the whopping ₱4,760,527 prize pool with ₱843,527 and an APPT Manila Main Event Package worth ₱125,000 for the champion. All of the 51 finalists have a guaranteed ₱26,500 in the bank.

Flight B Winner Lemmor Patulot will start Day 2 as the chip leader with 549,000.

"For me, since it's only Day 1, my plan is play to win, so when i get a good hand and feel that I'm ahead I always gamble but when I'm behind I can let go, but it always depends on the other player's profile and the outcome of board so it's not consistent."

He got there after a late charge busting Ryuki Shirase with K♦ K♠ against A♠ 9♦ , followed by the knockout of then 2nd in chips Tim Gerwig with A♣ K♥ against A♠ Q♠ that ballooned his stack to 712,000.

"Before that hand I won 2 consecutive pots against the same player and I heard them talking about my play style, that I'm bullying them since I'm the CL, so the third time he opened and I three-bet. In my mind if he shoves I call and even if I lose I still have 150K+ so it's still playable, that's why i called."

After that he lost a chunk against Jun Kim Beom with A♥ Q♦ versus K♠ T♦ that got him back down to where he finished the day.

Flight C Winner Michael Gabby Concepcion - Winner of the Manila Poker Cup Main Event for ₱3,246,000 in September - takes the 2nd biggest stack of 459,000 into Day 2 after cracking Anthony Alway's rockets with A♥ 3♠ by hitting a flush and busting Joseph Reyes close to the bubble shortly after.

Flight C Runner-up Keijiro Shimojo - who is on an absolute tear since the Manila Megastack 20 In November, shipping 5 tournaments, including the Kickoff Event in November for ₱874,443 and making another eight final tables in addition to that - will start the Final Day in 3rd with 420,000 after a big double up with A♦ K♥ against Renato Villanueva's K♦ J♠ and busting Choi Yun Su right after.

The Final Day will start at 1pm on Sunday with live coverage from start to finish.

Looking at 8♠ T♠ from under the gun, Anthony Alway shoves for 90,000 and small blind Miyamoto Masakazu has an easy call with A♦ K♥ . Alway gets the better deal this time with 3♠ 8♣ Q♣ T♣ Q♠ letting him digest the loss with aces earlier a little easier.