Main Event (45,000 PHP)

Kosei Oguri pushed his last 47,000 in the middle against a late position open and was met with another all-in behind from Paul Zehetleitner right on bubble time.

A classic flip, Zehetleiner's overcards ruled on board A♥ K♣ J♠ 5♥ J♦ and sent Oguri's flying towards the muck, closing the day's action at the same time.

Initial action between Paul Zehetleitner and Mike Takayama brewed a pot of 33,000 in the middle. Zehetleitner continued the action on flop 8♠ K♥ J♠ with a check raise to 34,000, leading him to call off his entire 96,500 after Takayama demanded for the rest.

Takayama Q♣ T♥

Zehetleitner J♦ 8♦

Takayama drawing to a straight, found none of his outs appear on either turn 3♣ or river 5♣ , shipping Zehetleitner the win with two pair.

Only four more eliminations are left on the table with 20 players out of the 24 remaining guaranteed a spot into the Day 2 Final games.

Chip Count Update

Paul Zehetleitner opened on the button and snap called David Erquiaga's 48,000 all-in from the small blind.

Erquiaga in trouble, bound for the exit just as board Q♠ 5♠ Q♣ 6♦ K♣ kept him behind all the way.

Following a limp, Paul Zehetleitner shot out a raise to 3,200 and flicked in 2,400 more after Naohiro Matsuda minraised on the button.

Zehetleitner check called two streets - 2,300 and 8,500, on board T♦ 5♥ K♠ 3♥ , and checked a third time around on river 6♠ . Matsuda refused to slow down and finished with an all-in, to which Zehetleitner called for his remaining 40,200.

Matsuda revealed bluff A♥ J♠ , allowing Zehetleitner to pick up the pot with top pair K♦ J♥ .

With a full board of 9♠ 3♠ A♥ 7♥ K♥ faced up on the felt, Alexander Ugay made a final attempt with a pot size bet of 2,000. Paul Zehetleitner on the big blind, check raised to 6,000, and faced an even bigger raise to 21,000 from his opponent. Zehetleitner made the final call, only to muck as Ugay showed backdoor flush Q♥ 9♥ .

Yashiro Naoki opened on the hijack and was joined by Paul Zehetleitner a seat after along with Tetsuya Tsujisaka on the big blind.

Action was checked round to turn 5♥ K♠ 3♥ Q♥ , where Zehetleitner fired a bet of 900. Both check called to see river J♣ , but found no reason to continue as Zehetleitner went for a final 5,000.